– THOMPSON M,
Repertory
The following list of rubrics are rubrics which are common for all snake remedies (except where specific remedies are mentioned). They have been compiled by: (a) Observations on the nature and behaviour of snakes; (b) Clinical observations in prescribing less common snake remedies by myself and others; (c) New and as yet unpublished provings. Abbreviations: NR = New rubric, MM = Massimo Mangialavori
Common snake rubrics
The following list of rubrics are rubrics which are common for all snake remedies (except where specific remedies are mentioned). They have been compiled by: (a) Observations on the nature and behaviour of snakes; (b) Clinical observations in prescribing less common snake remedies by myself and others; (c) New and as yet unpublished provings. Abbreviations: NR = New rubric, MM = Massimo Mangialavori.
Mind
Absorbed
Ailments from alcoholism, dipsomania
Ailments from anticipation, foreboding, presentiment
Ailments from climacteric period
Ailments from grief
Ailments from sexual abuse
Alcoholism, dipsomania
Amorous disposition
Anger easily
Anger from interruption
Anguish
Aphasia
Attention, commands (NR)
Attractive, must be (NR)
Biting
Biting himself: Agki-p. (Water moccasins will bite and thrash about when handled, even biting themselves; like Elaps)
Clairvoyance
Colours, love of (NR)
Competitive (NR)
Death, presentiment of
Death sudden, presentiment of a
Delirium, loquacious
Delusions of animals
Delusions that he is being beaten
Delusions that she is betrayed
Delusions is deceived
Delusion is being injured
Delusion head is being injured
Delusion is being injured by his surroundings
Delusion he will receive injury
Delusion that he is persecuted
Delusion he has been poisoned
Delusion medicine is poisoned
Delusion he is pursued
Delusion he is pursued by enemies
Delusions of snakes
Delusions, talks with dead people
Delusions, hears voices of dead people
Delusions has suffered wrong
Delusions of visions
Disturbed, averse to being
Dreams of animals
Dreams of dead people
Dreams of death
Dreams of frightful
Dreams of journeys
Dreams of murder
Dreams of being pursued
Dreams of rape
Dreams of snakes
Drug addiction, especially by injections (NR)
Ecstasy
Escape, desire to
Fear of being alone
Fear of animals
Fear of death
Fear of sudden death
Fear of being drowned
Fear of injections (NR)
Fear of being poisoned
Fear of rain
Fear of being raped
Fear of rats (snakes prey on small rats and mammals but they can also be injured and killed by rats)
Fear of snakes
Fear of suffocation
Fear of water
Forebodings
Forsaken
Grief
Hatred
Hatred for animals (NR)
Hatred and revenge
Hibernate, desire to (NR)
Hydrophobia
Irritability from any disturbance
Irritability, easily
Jealousy
Laziness : Lach. (Lachesis will lie in the jungle for months without moving much at all)
Loquacity (MM says only pit vipers)
Love of animals (NR)
Menses, mental symptoms agg. before
Music, love of (NR)
Offended easily
Prophesying
Rage, fury
Quick to act
Sociability: Crot-h. (Rattlesnakes are very sociable and hibernate in large numbers together with copperheads)
Startled on waking as if suffocated
Striking
Striking, desire to strike
Talk, talking, talks; foreign language, in (thus they should be good at languages)
Talk, indisposed to, desire to be silent
Unconsciousness, coma, stupor
Head
Cerebral hemorrhage
Eruptions, scales
Injuries of the head, after
Motions in general
Sunstroke
Eyes
Hemorrhage
Vision
Blue colours before the eyes
Nose
Coryza, hay fever
Face
Discoloration, black
Discoloration, bluish
Discoloration, mottled
Mouth
Discoloration, black
Enlarged tongue
Hemorrhage
Motion of tongue, hanging out
Motion of tongue like snakes
Protruding tongue
Throat
Choking, constricting
Choking, constricting on falling asleep
Lump, sensation of
Lump, oesophagus, sensation of
Lump, oesophagus, sensation of, after eating
Suffocative sensation
External throat
Clothing agg.
