Crotalus Horridus

The Rattlesnake of North America

Timber rattlesnakes have a diamond shaped head which is set off from their relatively thin neck.

They hibernate communally with other timber rattlesnakes and also other species of snakes.

Timber rattlesnakes are among the last snakes to emerge from hibernation in the spring, and among the first to retire to their winter retreats in autumn.

Timber rattlesnakes are surprisingly calm when encountered in the wild.

Many will sit motionless hoping that you will not see them.

Keynotes

MIND:

• Delusions of being persecuted
• Mental confusion
• Desires company
• Suspicious
• Timid
• Vivacious
• Talks to himself
• Over-active mind
• Dwells on death
• Easily disturbed by surroundings

GENERALS:

• Chilly
• Complaints come on suddenly
• Tendency to bleed
• Intolerance to clothing
• Discharges are offensive
• Swelling of affected parts
• Aggravated by: Spring; Cold dry weather; Hunger, Beginning to sleep
• Desires: Alcohol; Stimulants; Sugar
• Aversions: Meat; Tobacco

Where to look for further information on this remedy:

Kent’s `Lectures On Materia Medica’

Master, F `Snakes in the Homeopathic Grass’

http://hpathy.com/materiamedica/allenkeynotes/allen-crotalus-horridus.asp

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/homeopathy advice/Remedies/MATERA MEDICA/crot-h.html

Crotalus Cascavella

North-Eastern Brazilian Rattlesnake

(Southern cousin of Crotalus Horridus)

Young snakes are independent from birth.

Unlike Crotalus Horridus, Cascavella can be viciously defensive if approached. They may also engage in group defense against predators. Although like other rattlesnakes they would prefer to give a warning then hide and fight another day.

Keynotes

MIND:

• Needs to be defended by a group
• Feel looked down upon
• Feel they are all alone (and fear of being alone)
• Feel pursued
• Extremely sensitive to sensual impressions
• Clairvoyance
• Sadiness but cannot weep
• Wants to attack but fear group may repudiate him

GENERALS:

• Chilly but > open air
• Right-sided
• Constrictive Sensations
• Paralysis
• Aggravated by menopause
• Desires – Snow
• Aversions – Beef

Common Features In The Crotalus Remedies:

• Chilly
• Hemorrhages
• Intolerance to clothing
• Aversion to meat
• Ailments from:Anticipation; Foreboding; Stage Fright; Grief; Sorrow
• Desire for company
• Confusion of mind
• Thoughts of death
• Delusion being pursued
• Indifference, apathy
• Loquacity
• Memory weakness

Contrasting Keynotes:
Crotalus Horridus:

• Aversion to Work
• Dreams – Quarrels
• Delirium – sees phantoms
• Agoraphobia
• Sentimental
• Desires: Alcohol, Pork, Sour, Stimulants, Sugar, Sweets,Wine
• Aversion to Tobacco

Crotalus Cascavella:

• Desire for physical activity
• Dreams – Animals, Parties, Pleasure
• Delirium – sees spectres, ghosts, skeletons
• Fear of being alone, and ghosts
• Desires: Snow
• Aversion to Beef

Crotalus Cascavella

Where to look for further information on this remedy:

Master, F `Snakes in the Homeopathic Grass’

http://hpathy.com/casesnew/gordon-crotalus.asp

http://www. homeoint.org/hidb/kent/c/crot-c.htm

Sankaran’s ‘Provings’
Naja

Naja Naja. Indian Cobra. Common Cobra.

Asian Cobra. The most well known snake in India.

Cobras assume an up reared defence posture and flare their hoods when angry or disturbed.

Elapids (Cobra Family) strike with a downward stab followed by chewing.

Subject to much mythology and spiritual ideation (Hinduism and Ancient Egyptian particularly)
Keynotes:

• Affinities: Cerebellum, Medulla, NERVES, HEART, respiration – throat.
• Worse: lying on left side. After sleep; after menses. Air (cold; drafts) Damp Weather. Tight clothing. Alcohol. Exertion. Talking. Walking. Night. Touch. 3pm. Stimulants
• Better: Walking and riding in open air. Sneezing. Lying on right side.
• Very sensitive to cold – desires warmth
• Colds that turn to asthma
• Sensation as if organs are drawn together

Mentals:

• Sense of duality – the feeling of being split in two, of having two wills.
• Conflict between higher (human) and lower (animal) nature
• Strong sense of duty (Which in the duality – Neglect)
• Feels as if he is a failure
• Delusion he has suffered – broods over imaginary troubles (Which in the duality – suffering wrong and doing wrong to others)
• Timidity
• Fear of rain
• Fear of being abandoned

Where to look for further information on this remedy:

Vermeulan, Frans ‘Prisma’

Boericke, William `Homeopathic Materia Medica’

www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi mOISW/is 258/ai n8592732

Kents ‘Lectures On Materia Medica’
Other Snake Remedies

• Bungarus Fascia
• Dedroaspis Polylepis
• Elaps Corallinus
• Oxyuranus Scutellatus
• Oxyuranus Microlepidotus
• Hydrophis Cyanocinctus
• Clotho Arietans
• Cenchris Contortrix
• Toxicophis Pugnax
• Vipera Acustica Carinata
• Vipera
• Vipera Aspis
• Vipera Redi
• Vipera Torva
• Bothrops (Atrox)
• Bothrops (lanceolatus)