Crotalus horridus

by C.M. Boger — General Analysis

Historical reference for practitioners and students.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.

BLACK, dark, etc.
BLOOD SEPSIS, etc.
BLUISH, purple, livid, etc.
DUSKY COLOR
ERYSIPELAS
FAINT, faints easily, etc.
HEMORRHAGE, bloody discharges
MOTTLED, PATCHY, ETC. (COMP. SPOTS.)
NUMBNESS, insusceptibility, absence of pain, etc.
PHAGEDENA, slough, etc.
ROLLING, turning over, etc., as if (Comp. Loose, Ball, etc.)
SEASON, Spring
SIDE, Right
TREMBLING
YELLOW

Crotalus horridus across the other classic books

Crotalus horridus appears in 10 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 HC — The keynotes that separate this remedy from its nearest neighbours.
“Poison of Rattlesnake (Crotalidae) Is indicated in strumous, debilitated, haemorrhagic, broken-down constitutions; during zymotic diseases; in inebriates; tendency to carbuncles or blood boils (Anthr.). Diseases caused by a previous low state of the system; low septic typhoid or malarial fever; chronic alcoholism…”
Allen TF — A compiled symptom record drawing on proving reports and other named observations.
“C. Horridus, Linn. Order , Crotalidæ of the Ophidian family of serpents. Common names , Rattlesnake, Boiquira. Preparation , Trituration of the virus with sugar of milk. Authorities.”
Boericke — The quick clinical read — keynotes, modalities and the conditions it is actually prescribed in.
“Rattlesnake Snake poisons are supposed to be chemically Cyan hydrates of Soda and other salts. Alcohol is the natural solvent of these salts and is an antidote. Has a profound trophic action. Old age nutritional troubles. Low septic states. General disorganization of the blood, hæmorrhages and jaundice. A crotalin…”
Boger (Syn) — Generals and modalities in a short analytical portrait rather than a symptom list.
“BLOOD. Heart. Cerebro-spinal nerves. Liver. Throat. Occiput. Right side. Lying on R. side. Falling to sleep. Warm weather. Spring. Alcohol. Light. Motion. Deathly sick, tremulous and weak. HÆMORRHAGE; slow; oozing of dark, thin blood; pharyngeal. Bloody pus or sweat. Putridity, rapid decomposition and MALIGNANCY…”
Clarke — The widest entry — sources, provings, clinical uses, relationships and antidotes in one place.
“Rattle-snake. N. O. Crotalidæ. The Rattle-snake of North America. Symptoms of C. Durissus as well as C. Horridus are included in the pathogenesis. Trituration of sugar of milk saturated with the venom. Solution of the venom in glycerine. Amblyopia / Apoplexy / Appendicitis / Bilious fever / Boils / Cancers /…”
Hering — Graded symptoms, each weighted by how often provers and practice confirmed it.
“Rattlesnake poison. Crotalidæ. The first regular provings of the poison were made by C. Hg., and his provers, who proved the first and second triturations ; see Hering's Monograph on the Effects of Snake Poisons, 1837 ; a single proving with the third dilution on an unmarried lady, æt. 35, by Stokes, is recorded among…”
Kent — The mental and general picture — how Kent organizes the remedy’s historical symptom portrait.
“Crotalus Horridus (Rattlesnake) Aspect: The first impression would be to rebel against the use of such substances as Crotalus, Lachesis, Apis and other animal poisons, and it is true that the lay mind must look with something like horror upon their administration; but when they are properly used and when we consider…”
Lippe (Red) — Keynotes with the most-trusted ones marked as red-line symptoms.
“Common name: rattle-snake poison. Is indicated in adynamic conditions that are characterized by a hæmorrhagic tendency (Bl.). Apoplectic convulsions in inebriates, hæmorrhagic or broken down constitutions (A.). HÆMORRHAGES FROM EVERY ORIFICE OF THE BODY, EVEN FROM THE PORES OF THE SKIN. (Ra.). Mouldy smell from the…”
Nash — The comparisons — the remedy set beside the ones it is most often confused with.
“Here is another snake poison which, although like Naja has been proven only in the low preparations, has a better clinical record. Yet it lacks the clear-cut indications of Lachesis. It has shown enough, however, to indicate that it is a remedy of great value. It seems, so far, to have shown its greatest usefulness in…”

Crotalus horridus in Kent's Repertory

Kent's Repertory lists Crotalus horridus in 1,332 rubrics. These are the ones where it carries the highest grade — the symptoms Kent treated as most characteristic. Most of them sit in EXTREMITIES (234), GENERALITIES (100), HEAD (100), STOMACH (88), MIND (84).

BLADDER - TENESMUS - vomiting,purging and micturition
CHEST - DISCOLORATION, - Spots - mottled
FEVER - CONTINUED fever,typhus - typhoid - haemorrhagic
NOSE - EPISTAXIS - blood, - dark,black - and thin
NOSE - EPISTAXIS - blood, - fluid
RESPIRATION - DIFFICULT - constriction of - larynx
GENERALITIES - HAEMORRHAGE - orifices of the body,from
STOMACH - NAUSEA - deathly
NOSE - EPISTAXIS - fever,during - typhoid
PERSPIRATION - BLOODY
EXTERNAL THROAT - CLOTHING agg.
GENERALITIES - SEPTICAEMIA
EAR - DISCHARGES - blood
EYE - BLEEDING from eyes
FEVER - YELLOW fever
MOUTH - PROTRUDED,Tongue
FEVER - SEPTIC fever
GENERALITIES - WEAKNESS,enervation - sudden
THROAT - GANGRENE
FEVER - ZYMOTIC fevers

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