Homeopathic Materia Medica
Explore clinical indications, key symptoms, modalities, and applications of classic remedies across 14 historical reference textbooks.
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A Dictionary Of Practical Materia Medica (By John Henry CLARKE, M.D.)
LABURNUM
Laburnum. Cytisus laburnum. N. O. Leguminosæ. Tincture or trituration of seeds. Tincture of fresh bark. Clinical Convulsions. Eyes, affections of. Hydrocephalus. Vertigo. Characteristics All parts of this well-known ornamental tree are poisonous, our knowledge of it being derived chiefly from the...
LAC FELINUM
Lac Felinum. Cat's Milk. Dilution. Clinical Ciliary neuralgia. Dysmenorrhœa. Headache, Keratitis. Mouth, inflammation of. Stye. Throat, catarrh of. Characteristics This is another of the remedies introduced by Swan. The full pathogenesis appears in Med. Visitor, Aug., 1893, part having already ap...
LAC VACCINUM
Lac Vaccinum. Cow's milk. Dilution. Clinical Albuminuria. Blindness. Diabetes. Headache. Milk, intolerance of. Rheumatism. Sternum, pains in. Tongue, ulcers on. Characteristics Lac vac. was proved by J, C. Boardman, of Trenton, New jersey (H. W., xix. 402). Swan's 200th potency was used. I have g...
LAC VACCINUM COAGULATUM
Lac Vaccinum Coagulatum. Curds. Clinical Nausea of pregnancy. Characteristics The only use that I know as having been made of Lac. coag. is in the nausea of pregnancy, the indication being "Nausea of pregnancy with desire for food and > by drinking milk (Chel.)."
LACERTA
Lacerta. Lacerta agilis. Green Lizard (also Large Green Spotted Lizard of U.S.). N. O. Lacertilia. Tincture of whole animal. (A separate preparation of the spotted lizard should be made.) Clinical Skin, eruptions on. Tongue, vesicles under. Characteristics The Green Lizard is usually considered t...
LACTIS VACCINI FLOS
Lactis Vaccini Flos. Cream. Attenuations by Swan's fluctional potentiser. Clinical Diphtheria. Leucorrhœa. Menorrhagia. Throat, sore. Characteristics Many persons can take cream who cannot tolerate milk, and vice versâ, therefore Swan decided to prove the different parts of milk independently. He...
LAPATHUM
Lapathum. Lapathum Sylvestre fol. minus acutum (Gerarde). Rumex obtusifolius. Common Dock. N. O. Polygonaceæ. Tincture of fresh root. Clinical Epistaxis. Headache. Kidneys, pain in. Leucorrhœa. Uterus, atony of. Characteristics Lapathum is the old name of the Docks now generally named Rumex. The ...
LAPSANA COMMUNIS
Lapsana Communis. Lapsana communis. Nipplewort. N. O. Compositæ. (Genus Cichoraceæ.) Tincture or infusion of whole fresh plant. Clinical Hæmorrhoids. Nipples, sore. Characteristics As the common name of Lapsana would imply, it is a popular remedy for sore nipples, a decoction of it being used as ...
LATRODECTUS KATIPO
Latrodectus Katipo. Latrodectus katipo. N. O. Arachnida. Tincture of living spider. Clinical Chorea. Faintness. Heart, slow. Nettle-rash. Œdema. Characteristics Katipo is a venomous spider found in New Zealand and some parts of California. The symptoms recorded are the effects of bites. The seat ...
LEONURUS CARDIACA
Leonurus Cardiaca. Leonurus cardiaca. Motherwort. N. O. Labiatæ. Tincture or infusion of fresh plant. Clinical Dysentery. Hæmorrhages. Characteristics The popular name of this plant sufficiently indicates its traditional virtues. The only experience with it is an involuntary proving recorded by C...
LEVICO
Levico. An arsenical mineral water of the South Tyrol, containing also Iron and Copper with other elements. Dilutions. Clinical Debility. Skin, diseases of. Characteristics Levico has a high reputation among health resorts for nervous and skin cases, favouring assimilation and increasing nutritio...
LINUM CATHARTICUM
Linum Catharticum. Linum catharticum. Purging-flax. N. O. Linaceæ. Tincture of whole plant. Clinical Amenorrhœa. Bronchitis. Cough. Diarrhœa. Hæmorrhoids. Laryngitis. Rheumatism. Characteristics The proving of L. cath. (by Stokes and Galston) shows that it deserves its name. Colic and diarrhœa of...
