Lacs in Homeopathy Anhängsel
[Patricia Heatherly]
MILK AND MORTALS
Any discussion on "Milk" must acknowledge its role in
providing inner nourishment on a physical and psychological level. As a symbol
of im mortality, it may be found in different cultures and literary traditions
including those of the Celts, Christians, Greeks, Hindus and followers of
Islam. The Israelites searched for the Land of Milk and Honey while Mohammed is
reputed to have said: "To dream of milk is to dream of learning and
knowledge."
Actually, to dream of milk is understood, in dream symbology, to be a
very positive message from one's unconscious. And while it may suggest a need
for deep and fundamental nourishment, it infers that it is available. In
particular, a dream of breastfeeding may be about nourishing the needy inner
child or it may be about offering spiritual inspiration to others.
On the other hand, to dream of asking for or drinking milk, suggests a
need for spiritual sustenance. In this regard, I find it intriguing that
Sankaran's proving elicited the rubric:
[Dream: milk; mother asking for milk] as it implies that the traditional
giver of nourishment is physically and psychologically bereft. It's what I call
the Curse of Eve . . .
the Catch-22 situation that perpetuates in "developed"
cultures as women struggle to balance what they give to their offspring against
what they give to themselves.
Mammals are primed to nourish their offspring ex-utero with a substance
that is designed in a species-specific way to complete the cycle of growth and
development that was initially governed by the placenta. (A close look at the
provings of Placenta and Lac Maternum suggests that they are similar remedies
in many respects and that is not surprising as the nourishment afforded by the
placenta is via maternal red blood cells and that of colostrum is via maternal
white blood cells.)
MILK, NOURISHMENT AND GROWTH
However, interesting as that may be, it is the business of Milk that is
under discussion, and the role that female mammals play in providing for the
next generation. Perusal of the chart shows us at a glance that each mammal's
milk is unique unto itself within the broader confines of being a substance
that contains water; amino acids (protein); carbohydrate (lactose); fat and
minerals (ash).
This situation of species-specificity is Nature's way of ensuring that
each mammal is initially nourished with a substance that uniquely gives it an
optimum start in Life. For instance seal's milk is very high in protein and
fat. This is to ensure that the calf grows quickly and is able to put down fat
to protect it against its hostile environment as well as to be able to sustain
itself for days at a time while the mother goes off to feed herself. Kangaroo
milk is low in solids and has a very high water content which is consistent
with the harsh dry conditions of its habitat.
Human milk, on the other hand is low in protein (we grow slowly) and
high in lactose as lactose is a prime promoter of brain growth.
Humans are primates and there is good correspondence between the
profiles of the human, baboon, monkey and orang-utan milks. Generally primates
lactate for 6x the gestation rate.
In primitive cultures females feed their infants for many years and will
even kill a newborn if they accidentally reproduce again while they are still
lactating. Harsh as this may seem, it is a definitive statement regarding the
crucial role that human milk plays in sustaining an infant. When there is no
way a mother can reach for a tin of formula, her options are limited.
FIGURE 1 Constituents of the milk
(g/100 g) of various mammals
|
|
Total
solids |
Fat |
Total
protein |
Lactose |
Ash |
|
Proven milks |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Lac-a.x |
11,1 |
1,2 |
1,7 |
6,9 |
1,3 |
|
14,4 |
4,9 |
3,7 |
5,1 |
0,7 |
|
|
25,4 |
10,9 |
11,1 |
3,4 |
|
|
|
Lac-v.: |
15,0 |
5,5 |
3,9 |
4,9 |
1,2 |
|
Lac-c.: Lac lupinum. |
25,1 |
12,9 |
7,9 |
3,1 |
1,2 |
|
30,4 |
14,1 |
10,4 |
5,9 |
|
|
|
24,1 |
15,1 |
4,9 |
3,4 |
0,76 |
|
|
12,0 |
3,5 |
3,1 |
4,6 |
0,79 |
|
|
11,0 |
1,6 |
2,7 |
6,1 |
051 |
|
|
13,6 |
5,5 |
1,0 |
7,0 |
0,1 |
|
|
Lac macropi gigantei |
9,5 |
2,1 |
6,2 |
Trace |
1,2 |
|
24,8 |
13,7 |
8,5 |
2,6 |
|
|
|
Llama |
14,0 |
5,6 |
4,3 |
3,3 |
0,8 |
|
19,5 |
8,2 |
5,8 |
4,8 |
0,63 |
|
|
Lac-or.x |
26,4 |
12,2 |
10,4 |
1,8 |
2,0 |
|
67,7 |
53,2 |
11,2 |
2,6 |
0,7 |
|
|
Unproven Milks |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Antelope |
13,5 |
1,3 |
6,9 |
4,0 |
1,3 |
|
Baboon |
14,2 |
5.0 |
1,6 |
7,3 |
0,3 |
|
Bison |
13,2 |
1,7 |
4,8 |
5,7 |
0,96 |
|
Black bear |
41,2 |
24,5 |
14,5 |
0,4 |
1,8 |
|
Black rhino |
8,1 |
0,0 |
1,4 |
6,1 |
0,3 |
|
Deer |
34,1 |
19,7 |
10,4 |
2,6 |
1,4 |
|
Guinea pig |
15,8 |
3,9 |
8,1 |
3,0 |
0,82 |
|
Mink/Nerz |
22,6 |
8,0 |
7,0 |
6,9 |
0,7 |
|
14,5 |
3,9 |
2,1 |
5,9 |
2,6 |
|
|
Orang-utan |
11,2 |
3,5 |
1,5 |
6,0 |
0,2 |
|
Opossum |
20,1 |
6,1 |
9,2 |
3,2 |
1,6 |
|
Polar bear |
42,9 |
31,0 |
10,2 |
0,5 |
1,2 |
|
Rat |
30,5 |
14,8 |
11,3 |
2,9 |
1,5 |
|
Reindeer |
36,1 |
22,5 |
10,3 |
2,6 |
0,7 |
|
Sea lion |
50,9 |
36,5 |
13,8 |
0,0 |
0,6 |
|
16,3 |
5,3 |
5,5 |
4,6 |
0,9 |
|
|
Whale |
51,8 |
34,8 |
13,6 |
1,8 |
1,6 |
UNESCO: over a million babies die each year due
to lack of breastmilk. In situations where mothers think that they are choosing
the sophisticated or "scientific" option, the realities of lack of
clean water; poor sanitation and insufficient funds to buy formula and pay for
heating soon hit home and babies die of malnutrition or infection.
