Lyssinum
as H.C. Allen recorded it in Keynotes and Characteristics with Comparisons of Some of the Leading Remedies of the Materia Medica, 1899
Lyssin
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Keynotes
Lyssin
The Saliva of a Rabid Dog. A Nosode.
The sight or sound of running water or pouring water aggravates all complaints.
Lyssophobia; fear of becoming mad.
Bluish discoloration of wounds (Lach.).
Complaints resulting from abnormal sexual desire (from abstinence. Con.).
Mental emotion or mortifying news always makes him worse. «
Cannot hear heat of sun (Gels., Glon., Lach., Nat.).
*Ziemsen suggested Lyssin as a substitute for Hydrophobinum, Encyclopaedia, vol. iii, p. 472.
Convulsions : from dazzling or reflected light from water or mirror (Stram.) ; from 'even thinking of fluids of any kind; from slightest touch or current of air.
Headache : from bites of dogs, whether rabid or not; chronic, from mental emotion or exertion; < hy noise of running water or bright light.
Saliva ; tough, ropy, viscid, frothy in mouth and throat, with constant spitting (Hydr.).
Sore throat, constant desire to swallow (Lac c., Mer.).
Difficulty in swallowing, even spasm of oesophagus from swallowing liquids; gagging when swallowing water.
Constant desire to urinate on seeing running water (Canth., Sulph.) ; urine scanty, cloudy, contains sugar.
Prolapsus uteri ; many cases of years’ standing cured.
Sensitiveness of vagina, rendering coition painful.
in hydrophobia.
Aggravation. — Sight or sound of water; bright, dazzling light (Stram.) ; carriage-riding (Coe. — better from. Nit. ac.).
What the other books say about Lyssinum
The same remedy read by a different author. They disagree, and the disagreements are where the remedy becomes recognisable.
- Lyssinum in Boericke — The concise clinical Materia Medica that most Indian colleges teach from, in full.
- Lyssinum in Boger — A compressed key — the generals and the characteristic modalities, with very little narrative.
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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. Lyssinum — Keynotes, pp. 170–172. HomeopathyWorld, https://homeopathyworld.in/materia-medica/books/allen/lyssinum. 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.