Comparison Animal + Insect + Spider

[Shiela Mukerjee-Guzik]

"Selbstliebe und Selbsthingabe“.

Den italienischen Homöopathen Massimo Mangialavori kann man mit Fug und Recht als meisterhaften Kenner der homöopathischen Materia medica bezeichnen.

Selbst wenn man bereits einige Bücher von ihm gelesen hat, ist es immer wieder erstaunlich, wie es ihm gelingt, die Charakteristika bestimmter -oft auch bisher wenig beachteter- Mittelgruppen ebenso wie die Differenzierung der einzelnen Arzneien so präzise herauszuarbeiten, dass eine erfolgreiche Verschreibung in der Praxis tatsächlich möglich ist. Dies wird auch im vorliegenden Buch „Insekten und Parasiten in der Homöopathie“ durch zahlreiche Fallbeschreibungen eindrucksvoll dokumentiert, in denen sich dem Leser -wie auch in Mangialavoris anderen Werken- menschliche Abgründe in ungeahnter Tiefe und Fülle offenbaren.

Dem Reich der Insekten und Parasiten scheint in dieser Hinsicht ein ganz besonderes Potenzial innezuwohnen.

Mangialavori präsentiert drei Gruppen dieser Lebewesen: Parasiten, nicht-parasitierende Insekten und Spinnentiere.

Die Gegenüberstellung von zwei Gruppen von Lebewesen (Insekten – Säugetiere), die unterschiedlicher nicht sein könnten, macht dabei den besonderen Reiz dieses

Werkes aus.

Bei den Insekten bzw. bei den Patienten, die ein solches Mittel benötigen, offenbart sich eine außerordentliche Ichbezogenheit und Erfolgsorientierung, bei der die

Person quasi „über Leichen geht“, wenn es um die Verfolgung ihrer eigenen Ziele und Interessen geht. Dies erscheint uns Menschen als Paradoxon, da Insekten für

uns eher der Inbegriff von uniformen Wesen sind, die sich in kürzester Zeit massenhaft vermehren und oftmals als Kollektiv auftreten, in dem das Individuum

anscheinend keine Rolle spielt (Ameise, Biene, aber auch Floh, Wanze etc.). Einzig bei den Vertretern der Spinnen erscheint ein solches Kernthema auf Anhieb

schlüssig.

Aufgrund dieses egozentrischen Wesens ist die Fähigkeit zum Aufbau emotionaler Bindungen und reifer Beziehungen -wenn überhaupt- meist nur schwach ausgeprägt.

Ganz im Gegensatz zu den Insekten stehen die Säugetiere, hier vertreten durch die Gruppe der Milchmittel. Bei diesen dreht sich alles um das Elternhaus und die Familie

und in diesem Zusammenhang insbesondere um das Thema Verlust und Verlassen. Lac caninum ist das zentrale Milchmittel der Materia medica. Die anderen Milchmittel weisen viele Gemeinsamkeiten mit Lac caninum auf, sind aber gleichzeitig eigenständige Arzneientitäten, die von Mangialavori klar differenziert werden.

Wenn man denn unbedingt einen Wermutstropfen an der ganzen Geschichte finden möchte, so wäre als einziger Kritikpunkt zu nennen, dass im eigentlichen Buchtitel kein Hinweis auf die Milchmittel zu finden ist, sondern nur im Untertitel. Dadurch läuft ein/e Homöopath/in auf der Suche nach Informationen über diese Mittelgruppe Gefahr, dieses bemerkenswerte Werk zu übersehen."

