Crotalus horridus
(Crotalus horridus · Timber rattlesnake)
A snake remedy with a right-sided, depleted picture. In the materia medica, Crotalus horridus is associated with marked weakness, a tendency to bruise and bleed dark fluid blood, sallow yellowish skin and great sensitivity to jarring.
Source
The venom of the North American timber rattlesnake
Kingdom
Animal
Abbreviation
Crot-h.
Home acute kit
Usually prescribed by a homeopath
The classic picture
(a remedy is chosen when the whole picture fits the person, not from a single symptom)
Profound weakness and exhaustion, sometimes after a long or low-grade illness
Bruises and bleeds easily; blood dark and thin rather than clotting
Skin sallow or yellowish, with purplish, mottled discoloration around swellings
Weepy, impatient and foggy-minded; symptoms mostly on the right side, worse on waking
Tends to feel better
Pressure on sore areas
Tends to feel worse
Right side
Jarring
On waking
Damp, wet weather and the coming of warm weather
How it compares
(remedies that are often confused with Crotalus horridus)
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Lachesis
(Lachesis mutus)
The best-known snake remedy is markedly left-sided and talkative; Crotalus leans right and is more drained.
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Naja
(Naja tripudians)
Naja centers on the nerves and chest with little bleeding; Crotalus is the more bleeding-prone snake.
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Elaps
(Elaps corallinus)
Elaps also has black bleeding but craves cold drinks that then feel icy inside; Crotalus is sallow and right-sided.
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From the classic texts
“Weeping mood; clouded perception and memory; impatient. Loquacious, with desire to escape. Sadness. Delusions of cerebral decay.”
“Menopause: intense flushings and drenching perspirations; faintness and sinking at stomach; prolonged metrorrhagia, dark, fluid, offensive; profound anaemia.”
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