Latrodectus Mactans
Spider
By William Boericke тАФ Pocket Manual of Homoeopathic Materia Medica & Repertory
Head
Anxiety. Screams with pain. Pain in neck to back of head. Occipital pain.
Respiratory
Extreme apn┼Уa. Gasping respiration. Fears losing breath.
Chest
Violent, pr├жcordial pain extending to the axilla and down the arm and forearm to fingers, with numbness of the extremity. Pulse feeble and rapid. Sinking sensation at the Cramping pain from chest to abdomen.
Extremities
Pain in left arm, feels paralyzed. Weakness of legs followed by cramps in the abdominal muscles. Par├жsthesia of lower limbs.
Skin
Coldness of whole surface. Skin cold as marble.
Relationship
Compare: Latrodectus Hasselti -New South Wales Black Spider--(Long lasting effects seem to indicate it as a " chronic " blood poisoning. Arrests intense pain in py├жmia. Great ┼Уdema in neighborhood of wound; paralysis of limbs, with great wasting of muscles. Violent, darting, burning pains preceding paralysis; vertigo, tendency to fall forward; septic├жmic conditions; constant delusion of flying . Loss of memory. Roaring noises). Araena; Mygale; Theridion; Latrodectus Kalipo -New Zealand spider--(lymphangitis and nervous twitchings, scarlet burning eruption). Triatema -Kissing bug --(Swelling with violent itching of fingers and toes. Smothering sensation and difficult breathing succeeded by fainting and rapid pulse).
Dose
Sixth potency.