by H. C. Allen — Keynotes And Characteristics With Comparisons of some of the Leading Remedies of the Materia Medica
Historical reference for practitioners and students. The statements below reflect the named author’s homeopathic teaching and do not establish treatment effectiveness. This text is not medical advice and must not replace appropriate diagnosis or care.
Cobra virus. (Elapidae.)
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Relations . - Compare: Ars., Cac., Crot., Lach., Myg., Spig.
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Naja tripudians appears in 12 of the 21 classic books on Similia. Each was written to do a different job — here is what each adds on this remedy, with the opening of its entry.
“Naja tripudians. Class , Reptilia; Order , Squamata; Suborder , Colubrina; Family , Elapidæ. Preparation , Tincture and triturations. Authorities. (Nos. 1 to 7 , Dr. Stokes's provings, Br. Journ. of Hom., 11, p. 25, 1853.)”
“Virus of the Cobra Naja produces a typical bulbar paralysis (L. J. Boyd). Causes no hæmorrhage but only œdema, hence the victims of this reptile frequently bear very little sign of external injury a small scratch or puncture being the only indication where the fangs have worked their havoc. The tissue lying beneath…”
“ANGINA PECTORIS BLOWS, shocks, thrusts, crash, explosions, etc. (Comp. Shattered): COLLAPSE, sudden prostration, etc. DIRECTION of sensations, Ascending. HEART, CIRCULATION AND PULSE LYING, left, Agg.”
“Cerebellum. Medulla. NERVES; HEART (Mitral Valve). Respiration. Throat. Left side: Ovary. Temple. Arm. Lying on left side. After: Sleep. Menses. Air: Cold. Drafts. Pressure of clothes. Alcohol. Riding in open air. Sneezing. Smoking. Nervous, excited and tremulous; with cardiac effects ; often reflex. Collapse. Sepsis…”
“tripudians. Cobra di Capello. The hooded snake of Hindustan. N. O. Elapidæ. Tincture of the fresh virus. Trituration of sugar of milk saturated with fresh virus. Angina pectoris / Asthma / Dysmenia / Hay-fever / Headache / Heart, affections of / Œsophagus, spasmodic stricture of / Ovaries, affections of / Plague /…”
“{Virus of Cobra.) Description. — A highly venomous snake, inhabiting the East Indies. It is called the Hooded-snake; "serpent with the hood," etc. Its name is pronounced " Naya" or, as Webster spells it, " Naia." The bite of the cobra de capello is generally rapidly fatal. The virus is collected from the poison-sacs…”
“Cobra Poison. Elapidæ. The Cobra di Capello is the hooded snake of Hindostan usually employed by the snake charmers of India. Provings by Stokes (Br. Jour. of Hom., vol. 11, p. 25, 1853), Russel (Br. Jour. of Hom., vol. 11, p. 593) ; other authorities, Du Chaillu, Fayrer, etc., have reported symptoms of the bite…”
“1. Provings, — I. a. Dr. Stokes, act, 37, stout and robust, made a paste of the i, trit. with some (soft) water, and introduced on a clean vaccine point some of this preparation into 3 punctures made by a lancet in front of 1. forearm ; also rubbed some of the trit. into one of the wounds. (This was on Nov. 7th, 1852…”
“The use of Naja has extended far beyond its proving. So many of the Ophidian family present symptoms in common with it, that much has been presumed truly so. Many characteristics run through these remedies, each remedy having its own peculiar sphere. Taken together the family presents a wide range of curative action…”
“Common name: cobra poison. Often called for restoring a heart damaged by acute inflammation or for relief of sufferings or chronic hypertrophy and valvular lesions (A.). Body cold and collapsed (Camph., Carb-V.) (C.). Pain in the left ovary during cough (D.). Excited, tremendous action of the heart (B.). Cardiac…”
“Here is a blood relative of Lachesis, if serpent poisons may be called relatives, and according to the symptoms arising from the bite of the serpent it ought to be equally valuable as a curative, but it has not yet been found so. Why not? On referring to Allen’s Encyclopedia we find twenty-nine provers, poisonings and…”
Kent's Repertory lists Naja tripudians in 852 rubrics. These are the ones where it carries the highest grade — the symptoms Kent treated as most characteristic. Most of them sit in EXTREMITIES (113), CHEST (84), HEAD (84), MIND (57), ABDOMEN (53).
