Lycopus Virginicus

▲   GENERAL

General

Lowers the blood pressure, reduces the rate of the heart and increases the length of systole to a great degree. Passive hemorrhages ( Adrenalinum ^Adrenalin 6x.)

A heart remedy, and of use in exophthalmic goitre and hemorrhoidal bleeding. Indicated in diseases with tumultuous action of the heart and more or less pain. Hemoptysis due to valvular heart disease. Beneficial in toxic goitre used in the pre-operative stage. Dose, 5 drops of tincture (Beebe).

Dose

First to thirtieth potency.

▲   RELATIONSHIPS

Compare

Compare: Ephedra Vulgaris ^Ephedra - Teamster’s Tea - (in exophthalmic goitre; eyes feel pushed out with Tumultuous action of heart); Fucus; sparteine; crataegus. Adrenalinum ^Adrenalin 6x.

▲   MIND

Mind

Behaviour; impelled to touch things

Delusions, imaginations, hallucinations, illusions; about self; circumstances; is dirty

Excitement

evening

Emotions, feelings, attitude, disposition; unhappy; sadness, mental depression

Intellectual faculties

impaired thinking; difficulty concentrating

impaired thinking; dull, sluggish; during period

Restlessness, nervousness; evening

▲   VERTIGO, DIZZINESS

Vertigo

Morning; late morning

Evening

Tendency to fall over

falling forward

falling sideways; falling to left

falling sideways; falling to right

From movement

Swaying

toward left

toward right

While sitting

While walking

▲   HEAD

Head

Nosebleed.

Headache

Frontal headache; worse, frontal eminences; often succeeded by labored heart

Pain, headache

noon

afternoon

3 p.m.

evening

alternating with other symptoms; pain in lower back

alternating with other symptoms; pain elsewhere; loins

alternating with other symptoms; pain elsewhere; teeth

extending to other parts; teeth

in forehead

left side; extending to right side

afternoon; 3 p.m.

extending to other parts; back of head (occiput)

above eyebrows

above eyebrows; left

above eyebrows; evening

above eyebrows; pressure

back of head (occiput)

temples

late morning

movement; after rising

extending to other parts; to back of head (occiput)

and forehead

pressing (see bursting, pulling)

forehead

▲   EYES

Eyes

Protrusion, pressing, outward, with tumultuous action of heart

Supraorbital pain, with aching in testicles.

Pain

pressing; evening

pressing; outward

Protrusion; protruding eye balls

Weak

▲   EARS

Ear

Pain

burning

burning; right

▲   FACE

Face

parotid gland (gland in front and below ear lobe)

Skin; out-breaks on skin; pus-filled pimples; nose; flesh between nostrils

▲   MOUTH

Gums and teeth

Toothache in lower molars.

Tongue

Tongue; flabby

▲   THROAT

Throat

Choking, constricting

larynx

larynx; evening

External throat

goitre

goitre; exophthalmic

▲   CHEST

Chest

Heart; Rapid heart action of smokers

Precordial pain; constriction, tenderness, pulse, weak, irregular, intermittent, tremulous, rapid

Cyanosis

Heart’s action tumultuous and forcible

Palpitation from nervous irritation, with oppression around heart

Rheumatoid, flying pains, associated with heart disease

Cardiac asthma (Sumbul ^Sumbul).

Clothing

Constriction, tension

lying on right

lower part

lying on the right side

heart

Fullness; heart

Heart

aneurysm

of the large arteries

sensation as if heart had ceased

dilatation of heart

hypertrophy of heart

palpitations

morning

evening

on climbing steps

after excitement

from exertion

while lying down

when thinking of it

tumultuous, violent, intense

Inflammation; lungs

Lungs

haemorrhage (see expectoration)

tuberculosis; early stages

Murmurs

Oppressed feeling; heart

Pain

sides

sides; while lying; on right side

heart

pulsating

rheumatic

aching; heart

pressing; heart

stitching, sudden, sharp; heart

Respiration

Wheezing

Cough, with Hemoptysis, bleeding small but frequent.

Accelerated

ascending

during exercise

Difficult (dyspnea)

ascending

after exertion

physical exertion

with heart complaints; and urinary troubles

while walking

Sighing; evening; 7 p.m.

