Lac Defloratum

COMMON NAME:

      SKIMMED MILK.

Symptoms

      Great prostration (Arsenicum, Camph., Kali-P.) (A.)

Sick headache relieved by a profuse flow of urine (Gelsemium) (N.)

Pain begins in the forehead and extends to the occiput, in the morning on rising (Bryonia) (A.)

DIM VISION, BEFORE HEADACHE (Gelsemium, Hyoscyamus, Iris, Kali bichromicum, Natrum muriaticum, Podophyllum, Psorinum, Sepia; during headache- Arsenicum, Belladonna, Causticum, Cyclamen, Gelsemium, Iris, Natrum muriaticum, Petroleum, Phosphorus, Psorinum, Silicea, Stramonium, Sulphur; after headache – Silicea) (K.)

INTENSE THROBBING IN THE HEAD, WITH NAUSEA AND VOMITING (Belladonna, Bryonia, Verat-V.) (A.)

Hemicrania (Alumina, Argentum nitricum, Coffea, Ignatia, Kali carb., Kali-I., Kali-P., Acid phosphoricum., Platina, Pulsatilla, Sanguinaria, Sarsaparilla, Spigelia, Sulph-Ac., Verb., Zincum met.) (Bl.)

Headache increased by noise, light and motion (Belladonna, Bryonia, Natrum muriaticum) (A.)

Sick headache, with icy coldness all through the body, even near the fire, and profuse emission of urine (N.).

Pale, sickly look (Ferrum, Graphites, Sepia) (B).

Headache during menses (Kreosotum, Sepia)

Headache relieved by pressure or by bandaging the head lightly (Argentum nitricum, Pulsatilla) (A.)

Photophobia (Aconite, Belladonna, Calcarea, Conium, MErc., Natrum muriaticum, Phosphorus, Sepia, Sulphur, Thuja) (B).

AVERSION TO MILK (Aethusa, Ant-T., Arnica, Bryonia, Calcarea, Calcarea sulph., Carb.-V., Cina., Ferr-P., Guai., Ignatia, Lec., Magnesia carb., Natrum carbonicum, Nat-S., Nux vomica, Phosphorus, Pulsatilla, Sepia, Silicea, Sulphur) (B.)

NAUSEA (Arsenicum, Bryonia, China, Digitalis, Eup-P) (B.)

SOUR VOMITING (Calcarea, Causticum, China, Iris., Lycopodium, Magnesia carb., Natrum phos., Nux vomica, Phosphorus, Psorinum, Pulsatilla, Rob., Sulphur, Sulph-Ac., Tabacum, Veratrum) (B.)

Vomiting, first of undigested food, intensely acid, then of bitter water (Iris) (A.)

PROFUSE AND COLOURLESS URINE (Apis, Gelsemium, Acid phosphoricum.) (N.)

Globus hystericus: Sensation of a large ball rising from the stomach to the throat, causing a sense of suffocation (Asafoetida, Ignatia, Nux-M.) (A.)

Vomiting of pregnancy (Bryonia, Lac-Ac., Nux vomica, Petroleum, Psorinum, Sepia, Symphori.) (A.)

Scanty flow of milk (Bryonia, Lac-C., Pulsatilla) (B.)

Menses: Delayed or suppressed by putting hands in cold water (Conium) (A.)

Amenorrhoea (Cimic., Cyclamen, Ferrum, Pulsatilla, Sepia, Sulphur) (B.)

Drinking a glass of milk will promptly suppress the (menstrual) flow until the next period (Phosphorus) (A.)

Feels completely exhausted, whether she does anything or not; great fatigue when walking (A.).

Despondency (Aurum, Gelsemium, Kali-P). (B.)

Does not care to live (Arsenicum, Aurum, Hepar, Naja., Acid nitricum, Nux vomica) (A.)

Has no fear of death, but is sure he is going to die (Arsenicum) (A.)

Vertigo, worse from lying on the left side (B.)

CONSTIPATION, WITH INEFFECTUAL URGING (Anacardium, Carbo vegetabilis, Ignatia, Nux vomica, Sulphur) (A.)

DRY, LARGE AND PAINFUL STOOLS (Bryonia, Natrum muriaticum, Selenium, Sulphur) (B.)

GREAT STRAINING (DURING AN EVACUATION), LACERATING THE ANUS (Natrum muriaticum, Sulphur) (A.).

PAINFUL MOTION, EXTORTING CRIES (Sulphur) (A.).

ALWAYS CHILLY (Nux vomica, Psorinum, Silicea) (B.)

Sensation as if cold air was blowing on her, even while covered up; as if sheets were damp (A.).

Skin is super-sensitive to cold (Silicea) (B.)

Dropsy from organic heart disease, chronic liver complaint, and far advanced albuminuria, or following intermittent fever (Arsenicum, Kali carb., Lycopodium, Phosphorus, Sepia) (A.)

Great restlessness, extreme and protracted suffering from loss of sleep (Cocc., Acid nitricum) (A.)

AGGRAVATION :

      From least draught of air; in the morning; from rising; from noise; from light; from motion; during menses; during pregnancy; and from putting hands in cold water.

AMELIORATION:

      From a profuse flow of urine; from rest; from pressure of a bandage; and from warm covering.

RELATIONSHIP:

      Similar to: Acet-Ac., Bryonia, Cyclamen, Gelsemium, Kali bichromicum, Natrum muriaticum, Psorinum, Pulsatilla, Sepia, Silicea, and Sulph.

Adolph Lippe

Adolph Lippe (born near Goerlitz, Prussia, 11 May 1812; died in Philadelphia, 23 January 1888) was a homeopathic physician who worked in the United States. Adolph got a legal education at Berlin. After completing his legal studies, Lippe became interested in homeopathy, and emigrated to the United States in 1837 to further his study. In 1838, he enrolled in the North American Academy of Homeopathy at Allentown, Pennsylvania, from where he graduated in 1841. He settled in Philadelphia, where from 1863 until 1868 he was professor of materia medica in the Homeopathic College of Pennsylvania. Besides some essays and treatises from the French, German, and Italian which became standards, Lippe was the author of:
Comparative Materia Medica (Philadelphia, 1854)
Text-Book of Materia Medica (1866)