Lachesis muta

Common name: surukuku snake poison.

Better adapted to thin and emaciated than to fleshy persons; to those who have been changed, both mentally and physically, by their illness (A.).

Generally called for women who have not recovered from the change of life, "have never felt well since that time" (A.).

Dimness of vision (Cycl., Gels., Kali-P., Phos., Sep.) (N.).

Conjunctiva yellow or orange-coloured (Chel., Iod., Merc., Sep.) (A.).

Black flickering before the eyes (N.).

Photophobia, always worse in the morning, after sleeping (N.).

LEFT SIDE PRINCIPALLY AFFECTED; DISEASES BEGIN ON THE LEFT SIDE AND GO TO THE RIGHT SIDE-LEFT OVARY, TESTICLE, CHEST, ETC. (A.).

Pains in the ear with sore-throat (Bell., Kali-B., Merc., Nit-Ac., Phyt., Sil.) (N.).

Roaring and singing in the ears, relieved by putting the finger in the ear and shaking it (D.).

Hardness of hearing, with want of wax (N.).

Ears full of pasty, offensive wax (D.).

Dryness of the ears (Calc., Carb-V., Graph., Nit-Ac., Nux-V., Onos., Petr., Phos., Puls., Sulph.) (N.).

Tearing extending from the zygoma into the ears; raises the hand to the back of ear with each scream (hydrocephalus) (N.).

Bluish colour of the affected part (N.).

Great hyper-sensitiveness of the body (D.).

SMALL WOUNDS BLEED MUCH (Phos.); BLOOD DARK AND UNCOAGULABLE (N.).

Great physical and mental exhaustion-sinks down from weakness. Worse A.M. and after sleep (N.).

Paroxysms of sneezing in hay fever, especially if worse after sleeping (N.).

Watery discharge from the nose, worse on the left side (D.).

Cannot put the tongue out but with difficulty; trying it the tongue trembles or catches behind the lower teeth (N.).

Dry tongue, cracked at the tip and brown on the dorsum (D.).

Sensation of a lump in the left side of the throat, which seems to go down when swallowing, but returns again (D.).

Empty swallowing is painful and fluids escape from the nose (D.).

Liquids are more painful than solids when swallowing (A.).

THROAT COMPLAINTS BEGIN IN THE LEFT AND GO TO THE RIGHT SIDE (reverse of Lyc.) (N.).

Throat sensitive externally (Apis, Bell., Hep.) (D.).

TONSILLITIS OR DIPHTHERIA, WORSE ON THE LEFT SIDE; CHOKING WHEN SWALLOWING, OR PAINS FROM THE THROAT INTO THE EAR; NECK VERY SENSITIVE TO TOUCH; AGGRAVATION AFTER SLEEP (N.).

Diphtheria aggravated by hot drinks (by cold drinks- Lyc.) (N.).

Intolerance of bands about the neck or waist (A.).

GREAT SENSITIVENESS TO TOUCH: THROAT, STOMACH, ABDOMEN (A.).

Cannot bear bed-clothes or night dress to touch the throat or abdomen, not because sore or tender, as in Apis or Bell., but clothes cause an uneasiness, make her nervous (A.).

Desire for oysters (D.).

Horribly offensive diarrhœa, preceded by sopor; the offensiveness of the stools indicates it in low forms of diseases (D.).

Constipation from inactivity of the rectum (Bry., Ign., Op.); stool lies in the rectum, without urging (A.).

Sensation of constriction of the sphincter (Caust., Nit-Ac.) (A.).

A tormenting, constant urging in the rectum, but not for a stool (N.).

Pain in the rectum from coughing (Kali-C.) (K.).

Stools extremely offensive; hard or soft (N.).

BEATING IN THE ANUS, AS WITH LITTLE HAMMERS (Aloe, Nat-M., Sulph.) (N.).

Hæmorrhage from the bowels, as in typhoid; when kept in a vessel, black particles like charred straw rest in the bottom (N.).

With every single cough a stitch in the hæmorrhoidal tumour (N.).

