[Amati Holle]
Milchmittel
Lac-ac.:
Lac elefantis asiatica
Lac felinum
Lac-h.:
Lac
leoninum. = Löwemilch
Lac-loxodonto. Farina = Elefantenmilch
Lac
lupinum. =
Wolfsmilch
Lac-or. = Kaninchenmilch
Lac-o. = Schafsmilch
Lac oryctolagi cuniculi,
Lac-pv. = Seehundemilch
Lac suilinum. = Schweinemilch
Lac ursinum. =
Lac-v.: = Kuhmilch/= Lac-d-ähnlich + Rheuma, lustlos, verstopft, Beschwerden beidseitig + gleichseitig
Lac vaccinum flos. = Sahne/= Schmutz (Schweiz)
Lac-vh = H-Milch
Lac-vs: = Lac-d-ähnlich + Rheuma
Lac-vaccinum buthyraeum: depressiv, Zukunft hoffnungslos, Blähungen von After + Gebärmutter
Orot-ac. = Uracil-6-carbonsäure/= Molkensäure
Sacch-l. = Milchzucker
Lac-a.
= Lacticum acidum
Milchsäure C3H6O3
Milchsäure wird
in der Regel durch Gärung aus Lactose (Milchzucker), Stärke, Saccharose
(Rohrzucker) oder Molke hergestellt. Sie verursacht u.a. das Sauerwerden
von Milch. Sie wird
bei der Herstellung von Käse, Sauerkraut, alkoholfreien Getränken (z. B.
Limonaden) und anderen Nahrungsmitteln eingesetzt.
Angst Erwachsen
zu werden und Verantwortung zu
übernehmen. Sich über den “Ernst des Lebens“ hinweg schwindeln.
Beschwerden durch:
Geschäftliche Schwierigkeiten
GG: Trägheit, Abneigung gegen Arbeit,
Abneigung Lesen, Macht Fehler buchstabierend; schreibend; lässt Worte aus,
Gedächtnisschwäche.
Träume: Von einem
bodenlosen Abgrund.
Körperliche
Symptome: Versorgung, Muttermilchbezug, Morgenübelkeit. Diabetes,
Wirbelsäulenschmerz, Seekrankheit, licht- und geruchsempfindlich, kindliche
Stimme, Stimmverlust, Ohnmachtsneigung.
Schmerz:
Schwellung, Steifheit und Empfindlichkeit der Gelenke,
schlimmer durch
Bewegung, flüchtige Schmerzen in den Gliedmaßen,
Schmerzen entlang
des rechten Ischiasnervs. Übelkeit, Erbrechen,
Brennen und
Gefühl eines Gewichtes.
Anhaltende
Übelkeit; Übelkeit, beim Erwachen, vor dem Aufstehen;
Empfindlich gegen
Licht und Geruch
Besserung: durch
Essen
Ergänzt: psor
Lac-as. Lac asinum Eselsmilch
Von allen als
gutmütiger Esel (Trottel) ausgenutzt.
Beschwerden nach:
Demütigungen, beschämt werden
GG: hält sich für
einen Dummkopf,
Mitgefühl mit
allen Ausgestoßenen, liebt Pferde.
Gutmütiger
“Trottel”, treu, freundlich und sympathisch.
Lässt sich
ausnutzen. arbeitet schwer und wird dennoch beschimpft.
Lastenträger,
Prügelknabe, als „Depp“ schikaniert werden.
Lässt alles mit
sich machen.
Ängste: in engen
Fahrzeugen, vor Fehltritten, Feuer, Wasser
Träume:
Schlägerei, geprügelt werden, verfolgt werden, Schlachtszenen, Messer,
Rebellen, „es
geht ihnen der Gaul durch“
Körperliche
Symptome: Verletzungsfolgen, Diabetes,
Allergie,
Warzen an den
Händen
Abneigung gegen geistige Anstrengung, begreift nur
langsam.
Verlangen nach
deftigen Speisen. Schnitzel, Brot.
DD.: Barium,
Eselsdistel = Onopordon
Lac-c. Lac caninum Rottweiler- Hundemilch
„Ich muss mich
unterordnen oder mächtig sein, damit ich den Respekt nicht verliere“.
GG: muss sich
richtig (unterwürfig) verhalten, um nicht aus dem Rudel ausgeschlossen zu
werden.
Hierarchie,
Daseinsberechtigung, Verlassenheit, Selbstverachtung.
Beschwerden nach:
Abstillen, Diphtherie, Missbrauch, Verlust von Vater, Mutter, frühe
Verlassenheit, Isolation, als Kind im Krankenhaus. Ausgestoßen aus der Gruppe.
Ängste: vor dem
Tod, vor Ohnmacht, um die Gesundheit. Es könnte etwas geschehen.
„Ich bin wertlos,
hässlich sonst würde ich doch nicht ausgeschlossen sein“.
Körperliche
Symptome: Seitenwechsel der Symptome.
