The Materia
Medica of the Nosodes.
By Henry Clay ALLEN, M. D.
Presented and arranged by Dr Robert Séror.
LAC VACCINUM.
(Cow’s Milk)Introduced and proved by Dr. J. C.
Boardman,
of Trenton, New
Jersey, who used Swan’s
200th.Many persons are very intolerant of milk, in whom it produces
headache, “biliousness,” intestinal flatulence and obstinate
constipation.These effects of milk were developed in the proving, especially the
characteristic headache and constipation, and have been clinically
verified. It is also well to remember that it develops or aggravates
the uric acid diathesis, thus increasing, the rheumatic
tendency, while the thirst and polyuria should call our attention to
it as a remedy to study in diabetes.In some highly sensitive women the effect on the function of the
sexual organs is pronounced;
the menstrual flow being suppressed by putting the hands in cold water
;
drinking a glass of milk will promptly suppress flow until the next
period, mark the idiosyncrasy. Burnett
remarks as a clinical fact that children who drink much milk after
their teeth are fully grown become very liable to colds.Like Natrum muriaticum, the potentized remedy will produce its
characteristic symptoms, even when the prover is using;
it in the crude form at the same time.Mind (Lac Vaccinum)
Dull, weak, confused, with trembling of whole body.
General nervousness, with depression of spirits, feeling as though
about to hear bad news.Mental confusion, could not express her thoughts.
Mental confusion, lasting a long time after proving.
Mental prostration, came on so suddenly, was unable to collect her
thoughts or write her symptoms.Head (Lac Vaccinum)
A creeping sensation, or screw-like or vertical motion, began over
left eye, and continued upwards to vertex, next the same motion or
feeling began two inches behind left ear, and likewise went upwards to
vertex;
also a pressure on vertex, with a sensation of heat when hand was
applied (1
h.).All these symptoms passed away except pain on top of head, which
feels as though something heavy were laid there, and occasionally a
sharp pain simultaneously(3
1/2
h.).Fullness of head as if too large and heavy.
Sensation like a fire-ball in each temple simultaneously
(20
in.).Vertigo
:
falls backwards if she closes her eyes.Vertigo.
Woke in morning with an aching pain all over head, most severe in
occiput.Eyes (Lac Vaccinum)
Blindness of both eyes, which came on three or four times in
succession, lasting only a second at a time, then passing entirely
away, leaving a pain in each temple, on top of head, left ear, and
below left ear in the neck(2
½ h.).Dull pain over r. eye, and very slight dull feeling over left eve.
Eyes have a blur, or dimness, or obscurity of sight, off and on for
a few moments at a time.Ears (Lac Vaccinum)
Ears felt stopped up
;
felt deaf in both ears, although she could hear as before.Mouth (Lac Vaccinum)
Acid saliva staining handkerchief yellow.
Had a dirty, yellow-coated tongue, which felt parched.
Sour taste.
Ulcers on tongue, flat, white, sunken
;
tongue swollen, exceedingly sensitive, covered with white, slimy mucus
on the parts not ulcerated ;
breath extremely fetid ;
sores extend to inside of cheeks and tonsils ;
deglutition painful.Throat (Lac Vaccinum)
Sensation of plug in throat or larynx.
Appetite (Lac Vaccinum)
Thirst for cold water in quantities
;
drank three tumblerfuls during evening.Stomach (Lac Vaccinum)
Had a swelling or bloating of stomach
(3d
d.).Contractive, pressing pain in stomach-pit,
>
by external pressure.Eructations.
At
10
:30
A. M., sour taste ;
nausea, but no rising or vomiting (1
h.).Abdomen (Lac Vaccinum)
Borborygmus, with loud, noisy rumbling
(200).
Constant intolerable flatulence, begins an hour after drinking milk
for lunch and lasts all the afternoon.Pain proceeding from sternum, extending across abdomen about an
inch below umbilicus.Stool (Lac Vaccinum)
II
Obstinate
constipation ; stool hard, dry ; in impacted balls ; can be passed
only with great straining.Passage of stinking flatus, in large quantity, which relieves.
Urinary Organs (Lac Vaccinum)
Filled a large iron spoon with the urine and boiled it for twenty
minutes;
it left quite a mass-of albumin, about a quarter of the whole ;
specific gravity 1030.Frequent discharge of clear urine, nearly colorless, no sediment.
