Lycopodium Clavatum

Mind

(Lycopodium clavatum)

Depression of spirits ; sad, melancholy, despondent. (Natr. mur., Lob., Puls .)

Great anxiety, as if in pit of stomach.

Fretful, ill-humored, irritable (Anac., Bry., Cham., Nux v., Hep. s., Calc. c.), morose, peevish, vehement, angry, timid.

Weak memory (Anac.) ; confused thoughts ; speaks or writes wrong words and syllables. (Dulc., Osm.)

Head

(Lycopodium clavatum)

Vertigo in the morning when and after rising (Alum., Bry ., Cham., Nitr. ac., Phos.), so that he reels back and forth .

Confusion and heaviness in the head.

Pressing, stupefying headache ; worse from 4 to 8 P. M.

Throbbing headache ; on leaning head backward ; during the day ; after coughing.

Pressing or tearing frontal headache, especially in right side of head ; worse on rising up ; better on lying down.

Pressive headache in the vertex.

Headache after breakfast.

Hair becomes gray early (Phos. ac.) ; falling out of hair. ( Graph ., Natr. mur., Nitr. ac ., Phos., Sep .)

Eruption beginning on the occiput ; crusts thick, easily bleeding ; oozing a fetid moisture ; worse after scratching, and from warmth. ( Graph ., Hep. s., Merc ., Nitr. ac.)

Eyes

(Lycopodium clavatum)

Inflammation of the eyes, with itching in canthi, redness, and swelling of lids ; distressing pain as if they were dry, with nightly agglutination . (Alum., Calc. c., Merc., Puls., Graph ., Sil., Sulph .)

Dryness and smarting in the eyes, as if dust were in them ; difficult to open, mornings.

Styes on the lids , more toward inner canthi. (Graph., Puls., Staph.)

Ulceration and redness of lids , with acrid lachrymation. (Merc., Sulph.)

Photophobia ; evening light blinds very much ; can see nothing on the table.

Sees only the left half of an object distinctly. (Lith. Upper half, Aur .)

Veil and flickering before the eyes ; black spots before the eyes. ( Cycl ., Merc., Phos ., Sulph.)

Ears

(Lycopodium clavatum)

Hearing over-sensitive. ( Acon., Bell ., Mur. ac.)

Roaring in the ears. (Acon., Bell., Cinch.)

Purulent, ichorous discharge from the ears. (Aur., Graph., Hep. s., Merc., Nitr. ac.)

Nose

(Lycopodium clavatum)

Violent catarrh, with swelling of the nose and acrid discharge . (Ars., Cepa, Merc. cor.)

The ichorous discharge from the nose begins in right nostril ; scarlatina or diphtheria.

Nose stopped up ; cannot breathe through it (Nux v.) ; with excessive dryness.

Smell extremely sensitive. (Acon., Agar., Bell ., Coff. c., Colch., Hep. s.)

Fan-like motion of the alae nasi.

Face

(Lycopodium clavatum)

Yellowish-gray color of the face . (Cinch.)

Pale, sickly, puffy. (Ars.)

Flushes of heat in the face. (Kreos., Sulph.)

Tearing pains in the bones of the face.

Mouth

(Lycopodium clavatum)

Humid, suppurating eruption around the mouth ; corners of mouth sore. (Ant. crud., Graph ., Merc.)

The lower jaw hangs down. (Op.)

Teeth excessively painful to touch ; front teeth loose or too long (Carb. an., Merc., Nitr. ac.) ; drawing, cramplike pains, relieved by warm drinks.

Gums bleed violently from touch. ( Merc., Nitr. ac., Phos .)

Tongue coated white. ( Ant. crud., Bry., Nux v., Puls .)

Ulcers on and under the tongue.

Vesicles on the tongue . (Kali carb., Natr. mur., Mur. ac.)

Dryness of the mouth and tongue, without thirst. ( Nux m., Puls .)

Accumulation of water in mouth.

Saliva dries on palate and lips to a tenacious mucus.

Tongue is darted out and oscillates to and fro ; in sore throat.

