Elaps

(Elaps corallinus · Coral snake)

A snake remedy of cold and dark discharges. In the materia medica, Elaps is associated with an icy feeling in the stomach after cold drinks, dark discharges, and long-standing crusty nasal catarrh.

Digestion | Colds & flu

Source

The venom of the Brazilian coral snake

Kingdom

Animal

Abbreviation

Elaps.

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)

Cold drinks and fruit feel as if they lie like ice in the stomach

Dark, almost black discharges, including hard black earwax

Stuffed nose with greenish crusts and an unpleasant smell

Dreads being left alone and is fearful of rain; symptoms favor the right side

Tends to feel better

Gentle rocking or swaying motion

Tends to feel worse

Cold drinks

Eating fruit

Wet weather

How it compares

(remedies that are often confused with Elaps)

Lachesis

(Lachesis mutus)

Lachesis, another snake remedy, is left-sided, talkative and worse for heat; Elaps is right-sided and worse for cold things.
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Crotalus horridus

(Crotalus horridus)

Crotalus shares dark discharges among the snake remedies, with more yellowing and weakness.
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From the classic texts

“Similar to snake-poisons generally. Has very marked black discharges. Cold things disagree. Desire for sweetened buttermilk.”

William Boericke, Pocket Manual of Homoeopathic Materia Medica (1901)

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