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Origin Mineral · Simple
Sources 13 entries across 12 books: Hering, Nash, Dunham, T. F. Allen, Tyler …

Dose Dunham
9X, 6X, 8X
No doubt many are sincere in this objection. A few, it must be feared, gladly avail themselves of so fair a pretext for avoiding the study of the long list of symptoms which Lachesis presents. It is a pity that this whole class of objectors could not bring themselves to the point of fairly testing, by clinical experiment, the virtues of Lachesis. The result would be happy in a double sense. It wou

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Where are sour pathogeneses of Lachesis found ? In Hering's Action of the Snake Poisons, British Journal of Homoeopathy , Vols. XI and XII, Allen's Encyclopaedia, Hering's Guiding Symptoms . What is Lachesis ? A large South American snake, from three to fourteen feet along ; the pure poison is used, and was first obtained by the late Dr. Hering, of Philadelphia. How do we prepare Lachesis ? By trituration of the virus. None can be obtained below the 6th decimal trituration. What is the general action of Lachesis ? It produces, in addition to the poisoned condition of the blood, a great hyper sensitiveness of the body, which gives rise to that great characteristic of the drug, cannot bear anything tight about the throat . Give five general characteristics of Lachesis. 1. Great sensitiveness of body and intolerance of clothing about the neck. 2. It is a left-sided remedy.


Books*
Antidoted by Belladonna 2, Mercurius Solubilis 2, Aceticum Acidum +20
Complementary Hepar, Lycopodium Clavatum, Nitricum Acidum
Follows well —
Compare Belladonna, Bryonia Alba, Gelsemium Sempervirens +37

* 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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