Lyc , Lycopodium clavatum

Also see Lyc in Sehgal

General

Clinic	Quality	Accompaniment	Characteristic Points
Region NUTRITION: DIGESTIVE TRACT. Portal system. Skin, URINARY ORGANS, Brain, Lungs. RIGHT SIDE to left: THROAT. Chest. Ovary. Children remedy: Lyc in child Constitution Facial freckles Hair falls; comes in gray. Thin, withered and FULL OF GAS Lyc has a typical character. They behave or even sit and walk very similarly. We mistakenly think that Lyc is only for men, but Men to women statistics is 65 to 35%. Lyc is not usually used in acute disease except in digestive issues Lyc is a miasmatic remedy so repeat it cautiously. Premature graying of men's hair is very common and reliable	DRYNESS; palms, vagina, skin, etc. Rawness in folds, nipples, anus, etc. ACIDITY, sour taste, eructations, vomits, etc. 4-8 p.m. Agg Right side, or pain goes from right to left. Descending symptoms; emaciation, etc. Rapid pulse agg by eating; evening. Coldness; icy; head, throat, stomach; of one foot Foul viscid axillary or foot sweat; like onions. Calculi; Gall-stones, Gravel, Tophi	Individuals who grow old prematurely Individuals who are intellectually keen. Individuals who have loss of vital fluids. Deep-seated, progressive, chronic diseases.   Weak from digestive disturbances. Repeating or alternating symptoms Flexion, then extension Automatic acts Flushing, then paling Chill after chill Pains cause anger, jerking, etc.	Mouth hangs open (Merc-c, Mur-ac.) Eyes half open. Hemiopia. Sees sparks. Tongue; puts it in and out rapidly Breasts, achy; sore; nodes in Axillary abscess (right) Bubbling at scapula Stiff back Hands / Feet cramps Fingers twitch during sleep; sticky sweat on. Pains jerk legs upward. As of a stone under heel. Feet acrid sweat on. Chill, then vomits; after first sleep. Burning, between scapulæ.

Mind

Lyc in family	Lyc in society	Characteristics	Low self-esteem
Fear of strangers He marries late (Puls) because he is looking for a obedient woman who does not become dependent on him (A logical marriage without love) He loves for power and can not substitute it with anything. He prefers his wife loves him because of his Success / Power. When she falls in love with him, he leaves her because he is afraid of Obligation / Responsibility. A divorced man who thinks his wife has left him because of his lack of success. A man who does not have a good emotional relationship with his children and wants to run away from them. He is a conscientious man who wants to please his partner. But he cannot. If he feels danger, he becomes kind and sympathetic to those around him (Phos), but opposite to Phos, he does not like anyone to depend on him (Responsibility avoidance).	They are often seen in management positions. Maybe because they are very opportunistic. Gentle but dictatorial/ Selfish: He gathers everyone he can around him Caution in facing new conditions (Fear of Challenging) (Bar-c) He has a feeling of inferiority, (Lac-c ₳ Lyc) but he does not Confess to it anywhere, if so try Arg-n. In challenging situations he enter a paradox. He feels that he may not be able to handle it. But how the audience think about him, SoI have to prove that I am a brave person. In Iran we have an appropriate Poetry that explain Lyc nicely. If you don't want to be scandalized, act like everyone else He may be very lovely and emotional behind his rude appearance	Intellectual Active and creative mind He rushes so much that it causes mistakes and not following the order of things. Memory Weakness mostly in names and in children in reciting texts Confused over daily affairs. Mentally active, but grows weaker. Anger control King remedy of anger suppression . (Lyc ₳ Staph) (Lyc ₳ Nat-m) Reaction formation:They understand authority so early and change their reaction.(Staph) (Lyc ₳ Staph) In Lyc, control is important, so he is always Growling / Lamenting AWAKES ANGRY, sad or anxious.	Lyc's famous sentence: Why should I have anxiety? He reproaches himself for his low self-esteem.(Lyc ₳ Sil) Palpitations and stammers at the beginning, but when he completely masters the situation as soon as possible. Continuous Self-control / Inner conversation (I Should / Can or not) Miscalls or omits words in talking and writing Ill-effects of fear, fright, anxieties Averse to being alone. Hateful, cranky, domineering, exacting, reserved or despairing. MIND - HAUGHTY - sick, when MIND - HAUGHTY - stiff and pretentious

