• Cerebral decay.

• Snake poisons contain chemically Cyan hydrates of Soda and other salts.

• Alcohol is a natural solvent and antidote to snake poisons.

• Crotalus Horridus has a profound trophic action.

• Indicated in old age nutritional troubles.

• Crotalus Horridus is used in low septic states.

• Crotalus Horridus causes general disorganization of the blood.

• Hemorrhages: dark, fluid blood that forms no clots.

• Jaundice.

• Crotalin injection decreases blood coagulation rate; epilepsy shows a higher rate than normal.

• Crotalus Horridus causes blood decomposition.

• It causes a tendency to carbuncles.

• Crotalus Horridus is useful in malignant scarlatina.

• Indicated in yellow fever.

• The plague.

• Cholera.

• Hemorrhagic diathesis.

• Crotalus Horridus acts as a sedative.

• The patient sleeps into his symptoms.

• Crotalus Horridus is more right-sided in its action.

• Profound prostration and weakness.

• Septic conditions with offensive discharges.

• Discoloration of skin: mottled, purplish, or yellowish.

• Swelling and inflammation, often with a dusky, purplish hue.

• Ulceration with a tendency to bleed easily.

• Great sensitiveness to touch.

• Pain out of all proportion to the apparent pathology.

• Tendency to form abscesses.

• Burning pains are characteristic.

• The patient feels cold, even in a warm room.

• Aversion to light.

• General aggravation from heat (though radiant heat may relieve).

• Great muscular weakness.

• General debility.

• Dropsical conditions.

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• Confusion and disorientation.

• Delirium, especially in febrile conditions.

• Great anxiety and fear, particularly about their illness.

• Irritability and restlessness.

• Depression and despondency.

• Apathy; indifference to surroundings.

• Difficulty concentrating.

• Mental dullness; sluggish thought processes.

• Loquacity alternating with silence.

• Fear of death.

• Suspicious; mistrustful.

• Sudden changes in mood.

• Suicidal thoughts.

• Impaired memory.

• Indecisiveness.

• Headache, often throbbing, with a feeling of fullness.

• Vertigo, especially on rising or motion.

• Pain extending to the eyes.

• Congestion of the head.

• Yellowish discoloration of the conjunctiva.

• Swelling and inflammation of the eyelids.

• Blurred vision.

• Double vision.

• Photophobia.

• Hemorrhages into the retina.

• Noises in the ears; tinnitus.

• Pain in the ears.

• Epistaxis; nosebleeds of dark, non-coagulating blood.

• Swelling and redness of the nose.

• Swelling of the face; often purplish or mottled.

• Yellowish discoloration of the face.

• Expression of suffering.

• Sore throat with a burning sensation.

• Difficulty swallowing; sensation of a lump in the throat.

• Swelling of the throat.

• Diphtheria-like symptoms.

• Paralysis of the tongue.

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• Dyspnea; shortness of breath.

• Cough with bloody expectoration.

• Pneumonia with septic symptoms.

• Rattling in the chest.

• Weakness of the heart.

• Irregular pulse.

• Palpitations.

• Pain in the chest.

• Feeling of constriction in the chest.

• Cyanosis.

• Orthopnea (difficulty breathing when lying down).

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• Nausea and vomiting, often bilious or bloody.

• Hematemesis (vomiting blood).

• Pain in the stomach.

• Craving for alcohol (or aggravation from it).

• Tenderness of the abdomen.

• Distension of the abdomen.

• Jaundice.

• Melena; dark, bloody stools.

• Hemorrhoids that bleed easily.

• Diarrhea with offensive stools.

• Constipation with dark, hard stools.

• Burning in the stomach.

• Thirst for cold drinks.

• Hematuria; blood in the urine.

• Suppression of urine.

• Albuminuria.

• Burning sensation in the urethra.

• Frequent urination.

• Menses profuse and dark.

• Metrorrhagia; uterine hemorrhage.

• Painful menstruation.

• Leucorrhea, offensive and bloody.

• Prostatitis.

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• A hemorrhagic constitution with a tendency to blood poisoning and septic conditions.

• Marked prostration and debility, often out of proportion to the apparent pathology.

• Great tendency to ecchymosis and discoloration of the skin, even from slight pressure.

• General puffiness of the affected parts, often with a dusky, cyanotic appearance.

• Putrid and offensive discharges, often thin, dark, and non-coagulable blood.

