Lycopodium
Club Moss
Abdomen
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Dropsy, due to hepatic disease. Hepatitis, atrophic form of nutmeg
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Immediately afer a light meal, abdomen is bloated, full. Constant sense of fermentation in abdomen, like yeast working; upper left side. Hernia, ri ght s ide. Liver sensitive. Brown spots on
Back
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Fi*rfwrty between scapulae. Pain in small of
Chest
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Cough worse going down hill. Cough deep, hollow. Expectorations gray, purulent, salty, [Ars.; ' Phos.; Puls.] Night cough, tickling as from Sulphur fumes. Catarrh of the chest in infants, seems full of mucus rattling. Neglected pneumonia. Left-sided pneumonia.
Compare
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Alumina. (LyCop. is the only vegetable that takes up aluminum. F. K. Allen.) Ant. c.; Nat. m.;
Ears
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Thick, yellow, offensive discharge. Eczema about and behind
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Deep furrows on forehead. Premature baldness and gray hair.
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Otorrhoea and deafness with or without tinnitus; after scarlatina. Humming and roaring with hardness of hearing; every noise causes peculiar echo in ear.
Extremities
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Tearing in shoulder and elbow joints. One foot hot, the other cold. Chronic gout, with chalky deposits in joints. Profuse sweat of the feet. Pain in heel on treading as from a pebble. Toes and fingers contracted. Sciatica, worse right side. Cannot lie on painful side. Hands and feet numb. Right foot hot, left cold. Cramps in calves and toes at night in bed.
Eyes
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Withered, shriveled, and emaciated; copper-colored eruption. Dropping of lower jaw, in typhoid
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Styes on lids near internal canthus. Dayblindness. [Bothrops.] Night-blindness more characteristic. Sees only oncrhalf of an object. Ulceration and redness of lids.
Face
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Grayish-yellow color of face, with blue circles around
Female
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Menses too late; last too long. Vagina dry. Coition painful. [Arg. n.; Berh.; Kreos.] Right ovarian pain. Varicose veins of pudenda. Leucorrhoea, with burning in vagina. Discharge of blood from genitals during stool.
Fever
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Chill between 3 and 4 p. m., followed by
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[Lack.; Opium.] Itching; scaly herpes in face and corner of
Guiding symptoms
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ing influence upon the glandular (sebaceous) secretions. Pre-senility. Ascites, in liver disease. Lycop. patient is thin, withered, full of gas and dry. Lacks vital heat; has poor circulation, cold
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teriorly. Ulcerated nostrils. Crusts and elastic plugs. [Kal. b,; Teuc.] Fluent coryza. Nose stopped up. Snuffles; child starts from sleep rubbing
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This drug is inert until the spores are crushed. Its wonderful medicinal properties are only disclosed by trituration and succussion. In nearly all cases where Lycopodium is the remedy, some evidence of urinary or digestive disturbance wilh be found, A lithiemic-ncurasthenic remedy. Lycopodium is adapted more especially to ailments gradually developing, functional power weakening, with failures of the digestive powers, where the function of the liver is seriously disturbed. Atony. Mild temperaments of lymphatic constitution, with catarrhal tendencies ; older persons, where the
Head
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Shakes head without apparent cause. Twists face and
Heart
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Aneurism. [Baryta carh.] Aortic disease. Palpitation at night. Cannot lie on left side.
Liver
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Pain shooting across lower abdomen from right to left. Stool. — Diarrhoea. Inactive intestinal canal. Ineffectual urging. Stool hard, difficult, small, incomplete. Hcemo'i^rhoids; very painful to touch, aching. [Mur. ac.] Urine. — Pain in back before urinating; ceases after flow ; slow in coming, must strain. Retention. Polyuria during the night. Heavy red sediment. Child cries before urinating. [Bor.]
Male
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No erectile power; impotence. Premature emission. [Calad.; ScL; Afn.] Enl^r^g d prostate. Condylomata.