Rheuma,
Diphtherie nach Verlust der Mutter, PMS, Stillprobleme,
Warze am Finger,
Persönlichkeiten: Kaspar Hauser, Moogli, Rambo, Charles Bronson,
Sylvester Stallone.
Lac-cap. Lac caprinum Ziegenmilch
Durch Position
mit Durchsetzungskraft nach oben kommen.
Dort einen
sicheren Ort finden. Ehrgeiz.
“Man darf sich
keine Blöße geben oder Anstoß erregen”.
GG: Ertragen
keine Beeinträchtigung oder Unterbrechung durch andere. Können ungeduldig und
nörglerisch sein, verbergen viel Ärger. Schlagen aus Zorn,
Reizbar über
Kleinigkeiten.
Misstrauisch,
Konflikte. Verlangen nach hoher, gesellschaftlicher Position, um Gefühl der
Verletzbarkeit zu kompensieren.
Ängste: was
andere über sie sagen, einträgliche, sichere Position verlieren. Überrascht zu
werden und keine Möglichkeit zur Flucht zu haben, Herzinfarkt mit Todesahnung.
Äußerer Hals wird
als verletzlich empfunden.
Körperliche
Symptome: Hals zugluftempfindlich, knackende Gelenke,
Kopfschmerzen mit
regelmäßigem Niesen und Augenzwinkern, steifer Nacken,
Schweißfüße.
Wandernde Schmerzen, linksseitig; brennende Magenschmerzen nach dem Essen.
Verlangen: Gebratenes, kalte Milch, Gewürze,
Süßigkeiten.
Träume: vom Gericht und Gerichtssälen, mit Freunden
zu streiten.
hintergangen zu
werden.
Lac-h. Lac humanum Muttermilch Frauenmilch
Mutter-Kind
Beziehung, Versorgung, Fürsorge, Starke Verlustängste,
Verbindung zum
Göttlichen und Menschlichen. Wer bin ich als Mensch? Besondere Rolle zwischen
Gott und Tier. Große Ansprüche auf
höhere Entwicklung. Menschliche Instinkte
sind nicht
erwünscht.
Gemeinschaft,
Gerechtigkeit, Moral, Ethik u. a.,
Spannungsfeld: materiell und ideell.
„Ich darf an Geld
nicht anhaften“.
„Ich muss so tun,
als ob ich niemanden brauchte“.
Konflikt von
Abhängigkeit und Unabhängigkeit.
Beschwerden
nach: Tod der Mutter, einer geliebten Person oder eines Haustiers,
nach dem Abstillen, Ungestillt sein. Fühlt sich danach isoliert und Verlassen.
Abstillen, unerfüllter Kinderwunsch, Missbrauch, unerwünschtes Kind sein,
unterdrückter Zorn, Missbrauch, unterdrückter Zorn.
GG: Grübeln, Brüten. Abneigung gegen
Gesellschaft, Verlangen nach Einsamkeit. Traurigkeit, kann nicht weinen,
stiller Kummer. Nichts gelingt, fühlt sich unglücklich. isoliert. Hast, Eile.
Mangel an Selbstvertrauen. Hilflosigkeit, Gleichgültigkeit allem gegenüber.
Entrüstung, Empörung. Liebt Kinder.
Wahnidee: hält sich für wertlos; außen vor gelassen.
Wahnidee, allein
zu sein, keine Freunde zu
haben, oder von
Freunden und Verwandten vernachlässigt zu werden. Zwei Willen.
Träume : von
Kindern, Neugeborenen.
Körperliche
Symptome: Milcheiweißallergie,
Mastitis, verfrühte Menses.
Neurodermitis.
Abneigung: gegen Reden, Gleichgültigkeit gegen Essen /
Trinken. Gefühl von innerer Leere,
autoaggressive
Züge, Verletzt sich selbst.
DD.: Nat-m. Sep. Rhus-t. Staph.
Andere Mittel: Carc. Puls.
Lac leoninum Löwenmilch
Zugehörigkeit zur
Familie oder der soziale Position durch besondere Leistung erbringen.
Beschwerden
nach: Autoritärer Erziehung/
Bezugsperson
GG: Diktatorisch, selbstgerecht, Will Macht
und Gefallen finden. Ehrgeizig. Entrüstung, wenn man durch Leistung nicht den
Erfolg hat oder sich falsch beschuldigt fühlt.
Aggressiv gegen
hilflose Personen; Konkurrenz gegen Chef, fordert Respekt, hoher
Selbstanspruch.
Ängste: Versagen,
Höhenangst, Insekten, Beklemmung in engen Räumen.
Träume:Dirigiert,
tötet. Vom Fallen, von Löwen.
Körperliche
Symptome: Kopfschmerz mit Verwirrung,
Fußsohlenschmerz,
besser beim Gehen. Harte Nägel,
Empfindung wie
schweben, taube Extremitäten im Schlaf.
DD.: Iuba leonis = Mähne des Löwenmännchens
Löwenbezug: Lotus
corniculatus, Physostigma venenosum
Lac defloratum Entrahmte Kuhmilch
Suche nach
verlässlicher Bindung und sicherem Platz, braucht Gemeinschaft und Familie.