This is a shame as the milk of a mother in a
personally-deprived situation differs but little from that of her more well-fed
sister. Milk is a universal substance with much consistency with respect to all
constituents across all races and geographical areas; and while diet may affect
levels of fat and some vitamins and minerals, it do es not affect
the whey component [60% of the protein in
mature human milk (90% of colostrum)]. This contains a wealth of components
which are never found on the side of a tin of formula.
Apart from the full complement of vitamins,
minerals (and this includes trace elements) and fatty acids (of which the short
chain ones promote gut closure and therefore help protect against allergies and
Giardia and the long chain ones optimise CNS development) human milk is unique
in that it also contains:
* a range of antioxidants
* two specialist proteins (al-antipripsin and
a2-macroglobulin protein) which offer protection against Influenza;
Parainfluenza and Rotavirus
* its very own Bifidus factor which enhances
proliferation of lactobacilli thereby inhibiting some E. coli and
Enterobacteriaceae inclu. shigella and salmonella
* bile salt-stimulated lipase which generates
fatty acids and monoglycerides that inactivate Giardia Lamblia, Entamoeba
histolytica & Trichomonas vaginalis
* complement; which protects against E. coli a range
of cytokines which initiate and stimulate host defence; prevent auto-immunity;
have anti-inflammatory effects on the upper respiratory and GIT and stimulate
development of the digestive system
* 20 different enzymes which perform various
functions including bio-synthesis and preservation of milk components in the
mammary gland. They also have a transport and anti-infective role thereby
promoting digestive function in the neonate
* epidermal growth factor which promotes
increased growth and maturation of the foetal pulmonary epithelium; stimulates
ornithine decarboxylase activity and DNA synthesis in the digestive tract and
accelerates the healing of wounds (and this includes repair of abraded nipples)
* gangliosides which are thought to help protect
the neonate from toxin-induced diarrhoea (E.coli and V. cholerae)
* immunoglobulins of which more than 30 have
been identified. 18 are from maternal serum, the rest are found exclusively in
the milk and slgA (which is found in levels 5x that of maternal serum) is the
most important of these. Immunoglobulins protect mucosa and have bacterial and
viral neutralising capacity.
SlgA is known to protect against: Enteroviruses
[Poliovirus types 1, 2, 3; Coxsackievirus types A9, B3, B5; Echovirus types 6
& 9J; Herpes virus [Cytomegalovirus; Herpes simplex]; Semliki forest virus;
Respiratory syncytial virus; Rubella; Reovirus
type 3 and Rotavirus. IgM and IgG protect against Respiratory syncytial virus
and Rubella
* a range of hormones that perform a variety of
functions
* interferon which also has antiviral activity
* interleukins which are a sub-group of
cytokines which augment the newborn's immune system by increasing antibody
production (IgA); enhancing phagocytosis; activating T cells and increasing
al-antitrypsin production by mononuclear phagocytes
* lactoferrin which binds iron and therefore
inhibits host-pathogen interactions
* lactoperoxidase which destroys streptococci
and enteric bacteria
• lymphocytes of which human milk contains both
the T (thymus) and B (bursa) types. These lymphocytes transfer long-lasting
maternal antibodies to the infant; and synthesise slgA antibodies in the breast
• lysozyme which lyses bacteria through
destruction of the cell wall. It is found in large quantities in the stool of
breastfed babies and is thought, therefore, to affect gut flora
• macrophages which synthesise complement,
lactoferrin and lysozyme and perform a variety of other functions including
phagocytosis of fungi and bacteria
• nucleotides which constitute 15-20% of the
non-protein nitrogen in human milk. They are thought to influence the immune
system; iron absorption; intestinal flora; plasma lipoproteins and growth of
intestinal and hepatic cells
• oligosaccharides of which more than 80 have
been identified. They inhibit the binding of enteropathogens to their host
receptors
MILK SUBSTITUTES AND HEALTH RISKS
Furthermore, when assessing the role that human
milk plays in optimising physical maturation, consideration needs also to be
given to the range of known disadvantages that beset the infant raised on a
breastmilk substitute. Not only does he miss out on all the unique benefits
listed above; his gut flora is different from that of his breastfed friend, and
he may have to deal with:
• too much aluminium/• too much manganese/• too
much lead/too much cadmium/• too much iron/• transgenic soy and yeast/• traces
of algae and fungi used to manufacture the long chain polyunsaturated fatty
acids found in tins of a "gold" standard and selected by well-meaning
mothers who want what's best for their infants/• hexane used to produce the
above/• Enterobacter Sakazakii (found in up to 14% of tins of formula and the
reason why maternity wards stock only ready-made formulas); tins are banned
from hospitals because of this bacteria.
