Lac caninum

Lac caninum
(dog's milk)
* This remedy is of undoubted value in certain form of sore throat and diphtheria, and
rheumatism.
* Corresponds to a low-vitiated, non-feverish typeof sickness.
* The keynote symptom is, erratic pains, alternating sides.
* Feels as if walking on air, or of not touching the bed when lying down.
* Great lassitude.
* Ozaena.
* Decided effect in drying up milk in women who cannot nurse the baby.
* Great weakness and prostration.
* Sinking spells every morning.
* Mastitis.
Mind
- Very forgetful; in writing, makes mistakes.
- Despondent; thinks her disease incurable.
- Attacks of rage.
- Visions of snakes.
- Thinks himself of little consequence.
Head
- Sensation of walking or floating in the air. [Sticta.]
- Pain first one side, then the other.
- Blurred vision, nausea and vomiting at height ofattack of headache.
- Occipital pain, with shooting extending to forehead.
- Sensation as if brain were alternately contracted and relaxed.
- Noises in ears.
- Reverberation of voice.
Nose
- Coryza; one nostril stuffed up, the other free; alternate.
- Alae nasi and corners of mouth cracked.
- Bones of nose sore to pressure.
- Bloody pus discharged.
Mouth
- Tongue coated white with bright red edges; profuse salivation.
- Drooling in diphtheria.
- Cracking of jaw while eating. [Nit. ac.; Rhus.] Putrid taste increased by sweets.
Throat
- Sensitive to touch.
- Painful swallowing; pain extends to ears.
- Sore throat and cough with menstruation.
- Tonsillitis and diphtheria symptoms change repeatedly from side to side. Shining glazed
appearance of deposit, pearly-white or like pure white porcelain.
- Stiffness of neck and tongue.
- Throat feels burned raw.
- Tickling sensation causes constant cough.
- Sore throat beginning and ending with menses.
Female
- Menses too early, profuse, flow in gushes. Breasts swollen; painful before [Calc.c. ; Con.;
Puls.] and better on appearance of menses.
- Mastitis; worse, least jar. Helps to dry up milk.
- Sinking at epigastrium.
- Sexual organs easily excited.
- Backache; spine very sensitive to touch or pressure.
- Galactorrhoea.
Extremities
- Sciatica, right side.
- Legs feel numb and stiff, cramps in feet.
- Rheumatic pains in extremities and back, from one side to the other.
- Pain in arms to fingers.
- Burning in palms and soles.
Sleep
- Dreams of snakes.
Modalities
- Worse, morning of one day and in the evening of next.
- Better, cold, cold drinks.
Relationship
- Compare : Lach.; Con.; Lac felinum- Cat's Milk-(ciliary neuralgia; eye symptoms,
photophobia; asthenopia; dysmenorrhoea); Lac vaccinum-Cows' Milk- (headache, rheumatic
pains, constipation); Lac vaccinum coagulatum-Curds- (nausea of pregnancy); Lactis vaccini
floc- Cream-(diphtheria, leucorrhoea, menorrhagia, dysphagia); Lactic ac.
Dose
- Thirtieth and the highest potencies.