Python regia = Würgeschlange/= shamed snake
Vergleich: Morelia viridis (= Baumpython/Quelle: remedia.at).
Vip-d.
(looks like a harmless snake - like a baby python/looks like one thing, but can
be completely different).
Siehe: Schlangen allgemein + Druckgruppe + Anhang. (?/Sigrid Häse)
[Brigitte Klotzsch] Hauptstr. 371, D-51465 Bergisch-Gladbach, Germany
Quelle: Helios Pharmacy, England.
Python
regia has rudimentary legs/= closer to evolutional origin than the venomous
snakes. Snakes developed in evolution from tetrapod to snake-like animals.
Missing extremities
enables
them to have flowing movements of which no other earth bound animal is capable.
It is a wave-like movement. There are even swimming or flying snakes!
Pythia
regia is 1.25 m long. Vision and hearing
senses not very well developed. Instead special organs: the Jacob’s Pit for
smelling. Even with her mouth closed, she can put her tongue outside and bring
the smell to the Jacob’s Pit. With these special organs for infrared she gets a
mental picture of her prey.
They
are thigmotactic = search for strong structures for example rocks or trees in
order to lean against them. They have a desire to press themselves against
solid things, for example,
into
a small hole. They need this contact. They need a narrow and hidden place to
withdraw in.
The
Python lives in equatorial Africa. She prefers temperatures between 24° and 36°
with a humidity of 60 - 95%. She lives at the border of dry and humid savannah.
There she is
able
to get warm/has a good view from a tree or rock/has many opportunities to hide.
When
there is a dangerous situation for the Python she rolls together like a ball.
That is why the German call her "Ball Python" and the English call
her "the shamed snake".
Python
swallows her prey (rodents) as a whole without doing it any harm or hurting it.
They make their throat slimy with special mucous glands. Snakes have developed
different strategies in order to protect themselves from the repelling prey.
The venomous ones poison their prey and swallow then. The strangulating snakes
suffocate their prey with their immense muscular force. They strangle until the
mouse lies loose and lax in the spiral body sling of the snake.
She
digests bones and tissue with her strong stomach juice. She becomes bloated and
flatulent.
It
is quite difficult to convince a captured Python to eat. She might be very
sensitive about capture/loss of freedom. She can starve for 22 - 24 months.
Forced eating is not successful.
Snakes
cannot regulate their blood temperature/adapt to the outer conditions. They do
not hibernate but rest in appropriate shelter to minimise cold. At copulation
time the male snakes
do
combat dances. They erect one third of their body length and try to press the
rival away from themselves.
The
female lays her eggs into a hollow, winding her body around them so she can
protect and give the brood a suitable temperature.
Young snakes cast off their skin 10x a year/older one 3x a year. It starts with a dead look of their skin, the eyes look milky. Her eyelids are overgrown and transparent. In that time she doesn’t eat,- is aggressive and withdraws. The process begins at the head and the lips. The skin peels back and then strips of totally. She is active at dawn.
Depression – Sich von der Familie im Stich gelassen fühlen. Sich alleine gelassen fühlen. Ertrinken in allen unterdrückten eigenen Wünschen. Vergessen eigene Bedürfnisse, können
sich sehr gut in die Bedürfnisse der anderen einfühlen.
– Vergessen von Schlüssel, Papieren, Pin-Nummern…
– Verwechseln von heiß/kalt etc.
– Angst vor Strudeln
– Angst vor der Heirat
– Angst vor Manipulation
– Angst zu verhungern
– Angst vor Katastrophen
[R. Sankaran]
• Bewegt sich langsam, Einzelgänger
• Guter Schwimmer
• Sehr kräftig
• Gutmütig; flüchtet beim kleinsten Anzeichen von Gefahr
• Zittert, um ihre Eier mit Wärme zu versorgen. Große mütterliche Fürsorge
Diseases of captured Pythons:
Ekto-/endoparasites,
wounds heal slowly, abscesses and cysts, gastritis/gastro-enteritis.