Added to this is the fact that the lipids in
formula are included according to availability and price. Perusal of a range of
tins of formula will identify a variety of sources including:
coconut; corn; "marine oils" [i.e.
genetically engineered from algae]; palm olein; soy lecithin and vegetable
(probably safflower). Interestingly, research published in 2003' suggests
that
healthy term infants fed a formula containing palm oil as the predominant oil
in the fat blend had significant lower bone mineral content and bone mineral
density than those fed formula without palm oil (safflower; coconut and soy).
Therefore, the inclusion of palm oil in infant formula at levels needed to
provide a fatty acid profile similar to that of human milk, may lead to lower
bone mineralisation as it has been shown to lower calcium and fat absorption.
However it is their role in potentiating
central nervous system development that best defines the lipids in milk; and
it's a well-established fact that breastfeeding increases intelligence (look at
all the "memory deficient" rubrics in the Lacs).
Although this comes about largely due to the
high amounts of lactose in human milk, it is also due to the long-chain PUFAs
which abound in human milk when mothers simply include plenty of seafoods in
their diet.
Koo W W K et al: Reduced Bone Mineralisation in
Infants Fed Palm Olein-Containing Formula: A Randomised. Double-blinded,
Prospective Trial Pediatrics
2003; 111(5): 1017-1023
Palm and palm olein (PO) oils used in some
infant formula fat blends to match the fatty acid profile of human milk, but
their presence has been shown to lower calcium and fat absorption.
We aimed to determine if the reported
differences in calcium absorption could affect skeletal development by
comparing bone mineral accretion in healthy term infants fed a milk-based
formula with (PMF) or without PO.
Methods. Whole body bone mineralization was
evaluated in healthy term infants fed 1 of 2 coded, commercially available,
ready-to-feed infant formulas in a randomized, double-blind, parallel study.
Subjects were fed either 1) PMF formula (Enfamil with iron; Mead Johnson
Division of Bristol Myers, Evansville, IN; N = 63) containing
PO/coconut/soy/high-oleic sunflower oils (45/20/20/15% oil);
or 2) milk-based formula without PO (Similac
with iron; Ross Products Division Abbott Laboratories, Columbus, OH; N = 65),
containing high-oleic safflower/coconut/soy oils (40/30/30% oil) from
enrollment by 2 weeks after birth until 6 months. Anthropometrics and formula
intake were determined monthly; total body bone mineral content (BMC) and bone
mineral density (BMD) were measured at baseline, 3, and 6 months of age using
dual energy x-ray absorptiometry.
Results. Intent-to-treat analyses indicated no
significant differences between feeding groups in weight, length, head
circumference, or formula intake throughout the study. BMC and BMD were not
different at baseline but repeated measures analyses show that infants fed PMF
had significantly lower BMD (= Bone Mineral Density/= Knochenminraldiche) at 3
and 6 months.
Conclusions. Healthy term infants fed a formula
containing PO as the predominant oil in the fat blend had significantly lower
BMD than those fed a formula without PO. The inclusion of PO in infant formula
at levels needed to provide a fatty acid profile similar to that of human milk
leads to lower bone mineralization.
Humans are the only mammals on the planet who
habitually drink the milk of another species. It is understood in veterinary
circles that feeding non-species-specific milk to an animal causes apnoeic
episodes. This is what happens to the Calc-p. infant when he "refuses
mother's milk". He's simply not able to breathe easily at the breast
because of aggravation from bovine fragments in his mother's milk. No amount of
Calc-p. will remedy this unless the maintaining cause (dairy in the maternal
diet) is removed.
