Lycopodium

Common Homeo Name = Lycopodium

Full name = Lycopodium Clavatum

Abbreviated Name = Lyc.

English Name = Club Moss

General Symptoms.  Patient feels weakness in morning. This medicine has a great effect on the issues gradually aggravating and functional power weakening along-with disturbance of the digestive system and also the function of liver is seriously disturbed. Patient can’t bears noise and smells. Mild and kind nature of lymphatic constitution. Yellowish spots found all over the skin, mud color complexion. Digestive and urinary disturbance are the most marking symptoms of this remedy. All the symptoms related to Lycopodium, normally move from right to left side, acts especially on right side of body, and all the symptoms become worse from 4 to 8 p.m. Pains come and go abruptly. Red color sand in urine and backache exist which worsen before urination. Old and increasing symptoms of chronic diseases. This remedy may be used as constitutional for thin, withered, full of gas and dry patients. Patients having weak physical power and poor circulation. It acts wonderfully on persons academically keen, but physically weak.

Mind Symptoms. Patient feels regular fear of breaking down under stress.   Dislike to use new things. Having no self-confidence. Melancholy and depressed patient. Sadness in morning without any special reason. Having weak memory, confused thoughts and become spelling mistakes while writing. Weakening of mental power (compare with Phosphorus and Anacardium in this condition). Dis-like new things. Eats quickly.

Head Symptoms.  Headaches in the forehead which betters by removing head dress (compare with Sulphur in this condition). Headache in the vertex which worsens from 4 to 8 p.m. and from lying down. Patient shakes head regularly. Throbbing headache while coughing. Pain in both the temples and patient feels that they were screwed toward each other. Hair fall and gray hair. Eczema and damp discharge behind the ears. Vertigo and dizziness in morning.

Stomach Symptoms. Desire to eat sweet things and dislike bread, etc. Every food tastes sour. Patient wants to eat and drink hot. Weak digestion. Hiccough. Dyspepsia and heartburn due to farinaceous and ferment able food, cabbage and beans etc. Severe appetite and hunger. After meal patient feels pressure in stomach and bitter taste in mouth.  Flatulence moves here and there in the stomach (compare with China in this condition). Patient awakes at night due to hunger.

Male Symptoms. Erectile dysfunction and impotency. Condylomata. Premature ejaculation.

Female Symptoms.  Painful coition issues. Pain in right ovary. Delayed, long lasting and copious menses. Varicose veins of pudenda. Vagina become dry. Bleeding from genitals during stool. Leucorrhea along-with burning sensation in vagina.

Relationship. 

i.              Complementary remedies:- Calcarea, Graphites, Lachesis and Sulphur

ii.             Antidotes:- Causticum and Pulsatella

iii.            Comparison:- Sulphur, Nux vomica, Bryonia, Natrum mur and Heper sulph.

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Dosage. Treatment should starts with 30 or 200 and will increase gradually if needed.