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Explore 616 classical remedies and tissue salts with keynote symptoms, modalities, constitutional types, and potency guidance.

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Latrodectus mactans
Animal

Latrodectus mactans

Latr.

Black Widow Spider

Remedy of angina pectoris with violent precordial pain. Pain radiates to left arm and shoulder. Extreme anxiety with anguish. Screaming from cardiac pain. Skin cold and clammy. Resembles myocardial infarction. Collapse.

Laurocerasus
Plant

Laurocerasus

Laur.

Cherry Laurel

Cyanosis and lack of reaction. Gasping, suffocative breathing with cyanosis. Long-lasting fainting spells. Cardiac failure with blueness. Spasmodic cough with no expectoration.

Lecithinum
Sarcode

Lecithinum

Lec.

Lecithin

Sarcode for neurasthenia and nutritive debility. Nervous exhaustion with emaciation. Improves nutrition and nerve function. Anemia. Loss of phosphates. Sexual debility. Brain fag. Promotes assimilation.

Ledum palustre
Plant

Ledum palustre

Led.

Marsh Tea (Wild Rosemary)

Great remedy for puncture wounds and insect bites. Parts feel cold but are better from cold applications. Rheumatism ascending — starts in feet and goes upward. Black eye from injury (after Arnica). Tetanus prophylaxis alongside Hypericum.

Lemna minor
Plant

Lemna minor

Lem.

Duckweed

Remedy of nasal polyps and ozena. Nasal polyps with offensive discharge. Foul smell from nose. Crusts in nose. Loss of smell. Post-nasal drip. Chronic sinusitis with polyps.

Leptandra virginica
Plant

Leptandra virginica

Lept.

Culver's Root / Black Root

Remedy of liver congestion with black, tarry stool. Bilious conditions with dull aching in liver. Stools black, pitch-like, fetid. Jaundice with clay-colored stool alternating with black stool. Burning between scapulae.

Liatris spicata
Plant

Liatris spicata

Liat.

Colic Root / Blazing Star

Remedy of colic in infants and renal dropsy. Dull heavy frontal headache. Ringing in ears. Flatulence with colic. General edema with scanty urine. Used in mother tincture for dropsy and urinary complaints.

Lilium tigrinum
Plant

Lilium tigrinum

Lil-t.

Tiger Lily

Remedy of hurriedness, sexual excitement, and uterine bearing-down. Sensation as if everything will fall out through the vagina — must cross legs. Conflict between sexuality and religious duty. Heart and uterine symptoms alternate.

Lobelia cardinalis
Plant

Lobelia cardinalis

Lob-c.

Cardinal Flower

Chronic catarrh. Dyspepsia. Debility.

Lobelia erinus
Plant

Lobelia erinus

Lob-e.

Garden Lobelia

Malignant diseases support. Chronic conditions.

Lobelia inflata
Plant

Lobelia inflata

Lob.

Indian Tobacco

Remedy of nausea and vomiting with extreme prostration. Intense nausea not relieved by vomiting. Asthma with oppression and nausea. Gastric symptoms accompany most complaints. Sensation of a lump in the pit of the stomach.

Lobelia purpurascens
Plant

Lobelia purpurascens

Lob-p.

Purple Lobelia

Remedy of paralysis and spinal weakness. Paralytic weakness — legs, arms, respiratory muscles. Prickling, tingling. Numbness. Gastric headache. Dyspnoea from weakness.

Lobelia syphilitica
Plant

Lobelia syphilitica

Lob-s.

Blue Lobelia

Chronic diarrhea. Dropsy. Used historically for syphilis.

Lolium temulentum
Plant

Lolium temulentum

Lol.

Darnel / Bearded Ryegrass

Remedy of trembling and vertigo. Staggering, drunken gait. Vertigo with dimness of vision. Trembling of limbs. Cold extremities. Nausea with giddiness. Effects of intoxication from contaminated grain.

Lonicera xylosteum
Plant

Lonicera xylosteum

Lon.

Fly Honeysuckle

Violent vomiting. Diarrhea. Cramps. Berry poisoning effects.

Luna
Imponderable

Luna

Luna

Moonlight

Imponderable remedy of lunar effects. Symptoms worse at full moon. Sleepwalking. Worm complaints worse at full moon. Epilepsy aggravated by moon phases. Menstrual irregularity tied to lunar cycle.

Lupulus humulus
Plant

Lupulus humulus

Lup.

Hops

Remedy of insomnia and nervous excitability. Sleeplessness from nervous excitement. Digestive upset. Sexual excitement. Headache from beer. Used as herbal sleep aid.

Lycopersicum
Plant

Lycopersicum

Lyco-v.

Tomato

Rheumatism. Headache. Chronic fatigue. Influenza.

Lycopodium clavatum
Plant

Lycopodium clavatum

Lyc.

Club Moss

Great constitutional remedy. Right-sided or right-to-left. Flatulence, bloating, fullness after a few bites. Intellectually keen but physically weak. Anticipatory anxiety, fear of failure. Craves sweets and warm drinks. Worse 4-8 PM.

Lycopus virginicus
Plant

Lycopus virginicus

Lyc-v.

Bugleweed

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.

Lyssinum
Nosode

Lyssinum

Lyss.

Rabies Nosode (Hydrophobinum)

The great hydrophobia remedy. Fear of water — sight, sound, or thought of water aggravates. Hypersensitivity to all stimuli. Convulsions from dazzling light or running water. Ailments from bites of animals. Excessive salivation with inability to swallow.

Magnesia carbonica
Mineral

Magnesia carbonica

Mag-c.

Magnesium Carbonate

Remedy of sour, colicky babies and neuralgic pains. Everything sours — stools, vomit, perspiration, body odor. Green, frothy, sour, pond-scum diarrhea. Neuralgic pains force patient to walk about. Orphan or unwanted-child feeling.

Magnesia fluorica
Mineral

Magnesia fluorica

Mag-f.

Magnesium Fluoride

Tooth decay. Bone weakness. Varicose veins.

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