The Materia
Medica of the Nosodes.
By Henry Clay ALLEN, M. D.
Presented and arranged by Dr Robert Séror.
LAC DEFLORATUM.
(Skimmed Cow’s Milk)
Characteristics
Diseases with faulty and defective nutrition
with reflex affections of nervous centers.Despondent
;
does not care to live ;
has no fear of death but is sure he is going to die.
American sick headache :
begins
in forehead, extending to occiput, in morning on rising (Bry.)
;
intense throbbing,
with nausea, vomiting, blindness
and obstinate constipation (Epig.,
Iris, Sang.).
< noise, light, motion (Mag. m., Sil.) ; great prostration ; >
pressure, by bandaging head tightly (Arg.
n., Puls.)
;
copious, pale urine.Globus hystericus
;
sensation of a large ball rising from stomach to throat, causing sense
of suffocation (Asaf.,
Kal.).Vomiting
:
incessant, no relation to eating ;
first of undigested food, intensely acid, then of bitter water ;
of pregnancy (Lac.
ac., Psor.).Constipation
:
with ineffectual urging (Anac.,
Nux)
;
feces dry and hard (Bry.,
Sulph.)
;
stool large, hard, great
straining lacerating anus (Nat.,
San.)
;
painful, extorting cries.A woman had taken
10
or 12
enemas daily, often passed 4
or 5
weeks without an evacuation ;
constipation of 15
years, standing.Menses
:
delayed ;
suppressed, by putting hands
in cold water (Con.) ; drinking a glass of milk will promptly suppress
flow until next period (compare
Phos.).Great restlessness, extreme and protracted
suffering fromloss
of sleep (Coc., Nit. ac.).Feels completely exhausted, whether she does
anything or not;
great fatigue when walking.Sensation
:
as if cold air was blowing on her, even while covered up ;
as if sheets were damp.Dropsy
:
from organic heart disease ;
from chronic liver complaint ;
far advanced albuminuria ;
following intermittent fever.Obesity
;
fatty degeneration.Emaciation, both local and general.
Relations
Antidotes
:
Ign., Nux.Compare
Lac can., Lac vac., Lac. ac., Sac. lac.
;
Nat. mur., diabetes, albuminuria, headache, constipation, menstrual
irregularities and heart affections, especially at climaxis ;
Coc., car or sea sickness and menstrual headaches ;
Cac., but it lacks the iron hand constriction ;
Nux m., heavy head but it falls to left ;
Cal., Kali c., Nat. s., Tub., child takes cold easily, is chilly, the
hydrogenoid constitution ;
Cal., Caps., Fer., Graph., Tub., tendency to obesity ;
Ars., China, Graph., lod., Lyc., Nat. m., Phos., Sil., Stan., Sulph.,
Tub., general emaciation ;
Arn., Hip., in traumatism ;
Con., Phos., suppressed menses.Aggravation
Lying down
;
external heat ;
motion, especially walking, or extending arms over head (fainting)
;
pressure (fainting)
;
cold water (suppresses
menses)
;
sitting down (ever
so gently).Amelioration
Pressure
(pain
in eye)
;
bandaging head lightly.Copyright
© Robert Séror 2005