Homoeopathy — Page 455
Lac Defloratum 455 The constipation in a patient of Lac Defloratum is very severe; even more severe than in Silicea. Sometimes straining may lead to rupture of the veins but the stools are not passed. Such patients can develop piles or hernia. In Lac Defloratum, the patient passes urine freely, and has a headache, like Gelsemium. Gelsemium also is of a cold nature, but the difference between Gelsemium and Lac Defloratum is that in Gelsemium there is no thirst at all while in Lac Defloratum there is severe thirst. In Lac Defloratum, the urine is abundant and light yellow in colour, but it may also be thick and darkish in colour indicating that albumin is being passed. Lac Defloratum will be found very useful in treating this condition if other symptoms of Lac Defloratum are also present. A strange sign of Lac Defloratum is that when exposed to extreme cold, there is loss of control over passing urine. This is more common in women than in men. There is incontinence. The small muscles (sphincters) become insensitive due to exposure to the cold and become temporarily non-functional. A similar situation occurs in Causticum but there, it is due to permanent paralysis. Gradually worsening incontinence of the urine can also be found in Kali Carb. In Lac Defloratum, the condition is temporary. As soon as the exposure to cold is over, urination comes under voluntary control. Lac Defloratum is also useful in the treatment of backache associated with menstruation. While menstruating, the patient happens to dip her hands in extremely cold water, the periods will cease immediately, and some other ailment may ensue. Therefore, such ladies had better take the precaution of refraining from using very cold water during their periods. Lac Defloratum is also useful in the treatment of heart disease especially the cardiac asthma in which the heart is weak and there is a shortness of breath. On breathing, the lungs press on the heart. Similarly, this symptom is found in Spongia in its own form. In a patient of Lac Defloratum, only the fingers may be cold rather than the whole hand and will not warm up at all. The one exceptional situation is that its headache gets better only in the cold, even though the patient is already feeling extremely cold, like in Phosphorus. But