The irony in this situation is that infants are
often weaned in such instances and then are at an increased risk in the long
term of:
• Obesity (artificially fed infants consume
30.000 more calories than breastfed babies in the first eight months). The
obesity issue is, however, complicated by the fact that research conducted in
the 70s demonstrated that the DPT vaccination interferes with insulin
metabolism
• Crohn's disease
• Ulcerative colitis
• Coeliac disease
• Cardiovascular disease
• Type 2 diabetes
In the short term there is an increased risk of
SIDS as well as:
• NEC (Necrotising Entero-colitis) and late
onset sepsis if you're a preterm infant
• Bacterial meningitis (in the NICU [Neonatal
Intensive Care Unit] it's the Tubercular miasm infants who have bleeding into
the brain when they're given "human milk fortifier" [i.e. cow's milk
formula]
• Botulism
• Diarrhoea
• Upper respiratory tract infections and otitis
media
• Urinary tract infections
Added to that is an increased risk of type 1
diabetes (because the majority of breastmilk substitutes are based on cow's
milk; the bovine Lacs have a long history in treating diabetes); allergies and
asthma.
HUMAN MILK, THE UNIVERSAL REMEDY
While it is a self-evident truth that the milk
of every species of mammal plays a pivotal role in the optimisation of physical
development with respect to what advantages it affords her progeny, I have
stressed the shortcomings that accrue when Man (specifically) is denied access
to the milk of his species and has to make do with that of another. In that
regard, when focusing on what a species-specific milk can do for the physical
body of a human being, and what shortcomings may follow if it is denied, it is
good to be reminded of Hahnemann's exhortation in § 9, that an individual's
body needs to be "a healthy instrument" of which "the spirit-like
life force . . . can freely avail itself . . .for the higher purposes of our
existence".
With that in mind, I would suggest Lac humanum
is the most valuable medicine that we have at our disposal. It is the true
Universal Remedy; a layer to be found in everyone's case. It is, therefore, no
accident that it is the remedy in this compendium that holds the largest space.
As a species we are habitually short-changed. And, although taking advantage of
the milk of another species allows us to survive, we have simply swapped mortality
for morbidity; and as for attaining self-actualisation ... it's a journey
which, by and large, gets stuck on the Stairway to Heaven, due to having to
deal with survival issues.
Milks are sarcodes and we should not lose sight
of that fact and use Lac humanum more in the lower potencies. It does good work
in righting some of the wrongs referred to in this discussion.
That is why I offer to each mother in my care
(as she weans) a potency from her milk succussed to 7C so that her baby can
continue to have the advantages that her milk can offer while trying to cope
with surviving in a less than optimal circumstance. It is but a small thing
with huge implications as it allows mothers some freedom while ensuring that
the baby is not totally compromised.
Meanwhile we need to work towards the
establishment of human milk banks so that mothers can make a real choice when
they wean. To be able to reach for a tin of formula made from human milk would
be a real bonus. Not only would mothers be able to benefit from the freedom
that would offer, but babies would derive real benefit from a developmental
perspective. This is apart from the real and tangible benefits that are
afforded the economy when babies get breast milk for an extended period. I
never tire of reminding a nyone who will listen, that breastfeeding is a
carbon-neutral activity and rewards are there to be had on a personal as well
as global level when humans enjoy universal availability of the milk of their
species for their "allotted" time of 41/2 years. This length of time
seems extraordinarily long. However when we consider that the developing brain
is still undergoing much differentiation until the age of three years, and the
gut is still very vulnerable until about the age of 4 years, then this makes
perfect sense.
MILK, MIND AND MIASMS
The other aspect of this discussion must,
however, concern itself with the psychological benefits that also occur when
babies enjoy such an extended time with their mothers. Rubrics abound in
Lac humanum concerning antipathy and guilt
towards the mother.
When one concedes that lack of time spent at
the maternal breast is a primary aetiology for the state, then this notion of
that time being important from a psychological perspective bears a closer look.
Pathologies such as mastitis and breast abscesses are expressions of anger
towards the mother which surface during lactation, as the new mother perceives
that she is still in need of nurture herself. The rubric
[Dream: umbilical cord; she did not sever] is
intriguing in that respect; as the tie to the mother seems to persist
throughout Life due to a matter of unfinished business.
From my experience as a clinician, this special
bond is intricately intertwined with Hahnemann's miasmatic theory. He named but
three miasms: Psora; Sycosis and Syphilis.
Since then many have gone on to expound on and
formulate additional perspectives on this. Such is the nature of discussion
around any theory; any perspective is valid.
Those steeped in the Christian tradition
understand that there is something intrinsically sacred about the concept of a
trinity. However, while this is not a universally-held truth
due to the various religious and cultural
beliefs upon which any individual's world-view is contingent, I think we would
all agree that there's something very special regarding the triune of:
mother/father/child; body/mind/spirit; that of
superconscious/conscious/subconscious; thought/word/deed and the concept of
time: past/present/future.
These sublime relationships are beyond the everyday
duality of gross relationships that governs our reality. We understand dyads
succinctly represented by the concept of yin/yang [male/female; light/dark].
Everyday events such as hot/cold; up/down; in/out; right/left; fast/slow;
big/small are simply understood as opposites. It is either one or the other.
Dyads perpetuate a steady state; they keep
systems in balance and there is no potential such as exists in a triune
relationship.
