Lycopus
by C.M. Boger — General Analysis
- DISCHARGES, vicarious
- HEART, CIRCULATION AND PULSE
- LYING, right, Agg.
- PROTRUSION, also sense of; of internal parts, as eyes, hernia, etc. (Comp. Falling.)
- SLEEP, waking from, after, Agg.
by C.M. Boger — General Analysis
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Lycopus appears in 6 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.
“Lycopus Virginicus, Linn. Natural order , Labiatæ. Common name , Bugle Weed. Preparation , Tincture of whole plant. Authorities.”
“Bugle-weed Lower the blood pressure, reduces the rate of the heart and increases the length of systole to a great degree. Passive hæmorrhages ( Adrenaline 6x). A heart remedy, and of use in exophthalmic goitre and hæmorrhoidal bleeding. Indicated in diseases with tumultuous action of the heart and more or less pain…”
“HEART. Circulation. Left side. Excitement. Exertion. Heat. After sleep. Lying on (R) side. Abuse of heart remedies. Suppressions. Thinking of it. Irritable weakness. Heart, with many side-symptoms. Symptoms vary with heart action or associated with a RAPID TUMULTUOUS HEART BEAT. Cardio - hæmorrhagic cases. HÆMORRHAGE…”
“Virginicus. Bugle-weed. Virginia horehound. (Shady and wet places in U.S.) N. O. Labiatæ. Tincture of fresh plant in flower. Aneurism / Bites of reptiles / Bright's disease / Cough / Diabetes / Exophthalmos / Hæmoptysis / Headache / Heart, diseases of / Pericarditis / Phthisis / Snake-bites / Tarentula bites /…”
“Bugle Weed. Labiatæ. This plant, sometimes called Virginia Hoarhound, grows in shady and wet places throughout the United States. The tincture is prepared from the fresh plant in flower. Provings by Chandler (Hale's New Rem.), tincture and first dilution, Morison (Mon. Hom. Rev., vol. 16, p. 737), tincture and 200th…”
Kent's Repertory lists Lycopus in 268 rubrics. These are the ones where it carries the highest grade — the symptoms Kent treated as most characteristic. Most of them sit in EXTREMITIES (48), CHEST (34), GENERALITIES (29), HEAD (24), BACK (12).