Materia Medica de A a Z

LYSSINUM = HYDROPHOBINUM (lyss)

Affects principally the nervous system; aching in bones. Complaints from abnormal sexual desire. Convulsions brought on by dazzling light or sight of running water.

Head

Lyssophobia; fear of becoming mad. Emotion and bad news aggravate; also, thinking of fluids. HYPERSENSITIVENESS OF ALL SENSES. Chronic headache. Boring pain in forehead.

Mouth

Constant spitting; saliva tough, viscid. Sore throat; constant desire to swallow, which is difficult; gagging when swallowing water. Froths at mouth.

Male

Lascivious; priapism, with frequent emissions. No emission during coition. Atrophy of testicles. Complaints from abnormal sexual desire.

Female

Uterine sensitiveness; conscious of womb (Helon). Feels prolapsed. Vagina sensitive, rendering coition painful [Berberis (Berb)]. Uterine displacements.

Respiratory

Voice altered in tone. Breathing held for a time. Spasmodic contraction of respiratory muscles.

Stool

Desire for stool on hearing or seeing running water. Profuse, watery stools, with pain in bowels; worse, evening. Constant desire to urinate on seeing running water.

Modalities

Worse: sight or sound of running water or pouring water, or even thinking of fluids; dazzling or reflected light; heat of sun; stooping.

Relationship

Compare: Xanthium spinosum (Xanth) - Cockle — (said to be specific for hydrophobia and is recommended for chronic cystitis in women). Canth; Bell; Stram; Lach; Nat-m.

Dose

Thirtieth potency.