Materia Medica de A a Z

LACTIS ACIDUM (lac-ac)

Morning sickness, DIABETES, and rheumatism offer a field for this remedy. TROUBLES IN THE BREASTS. Locally, in the tuberculous ulceration of vocal cords.

Stomach

Tongue dry, parched. Thirst; voracious hunger. Canker, COPIOUS SALIVATION AND WATER-BRASH. NAUSEA; morning sickness, especially IN PALE ANAEMIC women. Hot, acrid eructation. NAUSEA; better, EATING. Burning, hot gas from stomach to throat, causing profuse secretion of tenacious mucus, WORSE SMOKING.

Throat

Fullness or lump like a puff ball. Keeps swallowing. Constricted low down.

Chest

Pain in breasts, WITH ENLARGEMENT OF AXILLARY GLANDS, AND PAIN EXTENDS INTO HAND.

Extremities

Rheumatic pain in joints and shoulders, wrists, KNEES, with much weakness. Trembling of whole body while walking. Limbs feel chilly.

Urine

Large quantities passed, frequently. Saccharine.

Relationship

Compare: Sarcolactic acid q v. Lithia; Phos ac (Ph-ac).

Dose

Third to thirtieth potency. Six to ten drops in a small glass of water in acute gastro-enteritis (Cartier).