LACTUCA

Homeopathic Materia Medica & Symptoms

Clarke's Dictionary of Practical Materia Medica

Angina pectoris
Anus affections
Ascites
Asthma
Constipation
Cough
Diarrhea
Globus hystericus
Gonorrhea
Heartburn
Hysteria
Lactation
Levitation
Liver affections
Muscae volitantes
Noises in ears
Pylorus pain
Sleep excessive
Smell illusions
Spinal cord pains
Spleen affections
Whooping-cough
Yawning
Sharp colicky pains
Nausea
Vomiting
Inability to distinguish objects clearly
Lively delirium
Dilated pupils
Hallucinations
Liquid stools
Tightness affecting whole body
Squeezing of lower chest
Enlargements of the liver
Squeezing in left breast
Feeling as if a hundredweight on chest
Relaxation in the chest
Intolerance of touch and pressure
Spasmodic cough in frequent paroxysms
Feeling of suffocation
Attacks come suddenly without any apparent cause
Induced by a violent tickling in pharynx and roof of mouth
Paroxysms preceded by anxiety
Painful gonorrhea in females
Sensation as of a drop continually passing along the urethra when seated
Urine has smell of violets
Hypertrophy of ovaries
Rectum was contracted
Feces evacuated with great pain
Fatigue during stool
Sleepiness during stool
Ebullitions rising up from abdomen
Extraordinary lightness of body
Feels as if swimming in bed
Dreams of swimming in the air or of walking above the ground
Head feels light
Head feels empty
Sensation as if head too large
Sensation as if brain loose
Sensation as if looking through gauze
Pain in spinal marrow even to cauda equina and streaming along coccyx
As if chest would fly to pieces
As if circulation in legs was suspended
Coldness of stomach, throat, chest, feet
Disposition melancholy, fretful
Invite sadness, with extravagant and exaggerated notions
Apprehensions of the most terrible and disgusting kind
Suffering from grief, stunning pain in forehead in evening
Violent contractions in throat
Constant inclination to weep
Internal anguish and agitation
Excessive ill-humor, provoked by slightest contradiction
Ill-humor, peevishness, with indisposition to labor
Inability to remain in bed
Cross-grained humor, which is roused by slightest provocation
Difficulty in thinking
Indisposition to intellectual labors
Thoughts are intermixed
Impossible to resolve them into any general idea
Various places are searched before anything can be found
Confusion of head
Heaviness, as from fullness
Sensation of heat in the part
Lancination across l. protuberance, on stooping
Sensation of giddiness and of vertigo
Head bewildered
Sensation as if head were empty
Stupidity as from want of sleep
Vertigo, so as to cause falling down
As after a nocturnal debauch
Pressure outwards in direction of forehead and orbits
Feeling of intoxication
Vertigo
Turning, with heaviness of legs
Sensation of weight in head, esp. in occiput
Darkness before eyes
The threads appear confused in sewing
Fulness in head, and sensation as if the body were swimming, in bed
Head were too large, or that its volume had been increased by a rapid movement of upper part of body
Pain in region of vertex
One spot, as in clavus hystericus
Cephalalgia in afternoon
Dull pain in forehead
Dull pain in whole head
Great depression and physical indolence
Temporal region pain
Each time it is moved
Sensation of weight in head
Occiput pain
Lancinations, esp. in l. frontal protuberance
Pressive cephalalgia
Sensation as if brain were waving to and fro in head
Lancinations as if with blunt instruments
External heat on forehead
Much felt in glabella
Acute on one side of head, as on the bone
Occiput tensive, with heat in forehead and coldness of hands
Aching in forehead
After slight mental application
Eyes are affected
Forcing outwards in temples, esp. l.
Compression in occiput
Drawing pain in temples towards the forehead
Tearing in r. temporal region
Dull shocks in both temples
Painful shaking of head on coughing but slightly
Wavering and aching, which remain a long time afterwards
Starting and throbbing in head, during repose
Buzzing within and before ears
Resonance in r. side of forehead in the morning
Painful spot near the vertex
Pain < by touch
Fixed dull pain on one spot on coronal bone, to l.