Beschwerden
nach: Flucht und Vertreibung.
Adoptierte Kinder.
In der
Schwangerschaft sitzengelassen worden sein.
GG: Fühlt sich verlassen und
ausgeschlossen, im Stich gelassen.
Träge, mild,
Sanft (Puls), fühlen sich ausgelacht; nicht gesättigt sein
Winterdepression,
(Hyp. Helianthus), Heimweh; fühlt sich überall fremd.
Ängste:
eingeschlossen oder ausgeschlossen zu sein, vor geschlossenen Räumen,
gezwungen werden,
verwickelt sein und nicht raus können. Höhenangst. Den Rest des Lebens allein
zu bleiben.
Träume: Verschleppt werden, Zugfahrten, Entführung,
Körperliche
Symptome: verfroren, Kopfschmerz und
Migräne besser durch Bandgieren mit frösteln. Reisekrankheit, Winterdepression
(Hyp. Helianthus).
Ohnmacht nach Pockenimpfung,
Neurodermitis, Hornhaut an den Fersen, verdickte Fußsohle.
Schwangerschaftserbrechen, versiegende Milch nach der Geburt,
Stillprobleme,
Schrumpfen der Brust.
Abneigung: Sahne
Verlangt: satt zu
sein/genug zu bekommen; Unverträglichkeit von Kuhmilch.
Äußerliche
Merkmale: Neigung zu Korpulenz.
Klosterfrauen.
DD.: Carb-a. Fel
tauri, Puls.
Lac delfinum Delphinmilch
„Die Gemeinschaft
gibt Schutz und erfüllt mit Lebensfreude,
Getrennt sein ist
Not“.
Beschwerden
nach: Von der Mutter benutzt werden.
Zwei Mütter haben (dazwischen stehen) .In der Gruppe sein und nicht in
Sicherheit. Schreck und Furcht,
GG:
Lebensfreudig, heiter, ausgelassen, kommunikativ; will Teil der Gruppe werden,
Zugehörigkeit
gibt Sicherheit und Selbstvertrauen.
Helfer. Jemanden
retten wollen. Lenkt sich vor drohenden Gefahren ab;
freundlich,
hellsichtig, gern in Gesellschaft ( phos, carc).
Beachtung,
Berührung bringt Gemeinschaftsgefühl. Störungen darin machen Depressiv verschlossen.
Ängste: von Familie oder Gemeinschaft
ausgeschlossen zu sein.
Furcht einer
drohenden Gefahr allein nicht gewachsen zu sein, Kontakt zu verlieren.
Vor Räubern,
Haien, Kraken, Unfällen, Menschenmenge, Platzangst.
Abneigung ins
tiefe Wasser zu tauchen.
Wahnidee: von
Schuld, verantwortlich für das Leiden (der Mutter ) anderer zu sein.
Von der Welt
getrennt, alleine zu sein, in Gefahr zu sein.
Körperliche
Symptome: wiederkehrende
Nebenhöhlenentzündung mit Schwindel, Lungenentzündung. Magenschmerz nach Essen.
Kopfschweiß.
Überempfindliches
Gehör beim Einschlafen.
Empfindlich:
gegen Chlorwasser, Hautjucken.
Verlangen: Kapern, Schokolade, Eiscreme, gebackene
Zwiebelringe, kalte Getränke.
Lac felinum
Katzenmilch
Unabhängig sein,
selbst bestimmen.
Beschwerden
nach: Vernachlässigung und Missbrauch
GG: Bindungsängste, aber auch Eifersucht.
Wollen sich selbst befreien, indem sie gegen die Norm verstoßen, unabhängig
sein wollen. Gefühl der Wertlosigkeit, krankhaft gewissenhaft.
Coole Erwachsene
und gleichzeitig Babysprache.
Ängste: In Enge zu ersticken, wenn etwas von ihnen
erwartet wird, vor dummen Fehlern in der Prüfung. Vor spitzen Gegenständen,
Entwürdigung und Beschämung. Um die Sicherheit der Familie. Verfolgt zu werden,
Furcht die Treppe herunter zu fallen (ohne Schwindel).
Träume: von
Hunden od. Ratten verfolgt zu werden, zu putzen, zu reinigen.
Zu organisieren.
Erdbeben.
Körperliche
Symptome: Kopfschmerz über der Stirn,
über linkem Auge;
Augensymptome,
lichtscheu. Haarausfall, Katzenhaarallergie, Tonisillitis, Zittern der Hände,
Empfindlichkeit der Füße, gelbliche Leukorrhoe, schmerzhafte Menses.(Lac-c.).
Schmerzen: wie zerkratzt
Empfinden: wie in Watte gepackt, sich auf Wolken zu
bewegen.
Abneigung: jede Form von Enge, Milch.
Verlangen: nach Fisch, Milch
DD.: mit Katzenbezug: Antennaria dioica,
Corlylus avellana, Teucrium marum, Valeriana offi.
Unabhängigkeit:
Medusa, Mytilus, Sep. Lapis marmoreus.