Maulfäule/Lungenerkrankung (Pneumonia)/bakterielle o. durch Einzeller verursachte Hauterkrankung
Python
has coagulating power as part of its remedy picture. I noticed this when I cut my
finger while laying mosaic tiles and didn’t have any plasters to hand. I had a
vial of Python
C
200 on the table. I put the vial in my hand and observed how my blood
coagulated within seconds. The bloody wound crusted over.
Concerning
Greek mythology
The
oracle. of Delphi belonged in the beginning
to the Earth Gaia, a female god. An earth dragon., the Python was also female and guarded the oracle.
Out
of revenge Apollo killed the Python and became the master of the oracle. As he
felt guilty towards Gaia he decided to let a female priest do the prophesying.
Her name was Pythia. She was inspired by the earth’s forces and by Apollo.
Apollo
also founded the pythic games: this meant muse and sport competitions. First
every 8 yrs/later 4 yrs.
Melissa
Assilem writes in her book ‘Women ripening through menopause’: "At Delphi
(which means womb), the main oracle for the ancient Greeks, pythons were kept.
They were said
to
coil around the omphalos, or the navel of the mother. These were womb serpents,
who whispered the secrets of the goddess.
Oracle
at Delphi proclaimed: „That which makes sick shall heal."
[Brigitte
Klotzsch]
Using
Python in western society
In
Germany I have successfully used Python in cases of bulimia, an illness which
raises many questions in the west. What does bulimia in our country have in
common with Kwashiorkor (= Hungerödem:
eine Form der Protein-Energie-Mangelernährung) in Rwanda? In western society no
child starves when it is rejected by its parents. Why do eating disorders
occur?
Do
children with eating problems feel emotionally neglected by their mothers? Does
the child have the feeling that the mother doesn’t pay it enough attention or
give enough time?
Or
does the bulimic child give the care which it does not get itself to others,
for example to the father or siblings? Is bulimia a sign of the emotional
starvation of children? Do children find themselves adrift in an industrial
‘soundbite a minute’ society? Do we underestimate the spiritual hunger of
children and is this then substituted with food and maybe also sweet things? I
would like to see Python used more and more frequently in both Africa and
Europe and to see its beneficial effects manifest in the development of children.
Repertory:
Mind:
Fear:
to hurt other people/to be hurt by others/to show negative emotions/of
syringes/injection/of sharp objects (knives)/of snakes/of vortex (being drowned
into it)/of losing partner or
parents/of
marriage/of living/life/death (heart-attack/stroke)/of bleeding to death during
menses/of losing too much blood/of heights (cable car/glass
elevators/bridges)/panic attacks in
dark/of
water while washing hair/of catastrophe/of starving/of suffocation/to take too
much medication/of being devoured
Delusions:
something bad will happen after something good/something bad happens taking the
remedy/woman will force men to have sex/will get lost and not arrive somewhere
on time/
life
is passing /transfixed under the bedclothes/has a sling round her neck and her
throat is compressed/being sucked in by a whirlpool/is under a bell-jar/mother
will destroy her/controlled
by
partner/is controlled by another/his wife has abandoned him/partnership is a
prison/her child is more valuable than she herself/eye = separated from the
head/will die sleeping/
„As
if hovering in the air“/“As if under a blanket“/“As if rooted to the spot“/“As
if she were a snake“/“As if the body had a life of its own“/“As if he were a
drop, when lying down“/
“As
if her arms and legs were paralysed“/“As if l. side extended and r. side
contracted“/“As if a line dividing l. and r. side „/“As if one leg getting
longer than the other“/“As if r. side of
the
