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Lachesis Ksrishti

1. Presented by : K. Srishti Roll no : 24 Moderated by : Dr. Hemalatha Department of Homeopathic Materia Medica Lachesis Mutus

2. Synonym Names South American Bushmaster Surukuku Lachesis Muta Lachesis Mutus

3. Origin of Substance including natural order and species Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chrodata Class: Reptilia Order: Squamata Suborder: Serpentes Family: Viperidae Genus: Lachesis Species: Lachesis muta

4. Proving era and contributors Dr Hering proved it on July 28th, 1828. The first case was published in the Archives, in 1835. Stapf, Bute, Bauer, Behlert, Detwiller, Gross, Kummer, Reichhelm, Roehrig, Wesselhoeft, Kehr, Koth, Matlack, De Young, Herfrich, Schmole, and Lingen. Later provings were made by Robinson, Fellows (Fincke, not contained in Encyclopedia), Bartlett, Metcalf and Berridge .

5. PHYSIOLOGICAL ACTION OF DRUG SPHERE OF ACTION This has a powerful action upon the cerebro-spinal system, especially centering upon the pneumogastric nerve; has a special affinity for the outlets of the body, throat and rectum, also affects the genito-urinary organs, and intestinal tract.

6. PHYSIOLOGICAL ACTION OF DRUG - Brain-Congestion, coma, sensory nerve life destroyed. - Cord-Spasms, convulsions, sudden prostration. - Vagii-Spasms of throat, emesis. - Blood-Rapid decomposition. - Haemorrhage.

7. PHYSIOLOGICAL ACTION OF DRUG - Asthenic fever. -Circulation-Vasomotor paralysis. -Asthenia. -Paralysis of the heart. - Skin-Ecchymosis, gangrene, haemorrhages, jaundice. - Glands-Congestion, fatty degeneration. - Female-Uterian atony, scanty delayed menses.

8. ECCYMOSIS ECCYMOSIS IN BREAST ECCYMOSIS IN BOTH EYES

9. DRUG PICTURE Like all snake poisons, Lachesis decomposes the blood, rendering it more fluid; hence a haemorrhagic tendency is marked. All symptoms are worse during and after sleep Most complaints are relieved by menstrual flow Left sided remedy.

10. Climactric ailments “ have never been well since that time” Burning all over the body HOT FLUSHES AND HOT PERSPIRATION A sense of constriction and tight feeling everywhere Sensation of ball in inside or organs Great desire for fanning, But slow from distance Trembling tongue.

11. DRUG PICTURE Delirium tremens with much trembling and confusion. Very important during the climacteric and for patients of a melancholic disposition. Ill effects of suppressed discharges. Cannot bear anything tight anywhere.

12. DIPHTHERIA INITIAL STAGE ADVANCED STAGE

13. AILMENTS FROM -Long lasting grief, sorrow, fright, jealousy, vexation, disappointed love -Suppression with quinine, climacteric -Bad effect of poison wounds -Suppressed discharges

14. MIND Great LOQUACITY. Amative. Sad in the morning; no desire to mix with the world. Restless and uneasy; does not wish to attend to business; wants to be off somewhere all the time. Jealous. [HYOS.] Mental labor best performed at night. Euthanasia. Suspicious; nightly delusion of fire. Religious insanity. [VERAT.; STRAM.] Derangement of the TIME SENSE.

15. She is possessed of some religious mania and insanity. She is very JEALOUS AND SUSPICIOUS Dreams of snakes ; of own death and funeral Sometimes over joyed and sometimes melancholic and sad All mental symptoms worse after sleep.

16. HEAD Pain through head on awaking. Pain at root of nose. Pressure and burning on vertex. Waves of pain; worse after moving. Sun headaches. With headache, flickerings, dim vision, very pale face. Vertigo. Relieved by onset of a discharge (menses or nasal catarrh ).

17. EYES AND EARS Eyes Defective vision after diphtheria, extrinsic muscles too weak to maintain focus. Sensation as if eyes were drawn together by cords which were tied in a knot at root of nose. Ears Tearing pain from zygoma into ear; also with sore throat. Ear- wax hard, dry.

18. NOSE,FACE AND MOUTH Nose Bleeding, nostrils sensitive. Coryza, preceded by headache. Hay asthma; paroxysms of sneezing. [SILICA.; SABAD.] Face Pale. Trifacial neuralgia, left side, heat running up into head. [PHOS.] Tearing pain in jaw-bones. Purple, mottled, puffed; looks swollen, bloated, jaundiced, chlorotic. Mouth Gums swollen, spongy, bleed. Tongue swollen, burns, trembles, red, dry and cracked at tip, catches on teeth. APHTHOUS AND DENUDED SPOTS with burning and rawness. Nauseous taste. TEETH ACHE, PAIN EXTENDS TO EARS. Pain in facial bones.

