Lilium Tigrinum

by C.M. Boger — A Synoptic Key of the Materia Medica

REGION

VENOUS CIRCULATION: FEMALE ORGANS. Uterus. Ovaries. HEART (R). Rectum. Bladder.
Left side.
Nerves.

WORSE

WARMTH; of room.
Motion.
Miscarriages.
Walking.
Standing.
Consolation.

BETTER

Cool, fresh air.
When busy.
Lying on left side.
Sunset (Coca. Med. Sele.).
Pressure.
Crossing legs.

FULL, HEAVY or forced out feeling; uterus; heart; eyelids; ovary (l). Utero - ovarian sagging. Marked nervo-hysterical reflexes (Con.), especially mental or cardiac. Nervous tremor; in hypogastrium, in spine, knees, etc. Pulsation, ebullition, gurglings and burnings. Backward pains; about eyes; to occiput; from nipples through chest; from heart to l. scapula. Venous congestion. Acrid discharges. .................... Hurried, nervous, snappish and erotic or depressed. Fruitless activity. Wild, crazy feeling. Dread; of insanity; being incurable, etc. Desires finery. Burning headache, < before and after menses; ache over (l), eye; with vertigo and visual effects. Eyes, feel sprained; bite and burn, < reading. Yellowish, patchy tongue. Sweet taste -back of mouth. Craves meat. Hunger, as if from spine. Stiff, tense abdomen. Can't bear weight of covers. Sharp pains, < doubling up. Early, morning diarrhœa; frequent, small stools; with tenesmus; < after rising. Heavy dragging or outward urging in pelvis; must hold parts (Sanic.); with dysuria. Ovarian pain, (l); into limb; with pain below (l) breast. Menses free, while moving only. Thin, brown, leucorrhœa; acrid. Oppressive load on chest; air hunger; takes long breaths. As of a rivet or ball under (l) mamma. HEART, feels clutched, overful, cold, weak, hangs by a thread, etc.; pains into (l) arm; < stooping; < lying on (r) side; nervous. Palpitation. Neckache, < tire. Broken feeling between scapulæ. Pain from hip to hip. Can't walk on uneven ground. Chilly, > open air. Burning palms and soles.

Related: Alo. Plat. Pul. Spi.