body were paralysed“/“As if his arm were a tree-trunk“/“As if his foot made of
cement and his calf of wood“/“As if l. ear were in the world and the r. ear
were not“/“As if his l. hand
is
a well“/“As if teeth dissolving“/“As if teeth were becoming loose and were being
pulled downwards“/“As if he were an old man“/“As if she were a young girl“/“As
if entering
lukewarm
water“/“As if information had to be drawn out from the patient’s nose“
Mood:
laid back/enthusiastic/about things which usually burden or bother her no
longer do/mood sinks/feelings more intensive, both negative and
positive/everything he doesn’t like surfaced (self-sacrifice)/mothers exist
only for their children/sociable depressiv: sad without reason/deeply
depressed/lies down in her bed, stares at the walls + unable to work, feels
guilty for that/feels alone and forsaken, family doesn’t support her/realises
her husband is dependent on her, thinks he clings to her/doesn’t want to be
touched by husband/mentions he is tied to his wife because she can`t be left
alone at night/feels she carries the burden of everything/suicidal but won’t
act because of children/doesn’t want to be an old man who sits and stares at
the ceiling and who wants to be ill/emotional withdrawal/always busy, cleaning
up all the time/completes outstanding tasks/can’t concentrate when
studying/suppressed hysteria/bashful/ashamed (of being poor/crazy/so faat)/clairvoyant/foresees negative
events/wants recognition by authorities
Forgetfull
(names)/forgets to give things back/arrives late for her
appointment/unreliable/confuses words: "Python" for "Boa",
"in" for "out" says: "I have a heart in my cramp"
instead of
"I
have a cramp in my heart"
Laughter:
for no reason/in embarrassing situations/laughter is infectious/derisory
laughter/until the eyes water
Head: Heat (“As a wave“/“As if has a
temperature“)
Itching: r. side of occiput
Pain [+ pain in neck/from cheekbone to temple/from
fontanel l. side of face to l. cheekbone/l lower jaw)/pressing (above
nose/pushing from behind forehead outwards/above eyebrows/agaainst top of
skull/against occiput/against temples)/pulling on temples/pulsating in
scalp/numb (r. cheekbone/cold (tip of nose icy cold)/acne in face]
Ears: noises [roaring (r.)/tinnitus shifts r. to
l.]/pain (pressing/pulsating/cramping)/itching (l.)
Teeth and jaw: Pressure on teeth/teeth clenched tight/â mouth with determined
expression relaxes/release of locked jaw during pain attack (cured)
Taste and salivation: „As if furred“ o. thick (mouth/tongue)/mucous membranes taste bitter, like a
battery/Mouth dry # salivation/SALIVA/less saliva during conflict
Nose: Coryza/sneezing + runny
nose/allergy (nasal/+ in eyes)/sinusitis (l./r.)/pain/burning
Throat: scratchy
Face: r. cheek, („As if a lump“),
swollen jaw joint
Eyes: Movement visible twitching of
eyelids („As if in REM sleep“)/“As if eyes twitch“ l./rolling of eyes/“As if
eyes are turned downwards“/lids restless/inflamed/itching (l.)/watering without
cause/puffy in morning/stuck together with pus in morning (l.)/
Vision:
Field of vision extended/dim at dusk/“As if r. eye is hollow and eyeball
is lost“/“As if r. lower lid swollen/pressure/aversion to opening of eyes in
morning/numb around eyes
Vertigo: nausea/“As if
spinning around“/objects seem spinning in all directions/faints when she hangs
up curtains/dizzy/everything goes black/moving „As if toing and froing (= hin
und her)”/waves of nausea from r. to l./chilliness sweeps from top to
bottom/heat sweeps over from bottom to top/cold/icy cold feet
Nape of neck/neck/throat/shoulders: Heat in
neck region/nape of neck hot/pain in neck ext shoulders/cramping in neck/cramp
begins in trapezium muscle in shoulder area, moves across collar bone ext vertebral-column/pressing in
throat/troat constricted/„As if lump in throat“/“As if throat compressed“ phlegm
loosening/relaxation in bronchial region (asthma)/breathing out