Modalities

Heat-Cold	Time	Agg	Amel
Coldness / Heat is not very Clear / Reliable in diagnosis Local heat, esp ear heat Cold / Cover removing amel (Sul, Iod) Pharyngitis amel with warm drinks. Sensitivity of Head to hot air	4-8 P.M: Both in acute and chronic diseases (Fever and chills, typhoid fever and scarlet fever, gouty attacks, rheumatic fevers and inflammatory conditions) Child colic Night (opposite Jal-p and Psor) (Jal ₳ Lyc) (Lyc ₳ Psor) Wakes up at night with hunger (Cina, Psor) Morning / Waking up Irritability / Impatience	Pressure of cloths Wind agg Eating, oysters, Indigestion Extremely right-sided Top-Down (descending): Movement of diseases from top to bottom Exercise agg WARMTH agg esp Headache / Spine problems: Combination of cold and movement amel him.	WARM DRINKS, food, etc, Cold applications amel Eructations, Urinating amel Moving and rolling in bed amel him (Combination of movement and heat makes him better) Restlessness with pain that amel with the warmth of the bed. Rheumatic pains amel with movement

Relations

• Lyc and Calc are the most common used homeopathic medicine, but many people do not recommend it to start the treatment?!!!!!! Maybe because of annoying Aggs. Good starter before Lyc is Nux-v or Puls
• Give Calc, Carb-v, Lach, Sul after Lyc
• Complementary remedies: Calc, Iod, Kali-c, Lach
• Good followers: Chel, Graph (Graph ₳ Lyc)
• Related: Carb-v, Sil

Entities

• Early Teeth decay: Yellow teeth because they don't like to brush their teeth

• Pancreatitis

• Cholecystitis

• Cholangitis
• Biliary colic

• Neck torticollis

• Infectious mononucleosis: A cold, tired child + Abdominal pain and Nausea / Vomiting + Blue circles under the eyes

• Glycosuria (Diabetes)

