Crotalus Cascavella

▲   GENERAL

General

The poison of Cascavella is an deadly as that of the other Crotalide, and the general symptoms are like those of the other members of the group, but the mental symptoms are more pronounced and peculiar.

Lancinating pains are frequent, and are worse by cold washing.

Many symptoms are worse at night.

Pains in bones.

Hallucinations are marked and peculiar, a magnetic state is induced.

There is headache after sleep as with Lach.

Compare: Crot-h., Lach., etc.

PHARMACY - Crot-c. Crotalus cascavella. Brazilian Rattle-snake. N. O. Crotalide. Trituration of the virus with Saccharum lactis. Historical dose: All potencies. Planets: Moon.

Clinical

CLINICAL - Goiter. Headache. Mania. Metrorrhagia. Nosebleed. Poliomyelitis. Uterus, pains.

▲   RELATIONSHIPS

Compare

COMPARE - (1) Crot-h., Lach., Naja, Vip.

▲   MIND

Mind

Behaviour

childish behaviour (see foolish)

makes gestures; plays with fingers

jumping; from window (see suicide)

shrieking

before convulsions

Death

thoughts of death

thoughts of death; when alone

Delirium

Delusions, imaginations, hallucinations, illusions

illusions of fantasy

hears sounds; footsteps

behind him

hears sounds; groans

hears sounds; voices

hears voices, and must follow them

about self; body; eyes falling out

about self; is under control of another; hears voices, and must follow them

visions (see visions or presence of phantoms, figures, people)

visions or presence of phantoms, figures, people; some one is behind

visions or presence of phantoms, figures, people; converses with absent people

visions or presence of phantoms, figures, people; skeletons

visions or presence of phantoms, figures, people; spectres, ghosts, spirits; of death, as a gigantic black skeleton

visions or presence of phantoms, figures, people; some one walks behind him

Fantasies; of exaltation

Emotions, feelings, attitude, disposition

anguish

indifference, apathy, etc.

laughing; alternating with other states; groaning

laughing; alternating with other states; non- menstrual bleeding from womb (metrorrhagia)

laughing; silly

unhappy; wants to injure self; suicidal disposition; throwing himself from a height; from windows

unhappy; lamenting, regretting; moaning, groaning

during sleep

unhappy; sadness, mental depression

Hurry

Intellectual faculties

bright, intelligent, clear; clairvoyance

impaired thinking; confusion

Insanity

alternating with other symptoms

non- menstrual bleeding from womb (metrorrhagia)

mania, madness

Insecure, uncertain, scared

anxiety

fear; night

fear; of being alone (see company)

fear; that someone is behind

fear; of death

frightened easily; starting, startled; during sleep

Memory; weakness of memory

Restlessness, nervousness

drinking

mind; talking, conversation; answers not lucid; no to all questions;

Talking, conversation

dislike of talking, desire to be silent, taciturn

speech; confused

talkative

Unconsciousness

▲   VERTIGO, DIZZINESS

Vertigo

When lying down; while lying down

▲   HEAD

Head

Constriction, tension (see also pulling, pressing)

as if in love

comes on suddenly

like wearing a skull cap

Hot; top of head (vertex)

Movements in head

sensation as if something were alive in head

Headache

Heaviness (see pain; pressing)

Pain, headache

night

clothing about the neck

after sleep

restless sleep

in forehead

extending to other parts; backward

above eyes; late morning; 10 a.m.

middle

back of head (occiput)

sides; right

top of head (vertex)

burning

top of head (vertex)

bursting; forehead

night

over eyes

cutting, darting, stabbing; temples

piercing, stabbing (see cutting); temples

pressing (see bursting, pulling)

as if in armour

like a cap (see armour)

as if brain bound up

as if brain bound up; by an iron helmet

back of head (occiput)

temples

sore bruised, sensitive to pressure; back of head (occiput)

stitching, sudden, sharp; temples; right

Shocks, blows, jerks, etc. (see jerking pain, pulsation, plug, nail)

Scalp

Skin and scalp; out-break on skin; pimples

▲   EYES

Eyes

Lids

half open

eyes closed; half open

Heaviness; lids

Infected; full of dark vessels, conjunctiva (external lining of eye)

