Homeopathic Materia Medica
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Lepidium Bonariense
Abbreviation: HOMOPATHIC 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: HOMOPATHIC MATERIA MEDICA by William BOERICKE, M.D. Presented by Médi-T
Compare: Podop; Iris; Bry; Merc; Ptel; Myrica .
Liatris Spicata
Abbreviation: HOMOPATHIC 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. Diarrha with violent urging and pain in lower part of back. Colic. Locally, applied to ulcers and unhealthy wounds. A prompt diuretic.
Lilium Tigrinum
Abbreviation: HOMOPATHIC MATERIA MEDICA by William BOERICKE, M.D. Presented by Médi-T
Compare: Cact; Helon; Murex; Sep; Plat; Pallad . Antidote: Helon.
Limulus Cyclops
Abbreviation: HOMOPATHIC MATERIA MEDICA by William BOERICKE, M.D. Presented by Médi-T
Compare: Asterias; Homarus; Cuprum .
Linaria Vulgaris
Abbreviation: HOMOPATHIC 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: HOMOPATHIC MATERIA MEDICA by William BOERICKE, M.D. Presented by Médi-T
Compare: Linum Catharticum -Purging flax --(Similar respiratory symptoms, but also colic and diarrha).
Lithium Carbonicum
Abbreviation: HOMOPATHIC 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: HOMOPATHIC 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: HOMOPATHIC 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).
Loleum Temulentum
Abbreviation: HOMOPATHIC MATERIA MEDICA by William BOERICKE, M.D. Presented by Médi-T
Compare: Secale; Lathyr; Astrag .
Lonicera Xylosteum
Abbreviation: HOMOPATHIC MATERIA MEDICA by William BOERICKE, M.D. Presented by Médi-T
Compare: Lonicera pericylmenum -Honeysuckle --(irritability of temper, with violent outburst ( Crocus )).
Lupulus Humulus
Abbreviation: HOMOPATHIC MATERIA MEDICA by William BOERICKE, M.D. Presented by Médi-T
Antidotes: Coffea; Vinegar . Compare: Nux; Urtica; Cannab.
Lycopersicum Esculentum
Abbreviation: HOMOPATHIC MATERIA MEDICA by William BOERICKE, M.D. Presented by Médi-T
Compare: Bellad (follows well); Eup perf; Rhus; Sanguin; Caps .
Lycopodium Clavatum
Abbreviation: HOMOPATHIC MATERIA MEDICA by William BOERICKE, M.D. Presented by Médi-T
Complementary: Lycop acts with special benefit after Calcar and Sulphur. Iod; Graphites, Lach; Chelidon . Antidotes: Camph; Puls; Caust. Compare: Carbo-Nitrogenoid Constitution: Sulphur; Rhus; Urtica; Mercur; Hepar. Alumina (Lycop is the only vegetable that takes up aluminum. T. F. Allen) Ant c; Nat m; Ery; Nux; Bothrops (day-blindness; can scarcely see after sunrise; pain in right great toe). Plumbago littoralis-A Brazilian plant--(Costive with red urine, pain in kidneys and joints and body generally; milky saliva, ulcerated mouth). Hydrast follows Lycop in indigestion.
Lycopus Virginicus
Abbreviation: HOMOPATHIC MATERIA MEDICA by William BOERICKE, M.D. Presented by Médi-T
Compare: Ephedra -Teamsters Tea--(in exophthalmic goitre; eyes feel pushed out with tumultuous action of heart); Fucus; Spartein; Cratægus. Adrenaline 6x.
MACROTINUM
Macrotinum. Macrotyn. Resinoid of Actæa racemosa. Trituration. Clinical Dysmenorrhœa. Eyes, affections of. Headache. Lumbago. Melancholy. Myalgia. Rheumatism. Characteristics I have already mentioned Macrot. under Act. r., from which it is derived; but as Dr. Scipio's proving (with the 3rd trit.,...
MAGNETIS POLI AMBO
Magnetis Poli Ambo. The Magnet. (General symptoms of the magnet produced by touching either pole indiscriminately while handling the magnet, or by laying the whole of the magnetic surface upon the body.) Trituration of Sugar of Milk after exposure to the influence of the entire magnet. Dilution o...
MAGNETIS POLUS ARCTICUS
Magnetis Polus Arcticus. North Pole of the Magnet. Attenuations of saccharum lactis or water charged with the influence of this pole. Clinical Amenorrhœa. Clairvoyance. Hernia. Panaritium. Salivation. Sleep disturbed. Somnambulism. Toothache. Vertebræ, cervical, cracking in. Characteristics The s...
MAGNETIS POLUS AUSTRALIS
Magnetis Polus Australis. South Pole of the Magnet. Attenuations of media saturated with emanations of the pole. Clinical Cough. Dislocation, easy. Frost-bite. Heart, palpitation of. Hernia. Ingrowing toe-nails. Levitation. Menorrhagia. Varicosis. Characteristics I have cured so many cases of ing...
MAGNOLIA GLAUCA
Magnolia Glauca. Sweet Magnolia. Sweet Bay. N. O. Magnoliaceæ. Tincture of the flowers. Clinical Asthma. Fainting. Characteristics Our knowledge of Mag. gl. is based on two observations by S. A. Jones and T. F. Allen of the effects of the flowers on three persons. The symptoms were these: "Sense ...
MALARIA OFFICINALIS
Malaria Officinalis. [In the summer of 1862 G. W. Bowen, of Indiana, allowed vegetable matter to decompose in water in glass jars, for one week (No. I.), two weeks (No. II.), and three weeks (No. III.). At each stage provings were made by inhaling the gases given off. Later some drops were taken ...
MANDRAGORA
Mandragora. Mandragora officinarum. Atropa mandragora. Mandrake. N. O. Solanaceæ. Tincture of plant without the root. Clinical Constipation. Characteristics The mandrake does not derive its name from the shape of the human body which the root of the plant sometimes takes, but from the name by whi...