Seeking "the higher purpose of our
existence" is all about fulfilling potential; and our potential (as
understood with respect to the possibilities and limitations of our predominant
miasmatic tie(s)) is what defines our journey as a human during the Planet
Earth experience.
Psora is our primary miasmatic tie; described
by some as our basic flaw. However, if one accepts
[Dream: umbilical cord; she did not sever] is
intriguing in that respect; as the tie to the mother seems to persist
throughout Life due to a matter of unfinished business.
From my experience as a clinician, this special
bond is intricately intertwined with H.'s miasmatic theory. He named but three
miasms: Psora; Sycosis and Syphilis.
Since then many have gone on to expound on and
formulate additional perspectives on this. Such is the nature of discussion
around any theory; any perspective is valid.
Those steeped in the Christian tradition
understand that there is something intrinsically sacred about the concept of a
trinity. However, while this is not a universally-held truth due to the various
religious and cultural beliefs upon which any individual's world-view is
contingent, I think we would all agree that there's something very special
regarding the triune of: mother/father/child; body/mind/spirit; that of
superconscious/conscious/subconscious; thought/word/deed and the concept of
time: past/present/future. These sublime relationships are beyond the everyday
duality of gross relationships that governs
our reality. We understand dyads succinctly
represented by the concept of yin/yang [male/female; light/dark]. Everyday
events such as hot/cold; up/down; in/out; right/left; fast/slow; big/small are
simply understood as opposites. It is either one or the other. Dyads perpetuate
a steady state; they keep systems in balance and there is no potential such as
exists in a triune relationship.Seeking "the higher purpose of our
existence" is all about fulfilling potential; and our potential [as
understood with respect to the possibilities and limitations of our predominant
miasmatic tie(s)] is what defines our journey as a human during the Planet
Earth experience.
Psora is our primary miasmatic tie; described
by some as our basic flaw. However, if one accepts Milk Matters he premise, so
beautifully expressed by the songster/poet Leonard Cohen, “there's
a crack in everything to let the light come
in", Psora then becomes our ally. All we have to do is to focus on the
factors of curiosity and ebullience and eschew those of underfunction and lack.
How do we ensure that the positive aspects of
Psora hold sway? The answer lies in being born well and having an undisturbed
relationship with the mother for the first 4 years of life.
Perusal of makes this easier to grasp. Erik
Erikson has elegantly defined Man's journey as being one of eight stages each
governed by a positive or negative attribute. A normal, drug-free physiologic
birth after which an infant is given the space to search for the nipple himself
primes Psora. He immediately learns the Lesson . . . If I struggle; I will
survive. If he has access to his mother's breastmilk throughout the next four
years he becomes an autonomous and trusting individual and this sets the
pattern for Life.
MILK, AND SPIRITUAL GROWTH
The potential then becomes one of a journey
towards self-actualisation. It is a straightforward climb of what I have termed
the Stairway to Heaven.
This is
beautifully expressed in Sankaran's proving of Lac humanum in a dream recorded
by Prover 13 (the irony of the number is compelling!) and now recorded in the
Repertory as the rubric:
[Dream: Gods consorting with; climbing stairs,
after].
However, if all does not go well during these
first few years (and this is complicated by the destructiveness of vaccination)
then the individual is confined to the shadow of Sycosis with the real
possibility of the syphilitic miasm taking hold in the end stages of the life
causing a breakdown of the body and relegation to endure the Wheel of Karma and
the journey begins again. This, in my opinion, is why the theme of
"circles" is prevalent in the lacs and why the main sphere of action
for Lac maternum is with the sense organs (particularly the nose) which are the
most highly developed aspects of the baby at birth. A primary target for
syphilis is for the bones around the nose. Syphilis governs death and re-birth;
Lac maternum issues of incarnation.
THE STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN
The mythological associations of milk and
immortality seem to be borne out in Sankaran's proving of Lac humanum and this
discussion has, in its own way, come full circle. We are the shamans who orchestrate
our own destiny. That we may have an affinity during our lifetime, with the
essence of another mammalian Lac, is a real possibility as we explore the
highways and byways of what the planet has to offer us by way of experience,
during our journey. It is, as Herrick has expressed it, but a matter of
expressing an animal mind through a human voice.
However, as a clinician it is my contention
that, having prescribed any of the other mammalian Lacs, the case should
eventually shift to Lac humanum as the realisation dawns on the individual that
he is primarily here for his experience and that he is not beholden to the
group experience. I am/You are; it's all a matter of balance regarding what one
gives to Self and to the Group; and in achieving that, both the individual and
all of Mankind, derive benefit.
[H.A. Roberts]
June 18, 1940.
Inherited tendencies are the gifts of the parents and are woven into the
protoplasm, but the diet factor enters into the development of the individual
from the very first feeding. During infancy and childhood structural diet
problems take precedence over the maintenance and replacement foods required in
later years, and during the early months milk is the important item of diet.
