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Cenchris Contortrix

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Copperhead Snake · Ancistrodon Contortrix · "The Copperhead Snake Remedy"

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🎯 A deep-acting restorative remedy that profoundly affects the nervous system, circulation, and emotional state.

📖 Boericke writes:

(ANCISTRODON)

Like the other snake poisons, it affects the system profoundly. Like arsenic, it has dyspnoea, mental and physical restlessness, thirst for small quantities of water, necessity for having clothing loose, like Laches. Marked alternation of moods; vivid dreams. Is a wonderful restorative and deep acting remedy. Increased sexual desire in both sexes. Ineffectual attempts to recline. Right ovarian region painful.

👤 Constitution

•Individuals who are restless, absent-minded, and prone to alternating moods, often requiring loose clothing and feeling worse when lying down.

🩺 Systems & Indications

👤Head

Useful for head pain and eye irritation associated with mental confusion and mood instability.

Forgetful, absent-minded, alternating moods.

Aching pain in left frontal eminence and left side of teeth.

Swelling around eyes, aching and itching in eyes.

🔑 Modalities

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💊 Dosage & Potency

Historical record, not a prescription. Boericke published this in 1927. It is not medical advice — consult a qualified practitioner before acting on it.

Summarised from the passage below — Boericke’s own wording is the record.

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Primary Dosage

🌿 Remedy Relationships

🔄 Compare With

Lachesis Mutus →Arsenicum Album →

Boericke's Materia Medica

In Boericke’s Repertory

About the repertory →

Cenchris Contortrix is listed in 7 rubrics across 4 chapters.

Modalities4 Circulatory System1 Nervous System1 Mind1