View source for Lyc , Lycopodium clavatum

=== Mind ===
==== Lyc in family ====

* Fear of strangers: He marries late ([[Puls, Pulsatilla pratensis|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 avoidance remedies|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, Phosphorus|Phos]]), but opposite to Phos, he does not like anyone to depend on him (Responsibility avoidance).


==== Lyc in society ====

* 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, Barium Carbonicum|Bar-c]])
* He has a feeling of inferiority, ([[Lac-c ₳ Lyc]]) but he does not Confess to it anywhere, if so try [[Arg-n, Argentum Nitricum|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: His mind works very fast and is ahead of himself
* 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


==== Low self-esteem ====

* 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)



==== Anger control ====

* Lyc is king remedy of anger suppression . ([[Lyc ₳ Staph]]) ([[Lyc ₳ Nat-m]]) 
*[[Reaction formation]]:They understand authority so early and change their reaction.([[Staph, Staphysagria|Staph]]) ([[Lyc ₳ Staph]])
* Staph often gets angry and acts harshly, but only partially because he quickly regrets and controls himself. ([[Lyc ₳  Nux-v]])
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* In Lyc, control is important, so he is always Growling / [[Complaining, Lamenting remedies|Lamenting]]


=== Generality ===

==== Heat-Cold ====

* Coldness /  Heatness of Lyc is not very clear / Reliable in diagnosis 
*But he is more heat and has a lot of local heat, esp '''ear heat'''
* Cold / Cover removing amel (Sul, Iod)
* General sensitivity to cold / Drinking / Eating  but [[Pharyngitis remedies|Pharyngitis]] amel with warm drinks.
* Severe sensitivity of Head / Spine problems to hot air


==== Time ====

* Afternoon agg ('''4-8 P.M'''): (Both in acute and chronic) Fever and chills, typhoid fever and scarlet fever, gouty attacks, rheumatic fevers and inflammatory conditions.
* [[Child colic remedies|Child colic]]: He cries all day and sleeps all night (opposite [[Jal, Jalapa|Jal]] and [[Psor, Psorinum|Psor]]) ([[Jal ₳ Lyc]]) ([[Lyc ₳ Psor]])
* Wakes up at night with hunger ([[Cina]], [[Psor, Psorinum|Psor]])
*Morning / Waking up Irritability / Impatience 


==== Modalities ====

* Extremely [[Right sided remedies|right-sided]] : Problems start from the right and spread to the left
* Top-Down (descending): Movement of diseases from top to bottom
* Exercise agg 
* Rheumatic pains amel with movement 
* Restlessness with pain that amel with the warmth of the bed. 
*Moving and rolling in bed amel him (Combination of movement and heat makes him better)
* [[Headache remedies|Headache]] warm agg: In head problems combination of cold and movement amel him.


==== Clinic ====

* Lyc and Calc are the most common used homeopathic medicine, but many people do not recommend it to start the treatment?!!!!!!
** Because of annoying Aggs. Good starter before Lyc is Nux-v or Puls
* 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


==== Relations ====

* Give  Calc, Carb-v, Lach, Sul after Lyc
* Complementary remedies:  Calc, Iod, Kali-c, Lach
* Related remedies: Carb-v, Sil
* Good followers: Chel, Graph ([[Graph ₳ Lyc]])


=== Adult / Child [[Entity|entities]] ===

==== [[Rhinitis remedies|Rhinitis]] ====

* Stuffy nose, esp during sleep with high smell sensitivity ([[Nux-v , Nux Vomica|Nux-v]]) ([[Lyc ₳ Nux-v]])
* Nostrils movements during breathing ([[Ant-t, Antimonium tartaricum|Ant-t]])
* Dry nasal catarrh that ends in Night [[Nasal obstruction]]. ([[Am-c, Ammonium Carbonicum|Am-c]], [[Nux-v , Nux Vomica|Nux-v]], [[Sumb, Sumbulus moschatus|Sumb]])
* Nasal crusts. ([[Kali-bi, kalium Bichromicum|Kali-bi]], Marum)
* Ulcers of the nasal cavities ([[Sil, Silicea|Sil]], [[Thuj , Thuja Occidentalis|Thuj]])