Itching; corner

Pain

contracting

cutting

pulling

outward

toward the temple

as from something in eye

like sand in eye; in corner; outer

pressing

right

outward

Paralysis; lids; upper

Pupils; dilated

Quivering; lids

Staring

Stiffness; of eyeballs

Swellings; lids; lower lids

Tears

Ulceration; cornea (transparent part of eye)

Vision

Blurred

Colours and shapes in front of eyes; colours; blue

Dazzling

Dim

Lost vision, blindness

▲   EARS

Ear

Discharges from ear

Noises in ear

buzzing

buzzing; while descending stairs

Pain

pulling in ear; evening

stitching, sudden, sharp

Swelling; right

Hearing

Impaired

▲   FACE

Face

Bloated (see swelling, congestion)

Convulsions, spasms

jaws

lips

Distortion

Expression

besotted

dazed

Heat; hot flashes

Motions of jaw; lockjaw

Skin

discoloration; red

discoloration; red; bluish red

discoloration; sallow

discoloration; sickly colour

discoloration; yellow

like insects crawling on skin (see skin)

Twitching

▲   NOSE

Nose

Nose bleed

bright blood

during sleep

Discharge from nose

right

night

blood

copious

thin

As if pulled up by a string, tip of nose

Itching

Pain; burning, smarting

Skin or lining of nose; ulcers; inside

▲   MOUTH

Mouth

Froth, foam, from mouth

bloody

morning

Growths, blisters, swellings; ulcers

Speech

difficult

thick

unable to speak

after extreme emotion

from paralysis of organs

Gums and teeth

Bleeding; gums

Growths, blisters, swellings; ulcers; gums

Pain

gums

aching; gums

Teeth; pain; night

Saliva

Dryness

Saliva

bloody

brownish

thick (see thick and sticky)

thick and sticky

Salivation

Tongue

Discoloration; tongue; red

Inflammation; tongue

Itching; tongue

Pain

tongue

tongue; extending to abdomen

tongue; root

burning, raw and smarting; tongue; root

burning, raw and smarting; tongue; tip

Paralysis; tongue

Prickling; tongue; tip

Speech; difficult; heaviness of tongue

Tongue; stiff tongue

Taste

Taste

like onions

putrid

salty

Palate

Pain; burning, raw and smarting; palate (roof of mouth); soft palate (back of roof of mouth)

▲   THROAT

Throat

Choking, constricting

larynx

gullet

Sensation of something in throat

crawling

as from dust

lump

during sleep

not relieved by swallowing

powder

not relieved by swallowing

Inflammation

erysipelas (inflamed from infection, deep red colour)

larynx

Irritation; larynx

Membrane, exudation, diphtheria, etc.

Pain

extending to other parts

stomach

gullet

extending to stomach

larynx

extending to abdomen

burning

sore

Paralysis; gullet

Spasms, convulsions etc.; gullet

Swallowing

difficult

difficult; can only swallow fluids, but solid food gags

difficult; liquids

difficult; solids

impeded; can only swallow liquids, least food gags

impossible

anything but liquids

Tickling in the air passages; larynx

Voice

hoarseness

lost

External throat

constriction; thyroid gland

fullness in throat-pit; in jugular

goitre

constriction

pain; sides

pulling

pulling; turning head

swelling

twitching

▲   CHEST

Chest

Anxiety; region of heart

Constriction, tension

as if from armour

Heart; palpitations

Oppressed feeling

Pain

arm pit

collar bone

cutting (sudden sharp pain)

arm pit

right

stitching, sudden, sharp; extending to back

stitching, sudden, sharp; arm pit; right

stitching, sudden, sharp; sides; left

stitching, sudden, sharp; breast bone

Perspiration

Skin

discoloration; spots

out-breaks on skin; arm pit; pus-filled pimples

Sensation of water in chest

Respiration

Pain; stitching, sudden, sharp; sides; breathing deeply

Difficult (dyspnea)

in open air

Impeded, obstructed

Interrupted

Slow

▲   COUGH

Cough

Dry cough

night

from tickling in larynx

Sensations in throat and air passages (either from coughing, or causing coughing); as from dust