Tongue distended, giving patient silly expression ; in angina or diphtheria.

Sour or bitter taste. (Cinch., Nux v., Mag. carb.)

Throat

(Lycopodium clavatum)

Accumulation of mucus in throat ; hawking of bloody mucus.

Pain and soreness begin on right side of throat.

Feeling as if a ball rose from below up into the throat . ( Asaf ., Physos.)

Feeling of constriction in throat ; nothing can be swallowed ; food and drink regurgitate through the nose. (Merc.)

Swelling and suppuration of tonsils, going from right to left. ( Hep. s., Merc .).

Sensitiveness of the submaxillary glands.

Stomach

(Lycopodium clavatum)

Excessive appetite ; the more he eats the more he wants. (Bry., Ferr., Merc., Cina .)

Hunger, but a small quantity of food fills him up ; constant feeling of satiety. (Cinch.)

Aversion to coffee. (Natr. mur., Phos. ac.)

Eructations acrid ; incomplete and burning.

Hiccough . (Bry., Cic., Hyos.)

Heartburn ; waterbrash. (Led., Natr. carb., Nux v.)

Nausea ; in pharynx and stomach ; in mornings, fasting.

Constriction and cramp in stomach.

Pressure and heaviness in stomach, as if distended ; in evening after eating a little. (Cinch., Led., Sulph .).

Pit of stomach swollen, and sensitive to touch. (Ant. crud., Ars., Bry .)

Abdomen

(Lycopodium clavatum)

Sore, pressive pain in region of liver, on breathing ; aggravated by touch.

Sensation of something heavy lying on left side of abdomen.

Excessive fullness and distension of the abdomen from flatulence. (Absinth., Cinch., Carb. v., Kali carb ., Phos .)

Much flatus accumulates here and there in the abdomen, in the hypochondria, in the back, in region of ribs and chest, causing tension and bubbling ; relieved by empty eructations. (Carb. v.)

Tension and pain in abdomen from incarcerated flatulence . (Cinch., Carb. v .)

Continuous rumbling and roaring in the abdomen. (Agar., Aloe, Hep. s., Sulph ., Zinc.)

Stool And Anus

(Lycopodium clavatum)

Rectum contracted, and protrudes during hard stool.

Stitches and cramps in the rectum.

Varices protrude ; very painful to the touch.

Constipation ; stools dry and hard ( Bry., Sulph .), or, first part lumpy, second soft ; feeling as if much remained unpassed. ( Nux v.)

Urinary Organs

(Lycopodium clavatum)

Severe backache ; relieved by passing urine.

Frequent desire to urinate.

Red, sandy sediment in the urine . (Arn., Cinch., Coccus, Phos., Natr. mur.)

Turbid, milky urine, with an offensive purulent sediment ; dull pressing in region of bladder and abdomen ; disposition to calculi ; cystitis.

Incontinence ; no urine secreted.

Haematuria from gravel or chronic catarrh.

Before passing water, child screams with pain ; red sand on diaper.

Male Organs.- (Lycopodium clavatum)

Impotence ; penis small, cold, relaxed. (Agn., Baryt. c., Berb., Caps., Sulph.)

Itching in inner surface of prepuce.

Female Organs.- (Lycopodium clavatum)

Menses too profuse, and too long protracted.

Suppression of menses ; also from fright. ( Acon .)

Sense of dryness in vagina.

Burning in vagina (Sulph.) during and after coition.

Leucorrhoea like milk (Calc. c., Coni., Kreos., Puls., Sep ., Sulph. ac.) ; bloody ; corroding.

Cutting across the hypogastrium, from right to left.

Discharge of wind from the vagina. (Brom.)

Respiratory Organs.- (Lycopodium clavatum)

Hoarseness.

Shortness of breath , especially during sleep.

Difficult breathing, as if he had inhaled sulphur fumes. (Ars., Cinch.)

Dyspnoea, as if the chest were constricted by cramp.

Cough dry, day and night, with painfulness in region of stomach ; in evening before going to sleep, from tickling in larynx, as from a feather ; as from sulphur fumes in larynx.

