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Crotalus horridus

Rattlesnake

18 health issues Boericke 1927

Main symptoms

  • Snake poisons are supposed to be chemically Cyan. Hydrates of Soda and other salts.
  • Alcohol is the natural solvent of these salts and is an antidote.
  • Has a profound trophic action.
  • Old age nutritional troubles.
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  • Low septic states.
  • General disorganization of the blood, haemorrhages and jaundice.
  • A crotalin injection decreases the rate of coagulation of the blood.
  • Acts as a sedative.
  • Sleeps into his symptoms.
  • More right-sided in its action.

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Mind & mood

  • Weeping mood; clouded perception and memory; impatient.
  • Loquacious, with desire to escape.
  • Sadness.
  • Delusions of cerebral decay.

What makes it better or worse

Worse

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Symptoms by body part

Head

Dizziness, with weakness and trembling. Dull heavy occipital pain, on right side and right eye. Headache with pain in heart on lying on left side. Headache; must walk on tip-toe to avoid jarring.

Eyes

Very sensitive to light, especially lamp light. Yellow color of eyes. Illusions; blue colors. Ciliary neuralgia; tearing, boring pain, as if a cut had been made around eye. For absorption of intra-ocular haemorrhages, into the vitreous, but particularly for non-inflammatory retinal haemorrhages. Diplobia.

Ears

Auditory dizziness. Blood oozes from ears. Feeling of stoppage in right ear.

Face

Acne. Lips swollen and numb. Leaden-colored and yellow face.

Mouth

Tongue red and small, but feels swollen. Tongue fiery red, dry in center, smooth and polished. Mouldy smell of breath. Fills up with saliva. Tongue when protruding, goes to right. Spasmodic grinding of teeth at night.

Throat

Dry, swollen, dark red. Spasm of oesophagus; cannot swallow any solid substance. Tight constriction. Gangrenous, with much swelling.

Stomach

Intolerance of clothing around stomach. Unable to retain anything; violent vomiting of food; bilious vomiting, vomiting of blood. Constant nausea and vomiting every month, after menstruation. Cannot lie on right side, without vomiting dark-green matter. Black or coffee-grounds vomiting. Trembling, fluttering feeling below the epigastrium. Intolerance of clothing about epigastrium. Faintness and sinking at stomach. Ulceration of the stomach. Atonic indigestion. Gastritis in chronic alcoholism. Hungry, craves stimulants, sugar; averse to meat.

Abdomen

Distended, hot, and tender. Pain in region of liver.

Stool

Black, thin, offensive, like coffee-grounds. Intestinal haemorrhage; blood dark, fluid, non-coagulable. Blood oozes from rectum when standing or walking.

Female

Prolonged menses. Painful periods; pain extends down thighs, with aching in region of heart. Uterine haemorrhage with faintness at stomach. Puerperal fever; offensive discharge after childbirth. Phlegmasia alba dolens. Sensation as though uterus would drop out. Painful drawing in uterine ligaments. Cannot keep legs still.

Urinary

Dark, bloody urine. Casts. Inflamed kidney. Albuminous, dark, scanty.

Heart

Action feeble, pulse tremulous. Palpitation, especially at menstrual period. Trembling feeling of heart.

Respiratory

Cough, with bloody phlegm coughed up. Tickling from a dry spot in larynx.

Extremities

Hands tremble, swollen. Lower extremities go to sleep easily.

Fever

Malignant fevers of a hemorrhagic or putrescent character. Low bilious remittents. Yellow fever. Bloody sweat. Cerebro-spinal meningitis. Cold sweats.

Skin

Swelling and discoloration, skin tense and shows every tint of color, with excruciating pain. Vesication. Sallow. Yellow color of the whole body. Great sensitiveness of skin of right half of body. Purpura haemorrhagica. Haemorrhage from every part of body. Bloody sweat. Cold-induced itchy swelling, felons. Dissecting wounds. Pustular rashes. Insect stings. Post-vaccination rashes. Bad effects of vaccination. Lymphangitis and septicaemia. Boils, carbuncles, and rashes are surrounded by purplish, mottled skin and swelling. Anthrax. Sore sensation relieved by pressure.

Sleep

Dreams of the dead. Starting in sleep. Yawning. Smothering sensation when awaking.

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