Homeopathy LibraryOrigin Mineral · Simple
Habitat The finest specimens contain traces of iron, 0.04 to 0.6 per cent.; poor qualities as much as 4 per cent
ClarkePreparation Trituration of prepared Black Lead from finest English drawing-pencils.
Sources 19 entries across 17 books: Boericke, Kent, Clarke, Hering, Allen …
Dose Boericke
6X–30X
Sixth to thirtieth potency. Locally as a cerate, in sore nipples
Reason for useLippe
[140] Great emaciation. The limbs go to sleep. Drawing through the whole body, with inclination to stretch. Contractions of the muscles. Pulsation through the whole body whenever he moves. [145] Sensation of debility, without pain, compelling one to groan.
By regionLippe
Mind And Disposition Melancholy with inclination to grief, anxiety about the future, and nightly restlessness driving one out of bed. …
Head Feeling of intoxication, in the morning on rising, the forehead is contracted, with nausea and vomiting. …
Eyes Pressure and stinging in the eyes, with lachrymation. …
Stomach And Abdomen Canine hunger (with acidity of the stomach). Frequent sour eructations, with bitter taste in the mouth. Morning nausea. …
Women Soreness of the vagina. Painful swelling of the (left) ovary. Menses too late, too scanty and too pale. The first menses delay. …
Extremities [115] Upper. Emaciation of the hands. Distortion of the fingers. Gouty nodosities on the finger-joints. Soreness between the fingers. …
Sleep Unable to fall asleep before midnight on account of a fixed idea. Perspiration about the head, when falling asleep. …
Fever Pulse full and hard, but not accelerated. Chill and chilliness, principally in the evening, after 4 P.M. …
Skin [155] Swelling and induration of the glands. Dryness of the skin and want of perspiration. Erysipelatous inflammation. Humid tetters and eruptions. …
Books*
Antidoted by Arsenicum Album 4, Aconitum Napellus 3, Nux Vomica 3 +2
Complementary Causticum, Lycopodium Clavatum, Arsenicum Album +5
Follows well Lycopodium Clavatum, Arsenicum Album, Calcarea Carbonica +6
Compare Lycopodium Clavatum, Petroleum, Sulphur +27
* Number of books that state the relation, where more than one. Historical text from the classical materia medica (1828–1950). Not medical advice, and not a claim that any remedy works.
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