Lilium Tigrinum across the other classic books

Lilium Tigrinum appears in 10 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.
“Tiger Lily. (Liliaceae.) Affects principally the left side of the body (Lach., Thuja). Tormented about her salvation (Lyc., Sulph., Ver.), with ovarian or uterine complaints; consolation <. Wild, crazy feeling on vertex ; confused ideas. Profound depression of spirits ; can hardly avoid weeping; is very timid, fearful…”
Allen TF — The raw proving record — symptoms as the provers reported them, unedited.
“Lilium tigrinum, H. K. Natural order , Liliaceæ. Common name , Tiger Lily. Preparation , Tincture of the flowers only (proving Nos. 2 and 3 ), or tinct. of stalks, leaves, and flowers, gathered in August (subsequent provings). Authorities.”
Boericke — The quick clinical read — keynotes, modalities and the conditions it is actually prescribed in.
“Tiger-lily Manifests powerful influence over the pelvic organs, and is adapted to many reflex states dependent on some pathological condition of uterus and ovaries. More often indicated in unmarried women. The action of the heart is very marked. Pain in small spots ( Oxal ac ). Rheumatic arthritis. Tormented about her…”
Boger (GA) — Which general headings this remedy belongs under — the analytical scaffolding.
“AIR Open, Amel.:- IN ROOM, agg., air hunger, etc. CHEST, backward in CHEST, left CLOTHES, pressure of, Agg. DIRECTION of sensations, Backward DIRECTION of sensations, Up and Down DUALITY, in pieces, separated, as if some one else, etc. FALLING FEMALE ORGANS FLATULENCE, Right HEART, CIRCULATION AND PULSE HEAVINESS…”
Clarke — The widest entry — sources, provings, clinical uses, relationships and antidotes in one place.
“Tiger Lily. N. O. Liliaceæ. Tincture of fresh stalk, leaves, and flowers. (Some of the provings were made with tincture of the pollen alone.) Angina pectoris / Asthenopia / Astigmatism / Dementia / Diarrhœa / Dysentery / Eyes, affections of / Fibroma / Heart, affections of / Palpitation of / Hysteria / Ovaries…”
Hering — Graded symptoms, each weighted by how often provers and practice confirmed it.
“Tiger Lily. Liliaceæ. A native of China and Japan cultivated in our gardens ; flowers in July and August. Introduced and carefully proved by W. E. Payne, assisted by Dunham, Lilienthal, Gallupe and Savage. Original day book of provings is published in Trans. Am. Inst. of Hom., 1871. CLINICAL AUTHORITIES. Dementia …”
Kent — The mental and general picture — who the patient is, before what the remedy cures.
“Lilium Tigrinum So far as proved Lilium Tigrinum has shown itself adapted to the complaints of women. It is especially suited to hysterical women, who suffer from uterine troubles, cardiac troubles and various nervous manifestations; suitable to a woman who is extremely irritable, full of fanciful notions, insanity…”
Lippe (Red) — Keynotes with the most-trusted ones marked as red-line symptoms.
“Common name: tiger lily. Faint in warm room (Acon., Ipec., Kreos., Lach., Lyc., Nat-M., Nux-V., Puls., Sep., Spig., Tab.) (Br.). Sensation of constriction in the heart with uterine troubles (N.). Cold feeling about the heart (Nat-M., Petr.) (Br.). Feeling as if the heart contained too much blood, which might be…”
Nash — The comparisons — the remedy set beside the ones it is most often confused with.
“Great bearing down, as if pelvic contents would press out through the vagina; > by pressing up with the hand or sitting down (Sepia crosses the legs). Sensation of constriction in heart with uterine troubles. Frequent desire for stool and urine with uterine displacements, tenesmus. Tormented about her salvation…”

Lilium Tigrinum in Kent's Repertory

Kent's Repertory lists Lilium Tigrinum in 1,031 rubrics. These are the ones where it carries the highest grade — the symptoms Kent treated as most characteristic. Most of them sit in EXTREMITIES (140), FEMALE GENITALIA (136), HEAD (120), MIND (120), CHEST (78).

ABDOMEN - PAIN - burning - extending down leg
ABDOMEN - PAIN - dragging,bearing down - evening - standing,while
CHEST - CONGESTION (hyperaemia of chest) - desire to urinate,if not obeyed
CHEST - FLUTTERING - rest,during
CHEST - FULLNESS - desire to urinate be delayed,if
CHEST - PAIN - desire to urinate be delayed,if
FEMALE GENITALIA - PAIN - bearing down - Ovaries - standing,while
BLADDER - URGING to urinate (morbid desire) - constant - prolapsus of uterus,during
CHEST - FLUTTERING - excitement after slight
GENERALITIES - SEXUAL - excitement agg.
MIND - HURRY - occupation,in - desires to do several things at once
ABDOMEN - PAIN - dragging,bearing down - crossing limbs amel.
FEMALE GENITALIA - MENSES - lying, - cease while
FEMALE GENITALIA - PAIN - bearing down - Uterus,and region of - crossing limbs amel.
FEMALE GENITALIA - PAIN - bearing down - Uterus,and region of - pressing on vulva amel.
ABDOMEN - PAIN - pressing - Hypogastrium - stool - during
BLADDER - URGING to urinate (morbid desire) - frequent - prolapsus,with
FEMALE GENITALIA - PAIN - sore,tenderness - .Uterus - jarring,sensitive to
CHEST - PALPITATION heart - pregnancy,during
FEMALE GENITALIA - LEUCORRHOEA - brown

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