Saccharum lactis
Lactose · Human-made/chemical
Saccharum lactis is a remedy proved chiefly by Swan in potencies from the 30th upward, with eleven provers contributing. It suits those with renal inactivity and dropsy where albuminuria is absent, and those who are constitutionally sensitive to what is ordinarily considered an inert vehicle. Cold sensations, eye weakness, and marked nervous and neuralgic complaints feature in its symptom picture.
Key symptoms
- Eyes ache and feel weak; sight fails and eyes tire very easily
- Sensations of both extreme coldness and heat
- Sensation of extreme cold in a fine line from centre of pubes
- Marked diuretic action; indicated in renal dropsy and renal inactivity
- Acts best in renal cases where albuminuria is absent
- Profuse diuresis in infants fed on it
Milk-sugar. Lactose. C12H22O11.
Clinical
Amblyopia. Angina pectoris. Body-odour, offensive. Diabetes. Dyspepsia. Earache. Gout. Headache. Hysteria. Labia, soreness of. Nervousness. Neuralgia. Ovaries, affections of. Over-exertion. Ptosis. Sciatica. Sighing. Stye. Umbilicus, inflammation of.
Characteristics
Hahnemann chose globules of Saccharum lactis as the chief vehicle of his remedies, because he considered it the most inert substance he could find. But his method of attenuating remedies had shown that no substance is inert in attenuations, and experience shows that no substance is absolutely inert in any form. H. A. Hare says of Sac. l.: "Scientific and clinical studies have shown it to be possessed of very great diuretic powers when given in full doses." He says further, that its direct action on the kidneys and its slight action elsewhere indicate it in renal dropsy and renal inactivity; that it acts best in cases where albuminuria is absent, and that it causes profuse diuresis in infants fed on it. I …
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