When the mother s milk cannot provide for the child’s needs we must substitute
the nearest similar, and cows milk in some from is the frequent alternative and
often meets the need. It is usually later in life that cow’s milk becomes of
questionable value in the diet. Burnett observes that “children who drink much
after their teeth are grown become very liable to colds.” Some patients are so
sensitive (or allergic, if you prefer that term) to dairy products that they
cannot tolerate them in any form. All this leads us to a study of milk as a
homoeopathic agent, with a brief preliminary glance at commercial milk
production.
Dairy milk represents abnormal stimulation of lactation through heredity
and selective breeding, an evolutionary development so rapid that it probably
approaches a pathological state. Lactation is a vital part of the female sexual
cycle; this factor continues to be a strong influence, in potentized milk, on
the female system. Milk itself
is a mucous secretion, and observation of the effects of milk either in
natural form or in potency reflect the stimulation of secretions from all
mucous surfaces. Milk-borne epidemics usually manifest symptoms centering in
the mouth, throat or alimentary tract. Unpasteurized milk has a strongly
diuretic action. We observe that these tendencies continue strongly through the
action of potentized milk.
Another question to be considered is the free use of cow’s milk in the
standard diets for tuberculous patients. Here we have a pathological condition
having to do with exudations, copious mucous discharges and deposits in the
tissues. We have observed that milk tends to increase the production of mucus.
It has marked influence on the mouth, throat and upper respiratory tract, both
in the natural and in the potentized states. Question: Do we help or hinder the
pulmonary tuberculous patient by prescribing
a milk diet?
In our study of the potentized milks we have analyzed and compared 8
remedies: Lac vaccinum, Lac vaccinum butyraceum, Lac vaccinum defloratum,
Lactic acid, Lactis vaccini flos, Saccharum lactis, Lac caninum, Lac felinum.
There was no record available of the effect of goat milk, nor of the other
types of milk run up by Swan in his experiments, such as the equorum, humanum,
etc.
The symptoms considered were both the proven and the pathogenetic,
because of the scanty information on some forms.
Without any question, Lac caninum, has taken the lead in the development
of symptoms, both in the number of symptoms produced and in their depth and
violence of action. This may be partly due to the fact that Lac caninum has
been more carefully and thoroughly proven than any other member of the group
and its clinical application is of ancient origin. Cream (Lactis vaccini flos)
produced the least number of symptoms, and no symptoms at all of the mind,
head, eyes or ears have been recorded.
Whole milk (Lac vaccinum) produces less symptoms than either skimmed
milk (Lac vaccinum defloratum) or butter-milk (Lac vaccinum butyraceum). This
might seem to indicate some natural balance between cream and the body of the
milk, and that cream is able to modify or possibly antidote the symptoms
produced by skimmed milk. All eight remedies produced symptoms, of the mouth,
throat, urinary tract, female organs, upper respiratory tract, and in the lower
limbs. We have seen that cream alone was exempt from mental symptoms. The
mental picture of the rest of the group might be condensed into a composite
picture as follows:
Marked depression, despondency, nervousness: fearful, apprehensive.
Weakness if will; weakness of memory; mental confusion; laziness; hysteria;
vacillation; confusions so marked they last for a long time after the proving
(Lac vac.); fears and delusions to the point of insanity.
Lac-c.: fears: disease, consumption, heart trouble; that she will be unable to
perform her duties, of falling downstairs, to close her eyes because of snakes,
cannot bear to be left alone.
Lac-f.: fears:
falling down stairs.
Sacch-l. great fear of death (during paroxysms of heart
pains at night); is taken suddenly with fear, and trembling of whole body as
from fright.
Lac-c.: imagines that snakes are all around her (daytime), they are in
her bed, that she is a loathsome, horrible mass of diseases, that she is dirty,
that she sees spiders, that if
she cannot get out of her body in some way she will become crazy,
everything she says is a lie, she is very short in stature morning and evening;
that she is of no importance and is looked down on by all.
Lac-fel.: imagines: that the corners of furniture or any pointed object
near her is about to run into her eyes, even when she knows they are not too
close.
Lac-vac-d.: that all her friends will die and that she must go to a
convent.
Sac-lac.: that it is only by a great effort she can keep herself
together, that there is a large hole in her back just above the sacrum; that
someone is behind her, that her mother wants to kill her.
Probably the most important symptoms in this group as being most
characteristic of the milks, are the fears and delusions, and the marked
listlessness which merges into definite laziness.
Memory symptoms, depression and fear, while important symptoms, occur in
many deep acting remedies, but few remedies have such marked laziness as Lactic acid
and
Sac. lac. All these remedies are cross, ugly, hateful,
Lac-c.: rages. cures and swears; Lac-ac.: and Sac-lac.: also are
outstandingly sarcastic and fault-finding, they cannot be pleased nor speak
kindly to anyone.
Marked vertigo with this group, but in Lac-can. and Lac-fel. we find a
curious symptom: fear of falling downstairs without vertigo, although vertigo
may occur apart from this symptom.
Lac-c.: as we have said, is rich in mental symptoms, but these should be
so well known to every homoeopathic physician we need not repeat them here. One
symptom worth mentioning here, however, is that the patient cannot tell the
truth - she believes fully that everything she says is a lie together with
alternating type of symptoms in other parts of the body, we may study Lac-c.
