Lachesis

Mind

(Lachesis)

Memory weak (Agar., Ambr., Anac ., Kreos., Merc ., Natr. mur., Nux m ., Phos. ac.) ; makes mistakes in orthography. (Lyc.)

Great mental activity. ( Coff. c., Cinch .)

Loquacious (Paris) ; constantly changing from one subject to another (Cimic.), with mocking jealousy, satire, ridiculous ideas, frightful images. (Hyos.)

Mania after overstudy.

Great sadness and anxiety on awaking in the morning. (Natr. mur.)

Proud ( Plat., Stram .) ; jealous (Apis, Hyos.) ; suspicious.

Thinks herself under superhuman control.

Head

(Lachesis)

Vertigo in the morning on waking (Alum., Phos., Nitr. ac.) ; momentary, on closing the eyes. (Thuja.)

Headache, extending into the root of the nose . (Merc. iod.)

Pressive headache, with nausea.

Headache in left frontal eminence ; deep internal.

Headache over the eyes and in the occiput, every morning on rising.

One-sided headache ; pains intense, extend to neck and shoulders.

Neck stiff ( Rhus tox .) ; tongue paralytic.

Pressing, bursting pains in the temples ; better when lying down.

Heaviness, like lead, in the occiput (Carb. v., Chel.) ; can scarcely raise head from pillow, with vertigo.

Numbness and crawling on left side of head, when touched or on moving the muscles.

Hair falls off ( Graph., Merc., Nitr. ac ., Phos., Sep ., Sulph .) ; worse during pregnancy ; averse to sun's rays. (Bell., Glon., Natr. carb.)

Eyes

(Lachesis)

Dimness of vision ; black flickering before the eyes.

Fog before the eyes (Kali iod., Merc., Puls ., Sulph.) ; bright-blue rings, filled with fiery rays, about the light ; zigzag figures.

Sticking, drawing pains in and above the eyes.

Retinitis apoplectica.

Ambylopia, with lung or heart affections.

Ears

(Lachesis)

Pains in ears, with sore throat.

Tearing, extending from the zygoma into the ear.

Whizzing, as from insects in the ear.

Nose

(Lachesis)

Coryza, preceded by headache (Hydras.) ; discharge watery, with red, sore nostrils ; scabs in the nose. (Merc.)

Nosebleed in amenorrhoea, typhus, etc.

Paroxysms of sneezing in hay asthma.

Face

(Lachesis)

Pale ; earthy-gray color of face. (Ars.)

Erysipelatous inflammation of the face. (Bell., Graph., Hep. s., Rhus tox .)

Heat and redness of the otherwise pale face.

Trifacial neuralgia, left side, orbital ; heat running up into the head.

Feeling of stiffness of the malar bone, coming from the cervical glands.

Itching of the face.

Mouth

(Lachesis)

Toothache, tearing, jerking, sticking (Puls.) ; often extending through jaw to ear ; periodic ; after waking ; after eating (Ant. crud., Staph., Nux v.) ; from warm and cold drinks.

Tongue dry, red, black, stiff, cracked. (Bapt., Bell., Naja, Rhus tox .)

Difficult speech ; tongue heavy (Mur. ac.) ; cannot open mouth.

Tongue trembles when protruded, or catches behind the teeth.

Mouth sore, parched, dry, aphthous. ( Borax , Hydras., Merc ., Iodi.)

Throat

(Lachesis)

Hawking of mucus, with rawness in the throat.

Dryness in throat, without thirst . (Apis, Nux m., Puls.)

Throat seems swollen, as if two large lumps came together, on empty swallowing ; better from swallowing food.

Feeling of a crumb of bread left sticking in the throat.

Tonsilitis ; worse on left side ; choking when swallowing ; or when swallowing, pains from throat to ear (Ambr., Bell., Kali bi., Hep. s.) ; neck sensitive to touch. (Apis.)

Pain and soreness begin on left side of throat.

Liquids cause more difficulty in swallowing than solids. (Bell.)

External throat very sensitive to touch. (Not painful, but an uneasy sensation.)

Stomach

(Lachesis)

Appetite variable ; at times good, at others no appetite at all.

Desire for oysters.

Eructations, which relieve.

Dyspepsia ; worse after eating, ( Cinch., Nux v ., Puls .)

Gnawing in stomach ; relieved after eating, but returns when stomach gets empty.

Great discomfort of having clothes tight around the waist. (Bry., Calc. c ., Crot.)

Abdomen

(Lachesis)

Tearing and cutting pains in right side of abdomen.

Abdomen distended and hard ; hot ; sensitive ; painful. ( Acon., Bell ,)

Drawing from anus to umbilicus.

Feeling of emptiness in the abdomen.

Ulcerative pain about liver ; inflammation and abscess.

Swelling in coecal region ; must lie on back, with limbs drawn up ; typhlitis.

Abdomen hot, sensitive ; painfully stiff from loins down thighs ; peritonitis ; pus formed.

Stool And Anus

(Lachesis)

Burning in anus during and after stools. ( Ars., Canth ., Merc., Natr. mur., Sulph.)

Constriction of rectum ; of anus.

Beating in the anus, as with little hammers.

Tormenting, constant urging in the rectum, not for stool.

Stools watery, offensive, dark. (Ars.)

Obstinate constipation. ( Alum., Plumb., Nux v., Op .)

