Mygale lasiodora

Black Cuban Spider

by William Boericke — Pocket Manual of Homoeopathic Materia Medica & Repertory

Historical reference for practitioners and students.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.

Weakness, palpitation, nervousness, fear, like other spider preparations. Chorea is the principal therapeutic field of this. Sexual symptoms are important.

Mind

Delirious, restless, sad; fears death; despondent.

Face

Twitching of facial muscles . Mouth and eyes open in rapid succession. Hot and flushed . Tongue dry and parched; put out with difficulty. Head jerked to one side. Grating of teeth at night.

Stomach

Nausea, with dim sight. Aversion to food. Excessive thirst.

Male

Violent erections. Chordee ( Kali brom; Camph ).

Extremities

Unsteady gait. Constant motion of whole body . Tremulous. Intense redness in streaks, following course of lymphatics. Twitching of limbs. Restless hands. Convulsive, uncontrollable movements of arms and legs . Limbs drag while walking.

Relationship

Compare: Agar; Tarant; Cupr, Zizia .

Modalities

Better , during sleep. Worse , in morning.

Dose

Third to thirtieth potency.

Mygale lasiodora across the other classic books

Mygale lasiodora appears in 8 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.

Allen TF — A compiled symptom record drawing on proving reports and other named observations.
“"Mygale Lasiodora Cubana." A large, black, Cuban spider. Preparation , Tincture prepared by putting the live insect into alcohol. Authorities. Dr. John G. Houard. Hahn. Month., 1869, vol. 5, p. 8; 1 , proving by a young lady, 10 drops (tincture?) first day, 20 drops second and third days; 2 , effects of bite on…”
Boger (Syn) — Generals and modalities in a short analytical portrait rather than a symptom list.
“Nerves. Chorea of upper parts. .................... Twitching facial muscles and head (Cic.).”
Clarke — The widest entry — sources, provings, clinical uses, relationships and antidotes in one place.
“Lasiodora Cubana. A large black Cuban Spider. N. O. Arachnida. Tincture of living spider. Chordee / Chorea / Gonorrhœa The pathogenetic data of Mygale consist of a proving by a young lady and the effect of a bite on a man. In the latter case, inflammation ensued which spread along the lymphatics, violet and afterwards…”
Farrington — The differential diagnosis — remedy families narrowed through direct clinical comparison.
“ARACHNID A. Of the Arachnida or spider poisons used in medicine, I shall call your attention to the following: 1. Mygale lasiodora. 2. Lycosa tarentula. 3. Tarentula Cubensis. 4. Aranea diadema. 5. Aranea scinencia. 6. Theridion curassavicum. The action of the drugs in this group is a two-fold one; they all poison the…”
Hale — The introduction story — early pathogenetic and clinical evidence for medicines new to Hale's generation.
“(Cuban Spider.) Officinal Preparations. — Triturations of the spider; tincture; dilutions. Analogues. — Apis, Agaricus, Belladonna, Cimicifuga, Doryphora, Hyo& ciamus, Tarantula, etc. Mind. Felt sad all day. (Howard.) Great anxiety and fear of death. (Hale.) Despondency and fear of death. (Howard.) Delirious and…”
Hering — Graded symptoms, each weighted by how often provers and practice confirmed it.
“A large black Cuban Spider. Mygale Lasiodora Cubano. Introduced and proved by Houard, J. G. (Hah. Mo., 1869, vol. 5, p. 8). Tincture prepared by putting live insect into alcohol. CLINICAL AUTHORITIES. Chordee , Williamson, Farr. Clin. Mat. Med., p. 72 ; Gonorrhœa , Houard, Hah. Mo., vol. 5, p. 8 ; Chorea (2 cases)…”
Nash — The comparisons — the remedy set beside the ones it is most often confused with.
“Is also a spider poison, and has cured cases of chorea. The cases seem to have been of a very violent nature, and the twitching in the facial muscles is predominant. This remedy also ought to be fully proven.”

Mygale lasiodora in Kent's Repertory

Kent's Repertory lists Mygale lasiodora in 72 rubrics. These are the ones where it carries the highest grade — the symptoms Kent treated as most characteristic. Most of them sit in EXTREMITIES (16), GENERALITIES (11), HEAD (8), MIND (6), FACE (4).

EXTREMITIES - CHOREA
GENERALITIES - CHOREA
EAR - PAIN - midnight - after - driving her out of bed
FACE - DISTORTION - morning
EXTREMITIES - MOTION - Lower Limbs,chorea like
EXTREMITIES - MOTION - Lower Limbs,chorea like - convulsive
EXTREMITIES - MOTION - Leg - convulsive
BACK - SPASMS
EXTREMITIES - MOTION - Upper Limbs,automatic - convulsive
HEAD - FALLING - sideways of head
MOUTH - MOTION - Tongue,difficult
URETHRA - DISCHARGE - gonorrheal - chronic
TEETH - GRINDING - sleep,during
URETHRA - CHORDEE
MALE GENITALIA - ERECTIONS, - violent
EXTREMITIES - PAIN - Knee - walking,on
EXTREMITIES - JERKING - Lower Limbs
GENERALITIES - CONVULSIVE movements
EXTREMITIES - TWITCHING
FACE - TWITCHING

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