LIPPIA MEXICANA
Lippia Mexicana. Lippia Mexicana. N. O. Verbenaceæ. Tincture of whole fresh plant. Clinical Cough. Characteristics The Chicago Med. Times (H. W., xxxii. 185) gives this indication for Lippia: Hoarse ringing or barking chest cough, without expectoration, occurring every winter, especially in women...
LIPPSPRINGE
Lippspringe. The waters of the mineral spring in Lippspringe, Westphalia, containing Sulphates of Sodium and Calcium, Chloride of Magnesium, and other salts in smaller proportion, with carbonic acid, nitrogen, and oxygen gases, which are freely evolved. Dilution. Clinical Diarrhœa. Hæmoptysis. Hæ...
LITHIUM BENZOICUM
Lithium Benzoicum. Benzoate of Lithium. LiC7H5O2. Clinical Uric acid, deposit of. Characteristics Hale quotes T. O. Summers (Nashville J. of Med. and Surg.) as saying that Li. ben. had great effect in diminishing uric acid deposits and increasing the free hippuric acid of the urine. "It acts upon...
LITHIUM BROMATUM
Lithium Bromatum. Bromide of Lithium. Li. br. Trituration. Tincture. Clinical Apoplexy. Epilepsy. Speech, thick. Vertigo. Characteristics Weir Mitchell, quoted by Hale, is the authority for this medicament. He gave thirty grains to a gentleman (who had had one previous attack of apoplexy and was ...
LITHIUM LACTICUM
Lithium Lacticum. Lactate of Lithia. Clinical Rheumatism. Characteristics A chemist, while preparing a combination of Lactic acid and Lithium carbonate, experienced decided rheumatic pains in the small joints. Berghaus (B. J. H., xli. 380, quoting N. A. J. H.) on this hint used Lith. lact. in loc...
LITHIUM MURIATICUM
Lithium Muriaticum. "Dilute Muriatic Acid was saturated with the caustic and Carbonate of Lithium and evaporated." Solution. Clinical Heartburn. Heart, pains in. Nose, sore. Tongue, numb. Characteristics Hering, who proved Li. c., proved also this salt. He put one drop on his tongue. It had a sal...
LOBELIA CARDINALIS
Lobelia Cardinalis. Lobelia cardinalis. Cardinal Flower. N. O. Lobeliaceæ. Tincture of fresh plant. Clinical Anorexia. Debility. Headache. Sore throat. Characteristics There is a proving of Lob. card. by S. D. R. Dubs, who took ten drops of the tincture in one dose. Dubs' symptoms have been confi...
LOBELIA DORTMANNA
Lobelia Dortmanna. Lobelia dortmanna. (The principal indigenous British species. Habitat, shallow lakes.) N. O. Lobeliaceæ. Tincture of fresh plant. Clinical Ears, noises in. Headache. Indigestion. Pylorus, affections of. Characteristics I am indebted to Cooper for the whole of the information ab...
LOBELIA ERINUS
Lobelia Erinus. Lobelia erinus. N. O. Lobeliaceæ. Tincture of fresh plant. Clinical Breast, cancer of. Cancer. Deafness. Earache. Fever, hectic. Indigestion. Keratitis, interstitial. Characteristics Cooper, who is the sole authority for Lob. er., says. "This common and insignificant-looking plant...
LOBELIA SYPHILITICA
Lobelia Syphilitica. Lobelia syphilitica. L. cœrulia. Great Blue Lobelia. (Grows in low grounds in U.S.) N. O. Lobeliaceæ. Tincture of fresh plant. Acetum. Clinical Acidity. Adenoids. Asthma. Back, pains in. Borborygmi. Cartilages, pains in. Catarrh. Coryza. Cough. Dyspepsia. Eustachian catarrh. ...
LONICERA PERICLYMENUM
Lonicera Periclymenum. Lonicera periclymenum. Woodbine. Honeysuckle. N. O. Caprifoliaceæ. Tincture of fresh plant. Clinical Irritability. Characteristics Cooper has cured with Lon. peri. irritability of temper with violent outbursts; and has seen it produce the same. Relations Compare: Lon. x., V...
LUNA
Luna. Moon's Rays. Sugar of milk is exposed on a glass plate to the moon's rays and stirred with a glass rod meanwhile. The sugar of milk so charged is dynamised in the usual way (Fincke). Higgins made a preparation by exposing pure water to the moon's rays for three or four hours in South Americ...