Homeopathic Materia Medica

LYSIDINUM

Lysidinum. Ethylene-Ethenyl-diamine. Methylglycoxalidine (Merck). Trituration. Solution. Clinical Gout. Lithiasis. Oxaluria. Uric acid diathesis. Characteristics Lysidin. occurs in red-white crystals. The solution is a thick pinkish liquid. Clifford Mitchel (H. W., xxxiii. 277) has given the 50 p...

Lac Caninum

Abbreviation: HOMŒOPATHIC MATERIA MEDICA by William BOERICKE, M.D. Presented by Médi-T

Compare: Lach; Con; Lac felinum -Cat's Milk--(ciliary neuralgia; eye symptoms, photophobia; asthenopia ; dysmenorrhœa); Lac vaccinum -Cows' Milk--(headache, rheumatic pains, constipation); Lac vaccinum coagulatum -Curds--(nausea of pregnancy); Lactis vaccini floc --Cream--(diphtheria, leucorrhœa, menorrhagia, dysphagia); Lactic ac .

Lac Vaccinum Defloratum

Abbreviation: HOMŒOPATHIC MATERIA MEDICA by William BOERICKE, M.D. Presented by Médi-T

Compare: Colostrum (Diarrhœa in infants. Whole body smells sour. Colic). Nat mur .

Lachesis Mutus

Abbreviation: HOMŒOPATHIC MATERIA MEDICA by William BOERICKE, M.D. Presented by Médi-T

Antidotes: Ars; Merc; Heat; Alcohol; Salt . Complementary: Crotalus cascavella often completes curative work of Lachesis (Mure; Lycop; Hep; Salamandra). Incompatible: Acet ac; Carb ac. Compare: Cotyledon (climacteric troubles); Nat m; Nit ac; Crotal; Amphisbœna -snake lizard--(right jaw swollen and painful, lancinating pains; headaches, lancinating pains. Eruption of vesicles and pimples); Naja; Lepidium.

Lachnanthes Tinctoria

Abbreviation: HOMŒOPATHIC MATERIA MEDICA by William BOERICKE, M.D. Presented by Médi-T

Compare: Dulc; Bry; Puls ; also Fel tauri (nape of neck pains, and great tension there).

Lacticum Acidum

Abbreviation: HOMŒOPATHIC MATERIA MEDICA by William BOERICKE, M.D. Presented by Médi-T

Compare: Sarcolactic acid q v. Lithia; Phos ac .

Lactuca Virosa

Abbreviation: HOMŒOPATHIC MATERIA MEDICA by William BOERICKE, M.D. Presented by Médi-T

Antidotes: Acet ac; Coff . Compare: Nabalus-Prenanthes Serpentaria-Rattlesnake root-White lettuce, similar to Lactuca, (chronic diarrhœa, worse after eating, nights and towards morning. Pain in abdomen and rectum; emaciation. Constipation and somnolence; susceptible to aura of others. Dyspepsia, with acid burning eructation. Craving for acid food. Leucorrhœa with throbbing in uterus); Lach; Kali carb; Spiranthes (galactagogue).

Lamium Album

Abbreviation: HOMŒOPATHIC MATERIA MEDICA by William BOERICKE, M.D. Presented by Médi-T

Has a special affinity for female and urinary organs. Headache, with backward and forward motion of head. Leucorrhœa and menses too early and scanty. Hæmorrhoids; hard stool, with blood. Sensation in urethra as though a drop of water were flowing through it. Tearing in the extremities. Hæmoptysis. Blisters on heel from slight rubbing. Ulcers on heel (Cepa).

Lapis Albus

Abbreviation: HOMŒOPATHIC MATERIA MEDICA by William BOERICKE, M.D. Presented by Médi-T

Compare: Silica; Badiaga; Ars iod; Calc iod; Con; Kal iod; Asterias .

Lathyrus Sativus

Abbreviation: HOMŒOPATHIC MATERIA MEDICA by William BOERICKE, M.D. Presented by Médi-T

Compare: Oxytrop; Secale; Petiveria , a South American plant (Paralysis; paraplegia with numbness. Sensation of internal coldness). Agrostema githago -Corn-cockle --(Burning sensations, in stomach, through œsophagus into throat, in lower abdomen and anus; nausea, bitter vomiting, impaired locomotion; difficulty in remaining erect; vertigo and headache, burning from lower jaw to vertex ).

Latrodectus Mactans

Abbreviation: HOMŒOPATHIC MATERIA MEDICA by William BOERICKE, M.D. Presented by Médi-T

Compare: Latrodectus Hasselti -New South Wales Black Spider--(Long lasting effects seem to indicate it as a " chronic " blood poisoning. Arrests intense pain in pyæmia. Great œdema in neighborhood of wound; paralysis of limbs, with great wasting of muscles. Violent, darting, burning pains preceding paralysis; vertigo, tendency to fall forward; septicæmic conditions; constant delusion of flying . Loss of memory. Roaring noises). Araena; Mygale; Theridion; Latrodectus Kalipo -New Zealand spider--(lymphangitis and nervous twitchings, scarlet burning eruption). Triatema -Kissing bug --(Swelling with violent itching of fingers and toes. Smothering sensation and difficult breathing succeeded by fainting and rapid pulse).

Laurocerasus

Abbreviation: HOMŒOPATHIC MATERIA MEDICA by William BOERICKE, M.D. Presented by Médi-T

Compare: Hydrocy ac; Camphor; Secale; Ammon carb; Ambra .

