Lilium tigrinum
Remedy of hurriedness, sexual excitement, and uterine bearing-down. Sensation as if everything will fall out through the vagina — must cross legs. Conflict between sexuality and religious duty. Heart and uterine symptoms alternate.
Source
Prepared from the fresh leaves and flowers of Lilium tigrinum (Liliaceae).
Available Potencies
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Keynote Symptoms
Hurried, must keep busy. Intense bearing-down sensation as if pelvic organs will prolapse — must cross legs or press against vulva. Conflict between strong sexual feelings and religious/moral duty. Heart palpitation and uterine symptoms alternate. Wild, crazy feeling in head. Aimless, hurried.
Mind & Emotional Symptoms
Hurried, aimless — must keep busy. Tormented by conflict between sexual desire and moral/religious duty. Irritable, snappish, cannot tolerate contradiction. Fears insanity, being incurable, heart disease. Weeping, disposed to curse. Wild feeling in head as if she would go crazy.
General Symptoms
Worse from warmth, standing, consolation, afternoon, evening. Better from fresh air, lying on left side, pressure, keeping busy. Warm-blooded. Left-sided.
Physical Symptoms
Head
Wild crazy feeling. Headache from uterine disorders. Dim vision before headache.
Chest
Palpitation — rapid, fluttering, with anxiety. Sensation of heart being grasped. Angina. Heart feels too full. Symptoms alternate with uterine complaints.
Stomach
Nausea. Bloated. Constant desire to stool.
Abdomen
Pressure downward — everything seems to be pushing out. Bloated.
Rectum
Constant urging. Frequent ineffectual urging. Diarrhea alternating with constipation. Pressure in rectum.
Urinary
Constant pressure on bladder. Frequent urging.
Female Genitalia
Intense bearing-down — must cross legs or press against vulva. Prolapse. Uterine displacement. Menses too early, scanty, dark. Ovarian neuralgia. Sub-involution. Leucorrhea brown, offensive. Intense sexual desire.
Extremities
Aimless, hurried walking. Cannot sit still.
Modalities
Better From
Fresh air, lying on left side, pressure, keeping busy, crossing legs, support of vulva
Worse From
Warmth, standing, consolation, afternoon, evening, walking
Constitutional Type
Hurried, restless women with strong sexual nature conflicting with moral feelings. Warm-blooded. Uterine complaints with bearing-down.
Clinical Indications
Uterine prolapse, bearing-down, palpitation, sexual conflict, ovarian neuralgia, sub-involution, menstrual disorders, religious/moral conflict
Comparative Materia Medica
Sepia also has bearing-down and prolapse but is indifferent and averse to family. Platina has strong sexual desire but is haughty. Murex has similar sexual excitement and uterine symptoms but less religious conflict.
Safety Information
Helonas, Nux vomica, Pulsatilla.
Tiger lily bulbs are mildly toxic, containing alkaloids. Low toxicity. Safe in all potencies.
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