Lactuca Virosa
Acrid Lettuce
Abdomen
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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
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Constant tickling cough. Incessant, spasmodic cough, as if chest would fly to pieces. Squeezing sensation in lower
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Seems to be a true galactogogue.
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Difficult breathing. Suffocative breathing* from dropsy of the
Compare
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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
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Coldness and numbness of feet and legs. Tremor of hands and arms.
Female
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Promotes catamenia. Increase of milk in breasts.
Guiding symptoms
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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
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Dull, heavy, confused, dizzy. Heat of face and headache, with general coldness. Headache, with affections of respiratory organs.
Mind
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Stupefaction of sense. Great restlessness.
Rectum
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emacia- LACTUCA VIROSA — LAMIUM — LAPIS ALBUS 451 tion. Constipation and somnolence; susceptible to aura of others) ; Lack.; Kali carb.; Spiranthes (galactagogue).
Relationships
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Antidotes: Acet. ar.; Coff.
Sleep
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Restless; impossible to get to
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Deep, comatose
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
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