Aranea Diadema

▲   GENERAL

General

All spider poisons powerfully affect the nervous system ( See Tarentula Hispanica ^Tarantula, Mygale Lasiodora ^Mygale, etc.)

All symptoms of Aranea are characterized by Periodicity, and coldness, and great susceptibility to dampness. It is the remedy for the constitution favorable to malarial poisoning, where every damp day or place favors chilliness. Patient feels cold to the very bones. Coldness not relieved by anything. Feeling as if parts were enlarged and heavier. Wake up at night with hands feeling twice their natural size. Spleen swollen. Hydrogenoid Constitution, i.e., Abnormal sensitiveness to damp and cold, inability to live near fresh water, lakes, rivers, etc., or in damp, chilly places ( Nat-sulph. Thuja ^Thuja)

▲   MODALITIES ETC

Worse

WORSE, damp weather, late in afternoon, and at midnight.

Better

BETTER, smoking tobacco.

▲   RELATIONSHIPS

Relations

Tela aranearum - Spider’s web. - (Cardiac sleeplessness, increased muscular energy. Excitement and nervous agitation in febrile states. Dry asthma, harassing coughs; periodic headaches with Extreme nervous erethism. obstinate intermittents. Acts immediately on arterial system, pulse full, strong, compressible. Lowers pulse rate frequency. Masked periodical diseases, hectic, broken down patients. Symptoms come on Suddenly with cool, CLAMMY skin. Numbness of hands and legs when at rest. Continued chilliness.

Aranea Scinencia - Grey Spider - (constant twitching of under eyelids. Sleepiness. Worse in warm room.)

▲   MIND

Mind

Desires, wants; death

Emotions, feelings, attitude, disposition

irritability; during period

morose

unhappy; sadness, mental depression

Intellectual faculties

impaired thinking; confusion

impaired thinking; confusion; evening

impaired thinking; confusion; after eating

impaired thinking; confusion; from mental exertion

▲   VERTIGO, DIZZINESS

Vertigo

After eating

Must lie down

▲   HEAD

Head

Confusion; Better by smoking in open air

Heat and flickering in eyes; worse in damp weather

Hot; on writing

Headache

Pain in right trifacial nerve from periphery inwards

Sudden violent pain in teeth at night immediately after lying down.

Pain, headache

air; open (see walking in open air)

from exertion; mental exertion

with high or low temperature; headache during the chill

while leaning against something

from noises; people talking

recurring headache

pressure

while talking

from smoking tobacco

walking; while walking

walking; in open air

from writing

extending to other parts; face

in forehead

evening

eating

while writing

temples; evening

temples; after eating

temples and forehead

pulling

extending to other parts; face

pressing (see bursting, pulling)

▲   EYES

Eyes

Eye feels hot

Pain

burning, smarting, gnawing, biting

burning, smarting, gnawing, biting; during headache

stitching, sudden, sharp

Quivering

Vision

Flickering

before headache

while reading

while writing

Foggy

Glittering

objects

while reading

▲   EARS

Ear

Pain

afternoon

pinching in

afternoon

pressing

twinging

afternoon

▲   FACE

Face

Heat

burning

with headache

Lips; discoloration; pale

Pain

night

parotid gland (gland in front and below ear lobe)

burning (see heat)

pinching; in parotid gland (gland in front and below ear lobe)

Skin; discoloration; bluish; circles around eyes

Swelling; sensation of swelling

▲   NOSE

Nose

Nose bleed

Discharge

Running or blocked nose (coryza)

periodical attacks (see also annual); alternate days

▲   MOUTH

Gums and teeth

Teeth

coldness

pain

evening; in bed

night

night; when lying down

damp weather

while lying down

immediately after lying down

periodical

smoking tobacco

pinching

pressing

pressing; upper teeth

sensitive, tender; to air

Tongue

Pain; stitching, sudden, sharp; tongue

Taste

Taste

bad; after milk

bitter

after smoking

nauseous

offensive; after milk

▲   CHEST

Chest

Pain in intercostal nerve from nerve endings to spine

Bright red hemorrhage from lungs ( Millefol.; Ferrum Met ^Ferr)

Phosphorus ^Phos.)

Lungs; haemorrhage (see expectoration)

Oppressed feeling; after eating

▲   EXPECTORATION

Expectoration

Bloody, spitting of blood (see chest haemorrhage)

Mucous

morning

▲   SKIN

Skin

Like insects crawling on skin

Out-breaks on skin

pimples

tubercles (nodules, knob-like lumps)

▲   BACK AND NECK

Back

Pain

before chill

rising from sitting

spine

▲   ABDOMEN

Abdomen

Stomach; Cramps after eating a little; epigastrium painful to pressure.

Enlarged spleen

Colic returns same hours

Heaviness in lower abdomen, as of a stone

Diarrhoea

Arms and legs feel as if asleep.