Haemorrhoidal tumors, protruding (Aloe, Calc. c., Puls ., Mur. ac.), with stitches at each cough or sneeze.

Urinary Organs

(Lachesis)

Urine frequent, foaming, black.

Pressure in bladder, with frequent urging.

Sticking, cutting pains, or soreness in fore part of urethra.

Inefficient urging to urinate.

Female Organs.- (Lachesis)

Menses scanty, feeble, but regular ; blood black.

Labor-like pains during menses. ( Caul ., Cimic., Puls .)

Uterine and ovarian pains ; relieved by a flow of blood.

Pains, like a knife thrust into abdomen.

Uterus will not bear contact even of bed clothes ; they cause uneasiness.

Hot flashes ; metrorrhagia and other troubles during climacteric period . (Sang.)

Respiratory Organs.- (Lachesis)

Hoarseness ; rawness, scraping, and dryness in larynx (Acon., Caust., Cham., Phos .) ; sensitive to touch . (Acon., Spong.)

Suddenly something runs from neck to larynx, and interrupts breathing ; awakens him at night ; spasm of glottis.

Larynx sensitive ; cannot bear anything about the throat. (Apis.)

Cough ; worse after sleep ; caused by pressure on larynx ; dry and hacking ; caused by touching the throat ; from tickling the throat ; from ulcers in the throat ; from contact with open air.

Constantly obliged to take a deep breath. (Ign.)

After a long wheezing cough, suddenly spits up profuse, frothy, tenacious mucus.

Shortness of breath ; attacks of suffocation. (Acon., Ars., Apis, Ipec., Phos.)

Oppression of the chest.

Spitting large quantities of ropy mucus.

Heart

(Lachesis)

Constriction about the heart. ( Cact .)

Cramp-like pain in the precordial region, causing palpitation, with anxiety.

Feels beating of the heart, with great weakness. Irregularity of beats in the heart. (Cact., Laur.)

Restless, trembling anxiety about the heart ; suffocation on lying down ; weight on chest ; heart feels constricted ; rheumatism of heart.

Cyanosis neonatorum.

Fainting, with pain in heart ; nausea ; pale face ; vertigo.

Neck and Back.- (Lachesis)

Stiffness of the nape of the neck (Kali c., Ign., Phos., Rhus tox.) ; sensitive to external pressure.

Pain in small of back, as if lame and weak. (Rhus tox.)

Drawing pains in small of back.

Limbs

(Lachesis)

Great weakness in both arms and legs.

Aching pains in shin bones.

Ulcers on lower extremities. (Ars., Lyc.)

Red, bluish, painful swellings of legs and feet.

Generalities

(Lachesis)

Weakness of whole body in morning on rising.

Great physical and mental exhaustion , in mornings.

Fainting, with pain in heart ; nausea ; pale face ; vertigo.

Pricking, pulsating, tearing pains. (Puls.)

Convulsions ; epilepsy. ( Bell ., Calc. c., Cupr.)

Affected parts look bluish.

Restless tossing about, with moaning, in children with sore throat.

Great inclination to lie down, especially after eating.

Rheumatic pains, first in the left side, then in the right.

Feels bruised in the morning after waking.

Slight touch intolerable.

Obliged to wear clothes loose ; cannot bear the contact.

Skin

(Lachesis)

Sore spots become fungoid, dark-red, brownish.

Superficial ulcers, foul at the bottom (Merc., Nitr. ac.) ; blackish-blue appearance.

Miliary eruption ; rash appears slowly, or turns black or bluish.

Carbuncles, with purple surroundings.

Old scars break open and bleed.

Sleep

(Lachesis)

Sleepiness, without being able to sleep. (Bell., Cham., Op .)

Tossing and moving during sleep.

Lively and wide awake in the evening.

Restless sleep, with many dreams and frequent waking.

Amorous dreams.

Fever

(Lachesis)

Chilliness in back (Abies can.) ; commences in back. (Caps., Eupat. perf .)

Chill runs up the back ; on alternate days. Icy coldness of the feet.

Heat as from orgasm of blood ; mostly at night. (Calc. c.)

Heat, particularly in hands and feet, evenings ; burning in palms and soles. ( Sulph .)

Perspiration at night. (Calc. c., Cinch., Phos ., Phos. ac., Sil ., Sulph .)

Intermittents, recurring every spring, or after suppression in the previous fall, by quinine.

Aggravation

Therapeutic Range.- (Lachesis)

Bad effects from Mercury ; nervous cough ; whooping cough ; croup ; asthma ; pericarditis ; typhoid fever ; putrid fevers ; intermittent fever ; convulsions ; paralysis ; epilepsy ; neuralgia ; dropsy ; ulcers ; carbuncles ; abscesses ; bed sores ; cancers ; erysipelas ; metrorrhagia ; amenorrhoea ; induration and suppuration of ovaries ; climacteric troubles ; diarrhoea ; haemorrhoids ; dyspepsia ; icterus ; tonsilitis ; diphtheria ; scarlatina.

Conditions

(Lachesis)

Often useful in women during climacteric period.

Compare

(Lachesis)

Apis, Ars ., Bell., Caust., Cinch., Hep. s., Lactic ac., Lyc ., Merc., Nitr. ac., Puls ., Phos ., Rhus tox., Sulph., Naja, Tarent.

Antidotes

(Lachesis)

Ars ., Bell., Merc ., Nux v., Phos. ac. ; heat, alcohol, salt.

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