Lactuca Virosa

Acrid Lettuce

Abdomen

William Boericke 1922

Sensation of weight, of fullness; borborygmi; abundant emission of wind. Colic in early morning, abdomen tense, relieved somewhat by evacuation and passing of wind.

Chest

William Boericke 1922

Constant tickling cough. Incessant, spasmodic cough, as if chest would fly to pieces. Squeezing sensation in lower

William Boericke 1922

Seems to be a true galactogogue.

William Boericke 1922

Difficult breathing. Suffocative breathing* from dropsy of the

Compare

William Boericke 1922

Nabalus — Prenanthes Serpentaria — Rattlesnake root — White Lettuce, similar to Lactuca, (d^onic diarrhoea, worse after eating, nights and toiprards morning. Pain in abdomen and

Extremities

William Boericke 1922

Coldness and numbness of feet and legs. Tremor of hands and arms.

Female

William Boericke 1922

Promotes catamenia. Increase of milk in breasts.

Guiding symptoms

William Boericke 1922

This remedy acts principally upon the brain and circulatory system. Delirium tremens with sleeplessness, coldness, and tremor. Hydrothorax and ascites. Impotence. Sense of lightness and tightness affecting whole body, especially

Head

William Boericke 1922

Dull, heavy, confused, dizzy. Heat of face and headache, with general coldness. Headache, with affections of respiratory organs.

Mind

William Boericke 1922

Stupefaction of sense. Great restlessness.

Rectum

William Boericke 1922

emacia- LACTUCA VIROSA — LAMIUM — LAPIS ALBUS 451 tion. Constipation and somnolence; susceptible to aura of others) ; Lack.; Kali carb.; Spiranthes (galactagogue).

Relationships

William Boericke 1922

Antidotes: Acet. ar.; Coff.

Sleep

William Boericke 1922

Restless; impossible to get to

William Boericke 1922

Deep, comatose

References

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