*2 Nach J.K. Müller;Wissmut
Lac equinum Pferdemilch
Konflikt zwischen
Pflichterfüllung, Verantwortung und
Drang nach
Freiheit und Selbstentfaltung.
Beschwerden
nach: Erwartungsspannung und Reisen
GG: Diszipliniert, Ehrgeiz, Perfekt,
Erfolgszwang. Gefühl seine Pflicht zu vernachlässigen
Selbstüberforderung,
aus Angst vor „Fehltritten“.
Träume: von verfolgt werden, Polizei, erotisch, von
Schwierigkeiten auf einer Reise.Von Tieren, erfolglosen Bemühungen, Kämpfen,
Töten, Zorn.
Wahnideen: alles sei schwierig, alles werde
fehlschlagen, er werde gehindert, wahnsinnig zu werden. Sitzt in der Falle.
Körperliche
Symptome: Beschwerden der Brust, herpesartige Ausschläge, Schnupfen, besser im
Freien.
Durchfall,
Blähungen, Koliken, Atemwegserkrankungen, Asthma,
Bluthochruck,
Bewegungsapparat, Knie, Achillessehne.
Verlangen: Mag weite Landschaften und das Meer, nach
Abwechselung, Bewegungsdrang.
kann weite
Strecken laufen, nach Zitronen.
Abneigung: Schokolade
Lac suinum Milch vom Hausschwein
Eingesperrt sein.
„Ich fühle mich tief verachtet und missbraucht“.
GG: Völlig zu Unrecht eingesperrt, „zur Sau gemacht“,
verurteilt sein. Missbraucht, ausgestoßen, sitzengelassen, wütend und voller
Hass, Grausamkeit, Gewalttätigkeit und Brutalität. Will aus Ohnmacht an die Macht kommen.
Zweck heiligt die Mittel. Mitleidlosigkeit und Freudlosigkeit haben das Leben
geprägt.
Rachefantasien,
(Nit-ac). Zorn gegen sich selbst. Suizid nach Liebesenttäuschung, finanziellen
Verlusten, (Aur).
Körperliche
Symptome: starker Hautbezug, Furunkel
im Genitalbereich, Akne.
Träume:
Vergewaltigung eines Kindes, grausig, Betrug und Verrat. Entdeckung von
Schätzen und Schmuck.
DD: Wildschweine greifen an, haben keine
natürlichen Feinde, hinterlassen Verwüstung.
Milch, Borste.
Sanguis suis =
Schweineblut
Fel suis = Schweinegalle
Adeps suis = Schweinespeck,
Sangulis suilar
scropha maskulinum oder femininum
Blut vom
männlichen oder weiblichen Schwein, Warzen im Gesicht.
(*2 nach K.J.
Müller, Wissmut)
Lac lupinum Wolfsmilch
„Kontakt und
Beliebtheit, den Platz in der Gruppe sichern“.
Fürchtet
Außenseiter zu sein.
Beschwerden
nach: mangelnder Wärme und
Unterstützung in der Familie, musste sich durchbeißen um zu Überleben;
GG: Selbstzweifel; Isolationsgefühl, verzweifelt, unschlüssig in seinen Handlungen; Abneigung
gegen Gesellschaft. Gelassenheit in schwierigen Situationen. Familienthemen.
Verteidigt die Seinen bis zur bedingungslosen Aufopferung, sucht Rückhalt in
der Familie/Gruppe, zäher Überlebenswille. Streitsucht, zänkisch gegenüber der
Familie. Will andere beschuldigen, zur Verantwortung ziehen. Gern im Wald
allein mit sich und den Hunden. Klare Rangordnung ist wichtig.
Ängste: vor Höhe,
vor seiner eigenen Aggression, übers Ziel hinauszuschießen.
Träume: Außenseiter
sein. Von Hunden und Wölfen, Lämmer zerreißen; von Feuer, Todes-, Gefahr, vor
drohendem Unheil. Identitätsverlust, soziale Unterlegenheit.
Körperliche
Symptome: Rissige Lippen, rotes Gesicht, Pickel am Unterkiefer; Zusammenschnürungsgefühl am Kopf,
Kopfschmerzen links, dann rechts. Schmerzen, wie wund am Zahnfleisch.
Schlechter durch kalte Getränke, reichlicher Speichelfluss, schmerzhafte
Trockenheit im Hals, Kratzen, Schmerzen abends beim Schlucken, Verbrennungen.
Beschwerden der Knie, unruhiger Schlaf.
Beschwerden nach
Hysterektomie. Unstillbarer Appetit und Durst. Krampf nach dem Essen, Magen wie
herabhängend, > liegen. Schwäche bei leichter Anstrengung, tödliche
Kraftlosigkeit,
Abneigung: gegen Unfreiheit, enge Kleidung. Winter
(Depression). Äpfel, Pfeffer, Anstrengung.
Verlangen: cremige Speisen, Fisch, Fleisch, gut
gewürzte Speisen, Wein.