• Sensation of heat and burning, internally and externally.

• Tendency to paralysis, often ascending.

• Symptoms often begin on the left side.

• Great anxiety and restlessness, with a fear of death.

• Apprehension, especially at night.

• Irritability and impatience, easily angered.

• Dullness and confusion of mind; difficulty concentrating.

• Delirium, often muttering and incoherent.

• Great depression and hopelessness.

• Sudden mood changes, from cheerful to despairing.

• Loss of memory.

• Fear of being alone.

• Pain in the back.

• Stiffness of the neck.

• Swelling of the limbs; often purplish or mottled.

• Pain in the limbs; worse from motion.

• Numbness and tingling in the extremities.

• Varicose veins.

• Ulcers on the legs.

• Carbuncles and boils.

• Paralysis of the limbs.

• Trembling of the limbs.

• Discoloration of the skin (mottled, purplish, yellowish).

• Petechiae (small, red or purple spots).

• Ecchymosis (bruising).

• Jaundice.

• Ulcers.

• Carbuncles.

• Boils.

• Vesicles.

• Offensive sweat.

• Sleeplessness.

• Restless sleep.

• Sleeps into his symptoms.

• Nightmares.

• Dreams of death and dying.

• Warmth (except radiant heat).

• Motion.

• Touch.

• Pressure.

• Evening.

• Right side.

• Sleeping.

• Alcohol (in some cases).

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• Open air.

• Cool applications.

• Radiant heat.

• Alcohol (in some cases).

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• Antidote: Lach; Alcohol; Radiant heat; Camphor.

• Complementary: Lach, Hepar Sulph.

• Comparisons: Lachesis (left-sided, more loquacious), Echis (similar blood dyscrasia), Bothrops (aphasia, hemiplegia), Crotalus Cascavella (similar action, South American rattlesnake), Arsenicum Album (anxiety, restlessness, prostration). Naja (heart symptoms), Elaps (ear symptoms, black vomit).

• Headache, throbbing and bursting, often with a feeling of fullness.

• Vertigo, with nausea and vomiting.

• Headache relieved by epistaxis.

• Heavy, dull headache, worse on waking.

• Yellowish discoloration of the conjunctiva.

• Hemorrhages into the retina.

• Dimness of vision, double vision.

• Drooping of the eyelids (ptosis).

• Pupils dilated or unequal.

• Humming and buzzing in the ears (tinnitus).

• Impaired hearing.

• Profuse epistaxis (nosebleeds), dark and non-coagulable blood.

• Swelling and inflammation of the nose.

• Sore throat, with a burning sensation.

• Difficulty swallowing, especially liquids.

• Swelling and inflammation of the throat, with a dusky appearance.

• Difficulty breathing, shortness of breath.

• Rattling of mucus in the chest.

• Cough, dry and hacking, or with bloody expectoration.

• Feeling of constriction in the chest.

• Palpitations, with anxiety and shortness of breath.

• Weak and irregular pulse.

• Pain in the chest, often sharp and stabbing.

• Nausea and vomiting, with a putrid odor.

• Vomiting of blood (hematemesis).

• Pain in the stomach, aggravated by eating.

• Abdomen distended and tender to touch.

• Diarrhea, dark and offensive, or constipation with hard, dry stools.

• Hemorrhoids, bleeding and painful.

• Burning and itching in the anus.

• Involuntary stool.

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• Dark and scanty urine.

• Albuminuria.

• Hematuria (blood in the urine).

• Frequent urging to urinate.

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• In women: Menorrhagia (heavy menstrual bleeding). Metrorrhagia (bleeding between periods). Ovarian pain.

• In men: Swelling and inflammation of the testicles. Impotence.

• Pain in the back, especially in the lumbar region.

• Stiffness and soreness of the back.

• Weakness in the back.

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• Swelling and edema of the extremities.

• Numbness and tingling in the limbs.

• Paralysis, often ascending, beginning in the feet.

• Pain in the limbs, aching and throbbing.

• Coldness of the extremities.

• Ulcers, with a bluish, unhealthy appearance.

• Carbuncles and boils.

• Warmth.

• Lying down.

• Motion.

• Touch.

• Right side.

• Night.

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• Cold applications.

• Open air.

• Rest.

• Lachesis, Echinacea, Arnica.

• Alcohol, Ammonia, Echinacea.

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