Lachnanthes Tinctoria

▲   GENERAL

General

Head, chest and circulation are affected. Bridge of nose as if pinched. A remedy for torticollis, rheumatic symptoms about neck. Tuberculosis - light-complexioned people. Early stages, and established chest cases, with much coldness. Produces a desire to talk - a flow of language and the courage to make a speech.

Dose

Third potency. Tincture in phthisis, unit doses, once or twice a week, or three drops every four hours.

▲   RELATIONSHIPS

Compare

Compare: Dulcamara ^Dulc.; Bryonia ^Bry.; Pulsatilla ^Puls.; also Fel tauri (nape of neck pains, and great tension there).

▲   MIND

Mind

Behaviour

makes noises; whistling

singing

Delirium

night

1 to 2 a.m.

talks a lot

Excitement

over things of little importance

Emotions, feelings, attitude, disposition

cheerful, happy; evening

irritability

during headache

mirth, hilarity, liveliness, etc.

evening

mood; changeable, variable mood

unhappy; sadness, mental depression

weeping, crying, tearful mood (lamenting)

Intellectual faculties; impaired thinking; mistakes; in writing; omitting letters; words

Restlessness, nervousness

during heat

while perspiring

Talking, conversation

talkative

talkative; night; 1 to 2 a.m.

▲   VERTIGO, DIZZINESS

Vertigo

Heat of fever; with sensation of heat in chest and about heart

▲   HEAD

Head

Sleepless

Bridge of nose feels as if pinched.

Coldness

Pulled; sideways

Expanded sensation (see swollen); enlarged sensation

enlarged sensation; the top of head seems extended upward (vertex)

Hot

during chill

with coldness of body

Prickling

temples; evening

Pulsating

while lying down

Swollen, and feeling swollen

Headache

Right-sided pain, extending down to jaw; Head feels enlarged; worse, least noise

Heaviness (see pain; pressing)

Pain, headache

morning

from 6 a.m.

until 10 a.m.

late morning

evening

alternating with other symptoms; pain elsewhere; chest

affected by certain foods and drinks (improved, brought on or aggravated); after eating

affected by certain foods and drinks (improved, brought on or aggravated); supper

with stomach complaints; diarrhoea

perspiration; with perspiration

after stool

in forehead

right side; extending to cheek

night

open air

alternating with pains elsewhere; cramp pain in chest at last tearing in nose and shoulders

while lying down

extending to other parts; cheeks

extending to other parts; face

back of head (occiput)

while lying down

forehead and back of head (occiput)

temples

extending to other parts; to face

extending to other parts; to teeth

and forehead

burning

bursting

as if split open with a wedge

cutting, darting, stabbing; as if split by a wedge, body icy cold, thirsty

dull pain

as from a plug, peg or wedge (see nail); as if head split wide open by a wedge, body cold, head burns, cannot get warm; whining

pressing (see bursting, pulling); forehead

over eyes; as if eyes would be forced out

pressing (see bursting, pulling); temples

sore bruised, sensitive to pressure

stitching, sudden, sharp

tearing, rending; evening

tearing, rending; forehead

across

side of forehead

side of forehead; extending to cheek

tearing, rending; temples; evening

tearing, rending; temples; extending to other parts; face

tearing, rending; temples; extending to other parts; teeth

tearing, rending; top of head (vertex)

Scalp

Scalp painful

Circumscribed red cheeks; scalp feels sore, as if hair was standing on end; burning in palms and soles

Hair; bristling

Skin and scalp; perspiration; forehead

▲   EYES

Eyes

Lids; eyes closed

Sparkling

Coldness

Discharges of mucus or pus

white

Dryness

Heaviness; lids

Itching

Pain

afternoon

burning, smarting, gnawing, biting

as from something in eye; like sand in eye

pressing

afternoon

in corner; outer

Pupils; dilated

Staring

Tears

morning

Twitching

corner

lids

upper

when closed

Vision

Colours and shapes in front of eyes

colours; dark; spots; reading

colours; grey; circles

colours; grey; spots

Dim

evening

walking in open air

Lost vision, blindness

while reading

while walking

▲   EARS

Ear

Sensation of air; rushing in to ear

Coldness; sensation of cold in external ear

Discharges from ear

Itching

like insects crawling on skin

like insects crawling on skin; while eating

in ear

boring with finger

while eating

Noises in ear

before vertigo, dizziness

while walking

in the open air

ringing

singing

right

afternoon, while walking in open air

while walking in open air

Pain

soreness; behind

tearing in

Stopped sensation

Tingling

Hearing

Impaired

Lost, deafness

▲   FACE

Face

Lips

discoloration; bluish

discoloration; red

tension of surface

Pain; tearing

Perspiration

cold

Skin

discoloration; bluish

discoloration; pale

discoloration; red; within definite boundaries

discoloration; sickly colour

discoloration; yellow

like insects crawling on skin (see skin)

itching (see skin)

Swelling

lips

Tingling

▲   NOSE

Nose

Nose bleed

pale blood

Pain

burning, smarting; root; right side

pressing; as if nostril were pinched

▲   MOUTH

Mouth

sore

Gums and teeth

Teeth

sensation of elongated teeth

looseness; sensation

pain; from certain foods or drinks; from drinking coffee

pain; from heat; from warm things

Saliva

Saliva; thick and sticky

Salivation

▲   THROAT

Throat

Dryness

on waking

larynx

Irritation; larynx

Itching; throat; when swallowing

Membrane, exudation, diphtheria, etc.

