Haemachatus haemachatus = Ringhalskobra/= Südafrikanische Speikobra Elapidae
Originaltext. of proving Hemachatus haemachatus
[Lize De la Rouviaere/Jodi Cahill]
Vergiftung: Rare, with fatalities unheard of.
25% of bites cause local swelling or bruising. General symptoms:
drowsiness/nausea/vomiting/violent abdominal cramps/vertigo, as well as mild
pyrexia.
Neurotoxic symptoms are rare, and only diplopia and dyspnoea reported;
Hat cobra-like appearance;
Allerlei: Can maintain its body temperature;
at 30° C during the day, even in the winter season (Marais, 2004:114). When
threatened, this snake exposes its hood, and will spit venom at its opponent.
Despite its cobra-like appearance, the Rinkhals is not a true cobra; it
has keeled dorsal scales and gives birth to live young, whereas as true cobras
lay eggs (Marais, 2004:114).
The venom of the Rinkhals is a dangerous neurotoxic venom that affects
respiration, in untreated cases it may cause respiratory failure and eventual
death (Marais, 2004:115). The proving substance
Hemachatus haemachatus was prepared from a freeze dried sample and was
diluted up to the thirtieth centesimal (30CH) according to method 5a of the
German Homeopathic
Pharmacopoeia (GHP) (1991).
Repertory:
Mind: Absentminded
Abusive - insulting
Desires - activity/amusement
Ailments - disappointed love/mortification
Anger - from contradiction/driving/easily/violent
Anticipation
Anxious (at night/from anticipation/about business/driving himself)/Fear
[for accidents (all day, > after going to bed)/death during heart symptoms
during/driving a car/something (terrible) will happen]
Awkward (drops things)
Remains in bed; desires it
Carefree
Cheerful
Childish behaviour
Clarity of mind
Company - aversed to > alone/desires solitude/desires company of a
friend
Concentration - active/difficult (cannot fix attention)/studying
Confidence - want of self-confidence (self-depreciation)
Conscientious about trifles
Content (with himself)
Intolerant of contradiction
Delusions - is not appreciated/way home were too long/laughed and mocked
at/has light [= low weight] (walking)/love is impossible/is neglected/is
persecuted/is trapped/looks through someone else’s
vision/is being watched
“As if observing”
Discontended
Disorder, sensitive to
Distances - inaccurate judged
“As if taken drugs”
Dullness with sleepiness
Efficient organized
Elated (# sadness)
Exhilaration (# sadness)
Fastidious
High spirited
Desires to go home
Hurries in occupation
Impatent (about own children/driving)
Inactivity
Indifferent (business affairs/duties/aversion to work/with sleepiness)
Industrious
Insecure
Intolerant
Introspection
Irresolute
Irritable (wishes to be alone/# cheerfulness/towards children/driving a
car/easy/before menses/from noise/with people/when questioned/from trifles/when
aroused by noise during sleep)
Jealousy
Joy
Laziness (with sleepiness)
Longing - sense of (for good opinion of others/for repose and
tranquillity)
Romantic love - desire it
Weakness of memory for everyday things
Mental power increased
Mirth
Mistakes in speaking - misplacing words
Mocking - sarcasm
Mood changeable (quickly/sudden)
> Occupation
Offended
Order - desires it
Positiveness
Prostration (with sleepiness/on waking)
Reproaching - oneself/others
Responsibility - aversed to
Rest - desires it/cannot rest when things are not in the proper place
Restlessness - anxious
Quarrelsome
Quiet
Sadness - from disappointed love/about past events
Self-control increased
Sensitive [to emotions/to (slightest) noise/to rudeness]
Sentimental
Shrieking while anger
Smiling
Snappish
Spaced-out feeling
Sulky
Swimming desires it
Sympathetic
Thoughts - repeatingtition/persistent/of the past
Timidity
Tranquility
Untidy
Desire to be useful
Loss of will power
Yearning
Vertigo: + heaviness in head
> Closing eyes/cold drinks;
Driving < heat of sun
> loss of hearing
< Motion (sudden)/walking;
< after rising
“As if everything were turning in a circle”/”As if head is turning
round”
Head: “As if cotton wool”/”As if expanded/”As if
inflated”
Fullness in forehead
Itching of scalp (vertex)
Hair falling out in handfuls (combing the hair)
Heaviness (from headache)
“As if light”
Pain [evening (stitching)/+ numbness and tingling of nose/+ pain in abdomen/+
complaints of lower limbs/< bending forward/bursting pain/> coffee/>
cold applications/> cold drinks/> closing the eyes/> darkness/dull
pain/ext. eyes/ext. (canine) teeth/stitching/forehead (r.)/shooting (<
(artificial/day) light/before menses/pressing/”As from a nail”/in occiput (ext.
