by C.M. Boger — General Analysis
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Lac defloratum appears in 8 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.
“Skimmed Milk. The successful treatment of Diabetes and Bright's Disease with skim milk, by Donkin, was the hint which led Dr. Swan to potentize and prove it. Every symptom given has been verified in the cure of the sick. Diseases with faulty and defective nutrition with reflex affections of nervous centers…”
“Skimmed Milk (LAC DEFLORATUM) A remedy for diseases with faulty nutrition; sick headaches, with profuse flow of urine during pain. Car sickness . Despondent. Pain begins in forehead to occiput, in morning on rising. Intense throbbing , with nausea, vomiting, blindness, and obstinate constipation; worse, noise, light…”
“NUTRITION. BLOOD. Heart. Head (Left). Thigh (Outer). COLD: Least draft. Wet. Hands in cold water. Milk. Loss of sleep. Weekly. Rest. Pressure of bandage. Exhaustion . Despondency. Vertigo, < lying on l. side. Blind then throbbing frontal headache, with much pale urine. Migraine. Photophobia. Painless swelling of face…”
“Skimmed Milk (cow's). Dilution. Anæmia / Appendicitis / Asthma / Bright's disease / Constipation / Diabetes / Dropsy / Fainting spells / Headache / Heart, affections of / Lactation, defective / Leucorrhœa / Menses, suppressed / Obesity / Sciatica "The idea of potentising skimmed milk originated with Swan upon reading…”
“Cow's milk skimmed. The idea of potentising skimmed milk originated with Swan upon reading Doukin's Skim Milk Treatment for Diabetes and Bright's Disease. The first proving was made by a lady in New York, in whose case the headache with nausea and constipation were strongly marked. A subsequent, more extensive proving…”
“The untrained mind naturally rebels at the idea of giving skimmed milk to sick people as a remedy, but when potentized like any other substance it becomes one of the most useful remedies. Every physician has seen a few cases in his practice; men, women and children who cannot drink milk. They say they are made sick by…”
“Common name: skimmed milk. Great prostration (Ars., Camph., Kali-P.) (A.). Sick headache relieved by a profuse flow of urine (Gels.) (N.). Pain begins in the forehead and extends to the occiput, in the morning on rising (Bry.) (A.). DIM VISION, BEFORE HEADACHE (Gels., Hyos., Iris, Kali-B., Nat-M., Podo., Psor., Sep…”
Kent's Repertory lists Lac defloratum in 278 rubrics. These are the ones where it carries the highest grade — the symptoms Kent treated as most characteristic. Most of them sit in HEAD (65), STOMACH (29), EXTREMITIES (22), MIND (21), GENERALITIES (17).