==== [[Epistaxis remedies|Epistaxis]] ====
Summer nosebleeds in children


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==== [[Sinusitis remedies|Sinusitis]] ====
* Frontal sinusitis + Cold and runny nose + Headache above the eyes
* Chronic Frontal/ Maxillary sinusitis from childhood + elastic crusts ([[Kali-bi, kalium Bichromicum|Kali-bi]])
* Headache from one side to another (Right to left)
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* Headache worsens with lying down
<blockquote>HEAD - PAIN - Forehead, in - Middle - Frontal sinuses - coryza; from chronic

NOSE - CATARRH - extending to - Frontal sinuses

GENERALS - INFLAMMATION - Sinuses; of - discharges; after suppressed</blockquote>

===== [[Nasal obstruction|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.


==== Large Head ====

* The head is much larger than the body. This disproportion is due to the smallness of the body and not the size of the head
*Unlike Calc and Sil, which is due to the size of the head.


==== Hair ====
* Slow growth and thinning of hair
*Hair- falling in female due to Ovarian/ Hormonal problems
*Hair- falling in eyelashes
* Night sweats (Calc)


==== [[Headache remedies|Headache]] ====

* Hunger headache ([[Sul , Sulphur|Sul]], [[Phos, Phosphorus|Phos]]) + Craving for sugar
* Headache caused by noise, which is associated with irritability and sensitivity
* Wake up with headache and irritability and express hunger ([[Tub,Tuberculinum|Tub]])
* 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


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==== [[Early Teeth decay remedies|Early Teeth decay]] ====
Yellow teeth because they don't like to brush their teeth


==== [[Pharyngitis remedies|Pharyngitis]] ====

* Sore throat and recurrent tonsil infections (80%)
*4 to 8 P.M Agg
* Right [[Pharyngitis remedies|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]])


==== [[Neck torticollis remedies|Neck torticollis]] ====

===== [[Otitis media]] =====
* Recurrent [[otitis media]] which
**Starts from right ear
**Leads to rupture of tympanum and thick- purulent secretions. (Calc)


==== [[Pneumonia remedies|Pneumonia]] ====

* Susceptible to [[Common cold remedies|colds]] and flu/ [[Bronchitis remedies|Bronchitis]]/pneumonia
* Cold in his chest + a lot of phlegm + wheezing ([[Kali-s, Kalium Sulfuricum|Kali-s]], [[Ant-t, Antimonium tartaricum|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 , Calcerea carbonica|Calc]]).
*Incompletely treated pneumonia, esp in lung-base lobes
* A deep, hollow cough + A lot of sputum, with little improvement  


==== [[Hiccup remedies|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


==== [[Flatulent remedies|Flatulence]] ====

* Tympan abdomen: Hot water massage and compresses help to get rid of gas and belching that heals the abdomen.


===== Urine sand =====

* Urine Red Sands which is not common in Babies / Infants (Phos)

===== Nocturia =====

===== Congenital urinary disease =====
* Congenital diseases such as Hypospadia, Urethral stricture, Undescended testicle and [[Right inguinal hernia remedies|Right inguinal hernia]] are common
* Most of Lyc boys get [[Sinusitis remedies|sinusitis]] after hernia surgery



==== [[Hepatitis remedies|Hepatitis]] ====

* Jaundice, pain and feeling of fullness in the liver ([[Chin ₳ Lyc]])
* Jaundice at birth

==== [[Gastritis remedies|Gastritis]] ====

* [[Acid reflux , Heartburn remedies|Acid reflux]], indigestion; Sour belching, heartburn, belching, sour vomiting


==== [[Pancreatitis]] ====



==== [[Glycosuria]] ====



==== [[Cholecystitis remedies|Cholecystitis]] , [[Cholangitis remedies|Cholangitis]] , [[Biliary colic remedies|Biliary colic]] ====


==== [[Colitis remedies|Colitis]] ====

* Noisy flatulence, mostly in the lower abdomen
* Fullness/ Distention / Fermentation : Accumulation of noisy wind in the stomach ([[Carb-v ₳ Lyc]]) ([[Chin ₳ Lyc]])
* Has a good appetite but gets Bloated with a little eating
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* 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]])
*Bloated sensation in stomach which put pressure on his diaphragm and breathing.
*He complain that whatever I eat, I get bloated.
*Nervous during bloating, sensitive to all stimuli, esp noise ([[Ant-c, Antimonium Crudum|Ant-c]], [[Borx, Borax|Borx]], [[Nat-m, Natrium muriaticum|Nat-m]]).
*Shellfish agg