[Carolyn Burdet]

Animal Kingdom theme	Insect theme	Spider theme
Competitive	hard working, work for the corporation. Striving, need to achieve goals for validation and material gain.	Ambition to be someone big or to do something big. Ambitious to become bigger. Attention seeking
Competition with a Winner/Loser	to do better, improve, get ahead, make something of their life,	Competitive power struggle. Wants to get one over someone else. Victory! Must win, must come out on top
Power struggle - Me versus You	Domination, submissive, enslave, inferiority complex, downtrodden, want to be seen as an individual but feel like nothing
Bigger than me / smaller than me	Feel small, belittled, humiliated, feel as if people demean them and treat them like dirt	Exert their will over others. Overpowering, or wants to overcome an oppressor. Head belongs to another - personality sublimated into another person’s identity
Animal kingdom has hierarchy issues	Insects colonise. “As if they are working within a structure of control that is abusing them”.	Won’t tolerate disrespect. Feels a need to be bigger in order to defend oneself from a bigger oppressor
Key themes:	Change, Transition, Transformation are key themes for insect remedies	No fear, no intimidation or feels manipulated and overpowered by someone. Big difference in power in a partnership (she is stronger)
		Vindictive, possessiveness, won’t let go, manipulative relationship, female revenge
Tubercular miasm	Trapped, suffocated, fly away, restless activity,	Embroiled, entangled, can’t escape from a situation
Attack/defence a survival issue	Violent impulses: ruthless, quick attack, fear of sudden death, incandescent rage, feels harassed, fights back	Violent outbursts: pounces suddenly, premeditated impulse for revenge, spiders wait for prey to get caught up
Activity	Team sport, running around, one team wins; eg football	Likes violent sport, sadistic, brutal: (kick) boxing
Ruthless	Can be unfeeling, lack of empathy for others feelings, may ruthlessly exploit others	Cruelty, sadism, deceit, lies, trickster, plot to hurt, ‘take him for everything he’s got’
Teasing	Cutting, stinging comments, gossip, unfeeling, abrupt	Joker, tricks, pranks, teasing, mockery, teasing, jibes, sly
Irritating	Irritating, harassing, feels bullied (malarial miasm)	Annoying, trapped, stuck, under someone’s power
Sensitiv to environment	Over sensitive, irritable, buzzing, humming, wired	Sensitive to noise, vibration, rhythm, pulse, sound
Restless	Internal / physical restless - suffocated, restricted, tubercular miasm	Internal restlessness, physical restlessness and nervy, jerky movements
Impatience	Impatient, in a hurry, rushing around, speedy, fidgeting, frenetic or fruitless activity	Impatient to have it, wants it now, can’t stand being kept waiting, demanding
Energetic	High energy, restless, fidgety, energy buzzing in their body, can’t relax	Highly strung nervy energy - noise /vibration reverberates in their whole body
Sexual desire	High sex drive, itching for sex, urgent desire, dispassionate, fickle, casual fling. Apis is an exception - sex is suppressed	Passionate, high sexual energy, one partner has the upper hand, can be deceitful
Animated movement	Run, hop, fidgety, ADHD, itchy, scratchy, insect bites cause itchiness, restlessness	Jump out at someone, booby trap, climb, ropes, swings, spin, trapeze, ticklishness
Productive	Must keep busy, structured, organised, productive work to do goals or fruitless activity	Creativity, knitting, craft, art, textiles, handicraft, or a desire to lie down
Energy	High energy, excitement, erratic, never stops moving, inexhaustible energy, or tired out. Keep busy even when ill	Rhythm, drumming, dance, Lassitude, lie down. Feels vibrations in body, noise sets their teeth on edge
Animal kingdom is social, issues about their interaction with others	Social. Conform to society, corporate, follows orders. Insect remedy children may feel overlooked, ignored	Nonconformist, individual, committed to their family and children, spiders show parental care to their young
Delusions	Insect delusions: feels used + abused, exploited, tormented, harassed, humiliated, small	Spider delusions: caught in a web, can’t leave a bad relationship, overpowered
Sensations	Squished, squashed, bugged, demeaned, dirty, stepped on, despised, downtrodden, small	Crushed, crunched, kicked, smashed, tortured, distortion of size, enlargement of parts
Jealousy	Apis is jealous, there is a saying “jealous as lice”	Can be vindictive, revenge, turn tables, lies web of deceit
Attractive appearance	Materialistic, consumer, look good, fashion trends, brands, shiny colours, nail bar	Prefer black, red, green colours, individual style,
Consumption	Consume stimulants, drugs, caffeine, to stay wired	Craving: to smoke tobacco or marijuana to relax
Animal species in relation to humankind	Insects are stepped on, low, crushed, exterminated, dirty, treated as an infestation (fleas, flies, lice, mosquitoes)	Spiders make people jump, elicit fear + phobias, spider remedies treat panic, heart arrhythmia + palpitations
Compensations	An insect remedy feel small, treated like dirt, filthy, dirty, to overcompensate, they clean, tidy, wash compulsively	Spider cases want to appear bigger and stronger to overcome their oppressor, so plot to get the upper hand
Symptoms + Sensations	Burning, itching, pricking pain, swelling, allergic reaction	Lassitude, enlargement, vibration, nervous conditions
Temperature	Hot, red, burning	Cold, chilly to the bones
Modalities	Hot, itchy, < heat, > cold applications (Apis)	Palpitations Better for warm showers (Lactrodectans mactans)
Affinity / pathology symptoms	Urinary tract infection, rash, allergic reactions, sore throat, with swelling constriction	Heart palpitations, angina, fatigue, hysteria, nerves, jerky, injury, blood platelets
Appetite / Desires	Big appetite, constant hunger, feels starved, appetite for sugar	Can go for long periods without eating, indigestion Juice, liquidised food

