(Bushmaster Venom)
Like all snake poisons, Lachesis decomposes the
blood, rendering it more fluid; hence a hemorrhagic tendency is marked.
Purpura, septic states, diphtheria, and other low forms of disease, when
the system is thoroughly poisoned and the prostration is profound. The
modalities are most important in guiding to the remedy. Delirium tremens
with much trembling and confusion. Very important during the climacteric
and for patients of a melancholic disposition. Ill effects of suppressed
discharges. Diphtheritic paralysis. Diphtheria carriers. Sensation of
tension in various parts. Cannot bear anything tight anywhere. | ||
| Mind. Great
loquacity. Amative. Sad in the morning; no desire to mix with the
world. Restless and uneasy; does not wish to attend to business; wants to
be off somewhere all the time. Jealous. Mental labor best performed at
night. Euthanasia. Suspicious; nightly delusion of fire. Religious
insanity. [Verat.] Derangement of the time
sense. | ||
| Head. Pain
through head on awaking. Pain at root of nose. Pressure and burning on
vertex. Waves of pain; worse after moving. Sun headaches. With headache,
flickerings, dim vision, very pale face. Vertigo. Relieved by onset of a
discharge (menses or nasal catarrh). | ||
| Eyes. Defective
vision after diphtheria, extrinsic muscles too weak to maintain focus.
Sensation as if eyes were drawn together by cords which were tied in a knot
at root of nose. | ||
| Ears. Tearing
pain from zygoma into ear; also with sore throat. Ear wax hard,
dry. | ||
| Nose. Bleeding,
nostrils sensitive. Coryza, preceded by headache. Hay asthma; paroxysms of
sneezing. [Sil.] | ||
| Face. Pale.
Trifacial neuralgia, left side, heat running up into head. [Phos.] Tearing pain in jaw bones. [Phos.] Purple, mottled, puffed; looks swollen, bloated,
jaundiced, chlorotic. | ||
| Mouth. Gums
swollen, spongy, bleed. Tongue swollen, burns, trembles, red, dry and
cracked at tip, catches on teeth. Aphthous and denuded spots with
burning and rawness. Nauseous taste. Teeth ache, pain extends to
ears. Pain in facial bones. | ||
| Throat. Sore,
worse left side, swallowing liquids. Quinsy. Septic parotiditis.
Dry, intensely swollen, externally and internally. Diphtheria; membrane
dusky, blackish; pain aggravated by hot drinks; chronic sore throat,
with much hawking; mucus sticks, and cannot be forced up or down. Very
painful; worse slightest pressure, touch is even more annoying. In
diphtheria, etc., the trouble began on the left side. Tonsils
purplish. Purple, livid color of throat. Feeling as if something was
swollen which must be swallowed; worse, swallowing saliva or liquids.
Pain into ear. Collar and neckband must be very loose. | ||
| Stomach.
Craving for alcohol, oysters. Any food causes distress. Pit of stomach
painful to touch. Hungry, cannot wait for food. Gnawing pressure made
better by eating, but returning in a few hours. Perceptible trembling
movement in the epigastric region. Empty swallowing more painful than
swallowing solids. | ||
| Abdomen. Liver
region sensitive, cannot bear anything around waist. Especially
suitable to drunkards. Abdomen tympanitic, sensitive, painful. [Bell.] | ||
| Stool.
Constipated, offensive stool. Anus feels tight, as if nothing
could go through it. Pain darting up the rectum every time he sneezes or
coughs. Hemorrhage from bowels like charred straw, black particles.
Hemorrhoids protrude, become constricted, purplish. Stitches in them
on sneezing or coughing. Constant urging in rectum, not for
stool. | ||
| Female.
Climacteric troubles, palpitation, flashes of heat, hemorrhages, vertex
headache, fainting spells; worse, pressure of clothes. Menses too short,
too feeble; pains all relieved by the flow. Left ovary very painful
and swollen, indurated. Mammae inflamed, bluish. Coccyx and sacrum pain,
especially on rising from sitting posture. Acts especially well at
beginning and close of menstruation. | ||
| Male. Intense
excitement of sexual organs. | ||
| Respiratory.
Upper part of windpipe very susceptible to touch. Sensation of suffocation
and strangulation on lying down, particularly when anything is around
throat; compels patient to spring from bed and rush for open window.
Spasm of glottis; feels as if something ran from neck to larynx. Feels
he must take a deep breath. Cramp-like distress in precordial
region. Cough; dry, suffocative fits, tickling. Little secretion and much
sensitiveness; worse, pressure on larynx, after sleep, open air.
Breathing almost stops on falling asleep. Larynx painful to touch.
Sensation as of a plug [Anac.] which moves up and
down, with a short cough. | ||
| Heart.
Palpitation, with fainting spells, especially during climacteric.
Constricted feeling causing palpitation, with anxiety. Cyanosis. Irregular
beats. | ||
| Back. Neuralgia
of coccyx, worse rising from sitting posture; must sit perfectly
still. Pain in neck, worse cervical region. Sensation of threads stretched
from back to arms, legs, eyes, etc. | ||
| Extremities.
Sciatica, right side, better lying down. Pain in tibia (may follow
sore throat.) Shortening of tendons. | ||
| Sleep. Patient
sleeps into an aggravation. Sudden starting when falling asleep.
Sleepiness, yet cannot sleep. [Bell.; Op.] Wide awake in evening. | ||
| Fever. Chilly
in back; feet icy cold; hot flushes and hot perspiration. Paroxysm returns
after acids. Intermittent fever every spring. | ||
| Skin. Hot
perspiration, bluish, purplish appearance. Boils, carbuncles,
ulcers, with bluish, purple surroundings. Dark blisters. Bedsores, with
black edges. Blue-black swellings. Pyemia; dissecting wounds. Purpura, with
intense prostration. Senile erysipelas. Wens. Cellulitis. Varicose
ulcers. | ||
| Modalities.
Worse, after sleep. [Kali-bi.] Lachesis sleeps
into aggravation; ailments that come on during sleep [Calc.]; left side, in the spring, warm bath, pressure or
constriction, hot drinks. Closing eyes. Better, appearance of
discharges, warm applications. | ||
| Relationship.
Antidote: Ars.; Merc.; Heat;
Alcohol; Salt. Complementary: Lyc.; Hep. Incompatible: Carb-ac. Compare: Nat-m.; Nit-ac.; Naja | ||
| Dose. Eighth to
two hundredth potency. Doses ought not be repeated too frequently. If well
indicated, a single dose should be allowed to exhaust its
action. |