Main Regions

GI tract
Flatulence Gastroentritis	MUCH, NOISY FLATULENCE esp lower bowels: Fullness/ Distention / Fermentation : Accumulation of noisy wind in the stomach (Carb-v ₳ Lyc) (Chin ₳ Lyc) Flatulence, pressing out. Alternating sides He complain that whatever I eat, I get bloated. Shellfish agg Bloated sensation in stomach which put pressure on his diaphragm and breathing	Noisy flatulence, mostly in the lower abdomen Has a good appetite but gets Bloated with a little eating He wakes up hungry at night (Cina, Psor), the more he eats, the hungrier he gets, And if he doesn't eat, he gets a headache. (Cina ₳ Lyc) (Lyc ₳ Psor)
IBS	Stool, most seems to remain Piles amel with hot bathing. Epigastric anxiety, pressure, etc.	Nervous during bloating, sensitive to all stimuli, esp noise (Ant-c, Borx, Nat-m). ANXIETY FELT IN THE EPIGASTRA. Alternation of diarrhea and constipation.
	All symptoms such as rheumatic pains, sore throat amel by heat Child colic esp in evening LIVER FAILURE Gallstones and Kidney stones (like Calc)	TASTE ON. ACIDITY. HUNGRY BUT QUICKLY SATISFIED. INCOMPLETE ERUCTION. NOISE AEROCOLIA. Sore lower abdomen. DESIRE FOR HOT FOOD DESIRE FOR SWEET THINGS. Hunger, but quick satiety
Constipation / Hemorrhoids	Hemorrhoids that are not very painful (unlike Mur-ac , Nux-v) HAEMORROIDS, VERY SENSITIVE TO TOUCH, improved by hot sitz baths. Constipation that he does not feel like defecating at all. Passing stool can be painful. He is restless and upset until he expels.(unlike Calc) (Calc ₳ Lyc) At first, his stool becomes hard and then becomes soft	HARD, DIFFICULT, SMALL and incomplete Stools. Time dependent From puberty til now Last months of pregnancy During the traveling Infantile constipation along with ineffective urging His rectum contracts and protrudes during defecation and hemorrhoids. Caused by anxiety because anxiety loosens his anal sphincter and he cannot defecate.
Gastritis / GERD/ Dyspepsia	ACID ERUCTIONS THAT BURN THE THROAT FOR HOURS.	A LITTLE FOOD OVERFILLS. Averse to soups. Incomplete eructations. Gnawing in stomach. As of a band about waist. Sensitive, congested liver. Indigestion; Sour belching, heartburn, belching, sour vomiting
Hiccup		Sucks the breast eagerly, swallows a lot of air and has hiccups after milk (Puls, Calc, Nux-v) Children who had hiccups in the mother's womb
Hepatitis	LIVER is sensitive and congested. Atrophied liver.	Jaundice, pain and feeling of fullness in the liver (Chin ₳ Lyc) Jaundice at birth
Skin
Erysipelas Psoriasis ACNE		Dryness esp palms of the hands, vagina, folds of the knuckles, nipples, anus Eruptions that suppurate Boils that recur VISCOUS, FETID SWEAT, esp from the feet and armpits. ONE FOOT COLDER THAN THE OTHER.
Eczema		Since birth Eczema of Occiput / Back of ear (Graph) Yellow and watery discharge from head eruptions Neurodermatitis (Itchy vesicles that are torn, heal slowly and remain hard and colorless) Suppurating eruptions. Receding boils, erysipelas, etc. Vascular swellings.
Skin crack		Painful crack behind the ear Dry and cracked skin on feet soles of the and warts on the right heel Boys who often lick their lips and this causes redness and rashes around the mouth
Urticaria	Heat agg (Apis)	Nodular hives with severe itching Hives (With anxiety or food allergy) which agg by heat.
Vesicular rash		Small dry or moist crusts Esp Near the lips, Behind the ears, Under the nose and Above the genitals Rashes lead to Cracking / Bleeding / Thickening of skin Sore lips: Lips trembling, swelled, heavy, stiff, cracked with painful vesicle on tip.
Skin Ulcer		Wound pains agg with heat and amel with cold Chronic, painful, burning skin wounds, small crusts, and granulated, painful and wounds Wounding abscesses: Wounds re-open and bleed and invade the skin around them. Pustular rash around wounds.
GUT
UTI	Congenital urinary disease Congenital diseases such as Hypospadia, Urethral stricture, Undescended testicle and Right inguinal hernia are common Most of Lyc boys get sinusitis after hernia surgery	Kidney pain before urination; stop after urination. Retention of urine: Flow is SLOW TO COME, must force. NOCTURNAL POLYURIA. The child cries before urinating.
Glomerulonephritis		Pain and inflammation of the kidneys, albuminous urine and red sediment in the urine (Apis)
Cystitis	Back pain that amel urination.	Frequent urging to urinate agg riding in cars, etc. Dysuria, mucous secretions (Canth ₳ Lyc) Acrid urine. Urine scanty; cries before urinating; red sand in; suppressed. Nocturia
Renal Colic	BRICK RED SEDIMENT	Renal colic, esp right (Berb ₳ Lyc) Urine Red Sands which is not common in Babies / Infants (Phos)
Male impotency		GENITAL IMPOTENCE. When faced with a patient who complains of impotence, you should always start by thinking about Lyc which is still the most often indicated remedy. Do not start by prescribing Agn systematically. Young men impotency caused by Sexual excess or Masturbation Imperfect erections in older men with high libido (Lyc ₳ Sel) He falls asleep during sex Premature ejaculation: Small, cold and loose penis Sexual exhaustion. Pollutions.
Dyspareunia		Vaginal dryness, burning pain after sexual intercourse (Lyss)
Female genital		Violent dysmenorrhoea, with fainting. Menses blood consist of clots and serum Acrid periodical leucorrhoea. Ovary Cyst, Mainly the right ovary As if the fetus is turning and kicking. Chancre
Vaginal Fistula		Presence of gas in Uterus / Vagina Blood coming out of the vagina with every bowel movement
Brain		Brain fatigue Best remedies when the patient begins to show signs of brain paralysis. The patient lies in a stupor, the lower jaw drops; the bronchi are clogged with mucus and the eyes are filled with mucus.
Respiration
Throat	Diphtheria WORSE BY COLD DRINKS. Ulceration of the vocal cords Tuberculous laryngitis, esp at the ulceration stage.	SORE THROAT IMPROVED BY HOT DRINKS. Swelling and suppuration of the tonsils. Ulceration of the tonsils STARTING ON THE RIGHT. THE FALSE MEMBRANE DEVELOPS FROM RIGHT TO LEFT.
Rhinitis / Epistaxis	Stuffy nose, esp during sleep with high smell sensitivity (Nux-v) (Lyc ₳ Nux-v) Nasal crusts. (Kali-bi, Marum) Ulcers of the nasal cavities (Sil, Thuj) Acrid ozoena	Summer nosebleeds in children
Sinusitis	FANNING OF WINGS OF NOSE. (Ant-t) Dry nasal catarrh that ends in Night Nasal obstruction. (Am-c, Nux-v, Sumb) Frontal sinusitis + Cold and runny nose + Headache above the eyes Chronic Frontal/ Maxillary sinusitis from childhood + elastic crusts (Kali-bi) Headache from one side to another (Right to left) Agg with lying down	HEAD - PAIN - Forehead, in - Middle - Frontal sinuses - coryza; from chronic NOSE - CATARRH - extending to - Frontal sinuses GENERALS - INFLAMMATION - Sinuses; of - discharges; after suppressed
Nose obstruction	Obstruction with thick secretions and scabs that prevents milk feeding (Kali-bi) (Kali-bi ₳ Lyc) Mother should frequently remove mucous secretions from the child's nose Babies' wheezing (Puls) because their nose is dry and it causes dry and chronic wheezing, and the parents ask him to blow, but nothing comes out. (Calc) Congestion /Chronic mouth breathing which leads his face looks silly.
Pharyngitis / Diphtheria	Sore throat and recurrent tonsil infections (80%) 4 to 8 P.M Agg Right tonsillitis (Right to left) Tonsils are Enlarged / Hardened due to frequent infections + Offensiveness during infection (Hep) Lymphadenopathy + Touch sensitivity	Amel with warm drinks / Local compress (Opposite to lach) (Lach ₳ Lyc) A ball rises and sticks in throat.
Bronchitis / Pneumonia	Bronchitis in children, the chest is filled with bronchial rales. Neglected pneumonia, at the HEPATIZATION stage, with intense dyspnea and BEATING OF THE WINGS OF THE NOSE and PRESENCE OF BRONCHIC RALES.	Susceptible to Colds and flu/ Bronchitis/ Pneumonia Cold in his chest + A lot of phlegm + Wheezing (Kali-s, Ant-t) Pneumonia of the lower lobe of the right lung with opening and closing of the nostrils/ Frontal folds As soon as the child catches a cold, he gets pneumonia and bronchitis very quickly and will get asthma in the future (Calc). Incompletely treated pneumonia, esp in lung-base lobes A deep, hollow cough + A lot of sputum, with little improvement Short, rattling breathing. Salty, green-yellow, lumpy or foul expectoration. Dry, teasing cough, with emaciation
Head
Hair / Scalp	Large Head The head is much larger than the body, due to body smallness and not the head size. Unlike Calc and Sil, which is due to the size of the head.	Slow growth and thinning of hair Hair- falling in female due to Ovarian/ Hormonal problems Hair- falling in eyelashes Night sweats (Calc) Dandruff
Headache	Hunger headache (Sul, Phos) + Craving for sugar Headache caused by noise+ Irritability and sensitivity Wake up with headache and irritability and express hunger (Tub) Headache; pain goes to other side, where it is worse; Headache pulsating in occiput at night	Teenagers Headache (Calc-p): Pain in the right temple + Agg with heat + Amel with cold and walking (Nat-m, Puls)
Face emaciation	Children with Mal-absorption syndrome / Weight lose in the upper half of body and the skin starts to wrinkle and hang. A lot of wrinkles with the loss of flesh	Wrinkles on the forehead, frowning; twitching. Face yellowish; pale, gray
Otitis media	Recurrent otitis media which Starts from right ear Leads to rupture of tympanum and thick- purulent secretions. (Calc)
Exterimities
Arthritis	Painful Gout: Calc, Sul and Lyc are useful gout remedies, with no deformities. (Calc ₳ Lyc) (Lyc ₳ Sul) Rheumatic arthritis and sciatica pains esp right-sided, with Rhus-t modalities. (Lyc ₳ Rhus-t) Painless swelling of the ankle + Big swelling. Esp in small joints (fingers and toes) (Colch) (Colch ₳ Lyc) Esp in Knees, shoulders, elbows. Joints Stiffness / Cracking in moving Arthritic nodules
Restless legs syndrome	Lyc child moves his leg while sleeping. RLS from the knee down with circular movement (Nat-m)
Neuropathy	Warm feet Heat of one foot and coldness of the other. (Cinch, Dig, Ip) Coldness of feet and hands Hands / Feet, esp heels numbness