Mind
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Melancholy; afraid to be alone. Little things annoy. Extremely sensitive. Averse to undertaking new things. Headstrong and haughty when sick. I-oss of self-confidence Hurried when eating. Constant fear of breaking down under stress. Weak memory, confused thoughts; spells or zvrifes wrong words and syllables. Failing brain-power. [Anac.: Phos.; Baryt.] Cannot bear to see anything new. Cannot read what he writes. Sadness in* morning on awaking.
Modalities
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Worse, right side, from right to left, from above downward, 4 to 8 p. M. Warm applications, lying on left side, heat, hot air, hot bed. Better, by motion, after midnight, from warm food and drink, on getting cold, from being uncovered ; heat of bed.
Mouth
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Eating ever so little creates fullness. Cannot eat oysters. Rolling of flatulence. [Chin.; Carb.] Wakes at night feeling hungry. Hiccough. [Sulph. ac.; Hyos.] Incomplete burning eructations rise only to pharynx, there burn for hours. Likes to take food and drink hot.
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Pressing headache on vertex; worse from 4 to 8 p. M., and from lying down or stooping, if not eating regularly. [Cact.] Throbbing headache after every paroxysm of coughing. Headaches over *eyes in severe colds. [Sulph.] Vertigo in morning on rising. Pain in temples, as if they were screwed toward each other. Tearing pain in occiput; better, fresh air. Great falling out of hair. Eczema; moist oozing behind
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Teeth excessively painful to touch. Toothache, with swelling of cheeks; relieved by warm application. Dryness of mouth and tongue, without thirst. Tongue dry, black, cracked, swollen; oscillates to and fro. Mouth waters. Blisters on
Nose
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Dry, shrunken, especially palms ; hair becomes prematurely gray. Dropsies. Offensive secretions; viscid and offensive perspiration. Psoriasis.
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Inflammation of throat, with stitches on sw-allowing ; better, warm drinks. Swelling and suppuration of tonsils. Ulceration of tonsils, beginning on right side. Diphtheria; depo.^its spread from right to left; zvorsc, cold drinks. Ulceration of vocal bands. Tubercular laryngitis, especially when ulceration commences.
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Sense of smell very acute. Feeling of dryness posteriorly. Scanty excoriating, discharge an- 470
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Fan-like motion of alee nasi. [Kal. brom.; Phos.}
Relationships
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Complementary : Lycop. acts with special benefit after Calcar, and Sulphur. lod.; Graphites; Lack.; Chelidon. Antidotes: Camph.; Puls-; Caust.
Respiratory
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Tickling cough. Dyspnoea. Tensive, constrictive, burning pain in
Skin
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.shows yellowish spots, earthy complexion, uric acid diathesis, etc. ; also precocious, weakly children. Symptoms characteristically run from right to left, acts especially on right side of body, and are worse from about 4 to 8 p. m. In kidney affectiuns, red sand in urine, backache, in renal region; worse before urination. Intolerant of cold drinks ; craves everything wirm. Best adapted to persons intellectually keen» bu of weak, muscular power. Deep-seated, progressive, chronic diseases. Lithaemia. Marked regulat-
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Ulcerates. Abscesses beneath
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worse warm applications. Hives; worse, warmth. Violent itching; Fissured eruptions. Acne. Chronic eczema associated with., upnary, gastric and hepatic disorders; bleeds easily. Skin becomes thick and indurated. Varicose veins, naevi, erectric tumors. Brown spots, freckles worse on left side of face and
Sleep
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Drowsy during day. Starting in
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Dreams of accidents.
Stomach
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Dyspepsia due to farinaceous and fermentable food. Excessive hunger. Aversion to bread, etc. Desire for sweet things. Food tastes sour. Sour eructations. Great weakness of digestion. Bulimia, with much bloating. After eating, pressure in stomach, with bitter taste in
Sweat
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Icy coldness. Sweat from least exertion. ICalc.; Sil.; Hep.]
Throat
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Dryness of throat, without thirst. Food and drink regurgitates through
Tongue
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Bad odor from
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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