==== [[Child Colic remedies|Child Colic]] ====
* Causation: Hunger, Tiredness ,Crowded places, Dark , Left Alone and Morning
* Hunger agg: They wake up at night to feed or because of colic
* Morning agg: waking up with screaming because of Hunger agg
* Tired and irritable on waking (unlike Phos). ([[Lyc ₳ Psor]])
* A child who is born with a good weight but gradually loses weight due to colic
*His evenings colic will not be relieved by anything but passing Gas / Stool after 2 hours
* Desire to be carried, You can't even hug him for 5 minutes
*His adult problems start with infantile colic


==== [[Constipation remedies|Constipation]] ====
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.


==== [[Child Constipation remedies|Child Constipation]] ====
*Caused by anxiety because anxiety loosens his anal sphincter and he cannot defecate.
* 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 , Calcerea carbonica|Calc]]) ([[Calc ₳ Lyc]])
* At first, his stool becomes hard and then becomes soft
* Hemorrhoids that are not very painful (unlike [[Mur-ac, Muriaticum acidum|Mur-ac]] , [[Nux-v , Nux Vomica|Nux-v]])



==== [[Renal colic remedies|Renal Colic]] ====

* Renal colic, esp right  ([[Berb ₳ Lyc]])


==== [[Nephritis, Glomerulonephritis remedies|Glomerulonephritis]] ====
Pain and inflammation of the kidneys, albuminous urine and red sediment in the urine ([[Apis, Apis mellifica|Apis]])


==== [[Cystitis remedies|Cystitis]] ====

* Inflammation, Urging, recurrence, dysuria, mucous secretions ([[Canth ₳ Lyc]])
* Back pain that amel urination.


==== [[Male Impotency remedies|Male Impotency]] ====

* Young men impotency caused by 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



===== [[Dyspareunia remedies|Dyspareunia]] =====

* Vaginal dryness, burning after sexual intercourse (Lyss)


==== Vaginal Fistula ====
*Presence of gas in the uterus
* Blood coming out of the vagina with every bowel movement
* As if the fetus is turning and kicking.


==== Skin Ulcer ====
* Wound pains agg with heat and amel with cold
*Painful skin wounds, small crusts, wounding abscesses
* Chronic and granulated, painful and burning wounds
* Wounds that do not heal and re-open and bleed and invade the skin around them and have a pustular rash around them.



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==== Vesicular rash ====
* Small dry or moist crusts
*Near the lips
*Behind the ears
*Under the nose
*Above the genitals

* Rashes that lead to Cracking / Bleeding / Thickening of skin


==== Chancre ====



==== [[Arthritis remedies|Arthritis]] ====
* Painful Gout: [[Calc , Calcerea carbonica|Calc]], [[Sul , Sulphur|Sul]] and Lyc are useful in gout when organ changes have not occurred. ([[Calc ₳ Lyc]]) ([[Lyc ₳ Sul]])
*[[Arthritis remedies|Rheumatic arthritis]] and [[Sciatalgia , Sciatic remedies|sciatica pains]] esp right-sided, with [[Rhus-t, Rhus toxicodendron|Rhus-t]] modalities. ([[Lyc ₳ Rhus-t]])
* Painless swelling of the ankle + Big swelling.
*Esp in small joints (fingers and toes) ([[Colch, Colchicum Autumnale|Colch]])  ([[Colch ₳ Lyc]])
*Esp in Knees, shoulders, elbows, ,
*Joints Stiffness / Cracking in moving
*Arthritic nodules


==== [[Restless legs syndrome remedies|Restless legs syndrome]] ====

* Lyc child moves his leg while sleeping.
*[[Restless legs syndrome remedies|RLS]] from the knee down with circular movement ([[Nat-m, Natrium muriaticum|Nat-m]])


==== [[Neuropathy remedies|Neuropathy]] ====

* Warm feet
* Heat of one foot and coldness of the other. (Cinch, Dig, Ip)
* Coldness of feet and hands



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==== Facial freckles ====


==== [[Urticaria remedies|Urticaria]] ====
Nodular hives with severe itching agg by heat

[[Urticaria remedies|Hives]] (with anxiety or [[food allergy]]) which agg by heat.