Insects

Themes Common in Insect Remedies

Busy, active, restless, industrious, organised

Feeling small, powerless, helpless, insulted, humiliated, belittled, used, taken advantage of

Squished, crushed, stepped on, squashed, trampled, downtrodden

Dirty, ugly, repulsive, disgusting, no good, cheap, low, degraded

Desire for a more elevated less lowly existence, dreams of taking flight

Symptoms Common in Insect Remedies

Suffocated, constricted, oppressed in the throat or chest

Itching, crawling, prickling skin

Buzzing, vibrating in the body

Urinary tract symptoms, irritation of genitals

Burning, stinging, stabbing pain

Hoarse voice, aversion to fluids

Appetite, hunger,

<: heat; >: in the open air/cold applications;

Insect classifications

Hymenoptera - highly organised social structures

Ants, bees, wasps: Busy activity, home, family, social duty, bossy, organised
Vespa: home life feels unstable, fragile, sarcasm, stinging repeatedly
Apis: organised, industrious, bossy, home loving, fastidious, inflammation amel cold water
Ants: industrious, tireless activity, unemotional, dreams aliens, robots

Diptera

Musca domestica: dirty, low, worthless, ‘rubbish’, belittled, confusion, perversion, porn
Mosquitoes: harassing, malarial miasm

Coleoptera - beetles

Beetles: hard shell, fragile inside, feels vulnerable, bullied, feels used, feels guilty, stability
Cantharis: frenzy, activity, overreaction, mania, stabbing pain, burning pain, cystitis, burns

Doryphora (potato beetle feeds on solanaceae): allergy, addiction, loquacity, bloating, red

Dictyoptera

Cockroach: numb, indifference, crushed, ambition for status, to be polished, successful
Preying mantis: brutality, cursing, anger, thinks others are victimising them

Hemiptera

Lice, fleas: Parastic, greedy, needy, clingy, get too close, talk about themselves

Lepidoptera

Butterfly, moths: Restless, flitting, lack concentration, confusion, fickle, change to survive

Orthoptera

Locusts, crickets: irritability, ambition to be the best, hunger, emptiness, cold, fear of attack

Pterygota Phthiraptera anoplura - lice, blood sucking, wingless parasites

Siphonatpera - fleas

Zygoptera odonata = Dragonfly, damselfly: Floating, meditative, attacking, responsibility vs irresponsibility

