Aranea Scinencia

by John Henry Clarke — A Dictionary of Practical Materia Medica

A grey spider found in Kentucky on old walls. Does not spin a web. N. O. Arachnida. Tincture.

Clinical

Debility / Eyes, affections of / Headache

Characteristics

Aran. scin. has been proved in 1st and 2nd dilutions. One remarkable symptom noticed was: "Constant twitching of under eyelids," which brings this spider into line with the choreic Mygale. Eyes inflamed, weak, watery, lids swollen. Rather profuse flow of saliva; sweet taste in mouth. Much dull, stupid headache of considerable intensity, especially in postero-superior part of head; unable to rest for it; could not collect thoughts with it. Felt as if he had been drinking. Sleepiness. All symptoms < in warm room.

Relations

Compare: Spiders generally. Agar.; Carb. v. (< warm room, also Puls., Apis, Sul., &c.).

Aranea Scinencia across the other classic books

Aranea Scinencia appears in 2 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.
“A gray spider found in Kentucky on old walls. "Does not spin a web." Authority. Dr. Wm. Rowley, N. Am. Journ. of Hom., 7, 64; two provings (1, "N. S." 2, "E. P.") with the 1st and 2d dilutions. Could not collect his thoughts (with slight pain in head), (second day), 1. Vertigo worse when stooping (third day), 1…”

Aranea Scinencia in Kent's Repertory

Kent's Repertory lists Aranea Scinencia in 3 rubrics. These are the ones where it carries the highest grade — the symptoms Kent treated as most characteristic.

CHEST - PALPITATION heart - waking,on
VERTIGO - STOOPING,on
STOMACH - ERUCTATIONS - sour

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