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Note: Wherever it is found,
"<" denotes aggravation (worse by) and ">" denotes
amelioration (better by) |
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COMMON NAME |
: | Coral
Snake |
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FAMILY |
: | Elapidae.
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Ailments from |
: | -Anticipation,
fore-boding, presentiment. |
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MODALITIES |
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Approach of storms < Night < Cold drinks/food/air < In room < Dampness < Touch < Warmth of bed < Fruits > Rest > Walking |
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MIND |
: | -Desire
for company, as if something horrible might
happen. -Dreads to be left alone, chattering of teeth and trembling. -Shuddering from least contradiction and pricking. -FEAR OF RAIN. -apoplexy. -Absorbed, buried in thoughts in daytime, DAYDREAMING. -Aversion to company, avoids sight of people, wants to get into country, away from people. -Playful, desire to play in grass. -Desire to travel. -Desire to strike. -Feels she must shriek. -Can speak, but cannot understand speech. -Angry about oneself, doesn't wish to be spoken to. -HYSTERIA BEFORE MENSES. -Taciturn during menses. -Sadness in wet weather. -Depressed, imagines she hears someone talking. -Delusion is -being beaten -falling forward -being injured. -Suspicious, intense, haughty. |
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GUIDING INDICATIONS |
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-BLACK DISCHARGES, especially blood. -RIGHT SIDED PARALYSIS, Right side feels weak, insensible or paralyzed. -Sensation of a heavy load or weight on the affected part. -Ears-Cerumen BLACK, hard. -Difficult hearing. -Serous, GREENISH DISCHARGE, offensive, buzzing and illusion of hearing. -Nose-CHRONIC NASAL CATARRH OF FOETID ODOR and GREENISH CRUSTS. -Nostrils stopped up. -G.I.T.-Spasmodic contradiction of oesophagus. Food and liquids are suddenly arrested and then fall heavily into the stomach. -Desire for sweetened buttermilk, ICE, MILK, SWEETS, WHIPPED CREAM, salads, oranges, yoghurt. -Aversion to MEAT, bananas. -COLD FEELING IN STOMACH, fruits and ice water lie very cold. -Pain in abdomen > lying on abdomen < sitting > while walking. -Sensation as if food turned like a corkscrew on swallowing, or as if the intestines were twisted by a cord and string together in a knot. -Hematemesis of black blood. -Respiratory system-Cough and terrible pain through lung (right lung) with expectoration of black blood. Haemoptysis. -Haemorrhage from lungs as black as ink, and watery stitches in apex of right lung. -COLDNESS IN CHEST AFTER DRINKING. -Sensation in chest and at sternum as if the pleurae were pulled off and the lungs violently drawn apart [Clarke]. -C.V.S.-Angina pectoris. -Female genitalia-Sensation as if something burst in the womb, then continuous stream of dark coloured blood > when urinating. -Extremities-Peeling of skin of palms and finger-tips. -Icy cold feet. -Skin-Cold perspiration all over the body. |
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KEYNOTES |
: | -Fear
of rain. -Hysteria before menses. -Coldness in chest after drinking. |
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CONFIRMATORY SYMPTOMS |
: | -Fear
of rain. -Black discharges, especially blood. -Right sided paralysis, right side feels weak, insensible or paralyzed. -Sensation of internal coldness in chest, stomach < after cold drinks. -Cold things disagree. -Craving for sweetened butter milk. |
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NUCLEUS OF REMEDY |
: | -Disorganization
of blood with black haemorrhagic
discharge. -Spasmodic states - sudden constriction of oesophagus and stomach, followed by paresis. |
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CLINICAL |
: | -Angina,
Dysmenorrhoea, Oesophageal spasm,
Haemorrhage, Peptic ulcer, Sinusitis. |
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REMEDY RELATIONSHIPS |
: | -Compare-Lach.
-Antidoted by-Ars, Cedron, alcohol, radiated heat. |