Enlarged; spleen

Sensation of fullness; behind lower ribs

Heaviness; lower part of abdomen

Noises from abdomen; rumbling; fermentation

Pain

evening

during chill

during diarrhoea (colic)

periodical; every day

during stool

cramping, griping

afternoon; 5 p.m.

pressing; lower part of abdomen

Swelling; spleen; after poisoning by quinine

Bladder

urging to urinate (unhealthy desire); constant

urging to urinate (unhealthy desire); frequent (see urination, frequent)

urging to urinate (unhealthy desire); ineffectual

urination; delayed, difficult; must wait for urine to start

Kidneys

pain; comes on suddenly

suppression of urine

Stomach

appetite; reduced

emptiness, weak feeling, faintness, hungry feeling

pain; cramping, griping, constricting

pain; cutting; intermittent fever

thirst; during chill

thirst; with the pains

Nausea

nausea

after eating

Vomiting

vomiting

after chill

liquids

▲   RECTUM, ANUS, STOOL

Rectum

Diarrhoea

night; 2 a.m.

Pain; perineum (between rectum and genitals); needing to urinate

Stool

Forcible, sudden, gushing

Thin, liquid

▲   GENITALS ETC

Urethra

Urethra (urinary part of genitals); pain; while urinating

Male

Male; pain; penis; head (glans); on urging to urinate

Female

Female; vaginal discharge; ropy, stringy, clinging

Genitals

Distention of abdomen

Lumbo-abdominal neuralgia.

Female

metrorrhagia (non-menstrual bleeding)

metrorrhagia (non-menstrual bleeding); bright red

Menses

Menses too early, too copious

period; bright-red

period; copious

period; frequent

period; irregular

period; protracted

▲   EXTREMITIES, LIMBS

Extremities, limbs

Bone-pains in extremities

Pain in Os calcis

sensation of swelling, and of parts going to sleep.

Coldness; lower limbs; foot; while walking

Sensation of enlargement; hands

Heaviness

forearm

forearm; on waking

lower limbs

periodical

thigh

foot

Movements and positions

convulsion

jerking; upper limbs

trembling; upper arm

Numbness (see tingling); upper limbs

upper limbs

with colic

fingers; third finger

fingers; fourth finger

leg

Pain

during chill

joints

upper limbs; night

upper limbs; extending to other parts; downward

upper arm

lower limbs; bones

foot; heel

aching; during chill

boring; upper limbs

morning

boring; lower limbs

boring; leg

morning

boring; foot; heel

continued movement

Skin

discoloration; hand; yellow; dark

itching; like insects crawling on skin; fingers; third

itching; like insects crawling on skin; fingers; fourth

out-break on skin; upper arm; blisters

out-break on skin; elbow; like nettle rash

out-break on skin; hand; blisters

ulcers; foot; heel

left

Stiffness

Swollen

upper limbs

upper limbs; night

upper arm

forearm

hand

night

feels swollen, but not visible

knee; purple

▲   FEVER AND CHILL

Fever and chill

Coldness, with pain in long bones, and feeling of stone in abdomen at the same hour daily

Chilly day and night; always worse during rain.

Evening

Bathing (see water); in cold water

Chilliness (see also whole body; temperature)

Cold damp weather

On a cold day in summer

From environment

during rains

sleeping in damp rooms

from becoming wet

After exposure

External

Without subsequent heat

With pain

Periodic, recurring

recurring daily

recurring every third day

regular and distinct intervals

clock-like regularity

With fever, but chill predominating

long lasting chill

without heat, sweat or thirst

the attack consists only of chill

Shaking, shivering, rigors

without subsequent heat

or sweat

long-lasting (see succession of stages, fever)

not relieved by anything

without heat or sweat

without subsequent heat

24 hours, without heat, sweat or thirst

Violent chill; without subsequent heat

In warmth; in warm room; not relieved in warm room, nor by a warm heater

Desire for warmth, which does not relieve

From getting wet

Evening

Heat absent

Comes on suddenly; irregular; one stage missing

No perspiration

Stages of chill, heat and sweat; chill followed by heat

▲   INJURIES AND ACCIDENTS

Injuries and accidents

Wounds; bleeding freely

▲   GENERALITIES

Fatigue

Lethargic, tired

Sleep and dreams

Restless and waking, as if hands and forearms were swollen and heavy.

Deep

during heat

Dreams; frightful

Restless

Sleeplessness, insomnia

Waking; frequent

Convulsions

Convulsions

begin in the abdomen

Generalities

Late morning

Bathing

Catalepsy (dazed, allows others to position limbs)

Haemorrhage

from orifices of the body

Inflammation; hair follicles

Lying down; inclination to lie down

Pain

boring; bones

digging up (burrowing, rooting sensation); bones

pressing; as from load

In women; period

Periodic, recurring

complaints return at same hour

Swelling; swollen sensation

Temperature (felt and effects of temperature); cold feeling; bones

cold feeling

lack of vital heat

cold in general

cold air

cold, wet weather

Tobacco

Trembling; externally

Weakness (see lethargic, weariness)

during fever

after fever

Wet weather

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