– 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of snakes; (b) Clinical observations in prescribing less common snake remedies by myself and others; (c) New and as yet unpublished provings.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of snakes; (b) Clinical observations in prescribing less common snake remedies by myself and others; (c) New and as yet unpublished provings.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
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