DD. Traum Wölfe: Aethusa, Cola, Hura, Lac ovinum,
Leccinum versipelle, Lycopodium, Lycopus
, virginicus, Lyssinum, Secale,
(*2 nach K.J.
Müller, Wissmut)
Lac elefantis
asiatica (Indischer) Elefant
Die eigene Größe
verbergen. Hilfsbereit und nützlich sein. Auch nachtragend sein; vergessen
nicht so schnell, “Elefantengedächtnis“, nicht wirklich verzeihen können.
Lac oryctolagi cuniculi Kaninchenmilch
Schüchtern,
ängstlich, suchen sie ihren geschützten Raum.
Meiden alle
Gefahren. Enge Mutterbeziehung. Anklammern,
suchen
Zärtlichkeit. Reinlich, pingelig.
Vergleich: Pili
oryctolagi cuniculi (Kaninchenhaar) *2
Lac oviunum
Schafsmilch
Dürfen aus dem
familiär vorgegebenen Verhaltensmuster nicht ausbrechen.
„Sobald man den
eigenen Weg geht, gibt es auf die Nase“.*2
Lac phascolarctos Koalabär
Antriebsarm,
zutraulich, sich anklammern, schweigsam.
Trinken nichts.
Extrem dickes Fell. (Hautauschläge)
Essstörungen.
Bulimie, Anorexie. *2
Lac phoca vitulina
Seehund
Zerschlagenheitsgefühle,
Getrenntheitsgefühle, abgetrennt von Nahestehenden ("Heuler") - kann
die Trennung nicht überwinden.
Lac simiae
Meerkatzen-milch (Affe)
Spaßig. Lustig.
Gesellig. Unkonzentriert, gedankenlos.
Findet nicht den
richtigen Weg. Hängen sich an die Mutter.
Verletzte
Intimsphäre. Gekränkt.
Verlangen zu
Reisen. (wurden geschmuggelt).
Verlorene
Freiheit (versklavt). Arm und Einsam.
Kratzt sich am
Kopf, wund hinter den Ohren.
s.a. Lac ceropeticus
[Patricia Haetherly]
Any
discussion on "Milk" must acknowledge its role in providing inner
nourishment on a physical and psychological level. As a symbol of immortality,
it may be found in different cultures and literary traditions
(Celts/Christians/Greeks/Hindus/followers of Islam). The Israelites searched
for the
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: 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. (provings of Placenta and Lac
Maternum suggests that they are similar in many aspects 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.)
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.
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.
UNESCO
tells us that over a million babies die each year due to lack of breast milk.
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 does not affect the whey component (= 60% of the protein in mature human milk [90% of
colostrum]). This contains a wealth of components never found on the side of a
tin of formula.
Apart
from the full complement of vitamins, minerals (incl. 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 including 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/a transport and anti-infective role and 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 (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 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 (especially 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.
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"
[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 (specifically: 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.
Milk Matters
Humans
are the only mammals on the planet who habitually drink the milk of other
species.
It is
understood in veterinary circles that feeding non-species-specific milk to an
animal causes apnoeic episodes. This 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 8 months). The obesity issue is, however, complicated by the fact that
research conducted in the 70’s 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" [= cow's milk formula])
Botulism
Diarrhoea
Upper
respiratory tract infections and otitis media
Urinary
tract infections
Added 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.
[Philip
M. Bailey]
Until
quite recently remedies made from milk occupied a relatively small niche in our
materia medica, and it was only Lac caninum that was familiar to most
homeopaths.
This has
changed markedly over the past 20 years, thanks to the contributions of
homeopaths (Nancy Herrick/Rajan Sankaran), who undertook provings of animal
milks.
We now
have a whole family of remedies derived from human and animal milks, and a
growing understanding of their common and their individual qualities. It has
become clear that these remedies are very deep acting when used
constitutionally, since they address themselves to the earliest of traumas, the
failure to bond adequately with the mother at birth.
My
experience using Lac remedies has shown me that it is not the birth trauma that
produces a Lac picture constitutionally. If that were the case, we would only
need one
Lac
remedy. Rather, particular Lac remedies run in families, and are inherited
genetically. When a baby is born with a Lac constitution, it is more liable to
have trouble forming a bond with its mother for two reasons. Firstly, its
mother often has a Lac constitution, and therefore is intrinsically at a
disadvantage with regard to forming a bond with her child. And secondly, the
child itself, resonating constitutionally to a Lac frequency, is less able to
bond fully.
In some
cases both mother and child have the same Lac constitution, but the clinical
picture is mild. In other words, the mother-child bond was established
relatively normally, and the child grew up expressing the psychological and
physical profile of a Lac remedy, but in its more benign form. In other cases,
bonding was severely compromised, and in these cases the clinical pictures of
both mother and the child express the more pathological degrees of Lac
symptomatology.
Let us
now consider the general themes that are encountered in Lac remedies.
Missing
Foundation
Breast
milk is our first sustenance. It provides all the physical nourishment we
require and forms the basis for psychic bonding with our mother. This bonding
is the foundation for our psychological development as a separate being.
