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Lilium tigrinum

(Lilium tigrinum · Tiger lily)

A remedy of hurried, unsettled energy. In the materia medica, Lilium tigrinum is associated with a strong bearing-down feeling in the pelvis, low spirits with weeping, and an aimless need to keep busy.

Hormones | Stress & anxiety | Grief & emotions

Source

The fresh tiger lily plant, an orange-flowered Asian lily

Kingdom

Plant

Abbreviation

Lil-t.

Home acute kit

Usually prescribed by a homeopath

The classic picture

(a remedy is chosen when the whole picture fits the person, not from a single symptom)

Hurried and restless yet aimless; must keep busy

Low and tearful, anxious that her symptoms mean something serious, and worse for consolation

A bearing-down feeling in the pelvis, as if everything would push out, better for supporting it

Fluttering or a gripping sensation in the chest, and feels faint in a warm room

Tends to feel better

Fresh air

Walking in the open air

Keeping busy

Tends to feel worse

Consolation

Warm rooms

Standing

How it compares

(remedies that are often confused with Lilium tigrinum)

  • Sepia

    (Sepia officinalis)

    Both share the bearing-down feeling; Sepia is drained and withdrawn, Lilium tigrinum agitated, hurried and driven.

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  • Lac caninum

    (Lac caninum)

    Both describe a sense that pelvic organs would push out; Lac caninum’s symptoms famously alternate from side to side.

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  • Argentum nitricum

    (Argentum nitricum)

    Both hurried and anxious; Argentum nitricum’s hurry comes from anticipation, Lilium tigrinum’s from restless inner turmoil.

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Side-by-side comparisons

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From the classic texts

“Profound depression of spirits. Constant inclination to weep. Anxious; fears some organic and incurable disease. … Aimless, hurried manner; must keep busy.”

William Boericke, Pocket Manual of Homoeopathic Materia Medica (1901)

“Desire to do something, hurried manner, yet has no ambition; aimless, hurried motion (Arg. n.).”

Henry C. Allen, Keynotes and Characteristics (1898)

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