LATRODECTUS MACTANS [Lat. m.]
LATRODECTUS MACTANS uses / Latrodectus uses [Lat. m. uses]
Note: Wherever it is found, "<" denotes aggravation (worse by), ">" denotes amelioration (better by), "<->" denotes alternation (alternates with) and A/F is an abbreviation of, "Ailments from"
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Angina pectoris.
Lowered coagulability.
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COMMON NAME
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Spider.
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FAMILY
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Arachnida
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PREPARATION
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Tincture of living spider.
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MODALITIES
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Least motion, even of hands |
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MIND
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Shrieking, screaming, shouting from anguish. |
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Thoughts of death, sensation of death, agony before death. |
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Oversensitiveness to noise, to pain. |
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Anxiety in chest, in cardiac region. |
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Agony before death, sensation of dying. |
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GUIDING INDICATIONS
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Restless with cardiac pains and prostrated. |
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Lowered coagulability. Blood - thin, watery. |
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Head - Headache occipital. Pain in neck to back of head. |
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C.V.S. - Violent praecordial pain radiating to axilla and down the arm, forearm, fingers, with numbness of extremity. |
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Precordial region seems to be centre of attack. |
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Constriction of chest muscles with radiation to shoulders and back. |
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Extreme apnoea. Gasping respiration, fears losing breath. |
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Crampy pain from chest to abdomen. |
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G.I.T. - Nausea then abdominal pains. |
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Transfixation of pain or sinking at epigastrium. |
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Extremities - Weakness of legs, followed by cramps in abdominal muscles. |
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Paraesthesia of lower limbs. |
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Pain in left arm, feels paralyzed. |
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NUCLEUS OF REMEDY
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A picture of angina pectoris is presented by action of drug. |
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Praecordial region is the centre of attack. |
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Tetanic effects lasting for several days. |
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CONFIRMATORY SYMPTOMS
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- Violent cardiac pains, extending to both arms, down to fingers, with numbness of extremity.
- Restlessness with cardiac pain.
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CLINICAL
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REMEDY RELATIONSHIPS
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Compare: Cact, Cimic, Helo, Kalm, Lach, Lat-k, Lycps, Sanguis, Spig
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