to (l.) eye/dull pain/occiput (ext. temples/>
lying/pulsating/paroxysmal/piercing/> pressure/shooting/pulsating (<
sniffing)/temples and forehead (shooting)/on waking (“As from a blow”/<
warmth/> warm drinks)]
Perspiration on forehead
Eye: > closing eyes/desires to close them
Desires to cover eyes (> with hand/> darkness)
Red inner canthi
Lids - dry (margins on waking)/heavy/lower ”As if swollen”
Itching (l./r./< (artificial/day) light/> rubbing
Pain - burning /”As from sand”/raw
Photophobia [driving/during headache/< from (day/artificial) light]
Must squeeze the eyes
Tingling
“As if tired” (> closing the eyes/> washing)
Winking
Vision: Blurred (closing the eyes)
Ear: earwax
“As if full”
Itching (l. ear/> scratching/in eustachian tubes)
< Noise/Noises inward (during headache/ringing)
Pain - l./boring pain/tickling/< lying on ear
Hearing: acute
Lost - short duration/after masturbation
Nose: < Blowing the nose
Cold
Congested
Discharge bloody (l./r./morning < blowing the
nose/blood-streaked/clear l./copious/lumpy/sticky)
Dry (< in open air)
“As if full” (in root of nose)
Numb in tip
Odors - imaginary and real (metallic/sweetish)
Pain - morning - burning (sinuses)
Sneezing (with itching/> rubbing/tingling in nose)
Face: Clenched jaw (l.)
> Cold applications
Complaints of face - maxillary sinuses
Cracked - corners of mouth (l.)
Red (flushes/with heat)
Dry (lips/maxillary sinuses)
Eruptions [acne/itching/pimples (blind/on chin)/rough/stinging, painful/on
upper lip r.
Greasy
Hot with cold feet
Itching (cheeks)
Licks lips
Rough skin
Swollen (under eyes/”As if swollen”)
< Touch (lips)
Mouth: Tongue [cracked/fissured in centre/crawling
on tongue/white/furry/indurated (knotty)/ulcers (l./on tip)/stinging/”As if
burnt”]
Dry (> cold water/morning on/”As if sand in it”/during sleep/with
thirst not > drinking)
Eruptions - vesicles (on tongue/on tip/burning)
Pain in hard palate
Salivation profuse (at night)
Taste - putrid (even water)/salty
Soft lips
Teeth: Grinding
Pain in canines
Throat: Clucking sound in oesophagus
Dry (+ dry mouth)
> Drinking in sips
“As if a thread hanging in throat”
Disposition to hawk
Pain [burning/l. sore (lump)/”As if raw”/”As from something sharp”]
Prickly only on empty swallowing
Swallowing [difficult (cold drinks)]
External throat: Eruptions - pimples
Indurated [glands (cervical)]
Inflamed cervical glands
Neck: > Motion
Stiff (painful)
Tension
Stomach: Axious
Appetite [capricious/easy satiety (after a few bites)/increased (+
rumbling in abdomen/# loss of appetite/eating small amounts all day)/wanting]
> bending double
Distension (in epigastrium)
< Emotions
Emptiness (> eating)
Eructations - bitter - burning/< during stool
Heavy
Indigestion (< after eating)
Nausea - after cough/< after eating/> after lying down/<
motion/from odor of tobacco/in throat/< during stool
Pain [burning (morning/“As from hot coal “)/< bread/morning cramping
(from hunger)/< fruit/> pressure (burning)
Tension in epigastrium
Thirst (morning/at night/for cold water)
Abdomen: “As if bubbles were moving about”
Distension (morning on waking/from flatulence/< motion/> stool/in
region of umbilicus/> warm application
Emptiness (gnawing)
Flatulence
Pain [> bending double/burning/cramping (+ pain in
bladder)/drawing/dull/> eructations/pressing (< eating)/in iliac fossa
(l./r.)/lower abdomen (burning)/> lying/< pressure/pressing (“As from
flatulence”)/radiating/sharp/> sitting/wavelike/> warmth] 1 Rumbling
< Touch
Rectum: Coldness in anus
Constipation - ineffectual urging and straining
Flatus [evening/acidic/loud/noisy/offensive (sulphur odor)]
Inactiv
Involuntary stool < dur4ing urination
“As if anus open anus” (< after stool)
Stool: evening/at night/like balls (small)/(light)
brown/clayish/copious/(dry and) hard/light colored/mucous/offensive/small
quantity/soft
Bladder: “As if full”
Pain [aching/burning/cramping/ext. to kidney (stitching)
Tenesmus
Urination frequent/(dribbling) involuntary (if delayed/< during
cough/< sneezing/< motion)
Urethra: Flatus
Urine: burning
Strong odor
Scanty/viscid
Male organs: Ejaculation - sticky/thick
Disposition to masturbation
Perspiration (“As if pungent”)
Sex desire increased (with incomplete erections)
