Leucorrhoea



Nux-moschata [Nux-m]

Hysteria; leucorrhoea of women who always awaken with a very dry tongue; vicarious leucorrhoea in place of the menses; discharge of slime at the day of the menses, the latter delayed; blood from vagina thick and dark, and at the right time of catamenia; leucorrhoea with prolapsus vagina et uteri; globus hystericus; fainting, with palpitation of the heart, followed by sleep; physometra.

Nux-vomica [Nux-v]

Foetid leucorrhoea, staining the linen yellow; sensation of heaviness and weight in the neck of the uterus; internal swelling on one side of the vagina, with burning-stinging pains; prolapsus of the uterus and vagina, especially from straining by lifting with hardness and swelling of the of tincae; varices on labia; constipation; frequent urination, with scalding and brickdust sediment; dry and hacking cough, with oppression of hypochondria; dulness of mind.

Palladium [Pall]

Transparent, jelly-like discharge, (<) before and after menses; heaviness and weight in pelvis; pain and weakness as if uterus were sinking down; FORGETS EVERY PAIN IN SOCIETY, BUT IS WORSE NEXT DAY; attaches great weight to other people’s opinion; like to be flattered; pain in back and hips, with coldness of extremities; sharp knifelike pains in uterus, (<) after stool, after sleep.

Petroleum [Petr]

Profuse leucorrhoea every day for several days, with lascivious dreams; burning in the genital organs, with some discharge of blood; leucorrhoea like albumen; premature menses; passes only as little at a time; urine with different-colored sediments and shining pellicle on surface.

Phosphorus [Phos]

Smarting-blistering leucorrhoea; annoying sense of weakness across abdomen; consequence of masturbating; amenorrhoea with chlorosis; delaying and scanty menses; stitches through the pelvis from the vagina to the uterus; milky or slimy leucorrhoea during a morning walk; viscid leucorrhoea in place of the menses, suitable to tall and slender persons with phthisical habits;sensation of heat passing up the back; vertigo on rising in the morning; constipation.

Phosphoric-acid [Ph-ac]

Leucorrhoea after the menses. profuse yellowish leucorrhoea, with itching some days after the menses; onanism and many of its evil consequences; great sense of weakness with a remarkable state has to rise frequently at night to pass large quantities of colorless urine; uterine ulcer; has a copious, putrid, bloody discharge, with itching or corroding pain, os entirely free from pain; irritable uterus; it is distended with gas; nervous debility with cold, clammy sweats or profuse perspiration.

Phytolacca [Phyt]

Uterine leucorrhoea proceeding from the glandular portion of cervix; thick, tenacious, irritating discharge; painful menstruation accompanying erosions or ulceration of cervix.

Platina [Plat]

Leucorrhoea in WOMEN SUFFER FROM CONSTIPATION, owing to the glutinous nature of the excrements; faeces adhere to rectum and anus like soft clay; ALBUMINOUS LEUCORRHOEA ONLY IN DAYTIME, without pain or any sensation, after micturition or after rising up; leucorrhoea before or after menses; leucorrhoea with pinching pain in abdomen, pressing down in groins or pudendum, alternately; voluptuous tingling in genital organs, with oppressive anxiety and palpitation of heart; cramp and stitches in indurated womb; vulva painfully sensitive during an embrace; hysteria with great oppression of spirit and melancholia; profuse and too frequent menses (Pulsatilla, reverse); suitable to women with dark hair and rigid fibre.

Podophyllum [Podo]

Discharge of thick, transparent mucus, attended with constipation and bearing-down pains in genital organs; prolapsus uteri et ani; discharge reddish, dirty, fluid, like rusty sputa of pneumonia (Nitr.ac); congestion of portal system; retarded menstruation; prolapsus of uterus and vagina, as after parturition or from overlifting.

Psorinum [Psor]

Large lumps, UNBEARABLE IN ODOR; violent pains in sacrum and right loin; sycosis; mammary cancer, etc.

Pulsatilla [Puls]

PAINLESS LEUCORRHOEA, discharge of thick, white mucus, milky, (<) on lying down; burning thin acrid milky mucous; thick and white leucorrhoea before and during menses, with cutting pains in abdomen and cramps in bowels; milky leucorrhoea with swelling of labia, particularly after menses, masturbation causes leucorrhoea and hysterical symptoms with great sexual excitement; leucorrhoea in young girls about puberty or when menses were suppressed by fright exposure to cold and dampness; leucorrhoea with chilliness, sadness and peevishness, (<) evening, (>) fresh air; menses bloody, thick, black or thin, watery, flowing by fits and starts.

Ranunculus-bulb [Ran-b]

Discharge mild at first, but soon become acrid and corrosive; muscular pain about lower margin of shoulder-blade in SEDENTARY WOMEN, (<) BY LONG-CONTINUED NEEDLEWORK OR WRITING.

Sabina [Sabin]

Leucorrhoea with amenorrhoea jellylike, yellowish, ichorous and foetid; painful discharge of fresh-colored foetid blood every fortnight; offensive-smelling, milky leucorrhoea, causing an itching of pudendum; copious, starchlike, with drawing pains in small of back through to pelvis; leucorrhoea during pregnancy and confinement, with intense itching and soreness of thighs;severe

stitching pain in vagina from before backward; increased sexual desire; indescribable uneasiness and restless in lumbar vertebrae and drawing from behind the fundus uteri through pubis and genitals; like labor-pains.

Sanguinaria [Sang]

Corporeal endometritis with polypi or granular formation, followed by profuse haemorrhage with a foetid, corroding, brownish leucorrhoea, ulceration of os uteri; leucorrhoea after climaxis, continuing after menses ceased entirely; distention of abdomen in the evening and flatulent discharge per vagina, coming from os uteri; irritability cannot bear to hear persons walk across the floor; hot flashes over whole body, ending in a weak, faint feeling.

Sanicula [Sanic]

Leucorrhoea smelling like fish brine; pain in back,(<) by pressing against something hard; tired, weak feeling in the morning after rising, (<) till noon, (>) in the evening hands and feet cold and clammy; foul footsweat; putrid uterine leucorrhoea, coming on in gushes.

Sarracenia-purp [Sarr]

Watery or milky leucorrhoea when walking; delaying scanty and acrid menses, with burning of the inner sides of the thighs; pains and suffering commencing at the conclusion of the flow of urine.

Samuel Lilienthal
Dr. Samuel Lilienthal (1815-1891) was from Germany, and became a pioneer homeopath in America. He received his Doctor of Medicine Degree from the University of Munich in 1838. After he moved to the United States, he was hired as Professor of Clinical Medicine at New York College for Women, and also as Professor of Mental and Nervous Diseases at the New York Homeopathic College.
Dr. Samuel Lilienthal was the author of many great books including “Homeopathic Therapeutics”. For many years, with the support of Dr. Constantine Hering, he was the editor of the North American Journal of Homeopathy. Dr. Lilienthal passed away on February 2nd 1891 in San Francisco.