Prolactinum

Prolactin (PRL); Lactotropic hormone (LTH); Luteotropin; Mammotropin; UniProt P01236 · Prolactinum; Prolac (Remedia abbreviation); Prolactine; Lactotropic hormone; Milk hormone

Modern MM

A sarcode of the anterior-pituitary lactation hormone prolactin. Sphere of action reasoned from organotherapy and the Law of Similars centres on lactation, the female reproductive cycle and the breast-pituitary axis. No proving-derived mind or constitutional picture exists.

Key symptoms

No proving exists, so there are NO verified keynotes or characteristic mind/particular symptoms. Use is organotherapeutic and by Law of Similars, derived from the clinical syndrome of prolactin excess: inappropriate milk secretion (galactorrhoea) outside or after the normal nursing period; disturbances of the menstrual cycle associated with raised prolactin (amenorrhoea, scanty or absent menses); anovulatory infertility; reduced libido; and, in men, gynaecomastia. These are pointers for selecting the sarcode in functional/organotherapeutic prescribing, NOT proving symptoms.

Worse (aggravation)

Not established. No proving and no documented modalities exist for this remedy; aggravation factors cannot be stated from reliable homeopathic sources.

Better (amelioration)

Not established. No proving-derived or clinically documented amelioration is on record.

Manohar V Nagaiah

Materia Medica of Modern Homeopathic Medicine · 2026

Prolactinum; Prolac (Remedia abbreviation); Prolactine; Lactotropic hormone; Milk hormone

Source & Nature

Prolactinum is the homeopathic sarcode of prolactin (PRL), also called lactotropic hormone (LTH) or luteotropin - a 199-amino-acid single-chain polypeptide hormone (~23 kDa) secreted by the lactotroph cells of the anterior pituitary gland (UniProt P01236). It belongs to the growth-hormone/prolactin cytokine family and folds into a four-helix bundle held by three intramolecular disulfide bridges.

provings.info (Remedia) lists it under Organica - Products of Cell Metabolism and Hormones with the abbreviation Prolac. Being a macromolecular protein, it has no small-molecule PubChem CID; its physiological role is the development of the mammary gland and the production and maintenance of milk.

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