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Lac caninum
Year 2026, Issue 3, Article 2CaseAuthor: Tomas Vyboch
Boy, 17 years old.He has a difficult relationship with his mother, who often puts him down, criticizes, and controls him. Since he was about 10, she has been calling him fat or stupid, or mocking the way he dresses. When he tries to talk to her or make peace, she refuses to listen and makes him feel guilty or weak. Recently, she screamed that he was useless and a mistake, yelling at him for an hour while he silently listened.
She has also hurt him physically — beating him with a small metal rod for bad grades and once trying to hit him with a bat.
He feels deeply wronged, inferior, and full of self-criticism. He says he is losing all love for her and feels hatred. He believes she wants power and control over his life. He feels emotionally empty, unable to enjoy things as before, and sees himself as mentally and physically weaker.
When she attacks him, he usually stays quiet and respectful, though it hurts him deeply. Inside, he struggles with guilt and self-doubt, wanting to find inner peace and joy again.
He no longer feels emotions, doesn’t communicate with people the way he used to, and has lost his sense of purpose. It’s hard for him to have fun. Even when he manages to, it lasts about 40 minutes — then for hours he feels nothing, or he sinks into depression.
He often experiences unusual sensations when falling asleep: as he lies in bed, he feels very light, as if he’s floating higher and higher. He can still feel and control his body, but it seems as if his soul is far away.
He describes himself as someone who often tries to see things from another person’s point of view — how that person feels. He gives all his attention to others, trying to see what they see and understand why they act as they do. When conflicts arise with his girlfriend or friends, he completely stops focusing on himself and tries to look at things through their eyes, striving to understand them as deeply as possible.
He rates the quality of his life at 30 percent.AnalysisAnimal kingdom: In his statements, he mainly talks about what his mother does to him. Another argument pointing to the animal kingdom is his comparison with his friends:
His mother often puts herself above him and puts him down. She tries to have power over him, control over his life. He feels on a lower level. He feels weaker and dumber, both physically and mentally.
Carbon series: Extreme self-criticism He feels less than others Conflict with the mother
Lanthanide:
He tries to see things from another person’s point of view. He tries to see what others see, to understand why they act as they do. He is interested in psychology.
The combination of the Animal kingdom + Carbon series + Lanthanides always leads me to the mammals.
Lac caninum In mammal cases, there is often a theme of guilt, and here it is very prominent. The boy is very subordinate to his mother. He tries to please her in order to avoid conflict and does not dare to express his own personality. But inside, there is deep anger. He is very pleasing toward the friends. In my experience, the pleasing quality is most prominent in Lac caninum from the mammals. Pleasing points to phase 3. We see a lot of vertigo in Lac caninum, therefore we can assume there is a phase 3 quality in this remedy. ReactionAfter four weeks, his depression was gone. He felt positive, had more friends, and no longer judged others. He said this was the best period of his life. He no longer felt such negativity toward his mother. His girlfriend told him that he had completely changed. He no longer felt low self-esteem. His quality of life increased to 87 percent. After few months he feels still good.
She has also hurt him physically — beating him with a small metal rod for bad grades and once trying to hit him with a bat.
He feels deeply wronged, inferior, and full of self-criticism. He says he is losing all love for her and feels hatred. He believes she wants power and control over his life. He feels emotionally empty, unable to enjoy things as before, and sees himself as mentally and physically weaker.
When she attacks him, he usually stays quiet and respectful, though it hurts him deeply. Inside, he struggles with guilt and self-doubt, wanting to find inner peace and joy again.
He no longer feels emotions, doesn’t communicate with people the way he used to, and has lost his sense of purpose. It’s hard for him to have fun. Even when he manages to, it lasts about 40 minutes — then for hours he feels nothing, or he sinks into depression.
He often experiences unusual sensations when falling asleep: as he lies in bed, he feels very light, as if he’s floating higher and higher. He can still feel and control his body, but it seems as if his soul is far away.
He describes himself as someone who often tries to see things from another person’s point of view — how that person feels. He gives all his attention to others, trying to see what they see and understand why they act as they do. When conflicts arise with his girlfriend or friends, he completely stops focusing on himself and tries to look at things through their eyes, striving to understand them as deeply as possible.
He rates the quality of his life at 30 percent.AnalysisAnimal kingdom: In his statements, he mainly talks about what his mother does to him. Another argument pointing to the animal kingdom is his comparison with his friends:
His mother often puts herself above him and puts him down. She tries to have power over him, control over his life. He feels on a lower level. He feels weaker and dumber, both physically and mentally.
Carbon series: Extreme self-criticism He feels less than others Conflict with the mother
Lanthanide:
He tries to see things from another person’s point of view. He tries to see what others see, to understand why they act as they do. He is interested in psychology.
The combination of the Animal kingdom + Carbon series + Lanthanides always leads me to the mammals.
Lac caninum In mammal cases, there is often a theme of guilt, and here it is very prominent. The boy is very subordinate to his mother. He tries to please her in order to avoid conflict and does not dare to express his own personality. But inside, there is deep anger. He is very pleasing toward the friends. In my experience, the pleasing quality is most prominent in Lac caninum from the mammals. Pleasing points to phase 3. We see a lot of vertigo in Lac caninum, therefore we can assume there is a phase 3 quality in this remedy. ReactionAfter four weeks, his depression was gone. He felt positive, had more friends, and no longer judged others. He said this was the best period of his life. He no longer felt such negativity toward his mother. His girlfriend told him that he had completely changed. He no longer felt low self-esteem. His quality of life increased to 87 percent. After few months he feels still good.