Lyc in 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

• 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). (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

• 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 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 has premature puberty)
• PMS: Increased appetite, Constipation, Irritability, Crying
• Right ovary pain during ovulation.