• Remedy derived from the venom of the Coral Snake.

• Suited to individuals with a rheumatic diathesis.

• A marked tendency to hemorrhages, particularly with black discharges.

• Great prostration and debility are prominent features.

• Symptoms often appear suddenly and intensely.

• Spasms followed by paresis are characteristic.

• Sensations of coldness internally, especially in the stomach.

• Peculiar sensation as if something is moving to and fro.

• Oscillatory motion provides relief.

• An aversion to cold things, which generally disagree.

• Right-sided paralysis is a significant indicator.

• General aggravation from cold and amelioration from warmth.

• Adapted to asthenic conditions with a tendency to paralysis.

• Tearing, drawing pains, especially in the extremities.

• Emaciation and weakness accompany chronic complaints.

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• The patient cannot understand speech.

• Confusion and difficulty comprehending spoken language.

• Great anxiety and apprehension, especially about health.

• Fear of apoplexy (stroke).

• Irritability and impatience.

• Restlessness and a desire for constant motion.

• Mental dullness and difficulty concentrating.

• Loss of memory.

• Apathy and indifference.

• Delusions of being persecuted or injured.

• Weeping mood, easily moved to tears.

• Sudden changes of mood.

• Fear of death.

• Vertigo, especially when moving the head.

• Heaviness and confusion in the head.

• Headaches ameliorated by warmth.

• Headaches accompanied by nausea and vomiting.

• Dim vision; blurred vision.

• Black spots before the eyes.

• Flickering sensations in the eyes.

• Photophobia (sensitivity to light).

• Diplopia (double vision).

• Earaches with throbbing pains.

• Tinnitus (ringing in the ears).

• Impaired hearing.

• Sensation of fullness in the ears.

• Discharge from the ears.

• Ear, nose, and throat symptoms are key areas of action for the remedy.

• Offensive discharge from the nose.

• Coryza with sneezing and watery discharge.

• Obstruction of the nose.

• Loss of smell.

• Constriction of the pharynx.

• Spasm of the esophagus.

• Food and liquids suddenly arrested in the esophagus, then fall heavily into the stomach.

• Sensation of a lump in the throat.

• Hawking of mucus.

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• Difficult breathing, shortness of breath.

• Cough, often with expectoration of dark blood.

• Sensation of constriction in the chest.

• Cough worse at night.

• Rattling cough.

• Dyspnea (labored breathing) from least exertion.

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• Palpitations, especially with anxiety.

• Irregular heartbeat.

• Pulse weak and rapid.

• Fluttering sensation in the heart.

• Feeling of weight or pressure on the chest.

• Intense nausea and vomiting.

• Acidity of the stomach with a faint feeling.

• Sudden, sharp pains in the stomach.

• Cold feeling in the stomach.

• Fruits and ice water lie very cold in the stomach.

• Spasmodic pains in the stomach.

• Great thirst for cold water.

• Aversion to meat.

• Eructations of sour fluid.

• Hiccoughs.

• Colicky pains.

• Tenderness to pressure in the abdomen.

• Rumbling in the bowels.

• Enlargement of the liver.

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• Prostrating diarrhea, especially in consumptive patients.

• Stools are dark, black, and offensive.

• Hemorrhages from the bowels with black blood.

• Tenesmus (straining) with stool.

• Involuntary stools.

• Frequent urination.

• Burning sensation during urination.

• Scanty urine.

• Urine contains sediment.

• Involuntary urination at night.

• Absence of sexual desire.

• Impotence.

• Menses too early and profuse.

• Leucorrhea (whitish or yellowish discharge from the vagina).

• Right-sided paralysis.

• Rheumatic pains in the joints.

• Weakness and trembling of the limbs.

• Coldness of the hands and feet.

• Numbness and tingling in the extremities.

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

• Stiffness of the neck.

• Cramps in the calves.

• Swelling of the joints.

• Paralysis of the tongue.

• Cold, clammy skin.

• Cyanosis (bluish discoloration) of the skin.

• Eruptions on the skin, with itching.

• Ulcers on the skin.

• Formication (sensation of ants crawling on the skin).

• Restless sleep.

• Sleeplessness.

• Frequent waking at night.

• Anxious dreams.

• Dreams of snakes or death.

• Nightmares.

• Cold things, motion, right side, pressure, night, damp weather.

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• Oscillatory motion, warmth, lying down, rest.

• Crotalus horridus, Lachesis mutus.

• Alcohol, Arnica montana.

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• Other snake venoms (Naja tripudians, Bothrops lanceolatus), Apis mellifica, Arsenicum album.

• Useful in cases of apoplexy, paralysis, and hemorrhage.

• Indicated in conditions with marked prostration and debility.