To purify the body of its waste products and make it reactive, it can be advantageous to start therapy with a basic cure. The individual agents of the basis cures can also be used independently and can therefore be prescribed alone or integrated in other combinations.

Basic cure 1: The four elements + universal matter

In the alchemical view of the world, health is the complete harmony of the powers of the elements working in the body: Fire, Air, Water, and Earth. Our basic cure 1 is composed as follows:

Allium comp.	Fire element	Composition: garlic, mustard, onions, pepper
Coriandrum comp	air element	Composition: coriander, hazelnut, juniper, rose
Avena comp	water element	Composition: beets, cherry, oats, peony
Melissa comp	earth element	Composition: cumin, melissa, parsley, ribwort
Archangelica comp.	Universal matter	The Quinta Essentia unifies the three principles – Body, Soul and Spirit – in an ideal manner. It works holistically at all levels and therefore counts as a true, harmonizing elixir. Composition: angelica, chamomile, cinnamon, lily-of-the-valley, peppermint, poplar, pumpkin, robinia, sage, stinging nettle, tobacco, pansy, willow

Basic cure 2: Seven main ingredients, according to Zimpel, as Arcana Quinta Essentia

Zimpel: "Because the root causes of almost every illness are primarily found in the blood, I have given precedence to the blood medium …"

The following seven complex agents support the primary medium, in that they treat secondary illness symptoms.

1.	Capsella comp. (Blood agent) Works on the arterial vascular system, mucous membranes, stomach, urinary tract, skin, bones. Composition: arnica, barberry, dog’s mercury, foxglove, golden rod, great burnet, melissa, lily-of-the-valley, shepherd’s purse, wolfsbane
2.	Salvia comp. (Chest agent) Works for many ailments of the respiratory tract. Composition: bryony, chamomile, colt’s foot, eucalyptus, hemp nettle, henbane, horsetail, juniper, knotweed, sage, yarrow
3.	Gelsemium comp. (Fever agent) That power that makes the medicinal benefit of fever unnecessary. Composition: wolf’s bane, cinchona, eucalyptus, nightshade, cherry bay, water mint, elder, meadowsweet
4.	Lymphmittel ( Antilymphatic agent) is For incorrect fluid composition according to humoral pathology: hereditary or acquired abnormalities of the lymph. Composition: biota, celandine, common arum, hemlock, hempseed, herb robert, marigold, mistletoe, nightshade, parsley
5.	Teucrium comp. (Skin agent) For impurities in the blood that lead to constitutional cutaneous diseases according to Hahnemann. Composition: bittersweet, dandelion, figwort, goosegrass, kingcup, mistletoe, mustard, rue, watercress, wood sage
6.	Valeriana comp. (Nerve agent) Influences the interactions of the nerve system and blood by vascular innervation. Composition: chamomile, cinchona, cinnamon, groundsel, melissa, valerian
7.	Filix-mas comp. (Worm agent) This is not a worm agent in the usual sense; rather the digestion organs are so strengthened, or the environment in the intestines is so changed, that no worms or other parasites can stay in the intestines. Composition: wild garlic, wormwood, cinchona, male fern, pomegranate, rosemary, tansy