Lac caninum appears in 9 of the 13 classic books on Similia. Each was written to do a different job — here is what each adds on this remedy, with the opening of its entry.
- Allen HC — The keynotes that separate this remedy from its nearest neighbours.
“Dogs (Milk.) For nervous, restless, highly sensitive organisms. Symptoms erratic, pains constantly flying from one part to another (Kali bi., Puls.); changing from side to side every few hours or days . Very forgetful , absent-minded ; makes purchases and walks away without them (Agnus, Anac., Caust., Nat.). In…”
- Boericke — The quick clinical read — keynotes, modalities and the conditions it is actually prescribed in.
“Dog's Milk This remedy is of undoubted value in certain form of sore throat and diphtheria, and rheumatism. Corresponds to a low-vitiated, non-feverish type of sickness. The keynote symptom is, erratic pains, alternating sides . Feels as if walking on air, or of not touching the bed when lying down. Great lassitude…”
- Boger (Syn) — Generals and modalities in a short analytical portrait rather than a symptom list.
“NERVES. THROAT. Right to left, then back again or reverse. Female generative organs. TOUCH. Jar. During menses. Cold air, or wind, or drinks. Morning of one day and evening of the next (Eup-p.). Open air. SYMPTOMS ALTERNATE SIDES, throat, ovaries, etc., or wander about. Glistening parts. Glistening, throat, ulcers…”
- Clarke — The widest entry — sources, provings, clinical uses, relationships and antidotes in one place.
“Bitch's Milk. Arms, varicosis of / Breasts, painful / Chancre / Croup / Diphtheria / Dysmenorrhœa / Epulis / Eyes, affections of / Gonorrhœa / Headache / Ichthyosis / Leucorrhœa / Neuralgia / Ovaries, affections of / Ranula / Rheumatism / Sciatica / Spinal irritation / Stomach, affections of / Syphilis / Throat, sore…”
- Hering — Graded symptoms, each weighted by how often provers and practice confirmed it.
“Dogs' Milk. The use of dogs' milk in medicine is of ancient date. "Dioscorides, Rhasis, Pliny and Sextus recommend if for the removal of the dead fœtus. Sammonicus and Sextus praise it in photophobia and otitis. Pliny claims that it cures ulceration of the internal os. It was considered an antidote to deadly poisons"…”
- Kent — The mental and general picture — who the patient is, before what the remedy cures.
“History: A beginning in this remedy was made by Dr Nisip and after Reisig it was used by Bayard. After Bayard's death Dr. Dyer gave me a vial of the 30 th potency, made by Reisig, from which the potencies have mostly been made. All the milks should be potentized, they are our most excellent remedies, they are animal…”
- Lippe (Red) — Keynotes with the most-trusted ones marked as red-line symptoms.
“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…”
- Nash — The comparisons — the remedy set beside the ones it is most often confused with.
“Inflammatory affections travel crosswise, from side to side, back and forth (rheumatism, sore throat, etc.). Breasts and throat get sore at every menstrual period. Mastitis; breasts very sore and tender; cannot bear a jar of the bed; on stepping has to hold them up, on going down stairs. At one time I would not have…”