Smegma increased
Female organs: Itching in vagina
Leukorrhea - bloody/brown (sandy)/muddy/ropy, stringy, tenacious
Menses - bright red/brown (muddy, sandy)/dark (clots)/absence of
clots/too frequent/too late - 8 days/mucous/scanty (and too early)/thick/
Pain - decreased/boring/cramping/bearing down/during menses decreased/in
ovaries (dull/l./r./> pressure/< during menses/pressing pain/uterus and
region (bearing down/”As if everything
comes out)/uterus - ext. upward/> warm applications
Sexual desire increased with masturbation
Respration: Difficult
Cough: Evening/at night/dry/irritable/loose/tickling
in throat/> warm applications
Chest: Abscess in axcillae
Congested in mammae
Constriction - “As from a band” (+ difficult respiration)
Eruptions - white pimples with red areola
Fullness - in mammae sensation of fullness/under sternum
Heat in mammae (l.)
Itching in sternum
Pain - burning/digging pain/pressing pain inward/in ribs/sore (+ impeded
respiration)/in sternum (along l. side/left of sternum/in mammae [<
breathing/bruised/crushed/ext. to scapula/
> mammae/< jar/> warm applications/l./< motion/in nipples
(< touch of clothes)/pressing/< pressure/sore]
Palpitation of heart (with anxiety/< lying)
Perspiration in axillae
Swelling in axillae [glands (l.)/painful
Back: Eruptions - itching/red
Pain - cervical region > cold/ext. (to ear/occiput/shoulder)/lumbar
region [r./< bending to l./burning/< leaning forward/<
lifting/>/< motion/< rising (from sitting)/>
sitting/stitching/sudden/
> lying/> after stool]
Pain - > stretching/> warm bathing
Stiff - > motion/lumbar region/cervical region
Extremities: Clucking
Coldness - l./with heat of hands, feet, and face/upper arms
Cracked skin (on feet/toes/fingers around nails)
Leg reddish spots “As from insect bites”/Forearm (blotches/red spots)
Dry
Eruptions - knees scaly/pimples/ankles/blisters on toes/upper limbs -
blotches
Formication - l. upper limbs
Hot - feet (morning)
Heaviness [shoulders/legs/> lying/”As from lead”]
Hip; complaints of - Joints
Itching (> cold applications/> scratching/in forearms (>
scratching)/on hips/on legs (evening/”As from insect bites”/lower
limbs/complaints of growth of nails (rapid/hangnails)
Pain (<(<(< viele >)>)>)
Perspiration
Stiffness (ankles/fingers/> motion/shoulders/wrists/< after
exertion)
Stretching > lower limbs (< after exertion)
Tingling - legs (l.)/shoulder l.
Weakness (in legs/in shoulders)
Sleep: Deep
Disturbed (by heat)
Falling asleep - difficult/easy/during heat
Light (hears every sound)
Prolonged
Restless
Aversion to rise
Semi-conscious (hears everything)
Sleepy (in daytime/overpowering/with weariness)
Sleepless - before midnight until
2 h./during heat/from warmth
Unrefreshed in morning
Waking after midnight - 5 h
Waking - too early/frequent
Dreams: Accidents/accusations/amorous (coition with 2
women)/Animals (killing/is protecting)/attacked/ballons/battles/bicycle
riding/body deformed/big buildings/car/cats/Children
(precocious and arrogant/newborn)/colleagues [old work (finding them
asleep)]/cutting/danger (friends in danger/protecting/escaping from a
danger)/deceit/disappointment (driving a car)/
Embarrassment/enlarged objects/escaping/disfigured
face/fights/flies/flying/friends
(old)/frustration/guilt/hiding/home/homosexuality/house (dirty)/journeys (water)/money
(lacks to pay a
bill)/Neck is slit/being obese/places well-known but changed/pursued (by
murderers/animals/bear/police)/being
poisoned/prostitutes/protecting/quarrels/rape/goes back to old school/seeing
again an old schoolmate/sexual/ship/snakes/spaceship/spiders/stool/stuck/suffocation/tunnel/being
unprepaired/unremembered/vivid/war
Chill: Chilliness “As if hair standing on end”
Night
Shaking - night
Perspiration: Cold at night
On covered parts
Odorless
Profuse at night < during sleep
Skin: Bitten “As from an insect”
Cicatrices - become red/sensitive
Dry (rough)
Eruptions - acne/blotches/dry/eczema (< warm
applications)/elevated/pimples/red (like insect stings)/rough/scaly/< warmth
Goose flesh
Itching (after insect bite/> cold/> scratching/< warm bathing)
Rough
Sensitive
Feels soft
Generals: l./morning (on waking)/17 h./evening (18 h.)