is
fine/breathing easy + deeper/stiff/“As if weight (yoke) on/could not raise arm
above shoulder/laying on the side changing position hurts/ext heart/
shoulder/shoulder area tense/stabbing in l. shoulder/pressing shoulder +
arms/“As if shoulders pulled out of sockets“/irritation in throat when in
uncomfortable situations
Stomach/Bowels: „As if about to retch“/retching without effort
(driving in a car)/eructations/nausea/heartburn in oesophagus/pressing on
stomach ext to heart/“As if heat in stomach“/
“As
if stomach feels bigger“/“foreign bodies in stomach stitches, stones lurching
from side to side“/eructation and
flatulence/wants to vomit to feel better/audible gurgling of stomach/
gurgling in abdomen, wind working its way out/ appetite/weight (loosing/gaining)
Abdomen: swollen/ abdominal pains 1. like
bloating, 2. cramps like a clenched fist, pulling sensation/heat in
abdomen/burning in abdomen
Rectum/Stool: diarrhoea (watery,
yellow-green/makes weak)/digestion incomplete (lettuce visible in stool)
pressure
in anus, „As if hard motion at night“/stool resembles sheep-droppings
flatulence/violent movement of bowels/haemorrhoids
Extremities:
Arms:
Heat (warmth in l. lower arm)/numbness and twitching/vibration and
itching/hands and arms numb „As if paralysed“/twitching in r. upper
arm/twitching in l. arm/“As if r. arm longer than l. arm“ Elbow: pain
r./pressing/“As if crawling r.“ heaviness
Hands:
cold feeling/“As if in a freezer“/slowly crawling or pulsating/pulsation of
heart in hand/“As if electrical impulses in r.„ of little finger and thumb/numb
without feeling (r.)/fingers stiff (Tipps)/“As if r. hand open + exposed
without muscles and blood is flowing out/As if too tight gloves on hands“
Pain
in joints of finger on moving (finger/little finger)/l. hans swollen/finger
injured by cut: bleeding stopped/deep wound in r. thigh: bleeding stopped at
once/chronic nose bleed stopped /fingernails suddenly soft and break
Legs numb and twitching/“As if numb“/heavy/prickling/chaky/r. leg is
lame/twitching
Warmth
in legs/coldness in upper thigh +/o. lower leg “As if r. leg is lower than
l./“As if legs stiff”
Knees
heavy/twitching/pain in (r.) knee
Feet:
„big toe and foot heavy“/As if someone is pulling at toes/r. foot“/feel
cold/pricling (r./r. outer foot“/lameness/“As if ankle is chained“/pressure on
instep, like cramp/stinging pain
in
l. instep/faint cramp in r. foot/painful toe joints in arthritis/insect bite on
left foot almost as abscess, takes long time to heal
Lungs: pressure on sternum or lungs/“As
if a gigantic stone on chest“ (breathing difficult)/
body
has to fight to breath downwards/*“As if corsetted when taking deep
breath“/asthma brought on by exposure to allergens/> bronchial asthma/<
breathless when climbing stairs/
suffocative
feelings/dry cough
Chest: „As if heart pierced“/heart rhythm
= difficult/heart „As if compressed“
Desires fresh air, need to be able to breathe
Back: cold/waves of chilliness from l.
to r. one sided o. rhythmically//warmth from back to loin
Pain in spine (improves on awakening)pain in small of back ext. hips r.
l./trapezium muscle hurt/lumbago
Female
sexual system:
In
pelvis downward pulling/pelvis feels wonderfully soft and warm/“As if enveloped
and cradled“/pain in hips /pressing on pelvis/prickling like needles in pelvis/itching in pelvis
Menses:
flow very heavy menses „As if pouring out“
menses painful/menses reappears after menopause and decreases/menses one
week too early leucorrhoea white
discharge/lump, clear, sticky jelly
„As
if uterus were turned inside out“ and she were losing all her blood
failure
to reach orgasm/orgasm absent
„As
if pelvis and genitalia stimulated, as if life is entering, great strength“,
Sleep: > evening, < morning/falls
asleep late/falls asleep quickly/hard to fall asleep
Wakes
between 2.45 – 3.00 h. 1 h. - 2.30 h.