Through bonding to our mother we continue to be protected, as we were in the
womb. We are still one with our mother, and hence safe. Only after bonding has
successfully been established, can we begin to separate safely, to experience
ourselves as separate entities, yet connected to mother, and hence to the
world.
In Lac
cases bonding was never fully established with the mother. This missing
foundation underlies all the various dynamics that typify the Lac state.
There are
many reasons why bonding may have been unsuccessful. One common reason is that
the mother was in a Lac state, and hence was not available emotionally.
Lac
mothers very often give birth to Lac children. If the mother did not bond with
her mother, she cannot bond with her child. In such cases the mother may be
aware of a profound distance between herself and her child.
Often
love will grow in time, but the child’s psychological foundations have already
been severely affected.
There may
be various physical reasons why the mother cannot bond with the child. She may
be severely ill after giving birth, and hence not available energetically. She
may have post-natal depression. Or the child may be premature, or so delicate
that she cannot be nursed by her mother, and must lie alone in an incubator.
All these scenarios are encountered in Lac cases.
Very
often in Lac cases there is a history of separation from the mother during the
first two years of life. This can weaken an already shaky bond with the mother,
and further threaten the individual’s sense of personal security.
Equally
common is a history of difficulties in breastfeeding. It does not seem to
matter whether the difficulties appeared to come from the mother (= lack of
milk) or from the child (poor attachment to the breast).
Ambivalence
When a
baby is born, it instinctively moves towards the mother’s breast. This reaching
out towards the mother is the first movement of the child towards a specific
goal, and it lays the foundation for healthy children.
connections
with other people later in life. When this first movement is interrupted, the
individual grows up not knowing how to connect with other people.
Famous
studies of new born babies showed that when their mother did not respond to
their reaching out, they tried again and again to reach her.
After
several attempts fail to elicit a response, the baby stops reaching out, and
withdraws. This withdrawal from contact is a kind of giving up, and it is seen
in every Lac case.
Lac
individuals lack prior experience of reliable close connection. Rather, they
have the early imprint of failing to connect with mother. The initial healthy
reaching out movement toward the other was interrupted.
As a
consequence, when they are faced with the possibility of relationship later in
life, they cannot reach out and trust that the bond will be reliable. That
would only open the original wound. If they do manage to open up and form a
close bond with another, the loss of such a bond feels absolutely devastating.
It repeats the original traumatic experience after birth, of losing the mother,
who is everything.
A baby
who has no contact with another person becomes autistic.
In Lac
cases contact is there, but bonding is incomplete. The result is a person who
is constantly in a dilemma - should I try again to connect
(Gestures,
makes: grasping or reaching at something – Millenium), or should I protect
myself? This is a fundamental dynamic in Lac cases. The person feels torn
between the two movements – towards or away. Yes or No. As a result,
ambivalence is a key symptom in most Lac cases.
The
original ambivalence towards attempts at connection continues later in life,
whenever a connection to another person is considered. And this basic
ambivalence spreads out, to cover reactions toward many things. Should I move
towards Life or Death? Towards Expression or Silence? Towards Independence or
Connectedness? Towards Feeling, or Neutrality? It is the basis of the
well-known Lac tendency to feel pulled between looking after self, and
connecting to others.
Paradise
Lost
A newborn
child has just emerged from the paradise of the womb, where it felt at one with
its environment. The movement towards Mother is a movement toward safety, a
continuation of connectedness. When this is not possible, the child tries to
retreat back into the womb. It curls up and withdraws its senses. In Lac people
we see an attempt to withdraw away from life, back into the paradise of the
womb, or even the spiritual world, whence came the child’s soul.
Two
manifestations of this attempt are narcotic use, and spiritual identification.
In both cases, the individual seeks to return to a prenatal feeling of oneness.
Most Lac
cases are not addicted to narcotics. The spiritual realm is more often chosen
as a haven from the cold isolation felt in this world. Most Lac individuals are
spiritual people, in both senses of the word. They have some experience of
higher states of consciousness, and they identify with philosophies which
emphasize spiritual realities.
Frequently,
they identify with New Age philosophy, a kind of user friendly religion, which
emphasizes that you are Spirit, and all things are possible. In so doing, the
Lac individual maintains the split that occurred at birth, between Heaven and
Earth. In effect, she says ‘No thanks’ to life on Earth. Many individuals who
responded deeply to a Lac remedy have commented, ‘I never really fully
committed to being here on Earth.’
This
denial of Earth-based reality is common in Lac cases. They appear as
‘space-cadets,’ more interested in your Sun-sign than in a real connection;
more keen to heal the planet’s Heart chakra, than to connect with their own
injured feelings. And their original retreat to a prior paradise was a
desperate one, hence this desperation can be seen in the zealous manner in
which Lac individuals express their spirituality. If you affirm their
attachment to Spirit, they can feel secure. If you do not, they begin to doubt
it, and then they may have to feel the terrible loneliness of the newborn
child, disconnected from its mother. Repeating the mantra, ‘I am surrounded by
white light’ is a poor substitute for early maternal bonding.