==== [[Eczema remedies|Eczema]] ====

* Since birth

*[[Eczema remedies|Eczema]] of occiput and back of ear
* Yellow and watery discharge from head eruptions
*Neurodermatitis (itchy vesicles that are torn, heal slowly and remain hard and colorless)


===== [[Skin cracks remedies|Skin crack]] =====

* Painful [[Skin cracks remedies|crack]] behind the ear
*Dry and [[Skin cracks remedies|cracked skin]] on feet soles of the and [[Wart remedies|warts]] on the right heel
*Boys who often lick their lips and this causes redness and rashes around the mouth


==== Lyc children ====

* According to [[Paul Herscu]], Lyc is one of the most important [[children remedies]]
* Red sand in urine, in diapers (Phos)
* Children who scream before urinating (Borx)

* Lyc child has two aspects of personality:
** Anxiety / Insecurity /Irresolution / Fear of strangers make them weak and irritable
** The desire for power and coercion has turned them into small dictators

*The tension between these two aspects is the Diagnostic key of lyc


===== Hesitation =====

* He does not like to answer questions during the interview.
* He looks at his mother to make sure she is telling the truth
* If you force him to make a decision, he may Run away / Cry and ask his parents to make the decision for him. (Bar-c, Sil)
* He looks younger than his age


===== [[Dictator remedies|Dictator]] =====

* Try to be the boss esp when he encounters younger ones
* Coercion to family members and gradually to others in order to control them and if they do not obey, he will shout
* Reversal of the power relationship between parent and child: he corrects his parents during the interview.


===== Irritability =====

* Contradiction agg
* Irritability in order to maintain his tyranny
* Irritability during esp Constipation, Waking up and Pain
* They are irritable and scream with the least discomfort. You understand that their crying is in demand


===== Intellectual =====

* Disability in speech, writing mistakes and motor and speech skills


===== Fears / Insecurity =====

* He is very fearful, many fears esp insecurity
* Fears lead to physical symptoms, e.g. stomach-ache or diarrhea ([[Phos, Phosphorus|Phos]]). ([[Lyc ₳ Phos]])
* Fear /Anxiety face expression e.g. forehead folds 

* He likes to be in his mother's arms, In the presence of his parents, fears disappears.
* Fear of being alone or among strangers, e.g., he is afraid of doctor during the first interview
* Fear of dark, unknown things such as demons, ghosts, giants, and animals that may attack them.


===== Social affair =====

* Fear of failure esp in front of people
* Fear of starting new tasks 
* Sensitive to being Scolded / Blamed / Losing social image
* He gives up soon
* He cares about his appearance, fashionable (Ars, Nat-m, Carc) (unlike Sul)


===== [[Insomnia remedies|Insomnia]] =====
* Caused by Anticipation
* Caused by fear of the dark, Amel by light or sleep next to his parents.
* Talking or laughing while sleeping
* Thumb sucking when tired until late childhood or beyond
* Unlike Nat-m and Sul, they don't want to eat breakfast.
* Waking up at mid-night with panic / Does not know where he is.
* Sleep on right side with knees bent  or on their stomach (Phos)


=== Reliable symptoms ===

* Sweet lover
*Relatively without thirst
* Hunger agg
* Dislikes beans, cabbage family vegetables
* High appetite but low weight gain  (Nat-m)
* Right-sided problems (Esp respiratory infection),  progressing to the left
* Coldness, better with heat
*Many children who need Lyc may not have any digestive problems



===== Young girls =====

* [[Primary amenorrhea remedies|Primary amenorrhea]] until the age of 17-18 
*Lyc girls have male body. They are thin with big thighs and hips and small breasts. Their ovaries do not work well. (Calc-p) ([[Calc-p ₳ Lyc]])
* Late puberty [[Med, Medorrhinum|Med]] has premature puberty)
* [[PMS Premenstrual syndrome|PMS]]: Increased appetite, [[Constipation remedies|Constipation]], Irritability, Crying
* Right ovary pain during ovulation.



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