Lachesis — Lachnantes

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William Boericke 1922

Cotyledon (climacteric troubles); Nat. m.. Nit. ac.; Crotal.; Amphisboena — snake lizard — (right jaw swollen and painful, lancinating pains; headaches, lancinating pains. Eruption of vesicles and pimples) ; Naja; Scolo pendra — Centipede — (malignant pustule; angina pectoris). Lepidium (affections of the breast, heart, lancinating pains).

Dose

William Boericke 1922

Eighth to 200th potency. Doses ought not be repeated too frequently. If well indicated, a single dose should be allowed to exhaust its action.

Guiding symptoms

William Boericke 1922

warm bath, pressure or constriction, hot drinks. Better, appearance of discharges, warm applications.

Relationships

William Boericke 1922

Antidotes: Ars.; Merc.; Heat; Alcohol; Salt. Complementary: Lycop.; Hep.; Salamandra. Incompatible: Acet. ac.; Carb. ac.

References

This monograph is an original summary faithful to the classical tradition. It condenses material from these public-domain sources:

James Tyler Kent, Lectures on Homoeopathic Materia Medica (1905)Primary remedy pictures; characteristic mental and general symptoms. · Public domain (USA, pre-1930 publication)
William Boericke, Pocket Manual of Homeopathic Materia Medica and Repertory (1927)Reproduced here in full — the complete classical repertory-style monographs. · Public domain (USA, pre-1930 publication)
Constantine Hering, The Guiding Symptoms of Our Materia Medica (1879–1891)Confirmed symptom aggregates behind the section organization. · Public domain
Timothy Field Allen, Encyclopedia of Pure Materia Medica (1874–1879)Provings background referenced by the verification tradition. · Public domain

Published by Gentle Pills under CC0 1.0 — original wording, dedicated to the public domain. Not a substitute for the primary texts.

Reminder: this information is published for qualified practitioners. Patients must not self-medicate — homeopathic prescribing depends on the complete individual symptom picture, which only a doctor can evaluate. Please visit a homeopathy doctor.