Wheezing

evening

▲   COUGH

Cough

Evening

In open air

in the wind

in the wind; in cold wind

Cough from deep down

While lying down; during sleep

Violent

▲   EXPECTORATION

Expectoration

In cold wind

Bloody, spitting of blood (see chest haemorrhage)

Pale

Noticeable taste

bad

sweetish

▲   SKIN

Skin

Abnormal growths; warts; waxy

Out-breaks on skin; like nettle rash

▲   BACK AND NECK

Back

Pain

rheumatic

dorsal (shoulder level); shoulder blades; right; under shoulder blade

dorsal (shoulder level); shoulder blades; between; rheumatic pain

lumbar (lower half of back)

spine

aching

night

lumbar (lower half of back); noon

lumbar (lower half of back); afternoon

lumbar (lower half of back); afternoon; evening

spine

Weakness (tired feeling, in spine); lumbar (lower half of back)

▲   ABDOMEN

Abdomen

Pain

during diarrhoea (colic)

groin region

hernia; as from a hernia

hernia; as from a hernia; walking

while walking

pressing; before stool

sore, bruised, tenderness, etc.; behind lower ribs

left

Bladder

fullness

fullness; after urinating

pain; sore, tender

Kidneys; pain

Stomach

desires, cravings; cold drinks

burping, belching; while walking

pulsation; straightening up

thirst; burning, intense

thirst; for large quantities

Nausea

nausea; evening

walking in the open air

nausea; while walking; in open air

▲   RECTUM, ANUS, STOOL

Rectum

Bleeding from rectum

Hemorrhoids.

Diarrhoea; during jaundice

Urging, desire to stool (see pain; urge to stool, or urinate, but producing nothing); during stool

Stool

Clay-like

Dry

Forcible, sudden, gushing

Grey

Hard

Light-coloured

Odour; offensive

Pasty, mushy

Scanty

▲   GENITALS ETC

Urine

Profuse flow of liquid, watery urine, especially when the heart is most irritable; also scanty urine

Bladder feels distended when empty

Pain in testicles.

Albuminous (white, thick)

following heart disease

Ejecting lumps; epithelial

Colourless

Copious

Sediment; oxalate of lime

Sugar in urine

Clear as water

Male

Male

pain; testes

pain; testes; left

pain; testes; evening

pain; stitching, sudden, sharp; testes

Female

Female

dryness; vagina

hot; vagina

Genitals

metrorrhagia (non-menstrual bleeding)

Menses

period; morning; late morning only

period; intermittent

▲   EXTREMITIES, LIMBS

Extremities, limbs

Coldness

upper limbs

hands

lower limbs; foot

Movements and positions

trembling; hand; afternoon

trembling; hand; while writing

Pain

afternoon

forearm

rheumatic

forearm; on waking

wrist

afternoon

thigh; on rising

knee; afternoon

knee; evening

knee; wandering pain

lower leg

afternoon

on physical exertion

rheumatic

calf; rheumatic

aching; forearm; afternoon

aching; forearm; on waking

aching; wrist; left

aching; wrist; late morning

aching; wrist; afternoon

aching; hand; 1 p.m., while sitting

aching; lower limbs; thigh; afternoon

aching; lower limbs; thigh; rising

aching; lower limbs; knee; afternoon

aching; lower limbs; knee; evening

aching; lower limbs; knee; movement

aching; leg; afternoon

aching; leg; shin; morning

aching; leg; calf

morning, on waking

stitching, sudden, sharp; wrist

stitching, sudden, sharp; thumb

Paralysis; lower limbs

Shrivelled (shrunken); one leg shorter than the other leg

Skin

chicken pox (see swelling); lower limbs

chicken pox (see swelling); leg; inflamed

chicken pox (see swelling); leg; during pregnancy

Swollen

upper limbs; heart affection

foot; fluid accumulation

Unsteadiness; lower limbs

Weakness

hand; trembling

thigh; while walking

▲   FEVER AND CHILL

Fever and chill

Chilliness (see also whole body; temperature); evening; with sleepiness

Continued fever

▲   GENERALITIES

Sleep and dreams

Wakefulness and morbid vigilance with inordinately active, but weak circulation.

Disturbed

Dreams; anxious

Sleeplessness, insomnia; night; first part of night

Waking

at daybreak

5 a.m.

early

Yawning

frequent

morning

while walking; in open air

Generalities

Blood vessels

varicose veins

varicose veins; blue

varicose veins; inflamed

varicose veins; during pregnancy

Physical exertion

Faintness, fainting

late morning; when walking in open air

afternoon; 1 p.m.

evening

from cardiac depression

7 p.m.

from climbing stairs

while walking; in open air

Movement

Pain; wandering

Pulse

frequent, accelerated, elevated, exalted, fast, innumerable, rapid

frequent, accelerated, elevated, exalted, fast, innumerable, rapid; movement

frequent, accelerated, elevated, exalted, fast, innumerable, rapid; and small

intermittent

irregular

slow

weak

Temperature (felt and effects of temperature); cold in general

cold air

Uncovering

Weakness (see lethargic, weariness)

late morning

10 a.m.

afternoon

evening

on going to bed

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