Sehgal

ANSWERS, dictatorial DICTATORIAL, power, love of INSANITY, dictatorial
HOUSE, aversion to being kept in: Puls, Lyc, Phos
INSANITY, envy, with INSANITY, reproach others
MISTAKES, writing adds letters
QUARRELSOME, disputes with absent persons
RESTLESSNESS, internal beat about herself with hands and feet, as if would
SENSITIVE, music, continues to hear the music he heard before
Ailment, Anticipation, foreboding, presentiment anxiety
Ailment, disappointment
BARGAINING
COMPANY, desire for; aversion to solitude, company amel.
DECEPTION causes grief and mortification
Delusion, wrong, he has done
ESTRANGED, being kind with strangers, but not with his family and entourages
GESTURES	GESTURES, hands, Involuntary motions of GESTURES, fingers in the mouth, children put picks at bedclothes GESTURES. Strange attitudes and positions GESTURES, strange attitudes and positions GESTURES, talking, gesticulate while, head, with
KICKS child is cross, kicks and scolds on waking
Anxiety, expected of him, when anything is: Ars MARRIAGE, idea of, seemed unendurable	FEAR, destination, of being unable to reach, his
OFFENDED, easily; takes everything in bad part
PLA Y, aversion to play in Children / Adults
Gambling, Make money to
APPROACH of persons agg aversion to being approached	TOUCHED, aversion to being LOOKED at, agg. mental symptoms