Lycopodium clavatum

Clubmoss
J.H. Clarke

• Fear: of being alone; of men; of his own shadow.
• Apprehensiveness: susceptible to natural causes of fear which make a profound impression on bodily organs, as the liver; mental states resulting from fear.
• Profound sadness and inclination to weep.
• Peevish.
• Forgetful.
• Avaricious. Lyc. is a remedy for misers.
• Imperiousness.

• Direction, right to left.
  • Affection begins on the right side and spreads to the left (headache, sore throat, chest affection, abdominal affection, pains in ovaries, etc).
  • Cutting pains shooting from right to left in any part.
  • Right-side medicine; but right-sidedness is not so characteristic as the direction right to left.
• > From uncovering.
  • This is general, but it applies to sufferings in the head more particularly. If a patient complains of headache, no matter of what kind, and if the headache is distinctly > by taking off the hat or other covering, Lyc. will probably be the remedy.
  • This is the great dividing line between this remedy and Sil., another great headache medicine: in Sil. cases the patient must wrap up the head.
  • > From loosening the garments is in the same category.
• > From warm drinks; < from cold food and drink.
  • In gastric complaints, headache, sore throat, etc.
• Fan-like movement of the alae nasi.
  • Occurring in cerebral, pulmonary, and abdominal complaints.
  • The movements are usually rapid, never slow, and are not synchronous with the breathing.
• Suddenness.
  • Sudden flashes of heat.
  • Lightning-like pains.
  • Sudden satiety.
  • Pains and symptoms come and go suddenly, as with Bell.
• Sensation as if a hand were in the body clutching the entrails (also as with Bell.).
• Restlessness > by motion.
• Right foot hot, left foot cold.
• Burning pains > by heat.
  • Burning like hot coals between scapulae.
  • Burning stinging in breasts.
• Dryness of parts.
  • Of mucous membranes; of vagina; of skin, especially palms.
• Periodicity
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• Time
  • < from 4:00 pm to 8:00 pm (The times may not be accurately at these hours, and still Lyc. may be the remedy).
  • < At 4:00 pm or from 4 pm to 6 pm; and the condition may continue into the night without the 8 pm alleviation. But the grand characteristic is 4 pm to 8 pm.
• Weather / Environment
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• Mouth
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• Nose & Respiration
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• Skin
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• Stomach
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• Abdomen
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• Stools and Anus
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• Fear.
• Fright
• Chagrin.
• Anger.
• Vexation.
• Anxiety.
• Fevers.
• Over-lifting.
• Masturbation.
• Riding in carriage.
• Tobacco-chewing.
• Wine.