Saccharum Lactis

Saccharum Lactis.

Lactose.

Milk-sugar.

C 12 H 22 O 11.

Clinical (Saccharum lactis)Amblyopia.

Angina pectoris.

Body-odour, offensive.

Diabetes.

Dyspepsia.

Earache.

Gout.

Hysteria.

Labia, soreness of.

Nervousness.

Neuralgia.

Ovaries, affections of.

Over-exertion.

Ptosis.

Sciatica.

Sighing.

Stye.

Umbilicus, inflammation of.

Characteristics (Saccharum lactis)

Hahnemann chose globules of Saccharum lactis as the chief vehicle of his remedies, because he considered it the most inert substance he could find. But his method of attenuating remedies had shown that no substance is inert in attenuations, and experience shows that no substance is absolutely inert in any form.

Relations (Saccharum lactis)

Camph. < effects of Sac. l.

< From damp, Dulc.

< From sound of running water, Hdfb.

> Lying left side, Lil. t.

Ball sensation in rectum, Sep.

Fatigue, Pic. ac. , Mg. c.

Heat in heart, Lachn.

Kidney ache, Santal, Sac. off.

Radiating pains, K. bi.

Right cheek bone, Mg. c.

Roof of mouth, Mang.

Sac. off. , the Lacs.

Sensitiveness, K. iod. , Mg. c.

Causation (Saccharum lactis)

Mental excitement.

Over-fatigue.

Mind (Saccharum lactis)

Cross and fault-finding, could not speak a pleasant word to any one.

Extremely nervous, jumps from her seat at least unusual noise.

Great fear of death during paroxysm of pain in heart at night.

Her heart aches as if it would burst, yet she cannot weep.

Hysteria in evening, laughing and crying, jumping up and lying down, but could not stand, fell to right side.

Imagines : that there is a large hole in her back just above sacrum ; that her mother wants to kill her ; that some one is behind her.

Inclined to be sarcastic and fault-finding.

Laziness.

Longing and melancholy as if homesick, with oppressed breathing.

Loses her way in well-known streets.

Sensation as if it were only by a great effort that she kept together.

Was taken suddenly with fear and trembling of whole body, as from fright.

Head (Saccharum lactis)

Burning like fire, and a thick feeling in a lengthwise strip of two fingers' breadth extending from right frontal eminence to right side of vertex for fifteen minutes.

Forehead feels very heavy, with a tendency to fall forward.

Head aches all over top and feels drawn up.

Head feels confused, and as if it were tossing on a rough sea.

Head feels large, and as though all the blood in the body had gone into the head.

Left side of head felt all drawn up.

Left temple sore to touch.

Pain about middle of right lambdoidal suture, through to same point on left side.

Pain in left eyebrow.

Pain passing from front of left ear deep into brain.

Sensation as of pressure on frontal bone at inner canthi of left eye ; felt very sore.

Sharp darting pain on left side of head from temple to occiput.

Sharp jumping pains behind right ear.

Sharp pain in forehead passing back and forth from one temple to the other.

Eyes (Saccharum lactis)

Can only elevate upper lids half way.

Dryness of eyeball so that the lid would stick to it as if it wanted lubricating, preventing opening and shutting of eye or winking.

Eyelids feel swollen, which is not the case.

Looking at bright light dazzles and makes her close eyes ; no pain.

Pain through right eye inwards.

Severe pains in both canthi of right eye.

Sight fails ; eyes tire very easily.

Swelling of right upper lid, which increased to a large stye, the lid and all round eye being swollen and red ; on third day it broke in two places and discharged copiously.

Washing eyes in cold water causes a sensation as if needles were sticking into them.

Ears (Saccharum lactis)

Buzzing sound in right ear.

Pain from right ear to lower part of inferior maxillary bone.

Pain in left ear and sensation as if there were a gathering.

Pain in right ear and underneath it.

Pain passing from right ear to shoulder.

Painfulness of right external ear (concha), with burning like an ulcer, also when touched.

Pains in external ears and behind them.

Reverberation of voice when speaking.

Sensation as if she could not hear, but she could.

Sharp pain inside both ears.

Shooting pains in and behind ears and all over face.

Nose (Saccharum lactis)

Pain in end of nose.

Pain in right (and left) side of nose.

Ridge of nose extremely sore ; it feels sore to touch or from the least movement of facial muscles ; the left side is the worst and somewhat swollen.

Face (Saccharum lactis)

(Darting, shooting pain, centred in about middle of right cheek, extending thence up to eye, esp. right inner canthus, to ear, and up into right temple, most severe at centre of cheek, considerably decreasing the further it extends from the centre. ).

(Swelling of face with pain in head extending down neck and back to feet. ).

Burning in cheek-bones towards temples and lower jaw.

Corners of mouth smart and burn.

Face feels as if there were one large pain that covered the whole of it.

Great pallor of face with dark places under eyes.

