Lycopus virginicus
Remedy of cardiac irritability and exophthalmic goitre. Heart tumultuous, rapid, irregular with protrusion of eyes. Graves' disease. Passive hemorrhages. Cough with hemoptysis. Low blood pressure with rapid weak pulse. Useful in hyperthyroidism.
Source
Prepared from the whole fresh plant of Lycopus virginicus (Lamiaceae) at flowering.
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Keynote Symptoms
Cardiac irritability with rapid, tumultuous, irregular pulse. Exophthalmic goitre (Graves' disease) — protruding eyes, rapid heart, enlarged thyroid. Passive hemorrhages — from nose, lungs, uterus. Cough with hemoptysis. Constriction of chest. Blood pressure lowered. Useful in hyperthyroidism to calm heart and thyroid.
Mind & Emotional Symptoms
Anxious, nervous. Apprehensive about heart. Irritable.
General Symptoms
Heart and thyroid. Worse from exertion, excitement, stimulants, heat. Better from rest, cool air, pressure.
Physical Symptoms
Eyes
Exophthalmos — protruding eyes. Graves' disease.
Throat
Thyroid enlarged — goitre. Feeling of constriction. Sense of fullness in neck.
Chest
Heart rapid, tumultuous, irregular. Palpitation from exertion or excitement. Cannot lie on left side. Constriction. Cough with hemoptysis.
Respiratory
Cough with blood-streaked sputum. Hemoptysis. Constriction of chest.
Female Genitalia
Passive uterine hemorrhage. Menses profuse.
Nose
Epistaxis — passive, dark blood.
Modalities
Better From
Rest, cool air, pressure
Worse From
Exertion, excitement, stimulants, heat, lying on left side
Constitutional Type
Hyperthyroid individuals. Those with cardiac irritability and exophthalmos. Hemorrhagic tendency.
Clinical Indications
Graves' disease, hyperthyroidism, cardiac irritability, exophthalmos, hemoptysis, passive hemorrhages, rapid irregular pulse
Comparative Materia Medica
Iodum has hyperthyroidism but with emaciation and ravenous hunger. Natrum muriaticum has thyroid symptoms but with grief and sun sensitivity. Thyroidinum is the thyroid extract nosode. Crataegus is a heart tonic but milder.
Safety Information
Not well established.
Bugleweed is used in herbal medicine for mild hyperthyroidism and heart palpitations. Anti-thyroid properties. Should not be used with thyroid medication without supervision. Safe in potentised forms. Mother tincture used medicinally under guidance.
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