Homoeopathy — Page 467
Lachesis 467 patient likes cold drinks, though nausea immediately follows. This is typical of Lachesis. Belladonna also relieves a dry cough like that of a Lachesis patient. The cough resulting from the misuse of Lachesis or in a patient bitten by a Lachesis kind of snake, who luckily survives but is left with a persistent cough, will significantly benefit from Belladonna. Belladonna is not a very long acting remedy but is considered to be an intermediate kind of remedy. Nonetheless, it cures the persistent type of cough, following the misuse of Lachesis. Likewise, Lachesis annuls the bad effects of Belladonna. Lachesis is also useful in the treatment of gas in the abdomen (flatulence). The abdomen becomes distended with gas. Once the constitution of the patient is recognised, it becomes so much easier to find the appropriate cure. If the patient is very cold in cold weather and his abdomen is full of gas, then Psorinum will be useful. It will restore the expulsion of the blocked up foul-smelling gas. In Lachesis too, the passage of flatus softens the belly, though the flatus is not very malodourous. Adjuvants: Lycopodium, Hepar Sulph, Nitric Acid Antidotes: Arsenic, Mercury Potency: 30 to 1000