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Heloderma

30C / 200CHeloderma
Gila Monster · Heloderma Suspectum · "The Ice Cold Heart Remedy"
helo.AnimalRarePsoric
Source
🎯 It acts as a powerful nerve depressant causing a state of profound coldness and paralysis similar to degenerative neurological conditions.
📖 Boericke writes:
The result of the bite is a benumbing paralysis like paralysis agitans or locomotor ataxia. There is no tetanic phase-a condition almost reverse in objective symptoms to Hydrocy acid or Strychnia. The most unusual action of the drug is noted upon the eye of the mouse.The eyeball becomes more prominent and the cornea opacities. The exophthalmus is due to the pressure of the blood behind the eyeball (Boyd). Homeopathically, it is indicated in many forms of disease characterized bygreat coldness-"arctic" coldness. Colic waves from occiput to feet or ascending.
👤 Constitution
The typical patient experiences profound physical depression, a sensation of internal freezing, and neurological symptoms involving numbness, trembling, and an unsteady, high-stepping gait.
Key Symptoms — Give When You See
The eyeball becomes more prominent and the cornea opacities.
introduction
Coldness.
extremities
Cold spots.
fever
🩺 Systems & Indications
👤HEAD
Indicated for head pain associated with sensations of coldness and pressure.
Very depressed.
Sensation as if would fall to right side.
Cold band around head; cold pressure within the skull.
Eyelids heavy.
Pain beginning in right ear, extending round back of head to left ear.
🔑 Modalities
Better from
💊 Dosage & Potency
30C
Centesimal
🕒As directed
Primary Dosage
🌿 Remedy Relationships
🔄 Compare With
CamphoraLacertaLachesis Mutus
📚 Sources & References
Boericke's Materia MedicaKent's Materia MedicaClarke's DictionaryHering's Guiding SymptomsHahnemann's Materia Medica PuraAllen's EncyclopediaPhatak's Concise MM

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