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Lacerta

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Lacerta Agilis · Green Lizard · "The Green Lizard Remedy"

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🎯 A remedy derived from lizard venom that acts primarily on the nervous system, causing paralysis, rigidity, and intense pain.

📖 Clarke writes:

Lacerta agilis. Green Lizard (also Large Green Spotted Lizard of U.S.). N. O. Lacertilia. Tincture of whole animal. (A separate preparation of the spotted lizard should be made.)

👤 Characteristics

Sphere of Action & Core States

•Indigestion

•Vesication under the tongue

•Skin eruptions

•Swelling

•Pain

•Numbness

•Delirium

•Left-sided paralysis

•Rigidity of neck and jaw on the left side

•Tenderness of muscles

Leading Mental & Emotional Indicators

•Delirium

•Alternating state of greatly increased mental acumen

Key Characteristics & Guiding Symptoms

•Motion makes pains in bitten limb excruciating

•Touch aggravates (WORSE)

•Symptoms improved (BETTER) by drinking frequently vinegar and water

•Symptoms due to the bite of the American lizard are marked (A) in the Schema

⭐ Key Symptoms — Give When You See

Intense abdominal pain relieved by drinking vinegar and water.

Clarke

Excruciating pain in limbs upon the slightest motion.

Clarke

Left-sided paralysis accompanied by rigidity and tenderness of the neck and jaw.

Clarke

Alternating states of delirium and greatly increased mental acumen.

Clarke

Large vesicles forming under the tongue.

Clarke

Constant accumulation of saliva in the mouth.

Clarke

Difficulty in swallowing.

Clarke

Nausea with a sensation of weight and pressure in the stomach.

Clarke

Ulcerated patches on the female genitals.

Clarke

Moist white skin eruptions, especially near the inner corner of the eye.

Clarke

Symptoms resolve following a profuse sweat.

Clarke

🩺 Systems & Indications

🧠Mind

Consider for states of delirium or unusual mental clarity.

Occasional delirium.

Wonderfully increased mental acumen during intervals of reason (A).

🔑 Modalities

↓Worse from

Motion

excruciating pain in bitten limb

↑Better from

Drinking vinegar and water

pains in intestines

🌿 Remedy Relationships

🔄 Compare With

Heloderma →

📚 Sources & References

✓ Clarke's Dictionary↗✓ Allen's Encyclopedia↗Boericke's Materia MedicaHering's Guiding SymptomsHahnemann's Materia Medica PuraKent's Materia MedicaPhatak's Concise MM

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