# Lachesis Mutus

## Remedy Classification
- **Type:** Homeopathic Remedy
- **Miasm:** Syphilitic Miasm
- **Temperament:** Neutral
- **Aggravation Time:** Neutral/Anytime

## Keynote Indications
Lac-h. is made from hu man breastmilk, proved in 1993 by Jacqueline Houghton and 
Elisabeth Halahan in England. In folk medicine, mother's milk was used as a remedy for infant conjunctivitis.  
Hormonal disturbances. Pre -menstrual sy ndrome. Breast disorders. Swollen breasts, before the menses. 
Sadness during menses. Addictions, eating disorders. Huge fluctua tions in body weight, changes easily. The 
senses are more sensitive. Flushes of heat upward. Conjunctivitis.

## Modalities (Aggravations / Ameliorations)
Better from eating, sex. Worse from alcohol, eating, before menses.

## Symptoms by System

### Mind
- Detached feelings.
- Indifference.
- Lack of feeling.
- Feels relaxed and tranquil.
- Ab sent-minded.
- Difficult 
trying to concentrate.
- Thoughts are disconnected.
- Sense of isolation.
- Automatic conduct.
- Unconsciousness 
Changeable moods.
- Fastidious.
- Irresolution.
- Anxiety.
- Irritable.
- Discontented.
- Cursing.
- Wringing the hands.
- Lack of self confidence.
- Averse to company.
- Detached feelings.
- Indifference.
- Lack of feeling.
- Feels relaxed and tranquil.
- Ab sent-minded.
- Difficult 
trying to concentrate.
- Thoughts are disconnected.
- Sense of isolation.
- Automatic conduct.
- Unconsciousness 
Changeable moods.
- Fastidious.
- Irresolution.
- Anxiety.
- Irritable.
- Discontented.
- Cursing.
- Wringing the hands.
- Lack of self confidence.
- Averse to company.

### Vertigo
- Vertigo as if intoxicated.
- Vertigo during headaches.

### Head
- Pressure and constriction.
- Headache.
- Bursting sensation, worse left side.
- Ham mering pain.
- Pressure and constriction.
- Headache.
- Bursting sensation, worse left side.
- Ham mering pain.

### Eyes
- Bloodshot.
- Conjunctivitis.
- Eyes feel tired.
- Lachrymation in the wind.
- As if sand is in the eye.

### Ears
- Ache, stitching in left ear.
- Noises in the ears.

### Face
- Cracks in corner of mouth.
- Herpes about the lips.
- Rash, better after menses.
- Jaw feels dislocated.

### Mouth
- Bleeding gums.
- Sore tongue.
- Vesicles.
- Nose - Nasal congestion on waking.
- Coryza with clear, bland, one -sided discharge.
- Sneezing.
- Itching in 
posterior nares.

### Throat
- Dryness and irritation.
- Sensation of a lump.
- Tenacious mucus in throat.
- Sore and raw throat.
- Tingling.

### Chest
- Constriction and oppression.
- Pain from sternum to back.
- Constriction and oppression.
- Cramp in heart.
- Kidneys - Copious urination during menses.
- Strong, offensive odor, dark yellow urine.
- Barking, dry cough.
- Loose cough with thick, white expectoration, difficult to expel, with a metallic taste.

### Stomach & Abdomen
- Sourrising.
- Belchings, heartbum, nausea and hiccough, worse from eating.
- Nausea from the smell 
of food.
- Vomiting during headache.
- Temperature - Lack of vital heat.
- Flushes of heat upward and a great feeling of relaxation.
- Distention, worse eating.
- Stitch ing in the hypochondrium.
- Flatulence.
- Sore abdomen during 
menses, worse from pressure.
- Appetite increased.
- Desires sweets, starches, chocolate, ginger, bacon, salt.
- Aversion to so ur foods, 
milk.
- Increased thirst.
- Thirstless.
- Likes warm drinks.
- Worse from alcohol.

### Urinary & Genital
- Sadness during menses.
- Menses is black and dark, clotted blood, prolonged.
- Bearing down pains.
- Leucorrhea like cream, clear, ropy and stringy.
- Sharp pain in ovaries.
- Sex drive increased.

### Extremities
- Drops things, awkward.
- Sciatica on right side.
- Knees are stiff, feel lame.
- Numbness of soles.

### Neck & Back
- Stiffness of back.
- Neck stiff and cracking on turning the head.
- Breasts - Swollen breasts, before the menses.
- Stitching in breasts.
- Sensation as if milk is coming.

### Skin
- Rashes and eruptions, worse before the menses.
- Itching.
- Goose bumps.

### Sleep
- Dreams about babies, children and family.
- Dreams about disaster, falling, war and death.