Stomach
Clothing, aversion
Eructations, regurgitation of food
Lump, sensation of
Lump, sensation of, after eating
Vomiting, black
Abdomen
Clothing, sensitive to
Rectum
Hemorrhage from anus
Female
Climacteric period
Menopause
Metrorrhagia, black
Respiration
Asthmatic, hay asthma
Difficult on falling asleep
Cough
Choking
Suffocative
Chest
Anxiety in
Anxiety in region of Heart
Clothing agg.
Hemorrhage
Pain, cutting, sudden sharp pain
Palpitation heart, with choking in throat
Back
Injuries of the spine, cervical region
Extremities
Coldness feet
Coldness hands
Coldness, icy, feet
Discoloration, blue
Discoloration, blue, lower limbs, feet
Discoloration, blue, upper limbs, hands
Discoloration, mottled
Discoloration, purple, upper limbs, hands
Hang down, letting limbs agg.
Paralysis, general, one-sided, hemiplegia
Sleep
Falling asleep, with suffocation
Chill
Annual chill
Skin
Discoloration, blackish
Discoloration, bluish
Discoloration, bluish spots
Discoloration, purple
Discolouration, mottled
Ecchymose
Eruptions, blackish
Eruptions, scaly
Generalities
Apoplexy
Clothing, intolerance of
Collapse
Collapse, sudden
Discoloration, blackness of external parts, gangrene
Food, meat, desires (of course snakes only eat other animals)
Haemorrhage in general
Haemorrhage, blood, coagulate, does not
Haemorrhage, orifices of the body, from
Lying, agg.
Pain appears suddenly
Pain appears suddenly and disappears suddenly
Pain in spots
Pains sudden
Paralysis, general, one-sided, hemiplegia
Paralysis, general, one-sided, hemiplegia, apoplexy, after
Periodicity
Periodicity, annually
Season, autumn and spring, agg.
Season, autumn, agg.
Season, spring, agg.
Shocks, agg.
Sitting, while amel. (MM says that all the snake remedies are better from sitting and worse lying in general)
Sleep, at beginning of first sleep agg.
Spots, symptoms or sensations occur in (A careful reading of the proving of Bothrops atrox shows that symptoms were frequently in small spots; this corresponds to a snake bite!)
Sudden manifestations
Sun, from exposure to
Sunstroke, from
Vaccination, after
Weakness, sudden
Wounds, bleeding freely
Wounds, bluish
Wounds, gangrenous
Wounds, painful
Wounds, slow to heal
Both Black mambas and Taipans are quick to strike and will strike repeatedly:
Courageous: Dendro-p., Oxyu-s.
Fearlessness: Dendro-p., Oxyu-s.
The following are possibly only vipers and pit vipers:
Skin
Cicatrices break open
Skin, ulcers, reopening of old
Generalities
Wounds, reopening of cicatrices
Wounds, reopening of old
Kraits are very docile during the day and can be handled safely by children but at night they are quite the opposite. Sea snakes are also very timid.
Quiet disposition: Bung-c., Bung-f., Hydro-c.
Timidity: Bung-c., Bung-f., Hydro-c.
Timidity, daytime: Bung-c., Bung-f.
Timidity, daytime, fearless at night (NR): Bung-c., Bung-f.
More aggressive snakes:
Biting everyone who disturbs him
Rage, fury with biting
The following homeopathic articles were useful in compiling the lists:
Jayesh Shah p. 35 Homoeopathic Links 2/94
Jürgen Becker, Vipera berus p. 9 Homeopathic Links 2/91
Judyth and Robert Reichenberg-Ullman, p. 286-7 All that slithers is not Lachesis, IFH Case Conference 1996
Massimo Mangialavori Holland seminar notes 1994