LYCOPODIUM CLAVATUM uses / LYCOPODIUM uses / LYCO uses [Lyc uses]
Note: Wherever it is found, "<" denotes aggravation (worse by), ">" denotes amelioration (better by), "<->" denotes alternation (alternates with) and A/F is an abbreviation of, "Ailments from"
Inferiority complex. Egotism. Bullying, domineering,
arrogant. Lack of discipline
Fears commitment and responsibilities Weeps when thanked or from sentimental
events. Stage fright
Right sided. Deep furrows of the brow, prominent glabella
Loud rumbling in abdomen. Bloated, distended abdomen. Easy satiety
Impotence. Sexual promiscuity, adultery
COMMON NAME
Wolf's foot
Club moss
PREPARATION
| - | The dust like powder, which is yellowish, smooth to the touch are the spores obtained from the ears of a moss which grows in Russia, Finland, North America and Great Britain. This has been called as "Vegetable Sulphur" probably on account of their use for producing stage lightning at theatres |
A/F
| - | Fright, chagrin, mortification or vexation with reserved displeasure (Staph) |
| - | Anxiety |
| - | Fevers |
| - | Riding in carriage |
| - | Masturbation, Tobacco chewing, Wine |
MODALITIES
| < | Pressure of clothes |
| < | Warmth |
| < | Awakening |
| < | Eating |
| < | Indigestion |
| < | 4-8 p.m. |
| < | Wet, weather stormy weather |
| < | Fasting |
| < | Before menses |
| < | From suppressed menses |
| < | Milk, vegetables, beers, bread, pastry |
| < | Missing a meal |
| > | After midnight |
| > | Warm drinks, food |
| > | Cold application, open air |
| > | Being uncovered |
| > | Motion |
| > | Eructations |
| > | Urinating |
MIND
| - | Cowardice, feels weak and inadequate. Incapable of
fulfilling their responsibilities in life so they avoid responsibilities |
| - | Due to this, patient develops inferiority and becomes very shy, introverted,
soft and rather a loner |
| - | Or to compensate this the patient becomes egoistical, bragging, acting
extrovered, assertive, domineering (so comes the "love of power") |
| - | Such people have "low self esteem", "low confidence" |
| - | Patient has "dread of appearing in public" |
| - | Anticipation, he is obsessed with the idea that he will make a mess of it,
but when he undertakes the task he goes through this with ease, but he will
face the same terror next time. Apprehensive |
| - | Wants to be alone with someone in the next room, because he fears to be
alone |
| - | Patient dreads the presence of new persons or visitors |
| - | Desire for sexual gratification, without wanting to face the personal
responsibilities which are implicit in such intimacy, such relationship to sex
is superficial |
| - | Due to this fear of responsibility, of commitment, patient often faces
sexual dysfunctioning in married life |
| - | Fear of ghosts, cancer, of being alone at night, people, claustrophobia,
public speaking, agoraphobia, commitment and marriage |
| - | Anxiety about health, about career, cancer |
| - | Irritable, peevish and cross on waking. Kicks and screams |
| - | Easily angered, cannot endure opposition or contradiction |
| - | Avaricious, greedy, miserly, malicious, pusillanimous |
| - | Weeps all the day, cannot calm herself, very sensitive, even cries when thanked. Weeping aloud ameliorates |
GUIDING INDICATIONS
| - | Constitution: Especially suited in the extremes - children
and old people |
| - | For persons intellectually keen but physically weak |
| - | Old persons, where the skin shows yellowish spots, pale, earthy complexions,
with deep furrows |
| - | Children precocious, weakly |
| - | Upper part of the body emaciated, lower part semi-dropsical |
| - | Lymphatic constitution with catarrhal tendencies, predisposed to lung and
hepatic affections |
| - | Right sided affections, complaints go from right to left |
| - | Symptom generally worse between 4 p.m. and 8 p.m. |
| - | Repeating or alternating symptoms - flexion then extension, flushing then