wakes
up earlier/later than usual in the morning
“As
if pinned down by bed covers“
Delusions:
Modalities:
> in a humid room/dark room/being outdoors/walking; < in humid forests;
craving: cold food/fruits/apples/choc; aversion: milk
Generals: has much more energy/has much
energy for work/totally exhausted (from work/disease/pain)/lots
of energy even though hasn’t eaten much/suddenly full of energy/
suddenly
fidgety/abundant energy/
What
follows is a short sketch of the remedy picture, gleaned both from the proving
and clinically:
Mind: Depression:
feels others’ emotions and forgets or loses her own. A lonely feeling; feels
betrayed by the family. They feel as if they are drowning in their suppressed
desires. Other mental symptoms include memory problems: they forget essential
things like their car key, their purse or the number of their account. There is
a confusion: they come too late for their appointment; they mix up words like
"hot" and "cold", or "on" and "off".
Fear: of being
strangled/suffocation/marriage/losing too much
blood/whirlpools/starving/catastrophe/hurting others
Head and eye-region: Pressing headache, vision
restricted, strabismus. The eye waters (often one eye); oedema of the lids. The
eyes are purulent in the morning, and provers could not open them. (I took this
to possibly symbolise a narrow or one-sided view of the world, which was
certainly evident in some of the provers).
Stomach: Feeling as of stones in the stomach after eating. Belching, heartburn.
Pressure on the stomach, which radiates to the heart region. (Symbolic of not
wanting to "ingest" other peoples issues).
Female Sexuality: orgasm absent/Menses painful and crampy/much blood flows in dark red
clots “As if the lining of the uterus is turned inside out“
Heart and lungs: Oppressed feeling. Panic attacks in the night, with a choking feeling in
the throat. On taking a deep breath, she felt as if there were a corset round
her chest. Fainting. (Might express the idea of loss of self).
Shoulder and neck region: Stiffness and pain in those parts, mostly
one-sided (possibly expressing the idea of having to carry someone else’s
burden on one’s shoulders).
Extremities: Paralysis; limbs heavy and hard to move because of pains in the joints.
(expresses inability to act). Also, the provers experienced shooting pains in
the knees (one-sided). Pressing pains, or an insensible feeling, in the knees
and legs.
Sleep: Falls asleep late, and then wakes
up at 1-3 o’clock in the night.
Generals: Thermal
regulation disturbed: Spells of cold or heat. Ice-cold hands or feet (like the adaptable blood
temperature of the reptiles). They need warmth from an exterior source.
(literally depend on other people for their energy).
Fluid balance: Oedema in face and feet.
Wounds: Bleeding stops very fast (clinical).
The
essence of Python regia is that the powerful and the powerless exist in a
mutually dependent relationship where the former smothers the latter. The
python is dependent on her
rodent
prey, but in order to use them she must smother them.
There
is a state of clinging to/being addicted to their partner and in the
relationship one is powerful and one is powerless (DD.: Adamis = diamond). The
partners may lose their own feelings and take on those of the other. The
powerful feels as bracketed together and dependent as the powerless, so it is a
remedy to consider giving to both partners. The child may
feel
totally addicted to the parents and have to visit them frequently (Puls). There
is also a male/female power struggle. There may be too much responsibility
expected at a young age,
or
a refusal to accept responsibility.
Other
themes that emerged included;
The
need to bear another’s burden and hence lose your own energy,
Depending
on others for your energy,
Inability
to act,
Abandoned
and betrayed by family,
There
is an interesting rubric "her arm doesn’t belong to her". This
implies that she can’t use her arm for her own needs but only for others.
Dreams
include divorce and betrayal by family.
Gut gefolgt von: Acon. Arn. Aur-mur. Chin. Portia fimbriata
Antidote. Heroine
Wirkung: tuberkulin
Allerlei: Python in der griechischen Mythologie eine Schlange, die das Orakel von Delphi bewachte/Kind von Gaia und Schlamm/von Apollon getötet.
Vorwort/Suchen Zeichen/Abkürzungen Impressum