Homeopathic Materia Medica

LOBELIA

Lobelia Stomach: Nausea with profuse flow of saliva. Heart and Pulse: Sense as if the heart would stand still; a deep pain about the heart. Neck and Back: Extreme sensitiveness of sacrum; can’t bear least touch; sits leaned forward to avoid contact of chair or cushion.

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...

LUESINUM

LUESINUM (Syphilinum) REGION: Mucous membranes. Nerves. Bones. WORSE: NIGHT; damp. Sundown to sunrise. Gradual < then slow >. Protruding tongue. Extreme heat or cold. Every alternate full moon. During thunderstorms. BETTER: Changing position. Continued or slow motion. High altitudes. Applie...

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...

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 .

Lappa Arctium

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

Very important in skin therapeutics. Eruptions on the head, face, and neck; pimples; acne. Styes and ulcerations on the edge of the eyelids. Profuse and frequent urination. Crops of boils and styes (Anthracin).

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 .

Lecithinum

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

Compare: Phosphor .

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 .