Lac vaccinum defloratum

as H.C. Allen recorded it in Keynotes and Characteristics with Comparisons of Some of the Leading Remedies of the Materia Medica, 1899

Lac Defloratum

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Keynotes

Lac defloratum

Skimmed Milk.

The successful treatment of Diabetes and Bright’s Disease with skim milk, by Donkin, was the hint which led Dr. Swan to potentize and prove it. Kvery symptom here given has been verified in the cure of the sick.

Diseases with faulty and defective nutrition with reflex affections of nervous centers.

Despondent; does not care to live; has no fear of death but is sure he is going to die.

American sick headache: begins in forehead, extending to occiput, in morning on rising (Bry.) ; intense throbbing, with nausea, vomiting, blindness and obstinate constipation (Epig., Iris, Sang.); < noise, light, motion (Mag. m., Sil.) ; during menses (Kreos.,

^^P-) j great prostration; > pressure, by bandaging head tightly (Arg. n., Puls.) ; copious, pale urine.

Globus hystericus: sensation of a large ball rising from stomach to throat, causing sense of suffocation (Asaf., Kal.).

Vomiting: incessant, no relation to eating; first of undigested food, intensely acid, then of bitter water; of pregnancy (Lac. ac., Psor.).

'Constipation: with ineffectual urging (Anac., Nux) ; faeces dry and hard (Bry., Sulph.) ; stool large, hard, great straining, lacerating anus; painful, extorting cries.

A woman had taken lo or 12 enemas daily, often passed 4 or 5 weeks without an evacuation, constipation of 15 years’ standing.

Menses : delayed ; suppressed, hy putting hands in cold water (Con.) ; drinking a glass of milk will promptly suppress flow until next period (compare, Phos. ) .

Great restlessness, extreme and protracted suffering from loss of sleep (Coc., Nit. ac.).

Feels completely exhausted, whether she does anything or not; great fatigue when walking.

Sensation : as if cold air was blowing on her, even while covered up; as if sheets were damp.

Dropsy: from organic heart disease; from chronic liver complaint; far advanced albuminuria; following intermittent fever.

Obesity; fatty degeneration.

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Cite this page. H.C. Allen. Keynotes and Characteristics with Comparisons of Some of the Leading Remedies of the Materia Medica. 3rd edition (1910). Philadelphia: Boericke & Tafel. Lac vaccinum defloratum — Keynotes, pp. 162–164. HomeopathyWorld, https://homeopathyworld.in/materia-medica/books/allen/lac-vaccinum-defloratum. Published 1910: public domain in the US (before 1931) and in India (author died 1909). Replaces B. Jain's 2005 "rearranged and classified" edition (© the publisher), per the owner's decision of 13 Sep 2026. Reproduced as the author wrote it; a historical reference for students and practitioners, not medical advice.