For persons intellectually keen, but physically weak;
upper part of body emaciated, lower part semi-dropsical; predisposed
to lung and hepatic affections ( Cal. , Phos. , Sulph. ); especially
the extremes of life, children and old people.
Deep-seated, progressive, chronic diseases.
Pains: aching-pressure, drawing; chiefly right sided, < four
to eight P.M.
Affects right side, or pain goes from right to left; throat, chest,
abdomen, liver, ovaries.
Children, weak, emaciated; with well-developed head but puny, sickly
bodies.
Baby cries all day, sleeps all night (rev. of, Jal. , Psor. ).
Ailments from fright, anger, mortification, or vexation with reserved
displeasure ( Staph. ).
Avaricious, greedy, miserly, malicious, pusillanimous.
Irritable; peevish and cross on walking; ugly, kick and scream;
easily angered; cannot endure opposition or contradiction; seeks
disputes; is beside himself.
Weeps all day, cannot calm herself; very sensitive, even cries
when thanked.
Dread of men; of solitude, irritable and melancholy; fear of being
alone ( Bis. , Kali c. , Lil. ).
Complexion pale, dirty; unhealthy; sallow, with deep furrows, looks
older than he is; fan-like motion of the alae nasi ( Ant. t. ).
Catarrh: dry, nose stopped at night, must breathe through the mouth
( Am. c. , Nux , Samb. ); snuffles, child starts from sleep rubbing
its nose; of root of nose and frontal sinuses; crusts and elastic
plugs ( Kali bi. , Marum ).
Diphtheria; fauces brownish red, deposit spreads from right tonsil
to left, or descends from nose to right tonsil; < after sleep
and from cold drinks (from warm drinks, Lach. ).
Everything tastes sour; eructations, heartburn, waterbrash, sour
vomiting (between chill and heat).
Canine hunger; the more he eats, the more he craves; head aches
if does not eat.
Gastric affections; excessive accumulation of flatulence; constant
sensation of satiety; good appetite, but a few mouthfuls fill up
to the throat, and he feels bloated; fermentation in abdomen, with
loud grumbling, croaking, especially lower abdomen (upper abdomen,
Carbo v. - entire abdomen, Cinch. ); fulness not relieved by belching
( Cinch. ).
Constipation: since puberty; since last confinement; when away
from home; of infants; with ineffectual urging, rectum contracts
and protrudes during stool, developing piles.
Red sand in urine, on child's diaper ( Phos. ); child cries before
urinating ( Bor. ); pain in back, relieved by urinating; renal colic,
right side (left side, Berb. ).
Impotence: of young men, from onanism or sexual excess; penis small,
cold, relaxed; old men, with strong desire but imperfect erections;
falls asleep during embrace; premature emissions.
Dryness of vagina; burning in, during and after coition ( Lys.
); physometra.
Discharge of blood from genitals during every stool.
Foetus appears to be turning somersaults.
Hernia: right sided, has cured many cases especially in children.
Pneumonia; neglected or maltreated, base of right lung involved
especially; to hasten absorption or expectoration.
Cough deep, hollow, even raising mucus in large quantities affords
little relief.
One foot hot and the other cold ( Cinch. , Dig. , Ipec. ).
Waking at night feeling hungry ( Cina. , Psor. ).
Relations. - Complementary: Iodine.
Bad effects: of onions, bread; wine, spirituous liquors; tobacco
smoking and chewing ( Ars. ).
Follows well: after, Calc. , Carbo v. , Lach. , Sulph.
It is rarely advisable to begin the treatment of a chronic disease
with Lyc. unless it is clearly indicated; it is better to give first
another antipsoric.
Lyc. is a deep-seated, long-acting remedy, and should rarely be
repeated after improvement begins.
Aggravation. - Nearly all diseases from 4 to 8 p. m. ( Hell. -
from 4 to 9 p. m., Col. , Mag. p. ).
Amelioration. - Warm food and drinks; from uncovering the head;
loosening the garments.
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