Bothrops alternatus
Vergleich: Siehe: Schlangen allgemein
[Farokh Master]
Reaches a length of l - 4, meters, (4 - 6
feet), Its body has a background color varying from
light gray to brown with remarkable black half-moon marks on both sides of
the body that touch each other on the center of the back, The flat ventral side is speckled with
black or yellow markings. The, head has a bright marking in the form of
a cross. In bright light its pupils narrow down
to perpendicular slits.
It lives in the flat mountain country and in
stony and rocky places. During the day it is found under broken tree trunks.
When excited, it vibrates its tail producing a rattle.
Mating occurs from September to October,
They feed on mice and other rodents,
PROVING
Dr. H.A. Roberts in his book The Study of
Remedies by Comparison has mentioned some interesting features.
Unfortunately when checked in The Homoeopathic
Recorder, the symptomatology and poisoning effects
were exactly the same as from Bothrops atrox (maybe a mistake by
Dr. H.A. Roberts!!),
1935, a scientific paper was published on Bothrops alternatus, which, was, read,
before, the, International, Homoeopathic, Association, Bureau of Materia Medica, June 22, 1934,
This was later confirmed to be Bothrops atrox and not Bothrops alternatus.
I. studied the listing of venomous snakes
adapted from: Snake Venom Poisoning by Dr. Findlay E. Russell (New York Scholium International, Inc. 1983) and understood that
these two varieties of snakes are separate
entities (http://, www, catalogueoflife, org),
Two physicians undertook the proving in the
200* potency, one taking one dose and the other taking two doses three hourly.
The proving from the two doses lasted 29 days and the first,
Symptoms to appear after the two doses included
the following:
Mind:
Depression
Confusion of mind
Fear the heart will cease to beat unless
constantly on the move
Acute senses (Arn Colch Lyss Valer.)
Prostration of mind
Generalities:
Exhaustion
Internal trembling
General aggravation at night after midnight,
on deep breathing, Inspiration, carrying, after physical exertion and after
coition
General aggravation from deep breathing (Agn, Borx, Rhus-t,
Sabin, ), forenoon and night
Internal trembling (Calc. Staph.)
Tendency to haemorrhage
Vertigo:
Tendency to fall on the right or left side
Vertigo on reaching up with the hands; on
exertion; on turning in
The room seems to turn around on rising from
a seat
Carrying any heavy objects on the head (Tarent.) or in the hands produces severe vertigo
Worse on rising from a seated position (Bry. Dig. Carb-an. Rhus-t.) and turning in bed (Bell. Cact.
Graph. Lac-d.)
Head:
Dull pain on the right side of the head, <
10 h. 13 h.
Nose:
Purplish eruptions around the nose
Mouth:
Cracked tongue, which is covered with a heavy
brown fur (Bapt. Colch.)
Face:
Blue discoloration
Veins distended on nose (Carb-v.)
Chest:
Pain in the cardiac region
Cardiovascular System
Sharp, stabbing pain at the apex of the heart
Persistent pressure about the cardiac region
as if there was not sufficient room for the heart, < from midnight to
sunrise
Sinking sensation in the heart, <:
exertion/deep breathing/talking/motion/walking;
Extremities:
Blue discoloration
Skin:
DeliriumGangrene (Caust. Polyg-pe.)
BEDSIDE GUIDING SYMPTOMS
Ailments from mental shock (Arn. Op. Pic-ac.), from sudden
news, death, disappointment or betrayal
Anxiety neurosis that stems from functional
or organic cardiac diseases (common in snake remedies Cench.
Lach. Naja)
Endogenous depression due to some chronic
illnesses like cancer, diabetes, angina pectoris, etc.
Nervous vertigo (Asaf.)
with tendency to fall
Raynaud's
phenomenon (Cact. Prot. Sarcol-ac.
Sec.) in both upper and lower limbs giving rise to a bluish discoloration of
the affected part
Stasis of the venous system producing
varicose veins and ulcers (Aq-sil. Calc-i.)
Tendency to gangrene (Anthraci.
Sec.) due to microangiopathy as a result of Collagen
disease, diabetes mellitus or senile arteriosclerosis
Universal aggravation from midnight to
sunrise of almost all complaints, <: in general after coition; (Agar.
Kali-c. Kali-p. SULPH.)