Lactuca Virosa(Mother Tincture)

Other Name: Wild lettuce, bitter lettuce, laitue vireuse,opium lettuce

Common Name: Common lettuce, Acrid Lettuce

Causes & Symptoms for Lactuca Virosa

• Headache, with infections of respiratory organs. Vertigo with heaviness of the lower limbs.
• It is said to promotes lactation with effective results.
• Sense of lightness and Tightness affecting whole body.
• Constant tickling cough, with difficult and suffocative breathing.

Mind and Head

Sadness with exaggerated fancies. Vertigo with great restlessness.

Heaviness in the occiput with pressure, sleeplessness, coldness, and tremor.

Mouth and Throat

Heat of the face, with trembling of the lips, and sensation as if they were swollen.

Twitching in the lips. Increased flow of saliva indicates this remedy.

Stomach and abdomen

Colic in early morning, abdomen tense, relieved somewhat by evacuation and passing of wind.

Pinching in the umbilical region, increased by crossing the legs.

Stool and Anus

Dry, hard, knotty, difficult stool is relieved with Lactuca Virosa.

Urinary complaints

Burning at the orifice of the urethra.

Extremities

Coldness and numbness of feet and legs. Cramps in shin bones, extending to toes and side of leg involving calves.

It has pain-relieving properties. Trembling of the hands.

Skin

It relieves the swelling of the whole body with complaints in breathing difficulties.

Generalities

Cough from tickling in the throat, with a feeling of tightness in the chest.

Heaviness on the chest with tightness of breathing.

Side effects of Lactuca Virosa

There are no such side effects. But every medicine should be taken following the rules as given.

It is safe to take the medicine even if you are on other mode of medication like allopathy medicines, ayurvedic etc.

Homeopathic medicines never interfere with the action of other medicines.

Dosage and rules while taking Lactuca Virosa

Take 10 drops in half cup of water three times a day.

We recommend you to take under physicians guidance.

Precautions while taking Lactuca Virosa

Always keep a gap of 15 minutes before or after meals when you take medicine.

If pregnant or breastfeeding, ask a homeopathic practitioner before use.

Avoid eating tobacco or drinking alcohol during the course of medication.