Lycopodium Clavatum: Complete Homeopathic Remedy for Gas, Liver Disorders & Right-Sided Complaints

• Common Name: Club Moss
• Family: Lycopodiaceae
• Source: Dried spores of the plant
• Miasm: Psoro-syphilitic
• Thermal: Chilly patient
• Preparation: Trituration of dried spores

Sphere of Action

Acts on the digestive system, urinary system, hepatic system, nervous system, and skin. Deep acting and chronic remedy.

Key Clinical Indications

Gastrointestinal

• Flatulence and bloating especially < after eating
• Cannot bear pressure of clothing around abdomen
• Hungry but fills up quickly (a few mouthfuls satisfy)
• Sour eructations, incomplete stools
• Constipation with ineffectual urging

Liver & Abdomen

• Liver disorders with fullness and stitching pain
• Right-sided abdominal complaints
• Colic relieved by passing flatus

Respiratory

• Dry tickling cough < 4-8 PM, lying down
• Dyspnoea, worse from exertion
• Right lung more affected

Mind

• Lack of confidence, yet ambitious
• Timid, anxious before exams, stage fear
• Irritable and dictatorial at home
• Memory weak, forgets words or names

Urinary

• Red sand or brick-dust in urine (uric acid)
• Renal colic, especially right-sided
• Retention or frequent urging with small quantities

General / Sexual / Skin

• One foot cold, the other hot
• Impotency with sexual desire
• Skin: Eczema, cracks in folds, slow healing wounds
• Premature greying of hair

Keynote Symptoms

• Complaints go from right to left
• Worse from 4–8 PM
• Hungry yet eats little
• Flatulence, bloating, red sand in urine
• Timid yet bossy
• Child cries before urinating

Modalities

Worse From	Better From
4-8 PM; cold drinks; eating even little food	Warm food/drinks; after passing gas/stools

Potency & Dosage

• Chronic: 30C to 1M
• Acute: 6C to 30C
• Use higher potencies for deep-seated mental/emotional symptoms

Relationships

Complementary	Similar To	Antidotes
Calcarea carb, Sepia	Nux vomica, Sulphur, Nat mur	Camphora, Pulsatilla

Mnemonic for Lycopodium

“LYCO” = Liver, Yawning (flatulence), Coward outside, Overbearing at home

• L: Liver and digestion issues
• Y: Yawning / bloating / flatus
• C: Cowardly outside
• O: Overbearing and irritable at home

One-Line Summary

Lycopodium is a deep-acting right-sided remedy for gastric, urinary, and mental-emotional complaints with marked flatulence, low self-confidence, and evening aggravation.