Lachesis Muta

Mind, Thinks herself under super-human control

Mind, Great sadness; particularly on waking in the morning

Mind, Loquaciousness; continually changing from one subject to another

Sight and Eyes, Dimness of vision; black flickering before the eyes; photophobia, always agg. in the morning, after sleeping

Hearing and Ears, Pains in the ears with sore throat

Hearing and Ears, Hardness of hearing, with want of wax, dryness of ears

Hearing and Ears, Tearing extending from zygoma into ears; raises hand to back of ear with each scream (hydrocephalus)

Nose, Paroxysm of sneezing in hay fever, especially if agg. after sleeping

Mouth and Throat, Cannot put tongue out but with difficulty; trying it the tongue trembles or catches behind the lower teeth

Mouth and Throat, Tonsilitis or diphtheria agg. on left side; choking when swallowing, or pains from throat into ear; neck very sensitive to touch, amel. after sleep

Mouth and Throat, Throat complaints begin in left and go to right side

Mouth and Throat, Great sensibility of the throat to the slightest touch, even of the collar or bed clothes; can bear nothing round the neck

Mouth and Throat, Diphtheria aggravated by hot drinks

Anus and Stool, A tormenting, constant urging in the rectum, not for a stool

Anus and Stool, Beating in the anus as with little hammers

Anus and Stool, Hemorrhage from the bowels in typhoid; when in the bottom of the vessel are seen black particles of blood like charred straw

Anus and Stool, Stools extremely offensive hard or soft

Anus and Stool, With every single cough a stitch in the hemorrhoidal tumor

Urinary Organs, Urine almost black, foamy, frequent, dark

Female Sexual Organs, Hot flushes, metrorrhagia and other troubles during the climacteric; burning on vertex

Female Sexual Organs, Menses at the regular time, but too short and feeble

Female Sexual Organs, Uterus does not bear contact, or has to be relieved of all pressure by frequently lifting the clothes; they cause an uneasiness in the abdomen; no tenderness

Female Sexual Organs, Pains in uterine region, increased at times more and more until amel. by a flow of blood from vagina; after a few hours or days the same again, etc.

Female Sexual Organs, Pains principally in the left ovary

Respiratory Organs, Cough during sleep, patient seems to sleep into the cough, or worse also after a nap

Respiratory Organs, During the heat of orgasm of blood he is obliged to loosen the clothing about the neck; there is a sensation as though they hindered the circulation of blood; with a kind of suffocative feeling

Respiratory Organs, Wants to be fanned, but slowly and at a distance

Respiratory Organs, Suddenly something runs from the neck to the larynx, and interrupts breathing completely; it wakens at night (spasm of the glottis)

Heart and Pulse, Heart feels too large for the cavity; can bear no pressure on throat or chest

Extremities, Much pain of an aching kind in shin-bones only

Extremities, Red, bluish, painful swelling on limbs; very sensitive; impending gangrene

Sleep and Dreams, Seems to sleep into the troubles, such as cramp, cough, etc.

Chill, Fever and Sweat, Child must be held to relieve head and chest and prevent shaking; feels better if held or pressed down

Chill, Fever and Sweat, Heat at night, especially after sleep, from orgasm of blood; throat sensitive

Skin, Sore spots become fungoid, dark red, brownish, ulcers, rash, carbuncles and turn black or bluish

Generalities, Left-sided affections generally, but particularly throat, ovaries, and paralytic troubles

Generalities, Bluish color of the affected part

Generalities, Blood dark, uncoagulable; small woulds bleed much

Generalities, Complaints begin on left and go to right side or left sided complaints generally

Generalities, Relief from the onset of discharge

Generalities, Great physical and mental exhaustion - sinks down from weakness. Worse a.m. and after sleep

Causes and Modalities, Many affections at the climacteric

Causes and Modalities, Always worse after sleep

Causes and Modalities, General aversion to outward pressure or confinement, as of tight clothes, especially about the throat, chest, stomach, abdomen, uterus, etc.

Constitution and Temperament, Women at climacteric, hemorrhoids, hemorrhages, hot flushes, burning vertex, headaches, especially after cessation of the flow