pallor Relapses, sudden symptoms |
| - | In general > Uncovering, loosening the garment > Warm drinks |
| - | Suddenness of complaints sudden flashes of heat. Lightning-like pains,
sudden satiety. Burning pain > heat |
| - | Dryness of parts, of mucous membranes, vagina, skin especially palms |
| - | Nose - Sensitiveness to strong smells, to noise |
| - | Fanning of wings of nose |
| - | Nose stopped at night, child starts from sleep, rubbing its nose root of
nose, frontal sinuses |
| - | Eyes - Eyes half open |
| - | Hemiopia. Sees sparks |
| - | Face - Copper-coloured eruptions of face |
| - | Dropping jaw in typhoid fever (Lach, Op) Throat - Complaints go from right to left |
| - | Dryness of throat without thirst |
| - | Food, drink regurgitates through mouth |
| - | < cold drinks > warm drinks |
| - | Tubercular laryngitis |
| - | Stomach - Food tastes sour |
| - | Excessive hunger, but eating ever so little creates fullness |
| - | Wakes at night feeling hungry |
| - | Incomplete burning eructations rise only to pharynx |
| - | Sour eructations due to farinaceous or fermentable food, cabbage, beans,
oyster |
| - | Aversion - Bread |
| - | Desire - Sweet |
| - | Abdomem - Abdomen bloated, full < immediately after a light meal, and
especially the lower abdomen |
| - | Hepatitis, atrophic form of nutmeg liver - dropsy |
| - | Pain shooting across lower abdomen from right to left |
| - | Flatulence much noisy < lower bowel |
| - | Urinary system - Pain in back before urinating > after flow |
| - | Flow slow, must strain, scanty |
| - | Child cries before urinating (Especially children, who wake up from pain,
screaming, toss the limbs about) |
| - | Red sand in urine |
| - | Male genitalia - Sexual exhaustion, impotence, erection feeble |
| - | Impotence of young men from onanism |
| - | Old man with strong desire, but imperfect erections |
| - | Falls asleep during an embrace. Premature emission |
| - | Female genitalia - Dryness of vagina. Burning during and after coition
(Lyc) |
| - | Physometra |
| - | Leucorrhoea acrid, periodical < before full moon |
| - | Foetus appears to be turning somersaults |
| - | Respiratory system - Pneumonia, neglected or maltreated, at base of lung |
| - | Cough deep, hollow, with expectoration |
| - | Craves air, but is chilled by it |
| - | Fanning of alae nasi |
| - | < 4-8 p.m. |
KEYNOTES
CONFIRMATORY SYMPTOMS
CLINICAL
| - | Should not be repeated frequently after improvement
begins |
| - | Useful in some cases of insulin shock - Dr. Roberts |
| - | Amenorrhoea with non-development of breast - Dr. Leon Renoud |
| - | Post diptheric paralysis of soft palate - Dr. D.N. Gibson |
| - | Lycopodium is a master remedy for infantile eczema - Dr. Leon Renard |
| - | Half open condition of the eye points to Lycopodium |
| - | It is a wonderful remedy for the anticipatory fears of children going up for exams - Dr. Sir John Weir |
REMEDY RELATIONSHIPS
Complements: Chel, Ign, Iod, Ip, Kali-i, Lach, Puls
Followed Well By: Graph, Lach, Led, Phos, Sil
Follows Well: Bell, Bry, Calc, Carb-v, Graph, Hyos, Lach, Led, Merc,
Nux-v, Phos, Puls, Rhus-t, Sep, Sil, Stram, Sulph, Verat
Inimical: Coff
Compare: Acet-ac, Aesc, Aloe, Alum, Am-c, Anac, Ant-t, Apis, Arg-n,
Arn, Ars, Aur-s, Bar-c, Bell, Bism, Bor, Bov, Brom, Calc, Camph, Cann-i,
Caps, Carb-an, Carb-v, Caust, Cham, Chel, Chlf, Cinch, Coloc, Con, Cur, Cycl,
Eupi, Ferr, Fl-ac, Gad, Glon, Graph, Hell, Ign, Ind, Iod, Ip, Jug-r, Kali-c,
Kali-i, Kreos, Lac-c, Lach, Lil-t, Lith-c, Mag-c, Mag-p, Nat-c, Nat-m, Nit-ac
Puls, Nux, Nux-m, Nux-v, Phos, Phyt, Pic-ac, Plat, Pso, Rhus-t, Rob, Samb,
Sang, Sars, Sep, Sil, Staph, Stram, Sulph, Tarent, Thuj, Titan, Vacc, Verat
Similar: Ars, Calc-s, Carb-an, Euph, Hep, Merc, Nat-m, Nit-ac, Nux-v,
Rhus-t, Sabad
Antidoted By: Acon, Camph, Caust, Cham, Cinch, Coff, Graph, Puls
It Antidotes: Chlor, Cinch, Merc
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