🧬 Remedy Miasm: Psoric Miasm
The Psoric miasm is considered the mother of all chronic diseases. It primarily manifests as functional nervous weakness, allergies, skin itching, eruptions, and hypersensitivity.
▲GENERAL
The idea of potentizing skimmed milk originated with Swan upon reading Donkin's “Skim
Milk Treatment for Diabetes and Bright's disease.” Milks contain an essence of all the tissues and salts of the
animal that secretes it.
Lac-d contains Nat -m., so it shares a thirst for large quantities, nausea and vomiting, and depression with
crying and palpitations.
Lac-d is useful in diseases with malnutrition and anemiaLack of healthy red blood cells or hemoglobinA condition marked by a deficiency of red blood cells or of hemoglobin in the blood, resulting in pallor and weariness..
Feels completely exhaust ed, whether she does
anything or not, great fatigue when walking.
Sick headaches with profuseflow of urine during pain.
Headache ceases at sunset.
Sufferings from loss of sleep (Cocc.).
Motion sickness.
DropsyFluid retention and swelling (edema)An old medical term for edema, which is swelling caused by excess fluid trapped in your body's tissues. from organic heart disease and from chronic
liver complaints.
Obesity.
Osteoporosis.
Sensation as if cold air was blowing on her, even while covered up,
as if sheets were damp.
Most symptoms occur in the morning.
Particularly useful for the symptoms caused by milk in some sensitive people, especially the violent headache
and constipationInfrequent or difficult bowel movementsA condition where stool is dry, hard, and difficult or painful to pass..
Lying down
aggravates the vertigoSensation of dizziness or spinningA feeling of movement or spinning of oneself or the surroundings when there is no actual movement., headache, and urinary pain
▲RELATIONSHIPS
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1Colos➔diarrhea in infants. Whole body smells sour. Colic.
6Cact➔heart, but Lac d. has not the “grasp” of Cact.
7Nux-m➔head
heavy, tends to fall to left. Lac-d. to right.
▲MIND
Vacillation of mind.
Listlessness.
Disinclination for bodily or mental exer tion.
Doesn't want to see or
talk to any one.
Aversion to company.
Loss of memory.
Sadness before and during menses.
Claustrophobia.
Unconsciousness on raising arms above head.
Depression with crying, palpitationsSensation of rapid or irregular heartbeatA noticeably rapid, strong, or irregular heartbeat due to agitation, exertion, or physical conditions. and fainting spells.
Despondent, better conversation.
No fear of death
but is sure he is going to die.
Suicidal disposition.
Imagin es all her friends are dead or will die.
Delusions,
thinks she will have to go to a convent.
▲VERTIGO, DIZZINESS
Vertigo, worse lying on left side.
Vertigo when moving head from pillow, opening eyes while lying, turning while lying, must sit up.
Faintness on
extending arms overhead.
Cannot stand, but falls backwards.
Light-headed with throbbing in temples.
Vision - Dim vision, as if a cloud before eyes, can only see lights, no objects, preceding headache.
COMMENTS - The first provingTesting a remedy on healthy volunteersThe systematic method of administering a substance to healthy subjects to observe and record the symptoms it produces. was made by a woman in New York whose headache and nau sea with
constipation were strongly marked.
A subsequent, more extensive proving was made under S w an by Dr.
Hering noted that with but few exceptions the symptoms have received clinical verification.
Migraines, especially for people allergic to milk.
Hormonal migraines.
Throbbing, blinding headaches with
nausea and vomiting.
Headaches, better pressure and bandaging.
Periodic sick headaches in anemic women,
nausea, vomiting and obstinate constipation.
Loss of sleep (Cocc.).
Periodic symptoms, every eight days.
Intense thirst and emaciation with diabetes and nephritisInflammation of the kidneysAn inflammatory condition of the kidneys, affecting their filtering units, which can cause pain, blood in urine, or swelling., especially when aggravated by milk (Nat-
c.).
Obstinate constipation.
Nutrition is perverted.
Weight loss or obesity.
Dropsy.
Fatty degeneration.
Severe vomiting with no relief (Ip.).
Morning sickness with severe nausea and vomiting, acidic, bitter taste in
the mouth.