19. THROAT Sore, WORSE LEFT SIDE, SWALLOWING LIQUIDS. QUINSY. Septic parotiditis. Dry, intensely swollen, externally and internally. Diphtheria; membrane dusky, blackish; PAIN AGGRAVATED BY HOT DRINKS; chronic sore throat, with much hawking; mucus sticks, AND CANNOT BE FORCED UP OR DOWN. VERY PAINFUL; WORSE SLIGHTEST PRESSURE, TOUCH IS EVEN MORE ANNOYING. In diphtheria, etc., the trouble BEGAN on the left side. Tonsils purplish. Purple, livid color of throat. Feeling as if something was swollen which must be swallowed; WORSE, SWALLOWING SALIVA OR LIQUIDS. PAIN INTO EAR. COLLAR AND NECK-BAND MUST BE VERY LOOSE.

20. STOMACH Craving for alcohol, oysters. Any food causes distress. Pit of stomach painful to touch. Hungry, cannot wait for food. Gnawing pressure MADE BETTER BY EATING, but returning in a few hours. Perceptible trembling movement in the epigastric region. Empty swallowing more painful than swallowing solids.

21. ABDOMEN AND STOOL Abdomen Liver region sensitive, CANNOT BEAR ANYTHING AROUND WAIST. Especially suitable to drunkards. Abdomen tympanitic, sensitive, painful. [BELL.] Stool Constipated, OFFENSIVE STOOL. Anus FEELS TIGHT, as if nothing could go through it. Pain darting up the rectum every time he sneezes or coughs. Haemorrhage from bowels like charred straw, BLACK PARTICLES. Haemorrhoids protrude, become CONSTRICTED, PURPLISH. Stitches in them on sneezing or coughing. Constant urging in rectum, not for stool.

22. FEMALE Climacteric troubles, palpitation, flashes of heat, haemorrhages, vertex headache, fainting spells; worse, pressure of clothes. Menses too short, too feeble; PAINS ALL RELIEVED BY THE FLOW. [EUPION.] Left ovary very painful and swollen, indurated. Mammae inflamed, bluish. Coccyx and sacrum pain, especially on RISING from sitting posture. Acts especially well at beginning and close of menstruation.

23. MALE Great excitement of sexual desire. Epilepsy after suffering by lewdness, or morbid excitement of sexual organs, onanism, frequent emissions of semen, or jealousy. Nocturnal emissions, with thrill of delight. Sore pain in urethra, in forepart of penis. Indurated foreskin, after chancres. Mercurial syphilitic ulcers on penis. Scrotum swollen to enormous size. Scarlatinal dropsy. Sycotic ulcers, with bluish areola.. Gangrene of glans. Phagedenic chancres.

24. RESPIRATORY Upper part of windpipe very susceptible to touch. Sensation of suffocation and strangulation on lying down, particularly WHEN ANYTHING IS AROUND THROAT; compels patient to spring from bed and rush for open window. Spasm of glottis; feels as if something ran from neck to larynx. Feels HE MUST TAKE A DEEP BREATH. Cramp-like distress in praecordial region. Cough; dry, suffocative fits, tickling. Little secretion and much sensitiveness; worse, pressure on larynx, AFTER SLEEP, open air. BREATHING ALMOST STOPS ON FALLING ASLEEP. [GRIND.] Larynx painful to touch. Sensation as of a plug [ANAC.] which moves up and down, with a short cough.

25. HEART Palpitation, with fainting spells, especially during climacteric. Constricted feeling causing palpitation, with anxiety. Cyanosis. Irregular beats.

26. BACK Neuralgia of coccyx, WORSE RISING FROM SITTING POSTURE; must sit perfectly still. Pain in neck, worse cervical region. Sensation of threads stretched from back to arms, legs, eyes, etc.

27. SLEEP AND FEVER SLEEP Patient SLEEPS INTO AN AGGRAVATION. Sudden starting when falling asleep. Sleepiness, yet cannot sleep. [BELL.; OP.] W FEVER Chilly in back; feet icy cold; hot flushes and hot perspiration. Paroxysm returns after acids. Intermittent fever every spring.ide-awake in evening.

28. SKIN Hot perspiration, BLUISH, PURPLISH APPEARANCE. Boils, Carbuncles, ulcers, with bluish, purple surroundings. Dark blisters. Bed-sores, with black edges. Blue-black swellings. Pyaemia; dissecting wounds. Purpura, with intense prostration. SENILE ERYSIPELAS. Wens. Cellulitis. Varicose ulcers.

29. MODALITIES WORSE, after sleep. (KALI BICH.) Lachesis sleeps INTO aggravation; ailments that come on during sleep [CALC.]; left side, in the spring, warm bath, pressure or constriction, hot drinks. Closing eyes. BETTER, appearance of discharges, warm applications.Open air.