Pain all over face, then centring in right ear.

Pain passing from corner of mouth to forepart of right axilla.

Symphysis menti smarts.

Wretched appearance, sad expression of face ; eyes look as from weeping, though she has not wept.

Mouth (Saccharum lactis)

(Sensation of coolness as of ice in mouth and throat. )

Burning in whole mouth.

Lips dry, with great thirst.

Lips feel very sore and raw.

Roof of mouth sore.

Sore on left side of tongue.

Soreness like blisters in mouth and on tongue.

Taste : putrid in mouth after eating ; fine spicy taste ; like fresh nuts.

Thick bitter mucus in mouth during morning ; food tastes fresh, as if there were no salt in it.

Tongue coated : yellow on each side, but none on middle or edges ; white ; yellow.

Throat (Saccharum lactis)

Globus hystericus after lunch at noon, with dull, sick headache.

Sensation when swallowing as of a fish-bone in throat.

Spasmodic stricture in oesophagus.

Throat very sensitive to external pressure ; the least pressure causes a feeling as if she were choking.

Appetite (Saccharum lactis)

After eating : feeling of distension.

Desire for dainties.

Great thirst ; wanted large quantities of very cold water.

Hungry all the time.

When first getting out of bed feels faint for something to eat.

Stomach (Saccharum lactis)

Dyspepsia after eating hot pie-crust.

Heartburn, with sweet taste coming from stomach, without waterbrash.

Nausea does not affect appetite.

Nausea like sea-sickness.

Pressure in stomach as if she had eaten something indigestible.

Abdomen (Saccharum lactis)

Abdomen sore to touch, painful from the jar caused by walking.

Feeling as if ulcerated anteriorly over right short ribs, < from touch and when stooping ; slight swelling there ; also all next day till towards evening.

Inflammation and soreness of lower half of navel, passing off by morning, with greenish yellow discharge, staining the clothes.

Pain about length of finger above left hip, which would come when leaning back, lasted two days, followed by severe pain in forehead.

Pain commencing at waist and passing to top of right breast.

Pain in left hypochondrium passing under left breast.

Sharp pain passing across bowels just above navel and all round body.

Stool and Anus (Saccharum lactis)

Before stool hands and whole body exhaled a faecal odour, which passed away after stool.

Before stool pains in breasts and upper abdomen.

Constant pressure and soreness at anus, waking her at night.

Creeping, itching, and crawling round anus, extending three inches inside rectum, > for a short time by rubbing.

Great soreness round anus, extending three inches up rectum inside.

Severe pain passing through abdomen during stool ; felt very sore inside.

Shooting pains in rectum.

Stool preceded by shooting pains across abdomen, which are. > by stool.

Stools smell like rotten eggs.

Urgent inclination to stool ; felt as though there were a great ball in rectum, much straining, and some flatulence, but no stool and no > from the flatulence.

Urinary Organs (Saccharum lactis)

(Delay of urination for some time, though desire and opportunity occur. ).

(Involuntary urination in large quantities several times during night. ).

Constant and urgent inclination to urinate, with cutting pain streaking up urethra after each passage.

Frequent and violent urging to urinate, with passage of a large quantity each time.

Soreness of urethra during urination.

Sound of running water produced urination ; no power to restrain it.

Urinates very frequently large quantities.

Urination followed by a thick yellow discharge.

Urine causes intense pain when coming in contact with the labia, which are very sensitive.

Urine stains a dark yellow.

Very severe pain in right side of abdomen before urination, and sometimes, but not often, lasting during urination, ceasing with it.

Female Sexual Organs (Saccharum lactis)

At times bloody leucorrhoea.

Dragging-down sensation in pelvic region.

Extreme soreness and rawness of labia and entrance to vagina, with profuse greenish-yellow leucorrhoea.

Itching of labia.

Left (and right) ovarian region very weak and painful when walking.

Lobulated growths on each side of vagina, nearly filling it ; extremely sore and sensitive to touch, or from the pressure caused by sitting ; coming on gradually and lasting more than three months.

Menses commenced too early ; no pain.

Menses very dark.

Pain in region of right ovary.

Profuse greenish-yellow leucorrhoea.

Respiratory Organs (Saccharum lactis)

Constant pain under left breast, < when bending forward.

Lancinating pains under left breast, which took away the breath.

Pain in right breast.

Severe pains under left breast at every inspiration.

Sharp pain passing into upper right breast, about an inch deep ; very sore to touch after the pain.

Heart and Pulse (Saccharum lactis)

Awoke at midnight with severe pains about heart, which seemed as if it had almost stopped beating, with a numb pain about heart, lips, and tongue ; great fear of death ; when the pains passed off they left great soreness round heart ; tingling in lips and tongue ; could not lie on left side ; felt numb and strange all over ; pulse intermittent.

