Lycopodium?

Okay, so I'm learning homeopathy just for fun, and I can't get a clear picture of Lycopodium in my head. Would the devil appearing as a salesman (like in a lot of movies, no in real life of course) be a good picture of a 'lycopodium monster'? 

There seems to be a lot of balloon-type action in the remedy, if you want to think of it that way. It can go from skinny to obese (or vice versa, inflating deflating), there's wheezing (like a balloon deflating), joints can swell from gout, and of course the gas, bloating and farts. Are those fair comparisons to make?

Do lycopodiums like to be very sweet and polite just in order to get what they want, not because they are actually nice or caring? Do they tend to 'lure people into their web' like that?

Thanks if you can answer my questions!

Hi cire !
Lyc was one of the first remedies I studied and of which I had the impression that these types must be really terrible, simply because most books only describe their negative or uncompensated states. Until I read Catherine Coulter's "Portrait's of homeopathic medicine", which gives such a nice balanced prescription of this constitutional type and others, that my view changed completely, and reminded me that Hahnemann asked us always to be an unprejudiced observer. I would warmly recommend this book as well as Philp Baileys "Homeopathic psychology", not to forget Kent's Lectures on homeopathic materia medica. reading these will give you a very deep understanding of this remedy.

Hi cire,
I think the best to know this remedy is to know some Lycopodiums. How different character's they can be despite of their common theme and underlying pathology (or essence which Vithoulkas prescribes as cowardice). Lyc's often have a deep sense of inferiority which can manifest in different ways. I think the egoistic Lyc type who is self-centered, boastful, desires power and speaks with an air of command is easier to recognize than the shy and introverted type who is full of fears and often becomes a loner. Often the physical symptoms will help you to complete the picture, even if not all of them are bloated...

There are some interesting articles on Lyc in the web, just google for Lycopodium remedy picture, may be they can help you too.

Philip Baileys "Homeopathic psychology" is an AMAZING  VALUABLE BOOK  !!!

I keep reading it all the time and helped me better than any book to get a clear picture of the main facettes of the remedies.

And cheap too !

Yes, reliability is always a problem, even with the repertories and MM's.
I was astonished to read in his book that he never had a female Sulph, and that  Bill Clinton shall be a Carc because of the shape of his nose. Would love to hear others opinion on these statement's.

The problem with us is that we are going away from the teachings of Hahnemann in the name of development and advances in Homeopathy.
sajjad.

 

Hi Neil