In afternoon was obliged to urinate every fifteen minutes, in large
quantity each time;
was afraid to go across the street to a store for fear it would
overtake me before I
could return ;
it all passed off the same night.The density of urine varied during a few days from
1,018
to 1,028,
color clear, odorless, acid reaction.Urine was not increased in morning, but was dark red, without
sediment.Yesterday the urine turned blue paper red
;
to-day it turns the red paper blue (13th
d.).Female Sexual Organs (Lac Vaccinum)
Drinking a glass of milk will promptly suppress the flow until next
menstrual period.Menses, suppressed, delayed by putting hands in cold water.
“Nausea of pregnancy with desire for food
>
by drinking milk.”White watery leucorrhea
;
pain in sacrum.White, watery leucorrhea
;
pains in sacrum.Respiratory Organs (Lac Vaccinum)
Sensation of plug in throat or larynx.
Chest (Lac Vaccinum)
A sharp pain appeared in a spot the size of a shilling on each side
of sternum and about middle of chest, with a sense of suffocation.Later a burning sensation in same region.
Same pain extends across abdomen about five inches lower down
(about
an inch below umbilicus)
;
it did not seem to involve the bladder ;
no rumbling or passing of flatus.Sharp pain began in r. chest, about three inches below clavicle
;
it passed upward to top of r. shoulder, then down arm and forearm to
thumb, and then passed off.Sharp pains in l. lower chest, or in region of lower lobe of left
lung;
the pain was momentary and did not return (5th
d.).Back (Lac Vaccinum)
Pains in sacrum.
Severe, dull, aching pains in lumbar region
;
prover often exclaims, ” Oh, how my back aches !”Upper Limbs (Lac Vaccinum)
A clammy sticky coldness in both hands and both feet
simultaneously.Fingers of both hands, esp. when stretched out, tremble and quiver
as from extreme weakness.Sharp pain under left scapula, about three inches down from top
;
it then passed upwards to top of left shoulder, then down arm and
forearm and hand to the four fingers of the left hand, and then passed
off.Soon afterwards an aching pain was felt in left hip-joint, which
soon passed off.Lower Limbs (Lac Vaccinum)
Aching pain along both thighs on outer side and terminating in both
knees.Aching pains in bones from both hip-joints to both feet
simultaneously;
also burning sensation in both feet.Aching pains in both knees like a rheumatic pain
;
they began simultaneously in both knees, but the r. was most severe (5th
d.).All the joints of the body, esp. knees, feel weak and power less,
as when half drunk.On going up stairs the knees trembled or quivered or were extremely
weak, so as to be unable to take a step forwards.Piercing or lancinating pain in each hip joint, not severe.
Short rheumatic pains in knee and tarsal joints when walking.
Sleep (Lac Vaccinum)
Dreams of trying to lay out a corpse, etc.
Gait is unsteady.
General restlessness and bad dreams.
Head feels all over heavy, dull, aching, drowsy, wants to go to
sleep.In seven hours said she still felt sleepy, and could have fallen
asleep in a minute at any time during the whole day.Must force herself to keep awake.
Must force herself to keep her eyes open, for if she shuts them she
cannot avoid falling backwards and down to the floor.Slept well all night, and woke in morning free from pain
(4:30
A. M.).Fever (Lac Vaccinum)
A slight fever over the entire body with a moisture in both hands,
and aching in legs from thighs to knees, both sides simultaneously.Also pain on left side of head, extending from neck to top of head,
and a chilling sensation with it.Fever at night, followed by profuse sweat all over
;
the fever was preceded by chilly feeling, commencing at shoulders, and
then running up from feet to head ;
headache.Hands became hot and dry, a decided fever heat of hands.
Skin (Lac Vaccinum)
Brown crusts, having a greasy appearance, especially in corners of
mouth, similar to what are called “butter-sores.”Miss H. took one dose
1m
(Fincke).
It caused frequent profuse discharge of clear urine, no sediment, and
nearly colorless. White, watery leucorrhea ; pains in sacrum ;
sensation of plug in throat or larynx ; sour taste in mouth ; acid
saliva staining handkerchief yellow ; contractive pressing pain in
stomach-pit, relieved by external pressure.Generalities (Lac Vaccinum)
The pains in chest, abdomen, hips, thighs, and knees were. all felt
on r. and left sides simultaneously.She was so suddenly prostrated mentally and bodily that she was
unable to collect her thoughts or use a pencil to write her symptoms ;I
was therefore compelled to witness and ask questions and record them ;
after the proving was nearly over she said she had so much mental
confusion that she could not get mentally clear enough to feel her
thoughts or express them ; she could only give direct short answers to
questions ; as for writing her symptoms, she had no physical power to
do it. In two hours all symptoms subsided gradually, but still there
was a general trembling or quivering of whole body as well as the
fingers. In six and a half hours nearly relieved, except great
physical prostration ; mind is again normal.Copyright
© Robert Séror 2005