Pain; sore

External throat

stiffness of sides

contracted neck muscles

pulled to right

▲   CHEST

Chest

Sensation of heat - bubbling and boiling around heart region rising to head.

Neck and Back.

Drawn over to one side in sore throat

Rheumatism of the neck

Stiffness of neck

Pain in nape, as if dislocated.

Chilliness between the shoulder-blades; pain and stiffness in back.

Heart; palpitations; tumultuous, violent, intense

Heat

around heart

Inflammation; lungs

Movements in and of chest

trembling

trembling; heart (see fluttering)

Oppressed feeling

Bubbling sensation in blood (see heat flushes)

Pain

cutting (sudden sharp pain); coughing

cutting (sudden sharp pain); sides; right; when coughing

stitching, sudden, sharp

collar bone

stitching, sudden, sharp; sides

left

stitching, sudden, sharp; heart

Respiration

Deep

Hiccup

Stomach; hiccup; in bed

▲   COUGH

Cough

Morning

Night

Dry cough

from tickling in larynx

Sensations in throat and air passages (either from coughing, or causing coughing); dryness from coughing; larynx

from irritation in air passages; in larynx

While lying down

bed

after sleep

In women; during period

Short

On waking

▲   EXPECTORATION

Expectoration

Bloody, spitting of blood (see chest haemorrhage)

streaked with blood

Mucous; bloody

▲   SKIN

Skin

Body icy cold; face yellow, tendency to sweat.

Coldness

icy

Itching

night

burning

night

scratching

▲   BACK AND NECK

Neck

Pain

neck

digging; neck

on turning head

Stiffness

neck

neck; with running nose

Back

Coldness

dorsal (shoulder level); between shoulder blades

like ice

Pain

while lying down; when turning head

in women; during period

lumbar (lower half of back); during period

burning

dorsal (shoulder level); shoulder blades

dorsal (shoulder level); shoulder blades; right

lumbar (lower half of back)

sacrum (base of spine)

sacrum (base of spine); 4 p.m.

spine

tearing; lumbar (lower half of back); during period

▲   ABDOMEN

Abdomen

Bloated; during period

Heat

Noises from abdomen; rumbling; fermentation; during period

Bladder

pain; pressing, pressure

pain; pressing, pressure; during urination

urination; dribbling (by drops); night; drops flow from urethra (urinary part of genitals), colouring night clothes red

Kidneys; pain; burning; left

Stomach

burping, belching; sweetish

burping, belching; sweetish; fluid

pulsation

Eating

aversion to certain foods or drinks; meat

Nausea

nausea; afternoon; 4 p.m.

▲   GENITALS ETC

Urine

Colour; red

Urethra

Urethra (urinary part of genitals); discharge; gonorrhoea

Male

Male

itching; penis

itching; scrotum

pain; burning; scrotum

perspiration; scrotum

tingling; scrotum

Genitals

perspiration

Menses

Female

period; bloody, mucus

period; frequent

▲   EXTREMITIES, LIMBS

Extremities, limbs

Cramps

lower limbs; night

calf

in bed

foot

morning, 9 a.m.

night

during period

Pain

shoulder

elbow

lower limbs; sciatica (pain radiating from back along back of thigh)

burning; hand; palm

burning; thigh

inner side of

burning; foot

sole

toes; first toe (large toe)

toes; first toe (large toe); left

as if sprained; thumb

stitching, sudden, sharp; knee; knee cap

burning

tearing

upper limbs

shoulder

shoulder; extending to other parts; fingers

upper arm

upper arm; extending to other parts; to shoulder

elbow

elbow; extending to shoulder

fingers; joints of fingers

hip; right

knee

knee; left

knee; while walking

knee; knee cap

leg

leg; shin bone

toes; first toe (large toe)

Paralysis

thumb; sensation of paralysis

thumb; sensation of paralysis; right

Perspiration; cold

Skin

discoloration; knee; red

itching

like insects crawling on skin; lower limbs

upper limbs

elbow

lower limbs

thigh

knee

out-break on skin; blisters; containing fluid

out-break on skin; elbow; bend of elbow; painful

out-break on skin; lower limbs; small, solid, no pus

out-break on skin; lower limbs; blisters

Tingling, prickling, asleep (see numbness); lower limbs

leg

foot

heat

▲   FEVER AND CHILL

Fever and chill

Evening

Bed

Chilliness (see also whole body; temperature)

Icy coldness of the body

At certain time of day or night; from 6 p.m.; midnight

Warmth

external warmth

hot water bottle or electric blanket

warm bed relieves, but not by external covering

Evening; 8 p.m.

Fever without chill

evening; 6 p.m.; to 12 p.m.

night

With chilliness

▲   GENERALITIES

Sleep and dreams

Dreams

anxious

visionary

Falling asleep; during heat

Restless

Sleepiness, tiredness

during the heat

Sleeplessness, insomnia

Yawning

Perspiration

Morning

Morning; during sleep

Night; after midnight

Clammy

Cold

During coldness

During headache

During sleep

Sticky

Generalities

Afternoon; 4 p.m.

Evening; 6 p.m.

Night

1 a.m.

2 a.m.

Pulse; slow

Weakness (see lethargic, weariness)

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