All these remedies tend to the alternation of sides (pain). The head
pains are very acute, sharp, fiery, bursting heavy, usually confined to one
rather small space or to one side, or in painful stripes; then these may leave
the area first disturbed and appear in the corresponding area of the other
side. Usually the left side suffers more severely, and
there is the concomitance of rigidity of the neck. Buttermilk produces
no sharp pains, but painful dullness, heaviness and throbbing, with the heat
which usually accompanies the headaches, Lac caninums headaches are often
associated with throat affections, the one location improving as the other
becomes worse; terrible splitting pains in forehead on going into cold air;
over eyes when sewing.
Lac-d.: headache # tonsillitis, also, but here the headache usually
occurs more frequently in anaemic women; and there is a definite relationship
between the menstrual period, the throat symptoms and the headaches that should
make us consider this remedy more frequently for menstrual headaches in
patients who suffer from throat troubles.
Lac-fel.: The headaches are agonizing, with heat and pain spreading from
the vertex down over the left face as a veil, or reversing, the symptoms may
begin with coldness about the nose or ear, passing upward to the vertex.
Lac-flos.: has no eye symptoms.
Lacs have a wide variety of excessively painful eye symptoms, may be
indicated in many serious and stubborn eye conditions; or they may have the
concomitance of severe and peculiar pains.
Lac-fel.: has a peculiar and valuable symptom in that its eye troubles
come on in the fall. Clarke tells us that more than any other remedy Lac-c.:
deafness of hereditary syphilis.
Lac-v.: have the dullness of hearing, or at least the sensation as if
the hearing would be dull.
Sac-lac.: have the dullness of hearing, or at least the sensation as if
the hearing would be dull.
Lac-vac.: have the dullness of hearing, or at least the sensation as if
the hearing would be dull.
Lac-v and Lac flos have no catarrhal manifestations in the nose.
The other Lacs have mucous discharges, hard plugs. stopped coryza, and
painfully sensitive pressure about the bridge of the nose and in the facial
bones about the nose, indicating probable sinus involvement.
Lac-fel.: a curious symptom in its exaggerated sense of smell for clams,
of which she is usually very fond and which now is exceedingly disagreeable to
her.
[Tanja Hofmann]
Milch ist der „Überlebenssaft“ der höheren Säugetiere: Milch sichert das Überleben der Neugeborenen. Milch nährt nicht nur, sondern liefert auch die Abwehr gegen Krankheitserreger (und die „Helfer“ für den Verdauungstrakt).
Und das Säugen ist ein zutiefst symbiotischer Vorgang: Eine von der Mutter produzierte Substanz wird vom Kind getrunken. Während des Trinkens sind Mutter und Kind miteinander verbunden; das Kind umschließt mit seinen Lippen die Brustwarze, liegt im Arm der Mutter, ist an ihr Fell gekuschelt, steht geborgen unter ihrem Bauch, tritt
mit seinen winzigen Füßchen gegen den Bauch, je nach Art. Milch zu geben, das heißt: den Körper und die Seele zu nähren. Wenn das Kind
trinkt, ist es zufrieden, geborgen, verschmolzen mit der Mutter, die allein die Macht hat, ihrem Kind alles zu geben, was es sich wünscht. Die symbiotische Beziehung zwischen Mutter und Kind ist für das Kind überlebenswichtig. Mutterlos sein, das bedeutet: ausgeliefert sein. Dem Tod nahe sein.
Kein Säugetierkind überlebt ohne Mutter. Denn der Vater -wenn er denn noch da ist- kann keine Milch geben. Vielleicht ist eine Amme da, die die Mutter ersetzt; aber das Neugeborene weiß sehr genau, wer seine Mutter ist. Es kennt den Herzschlag der Mutter, den Geruch, die Stimme, es kennt ihre Gefühle, es ist verwoben mit der Mutter.
Die Muttermilch der jeweiligen Spezies ist die Essenz der Art. Nichts könnte das Wesen einer Art besser hervorbringen als die Milch.
Milch ist aber auch eine der Körperflüssigkeiten, die erst durch Interaktion mit einem anderen Menschen fließt. Heißt: Ohne Baby keine Milch. Bei den Milchen finden wir also naturgemäß auch das Thema der Bindung bzw. Bindungslosigkeit.
Zusammengefaßt finden wir in der Anamnese von Milchmitteln folgende Themen:
1. die Themen der Tiermittel: Überleben, Aggression, Wettbewerb, Trieb, Angriff, Verteidigung, Tod
2. Das Wesen der Art
3. den Bezug der Art zum Menschen
4. Das Thema der körperlichen Ernährung: gut genährt sein, mangelhaft genährt sein
5. Das Thema der seelischen Ernährung: das Selbst, Geborgenheit, Symbiose, Wurzelkraft
6. Das Thema der Bindung / Bindungslosigkeit
Die Milche, die in der Homöopathie Bedeutung haben, sind:
Lac caninum (Hundemilch)
Lac felinum (Katzenmilch)
Lac humanum (Muttermilch)
Lac delphinum / Lac dolphinum (Delphinmilch)
Lac defloratum (enträhmte Kuhmilch)
Lac lupii / Lac caninum lupi / Lac lupinum (Wolfsmilch)
Lac leoninum (Löwenmilch)
Lac equinum (Pferdemilch)
Lac Loxodonta Africana (Elefantenmilch)
Lac caprinum (Ziegenmilch)
Lac vaccinum
[Aisling Murray]
Common Themes in the Lacs
Dependence and independence; nurturing and lack of nurturing; a feeling
of having suffered wrong and the suppression of natural instincts in order to
be able to harmonize with the group to which one needs to belong. Each milk
medicine will express these themes in its own way.