Sensation in heart as if a fire were there, with a feeling as if heart would burst, or at times as if a heavy weight were lying on it, all of which spreads from this region over whole inner and outer chest.

Neck and Back (Saccharum lactis)

Back aches the whole length of spine.

Constant pain all day in region of left kidney.

Dull ache all over back and in right arm ; cannot bend body far forward as it causes intense pain in coccyx ; when stooping, as in picking anything from floor, has to incline body to one side or other.

Hot flashes all over back of neck and shoulders.

Pain below left scapula.

Pain each side of sacrum.

Pain in back from sacrum to scapulae.

Pain in back part of waist, passing from right to left

Pain in left side of back from scapula to sacrum.

Pain in lumbar region.

Pain in right side of back between scapula and sacrum.

Pain in sacral region, < when taking a long breath.

Pain in sacrum.

Pain or aching in small of back < by leaning backward, for three or four days.

Pain passing from lumbar vertebrae to half way up dorsal, and then shooting off into both scapulae.

Pain passing up and down along right side of neck.

Pain passing up and down from tip of coccyx to right shoulder.

Pain passing up back from sacrum.

Pain running up back from waist, left side.

Pain with soreness at upper vertebral border of right scapula.

Severe pain under left scapula.

Sharp pain passing from middle of scapula down outside of arm to end of middle finger, and sometimes to end of little finger.

Upper Limbs (Saccharum lactis)

Grasping anything with right hand causes pains to pass from all the fingers into palm.

Itching in palm of right hand.

Pain from right shoulder passing down to waist.

Pain from right shoulder to left breast.

Pain from top of right shoulder to nape of neck.

Pain in axillae.

Pain in back of right shoulder.

Pain in both hands passing to ends of fingers.

Pain in dorsal surface of right hand.

Pain in forepart of right upper arm.

Pain in palm of right hand.

Pain in palmar surface of right wrist passing into thumb.

Pain in right shoulder passing a short distance down back.

Pain in right wrist.

Pain in top of right shoulder passing to back and upper part of neck.

Pain passing from right shoulder to elbow.

Pain passing from right wrist to elbow.

Pain passing from tip of right little finger to elbow.

Pain with slight stiffness in both wrists.

Pains all through right hand.

Pains in both wrists, encircling them.

Pains in hands passing in all directions.

Sharp pain in all right fingers except little finger.

Skin under nails looks dirty, it cannot be washed or scraped off for two days.

Swelling in right arm below elbow, sore to touch, and pains when she moves arms in certain directions.

Violent itching of a liver spot on right hand.

Lower Limbs (Saccharum lactis)

(Inflammation and awful pain extending down whole trunk of right sciatic nerve. ).

(Pain like gout in right toe, sometimes slight pains upwards in right limb ; toe will not bear contact of any shoe ; pain always the same standing, walking, or lying down ; continued exercise < it. ).

All her corns become painfully sensitive.

Balls of feet covered with little corns, which are very painful when walking.

Hot flashes in lower limbs.

Pain from forepart of right knee to anterior-superior spine of right ilium and passing back to middle of sacrum.

Pain in right instep when bending foot.

Pains in thighs and hips.

Soreness in streaks, extending from anus down back of legs to heels ; can feel a rigidity (not raised) where the soreness is.

Soreness of gluteal muscles on pressure.

Generalities (Saccharum lactis)

(Great physical exhaustion, caused by overwork, completely relieved ; repeatedly verified by Swan and others. ).

(Short flying, darting stitches in different parts of body, quite painful, but bearable, appearing in head, ears, and face, as well as in extremities, not confined to any especial locality. ).

All symptoms > after 4 p. m.

Pains were < in damp room or basement, but > if there was a fire.

Pains were generally < morning and evening.

Prostration from mental excitement (Rushmore).

Sensitive in every part of body.

Small shooting pains all over her in morning.

Symptoms < by blue and yellow colours ; > by red.

The pains during the proving were < by a coming storm, the approach of which was felt some twelve hours previously.

Throbbing in various parts of body.

Skin (Saccharum lactis)

Itching of both shoulders.

Very restless at night from itching all over body as soon as she is covered in bed.

Sleep (Saccharum lactis)

Awoke with the impression that she had dreamed of dreadful pains in chest ; does not know whether it was a dream or a reality.

Cannot go to sleep without putting arms over head.

Cannot sleep on right side.

Continual yawning all day.

Fatiguing dreams all night.

Has to lie on left side as she is comfortable in no other position.

Impossible to lie straight in bed, finds herself continually lying diagonally across bed.

Sleeplessness after midnight.

Fever (Saccharum lactis)

Great coldness as if a chill were coming on ; hands, particularly fingers, feet, toes, icy cold ; could not keep warm in bed covered with clothes, and during day sat near, a stove but could not get warm.

Hot flashes inside body pressing from below upward.

Strange restlessness at night, feeling of great heat all over, body covered with a light perspiration, just enough to feel uncomfortable.