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EXCEL HOMOEOPATHY MEDICAL COLLEGE

DEPARTMENT OF MATERIA MEDICA


4th YEAR BHMS

LYSSINUM
LYSSIN – saliva of rabid dog.

Synonym : Rabies Nosode, Hydrophobinum


Source : Nosode
Prover : Dr. Constantine Hering
Preparation : It is prepared by trituration of
sugar of milk saturated with the saliva of a
rabid dog.
Year : 1833
Sphere of action:
1. Nervous system
2. Throat
3. Sexual organs
Ailments from:
1. Ill effects of dog bites
2. Abnormal sexual desire
3. Convulsions brought on by dazzling light
or sight of running water(hydrophobia).
Pathology:
1. It affects the nervous system causing
convulsions.
2. It acts on the throat causing a hoarse,
rough, weak voice.
3. It acts on sexual organs causing frequent
seminal emissions and atrophy of testicles.
Important characteristic features:
Head: Lyssophobia; fear of becoming mad.
Emotion and bad news aggravates; also,
thinking of fluids. Hypersensitiveness of all
senses. Chronic headache. Boring pain in
forehead. Headache from the bites bite of dogs,
whether rapid or not; worse by nose of running
water or bright light.
Heat of sun: Cannot bear the heat of sun.
Mouth: Constant spitting; saliva tough, viscid.
Sore throat; constant desire to swallow, which is
difficult; gagging when swallowing water. Froth
in the mouth.
Saliva: saliva is tough, ropy, viscid, frothy in the
mouth and throat with constant spitting.
Convulsions: Convulsions from dazzling or
reflected light from water or mirror, from even
thinking of fluids of any kind, from slightest
touch or current of air.
Respiratory: Voice altered in tone. Breathing
held for sometime. Spasmodic contraction of
respiratory muscles.
Male: Lascivious; priapism with frequent
emissions. No emission during coition. Atrophy
of testicles. Complaints from abnormal sexual
desire.
Female reproductive organs: It is a very useful
remedy for uterine displacements. There is
sensitiveness of the uterus, consciousness of
the womb. Feels uterus prolapsed. Vagina is
very sensitive, rendering coition painful.
Leucorrhoea is profuse, running down the legs.
Pain in left ovarian region. Any change of
position that will tilt or rotate os uteri causes
pain on slightest motion.
Mental symptoms:
• Lyssophobia that is, fear of becoming mad.
• Mental emotion or mortifying news always
makes him worse. Violent temper, impelled
to do reckless things, such as throwing the
child through the window.
• Strange notions and apprehensions about
pregnancy.
• Rider, abusive;bites and strikes
• Lord of consciousness. Does not see or hear
people around him. The mere sight of a
drinking vessel containing water is intolerable.
• Thinking of fluids of any kind, even of blood
brings on convulsions.
Physical symptoms:
Rectum: Desire for stool on hearing or seeing
running water. Profuse, watery stools, with pain
in the bowels; worse, evening.
Urine: Constant desire to micturate on seeing
running water.
Modalities:
Aggravation: from heart of sun, glistening
objects, dazzling or reflecting light, wind, drafts,
stooping, from bad news, mental emotions,
riding in a carriage, from sight of running water
or fluid or even thinking of it.
Amelioration: by gentle running, steam or hot
water bathing, from bending backwards.
Comparison:
Vertigo as and when crossing a bridge: Ferr,
lyss.
Sore throat with a constant desire to swallow:
Lyss, lac-c, merc.
Aggravation from looking at bright shining
objects: Bell, Lyss.
Tough, stringy saliva: Hydr, Kali-bi, Lyss.
Extreme sensitiveness of the vagina: Plat, Thuj.
Dryness of vagina, painful during coition: Lyc,
Lyss, Nat-m.
Dosage: 30 to 1M potency.
Repetition: single dose or when symptoms call
for it.

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