Spiders

Themes Common in Spider Remedies
- enervation, sensitivity to noise, sound, vibrations felt in the body,
- dancing, music, beat, rhythm, drumming
- restless, activity, restless legs, busy hands
- joking, pranks, teasing, tricks, trickery, flattery, risk taking, defiant, outspoken
- jumping, hiding, jumping out, pouncing, climbing, ropes
- tubercular miasm – in a hurry, on the lookout for new and interesting
- deceit, sly, cunning, plotting, conniving
- reclusive, individual (not social like insects, but spiders are close to children)
- power struggle, jealousy, revenge, feel small, powerless, female dominance
- fear of spiders/fascination with spiders
- issues of being trapped or caught, paralysis symptoms
- palpitations, cramping pains, breathing difficulty, feels cold to the bones
- fear of illness, death, hypochondria, psychosomatic, depressed by illness
- inflammation, swelling of wound, oedema, abdominal pain, delirium
- jerky movements, chorea, cannot sit still, vertigo
- nervous exhaustion, weariness, lassitude, wants to lie down, prostration
- attractiveness, sexuality, adornment
- dyslexia, poor memory

Symptoms in Specific Spider Remedies

Sensitive to music, noise, vibration, light                   Aran-d. Tarantula Ther. Lat-m

Teasing, Witty                                                       Aran-i. Tarantula. Lat-m. Aran-i. Loxosceles reclusa

Restless, active, compelled to move                             Aran-d. Mygale, Tarantula, Theridion

Restless yet worse from least motion                            Lat-m.

Nervous                                                             Theridion

Sense of danger, threat                                              Lat-m. Mygale

Concern for family’s health                                        Aran-i.

Wants to fight, boxing                                              Aran-i. Tarantula,

Twitching, jerking                                                   Mygale, Tarantula

Cramping pain                                                       Aran-i. Lat-m.

Tension, constriction, angina                                       Lat-m.

Abdominal pain, back pain                                          Lat-m. Loxosceles reclusa

Cardiovascular disorders, heart palpitation                 Aran-i. Lat-m. Myg.

Inflammation, lymph, cellulitis, oedema                       Lat-k.                         

Nerve pain                                                            Aran-d. Aran-i.

Sensation of swollen enlargement                               Aran-d.

Violent (troublesome) sexual passion                          Mygale, Lat-h.

Crave coffee, tobacco, smoking                                  Aran-d. Aran-i.

Icy coldness hands + feet, chilliness                           Aran-d. Aran-i. Mygale, Tarantula, Theridion

Burning pains                                                        Lat-h.

Chilly but flushes of heat                                            Lat-m.

Head belongs to another                                           Ther. Lat-m.

Flying, floating in the air, vertigo                                Lat-h.

Crying in fully grown men                                           Lat-m.

Better open air                                                        Aran-d. Aran-i. Tarantula

Worse, cold, damp                                                    Aran-d. Lat-m. Tarantula

Better warm bathing                                                 Lat-m.

Periodicity                                                            Aran-d. Mygale, Tarantula

Sensation hollow, emptiness                                     Loxosceles recluse

Arachnida Remedies

Aranomorpha: eg Aranea

Spin cobwebs in the air.

Mygalomorpha: eg Atrax, Mygale, Tarentula cubensis

Live in funnel hole in the ground. Camouflage the entrance with a twig or leaf like a trap door.

Aranea diadema – papal-cross spider – garden spider spins a fresh web daily and lives suspended in the air

Aranea ixobola – the cross spider (larger than diadema)

Aranea scinenencia – grey spider

Atrax robusta – trap-door spider lives in a hole in the ground

Latrodectus hasseltii – redback spider

Latrodectus katipo – New Zealand spider

Latrodectus mactans – black widow spider has a messy funnel-shaped web

Loxosceles reclusa – brown recluse spider isolation, sudden attack

Mygale – black Cuban spider, bird spider vigorous sexual urge

Tarentula cubensis – decomposed Cuban spider known as a remedy for boils

Tarentula hispanica – tarantula

Archetype of spider characteristics

Tegenaria domestica – house spider

Tela aranaea – spider’s web

Theridion – orange spider

keynote: hands busy, knitting, craves oranges, bananas, sensitive to noise

Scorpion remedies

Androctonos and Buthus australis are arachnids but have different characteristics and modalities. For this reason the scorpion remedies are not included in this

comparison chart or general summary of spider symptoms. Instead of spiders’ teasing and joking there is isolation, cold blooded violence, the ‘lone fighter in the desert’.

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