Physical activity
> (sea)bathing
< covers
Driving
Sensation of static electricity
Aversion to physical exertion
Desires physical exertion
Food and drinks: Desires: alcoholic drinks
(wine)/chocolate/coffee/meat/oil/salt/seafood/sugared water/yoghurt; <:
alcoholic drinks/vegetables;
Flushes of heat (at night/in open air/preventing sleep/sensation of heat
# sensation of coldness)
Heaviness
Desires to lie down
< Light (sunlight)
“As if taken tranquilizers”
Riding in a car
> (short) sleep
> Stretching (limbs)
Exposure to the sun
< smoke of tobacco/aversion to tobacco/sensitive to smell of tobacco
On waking
Weakness
Weariness
< cold wet weather
> thunderstorm
5.6 MIASMATIC ANALYSIS Hemachatus haemachatus produced symptoms which
are characteristic of the sycotic miasm in homeopathy. In the mind, it produced
feelings of inadequacy, embarrassment, humiliation, feelings of being stuck,
avoidance of company and the withdrawal to a quiet, private space, repetitive
thoughts, feelings of inadequacy and not being able to cope, avoidance of
responsibility, depression and lethargy. These themes are echoed in the dreams,
and there were also dreams of deceit, of mistakes, of embarrassment, and of
being unprepared. Furthermore, there were dreams of intense sexuality, and
inappropriate sexuality, with knowledge that there would be disapproval of
these tendencies and a tendency to conceal them. There were
also symptoms consistent with the malarial miasm as proposed by Sankaran
(2002): intense irritability (with inefficiency), resentment to being
controlled, feelings of being harassed and persecuted,
of being trapped with a need to get out, longing for past relationships,
changeability. There were dreams of intense frustration, of harassment, attack,
rape, of being stuck in a situation, of protecting others and others being
nasty or mean to one.
There were dreams of being pursued. Pain was experienced as annoying,
irritating. Vesicular skin eruptions were produced. Sankaran describes the
malarial miasm as a combination of the sycotic and the acute miasms. It is thus
proposed that Hemachatus haemachatus belongs to the malarial miasm.
[Victoria-Leigh Schönfeld]
During the proving Hemachatus haemachatus the provers experienced a wide
range of mental, emotional and physical symptoms. The highest number of
symptoms were produced on
the mental and emotional levels. Provers experienced elation, joy,
increased confidence, enthusiasm and energy. Polarity was demonstrated in the
results with regards to the mental and
physical symptoms, these were observed as a lack of confidence,
vulnerability, anxiety, decreased motivation, decreased concentration,
lethargy, depression and indifference.
There were also sudden changes in mood and provers experienced marked
irritability. On the physical level, many provers experienced headaches,
irritation of the eyes, symptoms
resembling allergic rhinitis, sore throats, nausea, heartburn, abdominal
pain and flatulence, menstrual disturbances, lumbar pain, rheumatic joint
pains, and skin
eruptions. There were disturbances in normal sleep patterns, subjective
perceptions of increased body temperature with hot flushes, and generalised
tiredness and lethargy.
Vergleich:
Commons.:
in Lach. Naja. Haemachatus.
Elaps. and Cloth.
Comparison. Hemachatus haemachatus + Lachesis
Comparison. Hemachatus haemachatus + Naja
mossambica
Comparison.Hemachatus haemachatus + Naja
tripudians
Comparison.Hemachatus haemachatus + Elaps
corallinus
Comparison. Hemachatus haemachatus + Bitis
Arietans (= Clotho)
Comparison. Lachesis Naja tripudians Elaps Naja
mossambica Bitis arietans with Hemachatus haemachatus
Siehe: Schlangen + Cobras general.
Can spit its venom.
Vorwort/Suchen Zeichen/Abkürzungen Impressum