Comes on suddenly

Intermittent

Tickling

larynx

▲   EXPECTORATION

Expectoration

Bloody, spitting of blood (see chest haemorrhage); black

Greenish

morning

▲   SKIN

Skin

Discoloration

bluish

red

yellow, jaundice, etc.; spots

Abnormal growths

ulcers; discharges; corrosive

ulcers; fungus

ulcers; gangrenous

ulcers; phagedenic (spreading, obstinate ulceration)

ulcers; syphilitic

Inflammation

skin erysipelas (inflamed from infection, deep red colour)

skin erysipelas (inflamed from infection, deep red colour); gangrenous

skin erysipelas (inflamed from infection, deep red colour); with swelling

Like insects crawling on skin

Numbness

Out-breaks on skin

boils; painful boil, shedding skin and tissues (carbuncle)

boils; painful boil, shedding skin and tissues (carbuncle); burning

boils; painful boil, shedding skin and tissues (carbuncle); purple, with small , fluid filled, cysts around

Sensitive

▲   BACK AND NECK

Back and neck

Pain

sore, bruised, beaten; dorsal (shoulder level); between shoulder blades

Neck

neck

extending to other parts; upper middle region of abdomen

pulling; neck; extending to other parts; upper, middle region of abdomen

Back

Coldness

after eating

spine

Heaviness, weight

Pain

spine

spine; irritation

aching; while eating

pulling

Spasms

Tension; dorsal (shoulder level)

▲   ABDOMEN

Abdomen

Sensitive to clothing

Constriction

like a band around abdomen

behind lower ribs

Heaviness; lower part of abdomen

Inflammation

appendicitis

Pain

extending to other parts; to navel

behind lower ribs; right

lower part of abdomen; after cold drinks

liver

burning; behind lower ribs; right

burning; liver

cramping, griping; after drinking water

cutting; behind lower ribs; right

cutting; liver

pressing; extending to other parts; navel

Skin

out-breaks on skin; containing pus

sensitive skin

Bladder; urination; involuntary, incontinence; night, bed wetting

Kidneys; pain

Stomach

appetite; increased (hunger in general); evening

appetite; ravenous, excessive; evening

sensation of blows in pit of stomach

clothing disturbs

coldness

after eating

desires, cravings; snow

sensation of movement in stomach; twisting

pain; while eating

thirst; burning, intense

Eating

appetite; increased (hunger in general); appetite vanishing on sight of food

appetite; lacking, no appetite; at sight of food

aversion to certain foods or drinks; meat

beef

Vomiting

Pain; with vomiting, blood and mucus in stool (intussusception); pain in region of liver

Stomach

vomiting; bitter

vomiting; green

▲   RECTUM, ANUS, STOOL

Rectum

Dysentery

Pain; urge to stool, or urinate, but producing nothing; before stool

Prolapse

Stool

Bloody

Mucous, slimy

Yellow

▲   GENITALS ETC

Urine

Albuminous (white, thick)

Bloody

Copious

Female

Female

vaginal discharge

Womb

pain; womb (see abdomen, pain)

after a bath

pain; cutting; womb

washing in cold water

pain; piercing, stabbing; womb

while washing in cold water

Genitals

menopause

metrorrhagia (non-menstrual bleeding)

alternating with mania

Menses

period; painful; and difficult (dysmenorrhea)

▲   EXTREMITIES, LIMBS

Extremities, limbs

Coldness

upper limbs; forearm

upper limbs; hands

lower limbs

leg

foot

foot; icy cold

Contraction of muscles and tendons

toes

Cramps

upper limbs

foot; heel

Heat

leg

leg; uncovers them

Movements and positions

convulsion

convulsion; upper limbs

convulsion; lower limbs

incoordination; ataxia

incoordination; lower limbs

involuntary movement

movement of fingers; thumb, convulsive

movement of leg; involuntary

trembling

hand

twitching

Numbness (see tingling)