Alone
and Co-dependent
Having
failed to bond completely with Mother, the Lac child feels very alone, and this
feeling never leaves her. She will feel alone for the rest of her life, unless
she experiences profound healing. Even if she is in a long-term, committed
relationship, she is liable to feel alone, and most Lac individuals find it
hard to maintain such relationships.
Lac cases
often report that they feel cut off from the world, alone and unsupported. (Lac
clients very often use the word ‘unsupported’ in their histories).
Just as
the newborn defended itself by withdrawing, so the Lac individual tends to
isolate himself, not daring to feel the devastation of further failures at
reaching out.
Like
Natrium, he becomes good at caring for others, whilst being unable to care for
himself.
The Lac
child cannot bear to simply lose the mother. Instead, he seeks to win her love.
Lac cases
typically report that they tried as children to please their mother, and as
adults they continue to try. They were ‘good’ children, just like Nat-m.,
helpful and responsible. Very often they were the eldest child, helping mother
by shouldering some of her responsibilities towards the other children. They
thus became like little
adults.
Later, they continue to take responsibility for other people, and feel guilty
when they don’t.
In this
sense Lac cases have unclear boundaries.
Mother-Child
There is
a mother – child dynamic that is very typical in Lac cases. The patient says
that as a child they looked after their mother.
In other
words, the roles were reversed. I have had Lac children complain to me that
their mother behaves like a child. They were referring to the mother’s
dependency, and her emotional immaturity.
Lac
constitutions, like other constitutions, run in families. Very often the mother
and the child both respond to the same Lac remedy. In such cases it is common
for the mother to use emotional blackmail to maintain the care she gets from
her child. She may say, ‘You are killing me’ when the daughter comes home late
from a night out, and the daughter, who has grown up hearing how much her
mother has sacrificed for her, feels very guilty. Here both mother and daughter
are acting out Lac programmes.
The
daughter is looking after her mother, in order to win her love. The mother uses
her daughter for support, since she feels so alone and unsupported. During
consultations Lac mothers will often bring a child in for support. Even though
the child is only ten years old, he will correct his mother’s mistakes, point
out symptoms his mother has forgotten, and hug his mother when she cries. The
mother appears to have no idea that this relationship is inappropriate. This
dynamic is especially seen in one-parent families, which are surprisingly
common when the mother is a Lac individual.
As the
Lac child of a Lac mother grows up, he begins to resent the manipulation that
he senses his mother is using. He is used as a confidant and partner by his
mother, and this puts enormous pressure on him. By the time he is a teenager,
he is liable to have developed a lot of anger towards his mother, an anger that
usually survives well into adulthood. When a case revolves around anger towards
the mother, a Lac remedy is often indicated. With regard to Lac mothers, two
very different dynamics are typically seen. One is the mother who could not
bond with her child, and remains detached. She may do her best to be a good
mother, but she knows she does not feel the closeness
to her
child that she should. She may favour another child, or even be actively unkind
toward the child she could not bond with. In the latter case, it is as if she
took out
on the
child all the anger she felt when she, as a child, was rejected by her mother.
The other
common Lac dynamic is the Lac mother who is totally dependent upon her child
for love and emotional security. Since she could not find it from her mother,
she seeks it in her child. Here is a being who needs her so much that she can
rely on the connection.
In these
cases the roles are reversed, and the child grows up looking after the mother.
(In practice, we also see a mixed picture, where the mother is cool to the
child, yet still manages to rely on the child and be looked after by her).
Mother
and child themes run through Lac cases in many ways.
A Lac
patient will often dream of children in danger, and sometimes of saving such
children.
In life
many Lac people are staunch advocates for mothers and children, often in
professional roles. This advocacy is seen especially often in Lac humanum
cases.
Where
is the Man?
Single-parent
families are extraordinarily common in Lac households. The majority of the Lac
mothers I have treated were single mothers.
I have
wondered why this is so, and come to the following hypotheses.
~ The Lac
woman does not trust love. In a relationship with a man this mistrust has the
effect of pushing the man away. Subconsciously, the Lac mother feels safe
with her
children, but not with her husband.
~ The Lac
mother develops such a dependency on her child that she excludes her partner.
This can contribute to a relationship break-up.
~ Lac
people tend to be co-dependent. Thus a Lac woman may attract a man who needs looking
after, become pregnant, and then realize she cannot be a mother to the
man as
well as the child.
~ Lac
women are less likely than most to be willing to have an abortion after an
unplanned pregnancy. This may be in part due to emotional sensitivity, and also
the fact
that they
may have dreamt of the close contact they would enjoy with their child.
Even when
the Lac mother stays with her partner, there is a tendency for her to push him
out of the picture.
Lac
clients often report that their father was in the background and the mother was
dominant at home. Sometimes the Lac mother is so dependent upon her child for
emotional
support that she breast-feeds until the child is three or four, and keeps her
in the bed with her at night. This has the effect of pushing the father away.
He cannot
compete with this intense mother-child bond, and so he withdraws. The Lac child
grows up feeling that her father in ineffectual, and later she tends to see
all men
in this light.