Drawing pain on a spot on coronal bone, towards r. side
Biting in the eyes
Itching above the eyebrows
Aching, with sensation of distension in ball of r. eye
Smarting in eyes, esp. in external canthi, < by friction
Burning in eyes, esp. in the lids
Clouded vision and dilated pupils
Redness of conjunctiva
Increased mucous secretion in elderly persons
Abdominal congestion
Eyelids charged with humor
Cloudiness of vision
Weakness of sight
Sight intercepted as by a cloud or veil
Flying insects before eyes, on stooping, after a meal
Hemiopia
Drawing pains in ears
Shootings followed by tension in l. ear
Buzzing in ears
Ringing sound before ears, evening, in bed
Sensation as though end of nose were distended
Peculiar smell before nose
A like taste in mouth
Frequent sneezing, with < of symptoms in chest
Soreness of chest
Coryza, followed by excoriation and dryness in nose
Haggard look
Visage pale, wan
Heat of face, with trembling and sensation of swelling of lips
Tingling, with a feeling of tightness on face
Pricking, drawing pains, from r. sub-maxillary gland to ear and tongue
Lancinations in chin at extremity of sub-maxillary nerve
In lips, quivering
Swelling of the lymphatic glands
Sharp pain in molars on l. side of lower jaw
Soreness of gums, on an empty socket on masticating
Sensation of tightness in bottom of mouth and palate, with constant spitting
Increased accumulation of saliva
Dryness of mouth, without thirst
Tongue charged with a white coating
Coated with thick mucus
Sore, as if burned at tip
Contraction under tongue
Slight burning in throat
Sensation in throat as if the part were exposed to heat of a brisk fire
Difficult deglutition
Sensation as if uvula were raw, with burning
Sensation as if muscles of pharynx could not perform their office
Accumulation of mucus in throat
Viscid mucus in throat in morning
Taste sickly
Bitter, after eating bread and butter
Bitter as gall, in throat
Want of appetite
Appetite increased
Increased thirst
After a meal, sensation of fulness in stomach, with pressure downwards
Risings frequent, repeated
Oppression of the chest
Empty, sometimes deep, with taste of the extract of lettuce
Repugnant, with sensation of coldness in gullet, and continued bitterness in mouth
Acrid, and sometimes acid
Loathing
Nausea
Uneasiness at pit of stomach
Vomiting and loathing
Pains in stomach, with contraction of pit of stomach, < by pressure
Sensation at pit of the stomach and sternum, as if patient had sat a long time with the body much curved
Uneasiness at pit of stomach, with anguish in precordial region
Sensation of softness in stomach
Pressure in stomach
Feeling as though the contents were striving to pass out in a volume the size of the palm of the hand, followed by tenesmus
Aching at orifice of the stomach
The pressure in the pit of the stomach turns to anguish, in the midst of gurgling in stomach, risings, borborygmi in abdomen, and emission of wind
Sensation of coldness in stomach
Tingling in stomach and pit of stomach
Shootings in pylorus
Dull shocks in r. hypochondrium
Lancinations, esp. in r. hypochondrium
Contusive pain in hepatic region in morning
Periodical dragging
Dragging pain
Aching in hepatic region
Lancinations in hepatic region
Enlargement of liver
Quick lancinations in region of spleen
Squeezing in region of spleen
Sensation of relaxation in the abdomen
Pinchings in abdomen
Pinchings in umbilical region
Cutting pains in abdomen
Disagreeable sensation of heat in abdomen
Frequent ebullition, ascending from abdomen into chest
Sensation of weight in abdomen
A burden were lying on abdomen, chiefly on umbilical region, and pit of stomach
Affections of the portal system
Abdominal dropsy
Induration of liver
Sensation of fulness in abdomen
Movement of flatus in abdomen
Very frequent borborygmi in abdomen
Abundant emission of wind
Constipation
Tardy and hard evacuation
Stool only after urgent calls, and griping
Want to go to stool, with sensation of great lassitude
Evacuations difficult and infrequent
Stool preceded by tenesmus, hard, and not ejected without effort, with continued pain as of a bruise in anus
Scanty stool
Stools hard
Hard and tardy, dry, hard, difficult, and with straining stools
Hard, knotty, with burning at anus, after a constipation of two days' continuance
Provokes easy stools
Facilitates the intestinal evacuations
Soft stools or else like pap the first few days
Frequent stools, like pap
During stool: general lassitude
Fatigue so as almost to bring on sleep
Yawning
Accumulation of water in mouth
After stool (soft), pressure in the anus
