Lycopodium
Lycopodium clavatum
Origin
Native to temperate areas throughout the Northern Hemisphere, and commonly found growing on moorland and in mountainous areas and forests.
Background
Traditionally used for antibacterial and sedative action, it has also been given by herbalists as a digestive, a diuretic, to treat kidney stones, and to lower fever.
Preparation
The spikes are cut in summer and their spores are collected. These are then steeped in alcohol for at least five days, before being filtered, diluted, and succussed.
Common Names
Club moss, wolf's claw, stag's-horn moss, running pine, lamb's tail, fox tail, witch meal, vegetable sulfur.
Native to temperate areas throughout the Northern Hemisphere, and commonly found growing on moorland and in mountainous areas and forests.
Background
Traditionally used for antibacterial and sedative action, it has also been given by herbalists as a digestive, a diuretic, to treat kidney stones, and to lower fever.
Preparation
The spikes are cut in summer and their spores are collected. These are then steeped in alcohol for at least five days, before being filtered, diluted, and succussed.
Common Names
Club moss, wolf's claw, stag's-horn moss, running pine, lamb's tail, fox tail, witch meal, vegetable sulfur.
CLUB MOSS
This plant
has water-repellent spores
that are used to stop pills
from sticking together.
Key Symptoms
anticipatory anxiety; lack of self-esteem; flatulence and constipation; desire for sweet foods; person feels worse between 4 p.m. and 8 p.m.-
This plant's root was said to bear a resemblance to a wolf's foot, hence
its folk name "wolf's claw," and Latin name, from the Greek lykos,
or "wolf" and podos, or "foot." The plant has been used medicinally
since the Middle Ages. Since the 17th century, the spores alone
were given for gout and urine retention. Modern herbalists use
the spores externally for wounds and eczema. Proved
by Hahnemann in 1828, the remedy is used for
digestive disorders and anxiety.
Remedy Profile
Lycopodium is prescribed when anticipatory anxiety features strongly in the psychological symptoms. Lack of confidence is often hidden by a veneer of arrogance or sarcasm. There is a dislike of close company, but also of being left alone.Physical symptoms usually focus on digestive problems, with excessive bloating and gas. Complaints are often right-sided, or move from the right to the left of the body. Another typical physical trait, poor physical stamina, is often worse in the afternoons. Desire for sweet foods is common. Lycopodium is also used for kidney and prostate problems, headaches, and chest infections.
Anxiety
Symptoms: Fear of inferiority and of failing, despite an air of quiet self-possession. Such fears may lead to exaggeration of the truth to bolster self-esteem. Insomnia, talking and laughing while asleep, and night fears are typical, as is apprehension on waking. Anticipatory anxiety, such as fear of public speaking, exams, or stage fright, often leads to digestive disorders. Low self-esteem may result from poor memory or dyslexia. An aversion to change is often due to the challenges it brings. The demands of emotional commitment may be avoided, possibly resulting in sexual problems such as promiscuity, frigidity, or erectile dysfunction.Symptoms better: For warmth; for being active; for gentle exercise in fresh air; for warm foods and drinks.
Symptoms worse: For extreme heat or cold; for stuffy rooms; for being inactive; between 4 p.m. and 8 p.m.
Digestive disorders
Symptoms: Indigestion caused by anticipatory anxiety, eating late at night, or eating foods that can cause gas, such as onions, cabbage, and beans. There may be a rumbling, bloated abdomen due to acrid, sour gas, insatiable hunger with discomfort after eating even small amounts of food, nausea, vomiting, constipation, and bleeding hemorrhoids.Symptoms better: For cool air; at night; for loose clothes; for movement; for warm foods and drinks.
Symptoms worse: For tight clothes; between 4 a.m. and 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. and 8 p.m.; for overeating; for cold foods and drinks.
Urogenital problems
Symptoms: Urine with a sandy sediment due to kidney stones, or genital herpes. An enlarged prostate in men may be helped by the remedy.Symptoms better: At night; for cool, fresh air; for being active; for warm foods and drinks.
Symptoms worse: For heat; between 4 p.m. and 8 p.m.
Chest infections
Symptoms: Dry, sore, tickling cough, burning chest pain, and fast, labored breathing, which may be worse when lying on the back. The throat is swollen and sore, notably on the right side. Thick, yellow catarrh may cause severe congestion.Symptoms better: For loose clothes; for cool air; at night; for warm foods and drinks.
Symptoms worse: For stuffy rooms; for tight clothes; between 4 p.m. and 8 p.m.; for fasting or overeating; for cold drinks.
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