Ledum Palustre

Abbreviation: HOMŒOPATHIC MATERIA MEDICA by William BOERICKE, M.D. Presented by Médi-T

Compare: Ledum antidotes spider poisons. Ruta; Ham; Bellis; Arnica .

Lemna Minor

Abbreviation: HOMŒOPATHIC MATERIA MEDICA by William BOERICKE, M.D. Presented by Médi-T

Compare: Dulc (damp surroundings and foggy weather). Calc; Teucr; Calend; Nat sulph .

Lepidium Bonariense

Abbreviation: HOMŒOPATHIC MATERIA MEDICA by William BOERICKE, M.D. Presented by Médi-T

LEPIDIUM BONARIENSE Cress-Brazilian Cress Affections of breast, heart, lancinating pains. With heart symptoms, numbness and pain in left arm, sensation of sinking in pit of stomach. Left side of head, face, chest, hip to knee, all have lancinating pain. A streak of pain from the temple to the chin, as if the face were cut with a razor. Burning in throat, roaring in ears. Sensation of a tight girdle around chest, as of a knife piercing the heart. Pain in neck, back, and extremities. Compare: Arnica; Lachesis.

Leptandra Virginica

Abbreviation: HOMŒOPATHIC MATERIA MEDICA by William BOERICKE, M.D. Presented by Médi-T

Compare: Podop; Iris; Bry; Merc; Ptel; Myrica .

Liatris Spicata

Abbreviation: HOMŒOPATHIC MATERIA MEDICA by William BOERICKE, M.D. Presented by Médi-T

A vascular stimulant. Increases functional activity of the skin, mucous membranes. Of use in dropsy due to liver and spleen diseases, also renal dropsy. Here the suppressed urination is most favorably influenced. General anasarca due to heart and kidney disease. Diarrhœa with violent urging and pain in lower part of back. Colic. Locally, applied to ulcers and unhealthy wounds. A prompt diuretic.

Lilium Tigrinum

Abbreviation: HOMŒOPATHIC MATERIA MEDICA by William BOERICKE, M.D. Presented by Médi-T

Compare: Cact; Helon; Murex; Sep; Plat; Pallad . Antidote: Helon.

Limulus Cyclops

Abbreviation: HOMŒOPATHIC MATERIA MEDICA by William BOERICKE, M.D. Presented by Médi-T

Compare: Asterias; Homarus; Cuprum .

Linaria Vulgaris

Abbreviation: HOMŒOPATHIC MATERIA MEDICA by William BOERICKE, M.D. Presented by Médi-T

Acts prominently within the domain of the pneumogastrics. Eructations, nausea, salivation, pressure on stomach. Jaundice, splenic and hepatic hypertrophy. Enteric symptoms and great drowsiness very marked. Cardiac fainting. Enuresis. Rectal symptoms. Tongue rough, dry; throat constricted. Coldness. Confusion in head. Irresistible sleepiness. Symptoms worse walking in open air.

Linum Usitatissimum

Abbreviation: HOMŒOPATHIC MATERIA MEDICA by William BOERICKE, M.D. Presented by Médi-T

Compare: Linum Catharticum -Purging flax --(Similar respiratory symptoms, but also colic and diarrhœa).

Lithium Carbonicum

Abbreviation: HOMŒOPATHIC MATERIA MEDICA by William BOERICKE, M.D. Presented by Médi-T

Compare: Lyc; Ammon phos; Benz ac; Calc; Lithium chlor (symptoms of cinchonism, viz.: Dizzy head, full, bluring of vision Ringing in ears; marked tremors; general weakness ; marked muscular and general prostration; no gastro-intestinal effects. Nose sore, heartburn, pain in teeth). Lithium lacticum (rheumatism of shoulder, and small joints relieved by moving about; worse, resting). Lithium benzoicum (deep-seated pains in loins; in small of back; uneasiness in bladder. Cystic irritation. Gallstones. Frequent desire. Diminishing uric acid deposit). Lithium bromatum (cerebral congestion, threatened apoplexy, insomnia and epilepsy).

Lobelia Inflata

Abbreviation: HOMŒOPATHIC MATERIA MEDICA by William BOERICKE, M.D. Presented by Médi-T

Antidote: Ipec . Compare: Tabac; Ars; Tart e; Verat; Rosa. Lobelia syphilitica or cerulea (gives a perfect picture of sneezing influenza, involving the posterior nares, palate, and fauces. Very depressed. Pain in forehead over eyes; pain and gas in bowels, followed by copious watery stools with tenesmus and soreness of anus. Pain in knees. Prickling in soles. Great oppression in lower part of chest , as if air could not reach there. Pain in chest under short ribs of left side . Dry, hacking cough. Breathing difficult. Dull, aching pain over root of nose. Eustachian catarrh. Pain in posterior part of spleen). Lobelia erinus ( malignant growths , extremely rapid development; colloid cancer of the omentum; cork-screw-like pains in abdomen; great dryness of skin, nasal and buccal mucous membranes; distaste for brandy; dry, eczematous patches covering points of first fingers. Malignant disease of the face. Epithelioma).

Lobelia Purpurascens

Abbreviation: HOMŒOPATHIC MATERIA MEDICA by William BOERICKE, M.D. Presented by Médi-T

Compare: Baptisa; Lobelia cardinalis (debility, especially of lower extremities; oppressed breathing, pleurisy, sticking pain in chest on taking a long breath. Pain in left lung, intermitting pricking during the day).