At anus: drawing; pricking, towards evening (bruised pain)
Hemorrhoidal tumors round anus, with tenesmus in rectum
Want to make water, with frequent drawing pain in glans, which extends throughout the body
Increased secretion of urine
More frequent and more copious emission of urine
Pressure on bladder, towards morning, from an unusual accumulation of urine
Urine clear as water
Clear yellow, with a smell of violets
Brown, hot, and burning in urethra
In urethra continual sensation, on being seated, as of a drop of water passing along it
Heat at orifice
Dragging pressure in region of bladder, as from urgency to urinate
In penis, swelling of a lymphatic vessel, following morning erections
Drawing pains at root of penis, or also in r. spermatic cord, and along internal surface of thigh
Diminished sexual appetite
Painful erections during morning sleep
Pollutions
Catamenia too early
Cramp-like pains in abdomen
Promotes catamenia
Increase of milk in breasts
Bearing down and weak feeling about pelvic organs, and general relaxed feeling
Power of voice increased
Roughness in throat
Roughness in pharynx
Roughness in larynx
Scraping in throat
Dryness and scraping in pharynx and upper part of chest
Hoarseness in evening
Hoarseness in morning
Sensation of fulness in larynx
Frequent need to cough
Constant sensation of fulness in larynx
Irritation of a suffocating cough
Impeded speech
Cough provoked by a tickling in throat
Sensation of burning dryness in throat
Dry from time to time, or else by fits, with shaking of chest
Dry from time to time, or else by fits, with shaking of abdomen
Dry from time to time, or else by fits, with shaking of occiput
Dry, barking, painful
Proceeding from a pre-existing cough, with easy expectoration
Spasmodic, hollow, and dry
Very violent, and threatening to burst the chest, induced by a tickling in gullet
The dry cough arising from a cough already established, and appearing more particularly according to the changes of the weather, disappears entirely
Excretion of mucus by the cough
Copious expectoration of mucus, by means of a short cough
Chest pains <
Cough suffocating, dry, in hysterical persons, with prolonged sleeplessness
Cough suffocating, dry, in hysterical persons, with a nipping coldness in stomach and pit of stomach
Dyspnea
Shortness of breath, respiration straitened
Difficulty of respiration
Lancinations in the l. lung
Pressure in pit of stomach
Respiration rapid, from fullness and ebullition in chest
Frequent want to breathe deeply
Respiration, as it were, insufficient
Breathing deeply, sensation as though the chest were imperfectly inflated
Asthma
Straitened respiration, or constraint of chest
Lower part of chest were too narrow, with fear to breathe deeply, because a shock is experienced at each effort
Labored at night, arousing from sleep, and forcing prompt assumption of a sitting posture, with anguish
Corrosive exhalations
Constant need to double up the body when seated, because otherwise there is a feeling of constraint, as if the parts were too narrow
Thorax were too narrow, compressed, or constricted
Frequent constrictive pain in lower part of chest
Sensation of spasmodic constriction in hypochondria
Oppression of chest
Necessitating deep inspirations
Dull pain below sternum
Slight, of the sides, and below sternum, followed by a sensation of heat on wall opposite the chest
Weight on chest, with difficulty of respiration as if there were a hundred-weight on chest
Want to throw off clothes in evening, with sensation of fulness in pharynx
Periodical, increasing or diminishing, with squeezing, oppression, and heat in chest
Convulsive asthma
Organic affection of heart
Fits of suffocation in dropsy of chest
General swelling
Anxiety
Want of power to breathe on lying down, obliging the resumption of a sitting posture
Cough short and dry
Great weakness
Irresistible inclination to sleep in afternoon
Diminished secretion of urine
Dull pains, forcing patient to breathe deeply, at l. side of chest
Dull pains, forcing patient to breathe deeply, at r. side of chest
Breathing deeply increases the dull pain in chest
Aching pain in chest
Lancinations in chest
Squeezing in upper part of l. breast
Dull stitches from l. side of chest to scapula
Dull dragging pain in chest
Ebullition in chest, with squeezing, and forcing to breathe rapidly
Painful throbbing, burning, in r. cavity of chest, in one particular spot
Feeling of relaxation in chest, from noon to evening
Sensation of internal coldness
Pain, as of fatigue, from physical exertion, at bottom of chest, and walls of thorax, esp. l.
