# Lac Felinum

## Remedy Classification
- **Type:** Homeopathic Remedy
- **Miasm:** Syphilitic Miasm
- **Temperament:** Neutral
- **Aggravation Time:** Neutral/Anytime

## Keynote Indications
Lac-f. was introduced by Swan; the full pathogenesis appears in Medical Visitor, Aug., 1893. 
The greatest number of the symptoms were experienced in the head and eyes, and many of them have been 
confirmed. 
Lac-f. has eye symptoms, ciliary neuralgia, photophobia, asthenopia and dysmenorrhea. The clinically verified 
symptoms include a morbid conscientiousness, heaviness in forehead. Scalded sensation on tongue. Absence 
of appetite. 
Eye disorders are mostly accompanied by shooting pains from eye backwards. Styes were present in some 
cases. Constant nervous trembling, especially of hands, as in alcoholics. 
1IND - Great depression of spirits. Cannot weep, although sad. Feeling of helplessness. Contempt of self. 
Morbid conscientiousness, every little fault appeared a crime. Very irritable and cross toeveryone. Aversion 
to men. Desire to travel. 
Fear of pointed, sharp things, pins. Fear >f falling downstairs, without vertigo. Mental Ilusión that the corners 
of furniture or any ointed object near her, were about to run ito eyes. 
Delusion she looks wretched on looking in mirror.
COMMENTS - Many eye cases are on record. Swan wrote, “Terrible headache penetrating the left eyeball to 
center of brain with pain in left supra-orbital region extending through brain to right vertex.” 
In another case, Swan recorded “Pain in eyes back into head, extremely sharp with a sensation as if the eyes 
extended back. Great photophobia, any continued glare causes the pain.” 
Berridge reported the case of “Mr. H. 37. Left eye inflamed three weeks, deep red, photophobia, on left 
segment of cornea as ulcer. For t hree nights, pain like a knife run ning from left eye to left occiput, on lying 
down, especially on left side. Burning in left temple, near eye, worse at night.  
“Lac-f. 40,000c. every four hours. Eye was better next days and steadily got well. The pain cea sed first.”

## Modalities (Aggravations / Ameliorations)
Worse lying on left side, on painful side.

## Symptoms by System

### Head
- Dull pain in forehead, in region of eyebrows.
- Heavine ss in forehead.
- Heavy pressure in sides of head 
and vertex.
- Sharp pain over left eye.
- Acute pain on vertex, frontal region.
- Pulsations in head with sensation 
of heat in forehead and constriction across bridge of nose.
- Formication at vertex.
- Sensation of looseness of 
brain.

### Eyes
- Asthenopia.
- Sharp pain through center of left eyeball.
- Shooting pain from eyes backwards.
- Eye pains 
causing profuse lachrymation.
- Ciliary neuralgia.
- Heavy pressure downwards of eyebrows and eye lids, as if 
the parts were lead.
- Sensation as if eyes were drawn backward.
- Inclination to keep eyes shut.
- Eyes feel as 
if sunken in head and left eye occasionally waters.
- Twitching of outer end of  left upper lid inside.
- Styes.

### Mouth
- Loss of taste.
- Brassy taste in mouth.
- Salivation during sleep.
- Dryness of mouth.
- Sensation as if 
tongue were scalded by a hot drink.
- Redness under tongue, on gums and mouth.
- Very sore mouth.
- Soreness and sensation of ulcers on tongue and roof of mouth.
- Small white ulcers covering tongue and mouth.
- Tongue enlarged and serrated at edges by teeth.
- Nose - Cannot bear the smell of cla ms of which she is normally very fond and cannot eat them.
- Icy coldness 
before headache.

### Throat
- Tough yellow mucus in pharynx, cannot hawk it up and has to swallow it.
- Mucus in pharynx and throat 
is thick, yellow tough, stringy, expectorated with difficulty and has a sickish sweet taste.
- Sensation of lump in 
throat.

### Chest
- Oppressed breathing, continuing for several days.
- Difficulty in drawing a long breath, seems as if the 
breathing was done by upper part of lungs alone.
- Breasts - Induration of breasts, nodules in breasts, pain, before menses.
- Milk, disappearing.
- No appetite.
- Great desire to eat paper.
- Craving for milk, salty things, fish.
- Aversion to milk, fats.

### Stomach & Abdomen
- Great soreness and sensitiveness of epigastric region.
- After eating feels swollen, has to take off 
her dress and loosen clothes.
- Stomach sore all around just below the belt, worse left side.
- Oc casionally very 
slight nausea.
- Heat in epigastrium.
- Pain in abdomen and back, as if menses about commencing.
- Pain in bowels.
- Sensation of a cold 
bandage over lower part of abdomen.

### Urinary & Genital
- Kidneys - Frequent desire to urinate, urine very pale.
- Obstruction in urinating, has to wait.
- Dull pain in forehead, in region of eyebrows.
- Heavine ss in forehead.
- Heavy pressure in sides of head 
and vertex.
- Sharp pain over left eye.
- Acute pain on vertex, frontal region.
- Pulsations in head with sensation 
of heat in forehead and constriction across bridge of nose.
- Formication at vertex.
- Sensation of looseness of 
brain.
- Kidneys - Frequent desire to urinate, urine very pale.
- Obstruction in urinating, has to wait.
- Menses copious, too frequent, painful.
- Menses suppressed.
- Voluptuous itching.
- Itching of vulva 
inside and out, yellow leucorrhea.
- Leucorrhea ceased on third and reappeared on fourth day.
- Great weight 
and bearing down in pelvis like falling of the womb, worse when standing.
- Dragging pain in left ovary.

### Extremities
- Numbness.
- Pain in right side of left wrist when using index finger.
- Legs ache.
- Left foot feels cold when 
touched by right foot.
- Coldness of foot, one cold the other hot.
- Sensitive feet.
- Touching feet.

### Sleep
- Dullness, sleepiness, gaping.
- Heavy, profound sleep, not easily awak ened.
- Dreams of earthquakes, 
of being pursued.