Piles: With scanty menses or at climaxis; strangulated; with stitches shooting upward (Ign., Nit-Ac.) (A.).

Bad effects of poison wounds (Ars.) (A.).

Diarrhœa in warm weather, aggravated by acid fruits; worse at night and after sleep (Hr.).

Sensation as if a ball were rolling in the abdomen (Aur-S., Lyc., Sabad., Sep.).

Sensation as of a ball rolling in the bladder (A.).

URINE ALMOST BLACK, FOAMY, FREQUENT AND DARK (N.).

Pressure in the bladder, with frequent urging (Bell., Canth., Gels.) (C.).

Sticking, cutting pains, or soreness in the fore part of the urethra (C.).

Mouth sore, parched, dry, aphthous (Bry., Nux-V., Sulph.) (C.).

Feeling as if the teeth were too long when biting them together.

Toothache: from warm and cold drinks (C.).

Odontalgia with swollen, dark, purplish and bleeding gums (R.).

Great mental activity; ideas crowd rapidly (Coff.) (C.).

Ailments from long-lasting grief, sorrow, fright, vexation, jealousy or disappointed love (Aur., Ign., Nat-M Phos-Ac.) (A.).

THINKS HERSELF UNDER SUPER-HUMAN CONTROL (Anac.) (N.).

GREAT LOQUACITY (Agar., Hyos., Stram.); WANTS TO TALK ALL THE TIME; JUMPS FROM ONE IDEA TO ANOTHER; ONE WORD OFTEN LEADS INTO ANOTHER STORY (A.).

Great sadness, particularly on waking in the morning (N.).

Mental excitability (Bell., Hyos., Stram., Verat.) (A.).

ECSTASY, WITH ALMOST PROPHETIC PERCEPTIONS (Coff.), OR WITH A VIVID IMAGINATION (Stram.) (A.).

Jealousy (Apis, Nux-V.) (D.).

Low, muttering delirium (Hyos.) (R.).

Fear of being poisoned (Hyos.); refuses the medicine (D.).

Has been used with success in cases of religious melancholia when the patient was continually moaning the fact that he was lost (R.).

Very unhappy and distressed after sleeping (Bt.).

Fright from seeing snakes (Bt.).

Thinks she is dead (in typhoid), and that preparations are made for the funeral, or that she is nearly dead, and wishes some one would help her off (Be.).

Amativeness (Croc., Phos., Plat.) (G.).

No desire at all to mix with the world (G.).

Restless and uneasy; does not wish to attend to business, but wants to be off somewhere all the time (G.).

FACIAL ERYSIPELAS, MORE ON THE LEFT SIDE; AT FIRST BRIGHT RED, THEN DARK BLUISH OR PURPLISH (D.).

Great infiltration of cellular tissues and great weakness (D.).

INFLAMED PARTS VERY TENDER TO TOUCH AND OF BLUISH OR DARK COLOUR (N.).

BURNING ON THE VERTEX (Sulph.) (N.).

Headache over the left eye accompanying a cold, but as soon as the discharge is established headache is better (D.).

PRESSING OR BURSTING PAIN IN THE TEMPLES, WORSE FROM MOTION, PRESSURE, STOOPING, LYING, AND AFTER SLEEP. DREADS TO GO TO SLEEP, BECAUSE SHE WAKENS WITH SUCH A HEADACHE (A.).

Rush of blood to the head: after alcohol; from mental emotions; during suppressed or irregular menses or at climaxis (A.).

Left-sided apoplexy (A.).

Heart feels too large for the cavity; can bear no pressure on the throat or chest (N.).

Constriction about the heart (Cact.) (D.).

EPILEPSY: COMES ON DURING SLEEP (Bufo); FROM LOSS OF VITAL FLUIDS; ONANISM OR JEALOUSY (A.).

FAINTNESS FROM PAIN IN THE HEART (Aur.), OR DURING PALPITATION (Cact., Cimic., Cocc., Iod., Nux-M., Petr., Verat.) (K.).