Rapid pain externally, in muscles of chest and of delta, in direction of shoulder, during repose
Pain in nape of neck, when coughing
Drawing pains and tension
Subcutaneous pricking, which gradually becomes fixed under r. shoulder-blade
Tension in muscles of neck on r. side
Lancinations under r. armpit, as if caused by a pointed instrument
Drawing pains in loins, towards the groins
Pains in spinal marrow, as far as the cauda equina, and extending to sacrum
Cramp-like pains passing over back in various directions
Contusive pain in lumbar region
Pains in shoulders
Sensation of paralysis in l. articulation
Drawing pains, commencing chiefly in elbow-joint, or else with starting
Wandering, tearing pains, as if on the bone, in shoulder-joint and r. elbow
Sharp lancinations below r. arm
Great fatigue of r. arm
In upper part of arm, drawing pain and sensation of weakness
Cramp-like pain in lower extremity
Pain, as of dislocation, in l. deltoid muscle, but only when forearm is bent
Dull dragging pain at point of elbow
Tearing pain in r. forearm
Painful jerking hands
Drawing pain in l. hand
Trembling of hands
Sensation of heat fingers
Tearings in metacarpal bones of both hands
Tingling itching of the fingers of l. hand
Great fatigue in legs
Trembling of legs
Lassitude of legs
Heaviness legs
Tension in the hams
Legs frequently go to sleep
Contusive pain, with tension in hams, on rising from a seat
Starting in l. thigh
Feeling of stagnation of the blood legs
Drawing pain in r. leg, with sensation of stiffness
Trembling in l. leg
Cramp in l. calf when walking
Pain in sole of l. foot, during repose, as if patient had jumped on a stone
Coldness of feet
Numbness of soles
Crawling itching toes
Pain in l. great toe, as if it were being distorted and turned back, on putting down the foot
Pain, as of subcutaneous ulceration, below nail
Patient never feels rested
Enfeeblement is general
Tearing pains which pass first between r. shoulder-joint and elbow, afterwards in wrist, knees, thigh, joint of foot, nape of neck, temples, etc.
Painful ebullition in extremities
Starting pains, acute, cramp-like, near articulations
Cramp-like pains which shortly reappear in other parts, and impede the use of them
Contusive pain in all the limbs, which obliges the patient to remain in bed during the day
Faltering gait, tendency to stumble when walking
General feeling of depression, sometimes with lassitude and immobility
Great fatigue
The least labour produces irritation and lassitude, as after great fatigue
Indescribable sensation of tightness in the body
Necessity, when seated, to keep the body straight
Slight shivering
Subcutaneous lancinating, pinching, and smarting in various parts, or else with shootings
Inflammation and eruption
Edematous swellings of whole body
Head confused
Lying on back is distressing
Shuddering
Frequent yawning
Great drowsiness during day
Unconquerable sleep
Falling asleep while at labor
Coma
Inclination to sleep without power to sleep
Profound sleep, lasting several hours
Tranquil, refreshing nocturnal sleep
Profound, with many dreams, or else dreamless nocturnal sleep
Sound, with involuntary emission of semen nocturnal sleep
Stupefying nocturnal sleep
Difficult awakening in morning nocturnal sleep
Agitated, unrefreshing nocturnal sleep
Sleep protracted, troubled nocturnal sleep
Frequent awakening, almost every quarter of an hour nocturnal sleep
Inability to rest on back
Tension at pit of stomach
Great oppression of chest at night
Pains in head at night
Spasmodic cough and febrile heat at night
Fantastic dreams
Lively and sometimes anxious dreams
Coldness often pervading back and head
Heat of face
Shivering in a warm room
Easily provoked shivering during day, even in a warm room
Fever, with violent pains in head, painful sensitiveness of scalp to touch, tearing pains in joints of limbs
Great heaviness of head in evening
Distressing and parching pains in head and upper part of body
Icy coldness of feet
Burning heat and lachrymation in eyes
Dry cough, suffocating and spasmodic
Spasmodic and painful contraction of lumbar vertebrae, and hypochondriac region
Sensation of heat, of an insupportable dryness
Pulse slow
Slow and wiry pulse
Infrequent pulse
Copious sweats
Violent sweating
Nocturnal sweat
General and gentle nocturnal sweat

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