Kent's - Classical Homeopathy Online

also true of the complaints, the headaches, etc., that come in women at the climacteric period and at themenstrual period. The Lachesis symptoms are strong in women during menstruation. There is violentheadache, boring pain in the vertex, nausea and vomiting during menses.The discharge in the female, either as a menstrual flow or as a hemorrhage, is black blood. Painin the left ovarian region, or going from left to right. Induration of one or both ovaries. It has curedsuppuration of the ovaries. The uterine region is very sensitive to touch, to the slightest contact of theclothing; in inflammation of the ovaries, pains in the ovaries and uterus going from left to right. Painsin the pelvis going upwards to the chest, sometimes a surging of pain going upwards, grasping thethroat. Labor pains surge up, with clutching at the throat, or the labor pains cease suddenly, withclutching at the throat.The menstrual pains increase violently until relieved by the flow. The menstrual sufferings arebefore and after the flow, with . The menstrual flow intermits one dayand then goes on for one day, and during the intermission there is to be pain or headache. Menorrhagiawith chills at night and flushes of heat in the daytime. During the menstrual period violent headache,especially at such times as the flow slackens up. . Catamenin flow but one hour every day; on stopping, violent pains follow in region of leftovary, alternating with gagging and vomiturition.It is especially useful at the menopause, because of the flushes of heat. Uterine hemorrhage,fainting spells, suffocation in a warm room; orgasm of blood most violent. Complaints duringpregnancy. Inflammation of the veins of the Leg. Varicose veins, blue or purple, extreme sensitivenessalong the veins; sensitive to the slightest touch, though relieved by pressure.The study of Lachesis is only a commentary on some of its important parts.LAUROCERASUS [laur] [Kent’s]The many strange constitutional symptoms indicate feeble circulation and weak heart. Greatgeneral coldness, that is not ameliorated by external warmth. lt is like wrapping up a dead man. Yet ifhe approaches a warm stove nausea comes on. If he is in a warm room the sweat breaks out on theforehead and the forehead is cold; but if he moves about slowly in the open air the sweat ceases and theforehead warms up. Want of animal heat.Want of reaction. Remedies act only as palliatives, act only as short acting remedies inconstitutional disease, or the symptoms partially subside but the patient does not react. The patient doesnot convalesce. It often cures the heart failure due to in Old School hands, or whenconvalescence is attended by weak heart if there is cold skin and external heat is objectionable. ltshould be compared with and A prolonged fainting spell; twitching ofthe limbs, gasping for breath. Complaints after deep sorrow or fright.Chorea after every excitement. Spells of profound sleep, with snoring or stertorous breathing. Inthe spells of suffocation he must lie down but the dry, hacking cough comes on as soon as helies down.Weakness of body and mind. Fainting. Motionless.Apprehensiveness.Vertigo in the open air; he must lie down.Coldness of the forehead in a warm room, ameliorated in the open air. Stupefying pains in thehead, with pulsation. Stitching pains in the head. Periodical paroxysms of aching pain under the frontalbone. Sensation as if brain fell forward on stooping.Tension in the brain. Headache is some times ameliorated by eating. The scalp itches.Dim vision. Veil before the eyes. Objects larger.The face is blue, sunken, bloated, and expressionless; jaundiced; yellow spot. . Lockjaw.Mouth and tongue dry. The tongue is dry, cold and numb; stiff and swollen.Spasmodic contraction of throat and esophagus; drink rolls audibly down the esophagus andthrough the intestines.Emptiness in stomach after eating as if he were still hungry. Violent thirst. Loathing offood. Nausea on coming near a warm stove. Vomiting of food with the cough. Eructations, tasting likebitter almonds Vomiting pain in stomach, with cold skin.Coldness in stomach and abdomen. Contractions like cramps in stomach and cutting inabdomen. Pain in liver as though an abscess were forming. Stitching pain in liver on pressure Rumblingin bowels.