Mygale Lasiodora

by C.M. Boger — A Synoptic Key of the Materia Medica

REGION

Nerves.

Chorea of upper parts. .................... Twitching facial muscles and head (Cic.).

Mygale Lasiodora across the other classic books

Mygale Lasiodora appears in 6 of the 13 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 — The raw proving record — symptoms as the provers reported them, unedited.
“"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…”
Boericke — The quick clinical read — keynotes, modalities and the conditions it is actually prescribed in.
“Black Cuban Spider Weakness, palpitation, nervousness, fear, like other spider preparations. Chorea is the principal therapeutic field of this. Sexual symptoms are important. Delirious, restless, sad; fears death; despondent. Twitching of facial muscles . Mouth and eyes open in rapid succession. Hot and flushed …”
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…”
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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Mygale Lasiodora across the other classic books

Mygale Lasiodora appears in 6 of the 13 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 — The raw proving record — symptoms as the provers reported them, unedited.

“"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…”

Boericke — The quick clinical read — keynotes, modalities and the conditions it is actually prescribed in.

“Black Cuban Spider Weakness, palpitation, nervousness, fear, like other spider preparations. Chorea is the principal therapeutic field of this. Sexual symptoms are important. Delirious, restless, sad; fears death; despondent. Twitching of facial muscles . Mouth and eyes open in rapid succession. Hot and flushed …”

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…”

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.”