The menses are irregular, sometimes very dark, scanty, sometimes colorless water.
Lac-d cured a case in which menses were suppressed suddenly from putting hands into cold water.
Great
pain in uterine region.
In tense headache.
Pains flew all over.
Flushed face.
The p atient slept after first dose,
the next morning a slight flow appeared.
A second dose brought back flow profusely and patient felt well and
the flow continued.
Burnett maintained that excess of milk in the dietary of children after they have cut their firs t teeth renders
them susceptible to colds.
It may be well to recall that milk is one of the articles forbidden to hydrogenoid or
chillyHypersensitive to cold temperaturesA constitutional state of feeling exceptionally cold, lacking vital heat, and needing warmth or heavy blankets. patients
▲HEAD
Persistent headaches for years.
Migraines, cease at sunset.
Pain begins in forehead to occiput, in
morning on rising.
Intense throbbing pains with blindness, nausea, vomiting and obstinate constipa tion.
Headache preceded by blindness.
Throbbing frontal headac he with much pale urination, worse noise, light,
motion.
Sick headache, with icy coldness all through body.
Sick headache with gastric symptoms, from
drinking milk.
Headache over left eye and in left temple with profuse lachrymation,photophobiaExtreme sensitivity to lightAn abnormal intolerance to light, causing eye discomfort, squinting, or pain in bright environments..
Headaches better cold applications, while generally better from heat.
Head becomes sore on coughing.
Headache during menses, better by bandaging, conversation.
Headache alternating with tonsillitisInflammation of the tonsilsInflammation of the tonsils, typically of sudden onset, causing sore throat and fever..
Head as if
bruised, after headache.
Distress in head after injury.
▲EYES
Eyeballs intensely painful.
Photophobia, even candlelight unbearable.
Great pain in eyes on first
going into light, soon passing off.
Upper eyelids very heavy.
Edges of eyelids feel contracted.
Sensation as
if eyes were full of little stones during headache
▲EARS
OtitisEar infection or inflammationInflammation or infection of the ear, typically categorized as otitis externa (outer ear) or otitis media (middle ear). media, worse from drinking milk
▲FACE
Pale, sickly look.
Dark stains beneath eyes.
Flushes of heat in left side of face.
Sallow complexion with
eczemaItchy, inflamed skin conditionAn inflammatory skin rash causing dry, red, itchy, and sometimes cracking or blistered skin patches..
Pimples on face and forehead.
Painless swelling of the face
▲MOUTH
Offensive breath.
Mouth very dry.
Mouth clammy and frothy during conver sation.
Grinding of teeth
during sleep.
Nose - Painful pressure or tightness at root of nose.
Sinusitis.
Colds.
Children suffer from coryzaCommon head cold with nasal dischargeAcute inflammation of the nasal mucous membranes, producing sneezing, congestion, and watery discharge. from
drinking milk.
Nasal catarrhInflammation of mucous membranes with dischargeExcessive buildup of mucus in the nose or throat, associated with inflammation of the mucous membrane., worse drinking milk.
Perspiration - Profuse, staining yellow, difficult to wash out.
Sense as if sheets were damp
▲THROAT
Sore throat, worse when swallowing.
Sore throat with slight, hacking cough.
Sensation of a large
ball rising from stomach to throat, causing distressing sense of suffocation.
Globus hystericus
▲CHEST
Soreness of chest with great pressure.
Tuberculous deposit in apices of both lungs.
Pressure around heart with dyspneaDifficulty or shortness of breathLaborious or painful breathing, often associated with respiratory or cardiac conditions., feeling that he is going to die.
Sharp pain in apex of heart, as
if a knife was cutting up and down.
Palpitations of heart and flushes of heat.
Kidneys - Constant pain in kidney region.
Boring, sore pain in kidneys.
Frequent and profuse urination with
headache or other pains.
Frequent but scanty urination.
Lack of sensation when the bladder is full.
Urination
involuntary, while walking in cold air, while riding or when hurrying to catch a train.
Albuminuria.
Urine very
pale, can't retain it.
Urine very dark and thick.
Urine comes away drop by drop, or gushes out.
Urine with a
sensation of very hot water passing over parts.
Bedwetting at night.
