Lac caninum

Common name: dog's milk.

Inflammatory affections travel crosswise, from side to side, back and forth (rheumatism, sore-throat, etc.).

Symptoms erratic, pains constantly flying from one part to another (Kali-B., Puls.); changing from side to side every few hours or days.

SHINING, GLAZED APPEARANCE OF DIPHTHERITIC DEPOSITS, CHANCRES AND ULCERS (N.).

Diphtheria: the membrane forms on one side and goes to the other; or is constantly changing sides; the membrane is mother-of-pearl like (D.).

Throat sensitive to touch externally (Lach.) (A.).

Sorethroat: aggravated by empty swallowing (Ign.); constant inclination to swallow; swallowing painful, almost impossible (Bell., Merc.); pains extend to the ears (Hep., Kali-B.); begins on the left side (Lach.) (A.).

Tonsillitis: symptoms change from side to side (Bl.).

Great prostration (Ars., Lach.) (Bl.).

Breasts inflamed, painful, aggravated by least jar; must hold them when stepping up or down stairs (Bell.) (N.).

Breasts and throat get sore at every menstrual period (N.).

MASTITIS: BREASTS VERY SORE AND TENDER; CANNOT BEAR A JAR OF THE BED (N.).

Loss of milk while nursing without any known cause (Asaf.) (A.).

Serviceable in almost all cases when it is required to dry up milk (Asaf.; to bring back or increase it- Lac-D.) (A).

galactorrhea (Asaf., Bry., Puls.) (B.).

Breasts swollen, painful, sensitive before and during menses (Con.) (A.).

Menses: Green, gushing or ammoniacal (B.).

Menses too early and too profuse (Chin., Ferr., Sab.) (A.).

Discharge of bright red, viscid and stringy blood during the catamenia (dark, black and stringy blood- Croc.) (A.).

Hoarseness during menses (Calc., Graph., Spong.) (B.).

Sexual organs easily excited, from touch, pressure on sitting, or friction by walking (Cinn., Coff., Murx., Plat.) (A.).

Discharge of flatus from the vagina (Brom., Lyc., Nux-M., Sang.) (A.).

Delusions of snakes in and around her (Arg-N., Bell., Calc., Hyos., Lach., Op.) (K.).

Attacks of rage, cursing and swearing at the slightest provocation (Anac., Bell., Hyos., Lil-T., Nit-Ac., Stram.) (A.).

Intense ugliness (Nit-Ac.) (A.).

Full of imaginations (B.).

Fears to be alone (Kali-C., Phos.); of dying (Ars., Puls.); of becoming insane (Lil-T.); of falling down-stairs (Bor.) (A.).

Despondent, hopeless; thinks her disease incurable; has not a friend living; nothing worth living for; could weep at any moment (Act-R., Aur., Calc., Lach.) (A.).

VERY FORGETFUL, ABSENT-MINDED; MAKES PURCHASES AND WALKS AWAY WITHOUT THEM (Agn., Anac., Caust., Nat-M.) (A.).

In writing, uses too many words, or not the right ones; omits final letter or letters in a word; cannot concentrate the mind to read or study; very nervous (Bov., Graph., Lach., Nat-C., Sep.) (A.).

Cross, irritable; child cries and screams all the time, especially at night (Jal., Nux-V., Psor.) (A.).

CORYZA: ONE NOSTRIL STUFFED UP, THE OTHER FREE AND DISCHARGING; THESE CONDITIONS ALTERNATE: DISCHARGE-ACRID; NOSE AND LIPS RAW (Arum-T., Cepa) (A.).

Sorethroat and cough are apt to begin and end with menstruation (A.).

Pains (in the throat) shoot to the ear (Kali-B., Kali-C., Merc., Phyt.) (A.).

Sinking at the epigastrium (Carb-A., Sep., Sulph.) (A.).

Faintness in the stomach (A.).

Very hungry, cannot eat enough to satisfy (Chel., Ind., Tub.); as hungry after eating as before (Calc., Casc., Cina, Lyc., Stront.) (A.).

Sensation as if breath would leave her when lying down; must get up and walk (Am-C., Grind., Lach.) (A.).

Palpitation violent when lying on the left side, better from turning on the right (Tab.) (A.).

When walking, seems to be walking on the air; when lying, does not seem to touch the bed (Asar.) (A.).

Spine aches from the base of the brain to the coccyx (A.).

Spine very sensitive to touch or pressure (Chin-S., Phos., Zinc.) (A.).

Backache: Intense, unbearable, across super-sacral region, extending to the right natis and right sciatic nerve; aggravation by rest and on first moving (Rhus-T.) (A.).

AGGRAVATION: From touch; from jar; during menses; from empty swallowing; from pressure; during rest; and at night.

AMELIORATION: In the open air; from turning on the right side; and from walking.

RELATIONSHIP: Similar to: Apis, Ars., Bell., Con., Kali-B., Lach., Lyas., Murx., Nit-Ac., Puls., Sep. and Sulph.