Homoeopathy — Page 293
Crotalus Horridus 293 One thing is common in Crotalus and other snake venoms that the patient becomes suspicious minded. He does not trust anybody and thinks that somebody will poison him. The patient has a strong desire to drink alcohol. The best treatment to break the habit of drinking alcohol is Sulphuric Acid i. e. , one drop of Sulphuric Acid dissolved in a glass of water, given three times a day. Crotalus is ideal remedy for a grossly obese alcoholic who has a craving for spicy food. The eyes of a Crotalus patient are yellowish, with the appearance of dark rings around the eyes. The eyes have burning pain as if somebody has pierced them with a knife. There is a tendency to bleed inside the eye. The vision becomes hazy. Sometimes, due to extreme weakness, the eyesight may be totally lost. Light is unbearable (photophobia). There is bleeding from the ears. The right ear becomes deaf due to the affliction of the nerves of the ears. The dysfunction of the ears causes vertigo. There is mild earache, throbbing sensation and hypersensitivity to loud noise. In Crotalus, the nasal discharge is mixed with blood. There can be a nosebleed (Epistaxis), the blood being dark and clotted in the form of woven thread. The lips swell and become numb, the face also becomes pale and swollen. The dryness of the tongue and the throat makes speaking and swallowing difficult. The tongue is red, dry and swollen. When such a patient develops cancer of the tongue , the condition would warrant the use of Crotalus. A Crotalus patient cannot tolerate any kind of clothing around the stomach area. His stomach cannot hold anything and it throws up its contents. The material thrown up contains bile. The vomiting may be of pure blood. The stomach feels empty. Either the patient is constipated or has diarrhoea. The diarrhoeal stools are dark in colour, rather thin, but smell offensive and are mixed with blood. The urine is red or yellowish in colour. The kidneys become inflamed. There is a pain in the liver area. The heart feels weak but beats fast. The pulse is generally very rapid or becomes very weak. Joint pains are also a symptom of Crotalus. The glands become swollen. The hands and feet also swell and there is stiffness and pain in the toes. The headache and stomach symptoms get better in the