AsthmaChronic respiratory disease causing difficulty breathingA condition characterized by spasms in the bronchi of the lungs, causing difficulty in breathing, typically from an allergic reaction or hypersensitivity. attacks, so that he could scarcely breathe, accompanied by bloating in epigastric region.
Asthma worse from drinking milk.
Short, dry cough with difficult expectoration of a small lump of mucus,
which ameliorates cough
▲ABDOMEN
Violent pain in stomach from fatigue.
Cramps in epigastric region.
Sour eructations.
Nausea and
vomiting, with sensation of deathly sickness .Nausea from a recumbe nt position.
Incessant vomiting with no
relation to eating.
Vomiting first of undigested food, sour, acid, then of bitter water.
Vomit looks like coffee
grounds.
Morning sickness.
Motion sickness.
Temperature - Always feels chilly.
Very sensitive to cold.
Very chilly when con stipation is most persistent.
Hectic fever, malignant typhoid.
Hot fever continues until near morning, wakes in profuse sweat, which stains
linen yellow.
Sensation as if the sheets were damp.
Abdomen sore and sensitive to touch, worse pressure.
Heaviness as of a stone in abdomen.
Drawing pain, across lower part of abdomen.
Severe pain across umbilicus, during headache.
Chronic
gastroenteritis, with chronic diarrheaFrequent, loose, and watery stoolsA state of having three or more loose or liquid bowel movements per day. and vomiting.
FlatulenceGas accumulation in stomach or intestinesThe presence of excessive air or gas in the digestive tract, causing bloating and wind..
Loss of appet ite.
Can neither eat nor drink during headache.
Malnutrition.
Great thirst for large
quantities, often intense.
Drinking cold water causes nausea.
Aversion to milk, causes sick headache.
Smell
or thought of food causes nausea, during headache
▲GENITALS ETC
Menses, delayed in girls who drink much milk.
Menses delayed, with congestion of blood to head,
coldness of hands, nausea and vertigo.
Menses irregular, sometimes very dark and scanty, sometimes
colorless water.
Menses suppressed by putting hands in cold water.
Pressing, bearing down pain in ovarian
region.
Drawing pain across uterine re gion.
Sensation of weight and dragging in left ovarian region.
Slight
yellowish leucorrheaWhitish or yellowish vaginal dischargeA whitish or yellowish discharge of mucus from the vagina, often indicating congestion or mild infection.
▲EXTREMITIES, LIMBS
Osteoporosis.
Weak bones.
Fingertips icy cold, rest of the hands warm.
Aching, in wrists and ankles.
Cold hands or feet during headache.
Numbness and loss of sensation over outer and anterior surfaces of
thighs.
Weakness and aching in ankles, puffiness.
Skin thickened at edges of feet
▲BACK AND NECK
Constant pain in lumbar region.
LumbagoPain in the lower back regionA general term for acute or chronic pain in the lower back or lumbar region..
Hardpressivepains, at fourth cervical vert ebra.
Chills
creeping along back between scapulae.
Herpetic eruptions on sides of neck, with itching and burning after
scratching.
Breasts - Scanty flow of milk, restores the milk.
Decrease in size of breasts during pregnancy
▲SKIN
Very sensitive to cold.
Face, neck, arms and body generally flush color of a red rose, with swelling, but
no itching or burning.
Symmetrical patches, causing itching and burning after scratching.
Skin thickened at the
edges of feet
▲SLEEP
Sleepy all day long.
Great restlessness, extreme and protracted suffering from loss of sleep at night.
Worse from loss of sleep
▲GENERALITIES
As though a knife was cutting up and down through the heart.
As if head wouldburst.Asiftop of
head was lifted off.
As if a ball of pain in center of forehead.
As if eyes full of little stones.
As if flesh was off
bones and edges were separated and sticking out.
As if sheets were damp, as if a cold air blowing on her
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This clinical profile is compiled from: Robin Murphy, MD — Lotus Materia Medica, 3rd Edition; Samuel Hahnemann — Materia Medica Pura; William Boericke — Pocket Manual of Homeopathic Materia Medica; and Hazrat Mirza Tahir Ahmad — Homeopathy: Like Cures Like. Compiled in accordance with classical homeopathic provings and clinical practice.
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