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Lactusa virosa (Lact.)

Lactusa virosa (Lact.) appears in 114 rubrics in the Repertory. Of these, 5 are single-remedy rubrics in which only this remedy is listed, and 6 are small rubrics with at most two other remedies. The emphasis lies on Delusions, Mania and Delirium, as well as on Fear, Stupefaction and Self-control. The picture is that of a person whose self-control threatens to slip away and who falls into illusions concerning threat to, and occupation of, his own bed.

Delusional images

With 21 rubrics, Delusions are the largest theme. Two single-remedy rubrics lead into the bed: the person sees soldiers on the bed and an inkstand on it ("Delusions – inkstand – bed, sees one on the"). The fear of being hurt by soldiers stands as a single-remedy rubric for children. A small rubric describes the feeling of walking in the air. The delusion here is concrete and small in detail; it occupies the space in which the person lies.

Mania and delirium

Mania and delirium occur with coldness and with trembling: mania with coldness and mania with trembling are single-remedy rubrics, delirium with coldness and mania with sleeplessness stand beside them as small rubrics. Striking is that the excitement is here accompanied physically, by chilliness and shaking.

Loss of self-control

Two small rubrics carry the same fear: the feeling of being about to lose self-control, and the delusion of losing all self-control. Beside them stand eccentricity and pranks, each listed three times as main rubrics, and stupefaction after emissions. This can be read as a mind whose restraint is thin and which anticipates the collapse of control.

Summary

Lactusa virosa shows in the Repertory a person who feels close to losing self-control and is haunted by illusions from the surroundings of the bed. Mania and delirium go along with coldness and trembling. The data are moderate; the lines are clear but not dense.

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