- Sight or sound of running water aggravates all the complaints
- Lyssophobia, fear of becoming mad
- Tough, ropy, viscid, frothy saliva in mouth with constant spitting
Source: A nosode
Synonyms: Rabies nosode, Hydrophobinum
Prover: Dr. Constantine Hering in 1833
Introduction and History: Hering was the first in 1833 to prove and suggest the employment of this nosode in medicine and of late years it has become notorious from the experiments of Pasteur.
Preparation: It is prepared by trituration of sugar of milk saturated with the saliva of a rabid dog.
Seat of Action (Pharmacodynamics): It mainly acts on the nervous system, throat and sexual organs.
Physio-pathological Changes (Pathology)
- It affects the nervous system causing convulsions.
- It acts on the throat causing a hoarse, rough, weak voice.
- It acts on sexual organs causing frequent seminal emissions and atrophy of testicles.
Ailments From:┬аill-effects of dog bites, abnormal sexual desire.
Characteristic Mental Symptoms (Psychology)
- LYSSOPHOBIA that is, fear of becoming mad.
- Mental emotion or mortifying news always makes him worse. Violent temper, impelled to do reckless things, such as throwing the child through the window.
- Strange notions and apprehensions about pregnancy.
- Rude, abusive; bites and strikes.
- Loss of consciousness. Does not see or hear people around him. The mere┬аsight of a drinking vessel containing water is intolerable.
- Thinking of fluids of any kind, even of blood brings on convulsions.
Characteristic Physical Guiding Symptoms
Aggravation: The sight or sound of running water aggravates all complaints.
Wounds: Bluish discolouration of wounds.
Heat of sun: Cannot bear the heat of the Sun.
Saliva: Saliva is tough, ropy, viscid, frothy in the mouth and throat with constant spitting.
Headache: Headache from the bite of dogs, whether rabid or not; from mental emotion, exertion. Worse by noise of running water or bright light.
Deglutition difficult: Difficulty in swallowing; spasm of oesophagus from swallowing liquids, gagging when swallowing water.
Convulsions: Convulsions from dazzling or reflected light from water or mirror, from even thinking of fluids of any kind, from slightest touch or current of air.
Urinary urging: Constant desire to urinate on seeing running water.
Urine: Urine is scanty, cloudy, contains sugar.
Prolapsus uteri: It is very useful for prolapse of uterus.
Vaginismus: Sensitiveness of vagina rendering coition painful.
Important Characteristic Features
Female reproductive organs: It is a very useful remedy for uterine displacements. There is sensitiveness of the uterus, consciousness of the womb. Feels uterus prolapsed. Vagina is very sensitive, rendering coition painful. Leucorrhoea is profuse, running down the legs. Pain in left ovarian region. Any change of position that will tilt or rotate os uteri causes pain on slightest motion.
General Modalities
Aggravation: From heat of sun, glistening objects, dazzling or reflecting light, wind, drafts, stooping, from bad news, mental emotions, riding in a carriage, from sight of running water or fluid or even thinking of it.
Amelioration: By gentle rubbing, steam or hot water bathing, from bending backwards.
Comparison
Vertigo as and when crossing a bridge: Ferr, Lyss.
Sore throat with a constant desire to swallow: Lyss, Lac-c, Merc.
Aggravation from looking at bright shining objects: Bell, Lyss.
Tough, stringy saliva: Hydr, Kali-bi, Lyss.
Extreme sensitiveness of the vagina: Plat, Thuj.
Dryness of vagina, painful during coition: Lyc, Lyss, Nat-m.
Dosage: 30 to 1M potency.
Repetition: Single dose or when symptoms call for it.
Therapeutic Value: Dog bite effects, Hydrophobia, Leucorrhoea, Lyssophobia, Pregnancy convulsions, Uterine prolapse, Vaginismus.