Must take deep breaths (Bry., Ign., Phos.) (R.).

Cough during sleep; patient seems to sleep into the cough, or worse also after a nap (N.).

Spasm of the glottis: suddenly something runs from the neck to the larynx, and interrupts breathing completely; it wakens at night (N.).

WANTS TO BE FANNED (Ant-T., Apis, Carb-V., Chin., Ferr., Med., Sulph.), BUT SLOWLY AND AT A DISTANCE (N.).

The least thing coming near the mouth or nose interferes with breathing (A.).

AS SOON AS HE FALLS ASLEEP THE BREATHING STOPS (Am-C., Grind., Lac-C., Op.) (A.).

Deglutition painful, with regurgitation through the nose (G.).

Pressure upon the larynx causes cough (G.).

Hot flushes, metrorrhagia and other troubles during the climacteric (N.).

Pain in the left ovary relieved by a discharge from the uterus; can bear nothing heavy on this region (D.).

CATAMENIA AT THE REGULAR TIME, BUT TOO SHORT AND FEEBLE (N.).

Menses scanty and feeble, black and offensive, with pain in the hips and bearing down in the left ovary; better when the flow is established (D.).

Uterus does not bear contact, or has to be relieved of all pressure by frequently lifting the clothes, they cause an uneasiness in the abdomen; no tenderness (N.).

Left ovary swollen, with tensive pressing, stitching pains; inability to lie on the right side, on account of a sensation as if something were rolling over to that side (G.).

Pains in the uterine region, increased at times more and more until relieved by a flow of blood from the vagina; after a few hours or days the same again, etc. (N.).

Is of great service in the fainting tendency of nervous women (Ba.).

Gnawing in the stomach; relieved after eating, but returns when the stomach gets empty (Anac.) (C.).

Typhlitis: Swelling in the cæcal, region. Must lie on the back, with limbs drawn up (Bell.) (C.).

Peritonitis (Bell., Lyc., Merc., Rhus-T.) (C.).

Burning of the palms and soles, especially at night (K.).

Seems to sleep into troubles, such as cramp, cough, etc. (N.).

Extremes of heat and cold cause great debility (A.).

Fever annually returning; paroxysm every spring (Carb-V., Sulph.); after suppression by quinine the previous autumn (A.).

CHILD MUST BE HELD TO RELIEVE HEAD AND CHEST AND PREVENT SHAKING; FEELS BETTER IF HELD OR PRESSED DOWN (Gels.) (N.).

Heat at night, especially after sleep, from orgasm of blood (N.).

Muttering delirium, with dropping of the lower jaw (Lyc.) and illusions (D.).

Typhoid pneumonia: Indicated late in the disease, when pus forms in the lungs (Kali-C.), and the patient is bathed in a profuse sweat and sputa is mixed with blood and pus (D.).

Much pain of an aching kind in the skin-bones only (N.).

Boils, carbuncles, ulcers with intense pain (Tarant.) (A.).

Red, bluish, painful swelling on the limbs; very sensitive; impending gangrene (N.).

MALIGNANT PUSTULES, WITH DARK BLUISH OR PURPLE APPEARANCE (A.).

Perspiration cold, or stains yellow or bloody (Lyc.) (A.).

Sticking, drawing pains in the spine extending into the hips and legs, especially the ischium (R.).

Sticking, tearing in the arms and legs (R.).

Post-diphtheritic paralysis (R.).

Thirsty, but fears to drink (Lyss.) (R.).

AGGRAVATION: At climacteric; from touch; from constriction or pressure; from the heat of the sun; after sleeping; from suppressed or delayed discharges; during spring, or summer; from acids; from alcohol; from empty deglutition; from extremes of temperature; from hot drink; and from hot room.

AMELIORATION: From the onset of a discharge; during menses; in the open air; and from cold application.

RELATIONSHIP: Incompatible: Acet-Ac., and Carb-Ac.

Complementary: Hep., Lyc. and Nit-Ac.

In intermittent fever Nat-M. follows Lach. well when the type changes.