When the
Lac child grows up without the strong presence of a father, she tends to
identify with her mother. This often involves taking on her mother’s resentment
towards men. But where does this resentment come from? Again, there are several
possible origins.
~ The
mother resents her own father, because he did not protect her from her needy
mother.
~ The
mother resents her husband, because she feels unsupported by him.
~ A man
or men have actively been cruel to her.
Whatever
the dynamics, many Lac women are distrustful of men, and some are overtly
hostile. The hostility expressed towards men in the past by aspects of the
Feminist movement can be due, to some extent, to this hostility that many Lac
women feel (often unconsciously) towards men.
Lac women
have a strong tendency to advocate for the right so f women and children, and
this has led to many of them being involved previously in the Feminist
movement.
Victim-Consciousness
In my
experience, the single most characteristic feature of most Lac cases is the way
they feel that they are a victim. They tend to express helplessness, and to
complain about how unfairly others have treated them. Indeed, they express a
lot of indignation about this. As long as they remain caught in this
victim-consciousness, they are
unable to
move forward in life. Taking the correct Lac remedy can often do a lot to break
this tendency. Victim-consciousness is a defence mechanism which the
Lac
individual uses to avoid feeling his own feelings of hurt and helplessness.
When the small child feels rejected by his mother, there is a tendency for him
to blame himself. Low self-esteem and self-criticism are features common to all
Lac remedies. In order to protect himself, he turns the blame onto his mother,
and becomes her victim. This first defence is repeated with other people later
on, becoming a pattern. Whenever the Lac person feels rejected, he reacts with
anger and indignation, and with blame. This is less painful than feeling the
hurt which lies beneath.
Lac cases
actually use the word ‘victim’ frequently during the consultation. They may be
referring to themselves, but just as often they project victimhood onto others.
One woman
who responded well to Lac felinum, referred to her partner as a victim, and
said he was like a starving man at a banquet, who could not see the food in
front
of him.
She was describing herself precisely. Another word which Lac cases use over and
over is ‘ Abuse’. It matters not whether actual abuse occurred, or how serious
it
was. It
is the frequency of use of the word which stands out in Lac cases, irrespective
of the facts.
Lac
people feel that they have been abused, because they did not feel protected by
their mother. Of course, when the mother-child bond is weak, actual abuse is
more likely
to
happen. It is very common for Lac individuals to say that they were their
mother’s scapegoat or whipping boy and in some cases this appears to be true.
Unsupported
Equally
common is the complaint from a Lac individual that they have no support. They feel
unsupported by their parents, unsupported by their friends, unsupported by
their work colleagues. Sometimes this is true, because Lac people, by pulling
away from others, cut off their own support systems.
One
highly characteristic feature of Lac cases is the way they cut themselves off
from their own family of origin. So often they refuse to have contact, citing
terrible treatment they have received from the whole family. This is usually
more about the perception of the Lac individual. She does not trust love, and
will push it away rather
than risk
being hurt again. After taking a Lac remedy, many people re-establish contact
with their family, and no longer have to be on guard to make sure they are not
emotionally abused.
Community
Awareness and Advocacy
Every
wound has within it the seeds of its own healing. In Lac cases, the wound of
abandonment leads the Lac individual to seek connection with the community as a
whole. Unable to nurture herself with one-to-one contacts, she develops an
interest in community affairs, and will often find a job working for community
organizations.
In fact,
she is often enthusiastic about community to the point of being zealous. The
community replaces her own family, and her fierce dedication to community
reflects how much she needs this connection. In Lac consultations the word
‘community’ is often spoken many times by the client.
Community
involvement offers the Lac individual two means of overcoming his sense of
isolation. Firstly, by helping the community he feels more worthy, and also
more needed. And secondly, by living in close interaction with the local
community, he no longer feels so alone. Part of Lac’s attraction to community
work is his need to help
others.
This is a key-note feature of Lac cases. They offer the support that they
themselves wish to receive. For the Lac individual, the community takes the
place of the family, just as God or Spirit may take the place of father.
The need
to help is accompanied in Lac cases by a strong aversion to injustice. Thus many
Lac individuals become advocates, particularly for women and children. I have
been struck by the fact that it is only my Lac clients that use the word
‘advocate’ in consultations. They identify strongly with the role. The Lac
person’s work with community, and her strong sense of injustice, usually
reflect a left-wing political bias. However Lac is generally more interested in
community and in spirituality than in politics.
Rebel
with a Cause
One of
Lac’s primary defences is to rebel. The newborn’s move away from his mother,
when he has not been taken in, is the first ‘No,’ and it is followed by many
more. Mother is not only the original source of nourishment. She is also the
first authority. The child’s withdrawal is not only a protection, but also the
beginning of a kind
of
rebellion. Later on, he will feel the need to rebel against authority,
particularly when that authority is seen as uncaring. This combination of
rebellion and sensitivity to injustice
often results in the Lac person become an activist. The intensity of the Lac
activist’s commitment to the cause is directly proportional to his own sense of
indignation at being abandoned.
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