The primary function of mammal milks is to nurture the vulnerable,
dependent baby. It’s not only a food but also encompasses the child’s need to
grow, thrive and be strong.
When things go wrong here for the mother and baby, it can lead to issues
with food that can manifest throughout the life of the child and on to adult
life.
There is also a theme of bonding between mother and baby and the part
that holding the baby plays in the theme is also significant; it produces
wholeness and integration into the world.
The remedy pictures represent all the things that can go wrong in the
lactation period.
When the milk is sparse or bad, the baby can fail to thrive, resulting
in arrested growth.
Can have aversion to/</>/craving for milk. First food that a baby
has and it can be the first food that causes nausea, contributing to the theme
of loathing of self and life.
When the baby doesn’t get enough milk it can lead to feelings of lack,
poverty consciousness and jealousy.
When the bonding between the mother and baby is not fulfilling for the
baby this can result in feelings of separateness, forsakenness, isolation and
estrangement.
All relationships may suffer into later life, leading to the inability
to bear touch and intimacy. Can be cause to fear of narrow or confined spaces.
When the holding
(= support and carrying) of the baby is unsuccessful, in some way it can
induce feelings of being let down, or falling to pieces and fear of falling.
Lack of trust, stemming from a possible lack of bonding or warmth from
the mother. There’s lack of trust in life and in the patient herself and this
comes from the lack of feeling of security, occurring during the bonding in
lactation.
Mother’s milk allows growth and grounding, so there can be a sense of
disconnection and lack of grounding and themes of needing to escape the body,
because they feel imprisoned in it.
Chilly (lack of vital heat/support/security). Fear of sharp objects or a
sharp and critical tongue.
Suicidal tendencies; eating disorders (under and overeating); cleaning/washing
compulsions;
Themes: indifference or lack of feeling; forgetting, mistakes (writing,
dyslexia, speaking); sexuality increased or decreased.
Donkeys have a great sense of self-preservation, hence they will not do
anything that puts them in danger. That is why donkeys are called stubborn, but
this is the result of misinterpretating their behaviour.
The donkey that Jesus rode into Jerusalem on Palm Sunday, is symbolic of
the spiritual kingdom of God. The Messiah riding upon a donkey offers
forgiveness and peace with God, whereas Christ mounted upon a horse implies
judgment and war.
In time, the donkey became a symbol of those reluctant to believe the
Gospel story, including St. Thomas, the Doubter, St. Anthony of Padua, losing
his patience with an unbeliever, and declaring that it would be easier to get a
wild ass to worship the Sacrament than to convince him of the truth. To the
surprise of the people, a wild ass did approach the Sacrament and kneel
worshipfully before it. Many who saw this miracle converted, and the kneeling
donkey became an attribute of this saint. The donkey was the lawn tractor/wheel
barrow in old Ireland.
Themes in the Remedy:
* Stupidity and Stubbornness
* Ignorance, darkness, idiocy
* Humility and Kindness - a little
foolish but obedient
* Curse and Punishment - in
mythology the person who is punished is turned into a donkey
* Indecisiveness
* Helplessness and Desertion
* Others seem spiteful, unfair,
ruthless
* Feelings of being an innocent,
passive, defenceless martyr; a tragic, passive witness
Physical Symptoms:
* Pains and sensations around the
head and eyes (blindfold)
* Pins and needles - paralysis of
the head, face and trunk
* Swelling, oedema, sweat
* Right-sided
* Stamina - wellbeing, fitness
* < exertion and heat
* Dizziness
* Muscle spasm
* Heat sensations - face, eyes,
stomach
* Epigastric pain and rumbling
* Hot flushes with a need to
breathe in deeply
Dreams
*
Children, pregnancy, water, working, others mocking, knives/murder
Donkey hairs were widely believed to cure a number of ailments, and were
often worn in a charm around the neck, to guard against whooping-cough,
toothache, fits, and to ease teething pains in babies. Riding a donkey was also
believed effective (rider facing the donkey’s tail). Riding a donkey was
sometimes used as a preventative for toothache, measles and other children’s
complaints. One cure for whooping-cough and ague stated that the patient should
be passed under a donkey and over its back either
3x or 9x; the trick of feeding an animal some of the patient’s hair to
transfer the illness was also used with donkeys. The donkey was also used to
help cure the complaints of other animals; letting a black donkey run with
mares in a field was thought to stop the mares miscarrying.
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