Expectoration scanty ; thick, yellow mucus ; bloody ; purulent ; gray (Stan.) ; salty . (Ambr., Calc. c., Carb. v., Phos., Sep.)

Dull aching all over the lungs, with feeling of constriction of the chest.

Violent oppression of the chest.

Stitches in left chest ; also during inspiration.

Heart

(Lycopodium clavatum)

Palpitation of the heart. (Acon., Ars., Spig., Sulph., Verat. alb .)

Accelerated pulse, with cold face and feet.

Neck and Back.- (Lycopodium clavatum)

Stiffness of the neck. ( Chel ., Rhus tox.)

Swelling of the cervical glands. ( Baryt. c ., Calc. c., Iodi., Merc., Sil.)

Tensive pain in nape of neck and occiput.

Burning, as from glowing coals, between the scapulae.

Pain in the small of the back. ( Bell ., Nux v ., Puls .)

Pain in back and right side, from congestion of liver.

Limbs

(Lycopodium clavatum)

Drawing, tearing pains in all the limbs. (Bry., Coloc., Merc., Sulph .)

Stiffness and painfulness of joints.

Upper Limbs.- (Lycopodium clavatum)

Swelling of the axillary glands. (Baryt. c., Sil.)

Tearing pains in elbow and shoulder joints.

Arms and fingers go to sleep easily. (Cham.)

Drawing pains in inner surface of arms.

Finger joints inflamed, red, and swollen.

Lower Limbs.- (Lycopodium clavatum)

Swelling and stiffness of the knees.

Soreness in inner side of left thigh, with biting itching, extending to the genitals.

Tearing pain in middle of right thigh.

Swelling of the feet.

Cramps in the calves at night.

Pain of the soles when walking. (Sulph.)

Cold , sweaty feet. (Calc. c., Sil.)

One foot hot, the other cold.

Vascular tumors.

Naevus maternus.

Generalities

(Lycopodium clavatum)

Weariness ; weakness after every exertion.

Desire for the open air. (Puls.)

Involuntary alternate extension and contraction of muscles.

Emaciation and debility. ( Ars ., Ferr., Phos .)

Bones inflamed, mostly the ends ; nocturnal bone pains.

Softening of bones ; caries.

Skin

(Lycopodium clavatum)

Humid suppurating eruptions. ( Hep. s., Graph .)

Intertrigo ; raw places, readily bleeding. (Graph., Hydras.)

Chronic urticaria.

Sleep

(Lycopodium clavatum)

Yawning and sleepiness during the day. (Nux m.)

Restless, uneasy sleep ; full of dreams. (Ars.)

Soporous sleep in typhoid and exanthematous fevers. (Arn., Op.)

Crying or laughing in sleep.

On awaking, cross, scolds, unrefreshed.

Fever

(Lycopodium clavatum)

Creeping chills over the back in the evening.

Slight chill, followed by long-continued heat, weariness, and pains in the limbs.

Flushes of heat over the whole body, mostly evenings.

Sweats from the least exertion. ( Calc. c., Hep. s., Phos ., Sep., Sil.)

Amelioration

Therapeutic Range.- (Lycopodium clavatum)

Dyspepsia ; flatulence ; waterbrash ; constipation ; haemorrhoids ; catarrh ; otorrhoea ; pneumonia ; bronchial catarrh of infants ; tonsilitis ; gravel ; catarrh of bladder ; nephritis ; ophthalmia ; humid eruptions ; mercurial ulcers ; chronic hepatitis ; diaphragmitis ; dropsy ; leucorrhoea ; rheumatism ; glandular swellings ; caries.

Compare

(Lycopodium clavatum)

Ars., Bell., Bry., Calc. c ., Carb., Cinch., Graph., Hep. s., Merc., Natr. mur., Nitr. ac., Nux v ., Petrol., Phos., Puls ., Rhus tox., Sil., Sulph .

Antidotes

(Lycopodium clavatum)

Acon ., Camph., Caust., Cham., Graph., Op., Puls . ; also a cup of coffee.

Lycopodium Antidote.-

Cinch.

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