Educational information, not medical advice — ask your doctor or midwife.
Lacerta agilis is a homeopathy remedy. It is a single remedy, not a blend. It is made from the sand lizard, a small lizard found across Europe.
The Latin name is Lacerta agilis. Shops also sell it as green lizard or sand lizard.
The lizard is soaked in alcohol. That liquid is then watered down over and over, with hard shaking at each step. At 30C, no lizard is left in the pill.
Old homeopathy books list it for skin sores, warts and swollen glands. These uses come from tradition, not from tests.
No human trial shows that it beats a dummy pill. Long use in a tradition is not proof that a thing works. Use it beside proper care, never in place of it.
No one has shown how it could work. Homeopathy holds that a tiny dose treats what a big dose causes. The mix is watered down step by step.
Makers say the water holds a trace or imprint of the source. Chemistry gives no support for that idea. At 30C, not one atom of lizard is likely left.
So any change you feel is most likely a placebo effect. That means you feel better because you took something and hoped it would help. Time, rest and normal healing may also play a part.
Most shops sell small sugar pills. You may also find liquid drops.
Common strengths are 6C, 30C and 200C. A higher number means more watering down, not more power.
Some brands sell 6X or 12X. The X forms are watered down in steps of ten. The C forms go in steps of a hundred.
The sand lizard is a minor remedy in homeopathy. Short entries for it show up in drug guides from the 1800s.
Homeopathy began in Germany in the late 1700s with Samuel Hahnemann. Animal remedies came in soon after.
Lacerta agilis was never a main remedy. Few homeopaths reach for it today, and its written record is thin.
See a doctor if a sore has not healed in two weeks, or if it smells bad, weeps or spreads. Go the same day if the skin is hot, red and swollen, or if you have a fever or chills. Book a check if a lump or gland stays swollen for more than two weeks, or if you lose weight without trying. Get help at once for a snake bite, a bad rash with breathing trouble, or a swollen face, lips or tongue.
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The published evidence for Lacerta agilis is weak or absent. That usually means no controlled trial has tested it, not that a trial found it ineffective — the two are different, and we grade only what has been published.
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