upper limbs

forearm

hand

Pain

drinking

rheumatic

upper limbs

shoulder

right

rheumatic

elbow

wrist

left

rheumatic

hand

palm of hand

knee

lower leg

foot

burning; fingers; tips

burning; thigh

sore, bruised; shoulder

tearing; shoulder; extending to other parts; elbow

Paralysis

after extreme emotion

on one side of body (hemiplegia); right

upper limbs

sensation of paralysis

lower limbs

Shrivelled (shrunken); one leg shorter than the other leg; right feels shortened

Skin

discoloration; blue

discoloration; hand; back of hand; yellow in spots

discoloration; fingers; nails; red

discoloration; fingers; tips; blue

itching; like insects crawling on skin

foot

itching; lower limbs

itching; thigh

itching; leg; calf

itching; foot

sole of foot

out-break on skin

pimples

pus-filled pimples

red

upper limbs; pimples

wrists; pimples

lower limbs

lower limbs; pimples

lower limbs; pus-filled pimples

lower limbs; red

foot

foot; pimples

foot; red

toes

toes; pus-filled pimples

Swollen

forearm

hand; extending to elbow

leg

toes; third toe

Inclination to uncover; lower limbs

Weakness

upper limbs

lower limbs

▲   FEVER AND CHILL

Fever and chill

Fever with skin out-break; scarlet fever

Septic fever (see infectious, continued, from childbirth, etc.)

▲   GENERALITIES

Fatigue

Lethargic, tired

Sleep and dreams

Comatose

Dreams

animals, insects, beasts; horses

animals, insects, beasts; spiders

animals, insects, beasts; vermin; spiders

of dead people; dead bodies

fights

frightful

ghosts, spectres

illuminations

Sleepiness, tiredness

morning

Convulsions

Convulsions

children

epileptic

in women; from childbirth

Perspiration

Clammy

Cold

After eating

Profuse

Staining the linen; yellow

▲   APPENDIX

History

HISTORY - The poison of Cascavella is an deadly as that of the other Crotalide and the general symptoms are like those of the other members of the group, but the mental symptoms are more pronounced and peculiar. Proving by Mure together with effects reported by Higgins.

Sources

SOURCES - Clarke.

CROTALUS CASCAVELLA

YET another rattlesnake, that of Brazil, is as deadly, which means is as potent for healing the conditions it can cause, as Crotalus hor.: but there are striking differences in their pathogeneses.

Mure's Materia Medica of the Brazilian Empire, with Provings and the principal Animal and Vegetable Poisons, is the original authority for the uses of this snake - venom: Clarke's Dictionary reproduces many of the symptoms; and inasmuch as the majority of them are unique, and peculiar to this snake - bite and its provings, we will proceed to detail the most important.

Crotalus casc. differs from the commoner rattlesnake, by affecting the tissues in a lesser degree, but mentality and sensation to a far greater extent. It is evidently less haemorrhagic: but has the same sensitiveness and intolerance of clothing about the body as Crot. hor. and Lach. It also has liver symptoms and yellowness but not so markedly: and bloody serum drips from nose, whose tip feels drawn up and fastened to the centre of forehead.

It induces clairvoyance and "magnetic" states: -

Hears strange voices to left and behind her.

Hurls herself against closed doors: attempts to throw herself out of the window.

Sensation as if one were falling out of bed, even while awake.

Hears nothing: or hears groans.

Sensation of a red - hot iron at vertex.

Brain pressed on by an iron helmet.

Sensation as if something alive were walking about in head in a circle.

Fancies her eyes are falling out.

Blue, dazzling light before eyes.

Eyeball pulled to temple by a thread. Right eyeball as if drawn out.

Face red; or yellow.

Paralysis of tongue. Burning, pricking, itching of tongue.

(In Crot. hor. the tongue is enormously enlarged.)

Spitting of black blood.

Taste: Salt; or onions; putrid.

Craves snow.

Sensation of opening in stomach through which air passes.

Food falls suddenly into stomach like a stone.

Sensation of a peg sticking in middle of liver.

Feeling of coldness in stomach after eating.

Thorax encased in iron.

Lancinations like needles in dorsal spine.

Constrictive pain round thyroid.

Pains in jugular veins and carotid arteries; as if blood rises, and a valve were opening.

Sensation of water in chest: as if heart were dipped in liquid.

Sensation of shortening right limb: causes him to limp....

And so on.

▲   GENERALITIES

Generalities

Open air

Bones; bony growth (exostosis)

Emaciated (extremely thin)

Faintness, fainting

Haemorrhage; blood does not clot

Numbness; externally

Prickling; externally

Pulse; frequent, accelerated, elevated, exalted, fast, innumerable, rapid

Relaxation of muscles

Sensitive

externally

intolerance of clothing

Symptoms not symmetrical; right

After sleep

Temperature (felt and effects of temperature); cold feeling; lack of vital heat

Touch

Trembling; externally

Twitching; twitching, involuntary movements (chorea)

Weakness (see lethargic, weariness)

after eating

from pleasure

Weariness (see weakness)

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