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Hydrophobinum
200CHydropHydrophobinum (Lyssinum) · Saliva of a Rabid Dog · "The Rabies Nosode"
NosodeUncommonSyphilitic✨ Clarke only
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Exclusively Documented in Clarke
This remedy is documented exclusively in Clarke's Dictionary of Practical Materia Medica. It does not appear in other classical references in this encyclopedia.
🎯 It acts primarily on the nervous system, producing intense sensitivity, spasmodic contractions, and symptoms mimicking rabies or paralytic conditions.
📖 Clarke writes:
Lyssin. The nosode of rabies. Trituration of sugar of milk saturated with the saliva of a rabid dog. Triturations might also be made of Pasteur's strongest virus.
👤 Characteristics
Sphere of Action & Core States
•Acts as a nosode
•Pathogenesis derived from rabid animals, human patients, and provings
•Close analogue of animal poisons, especially Lachesis
•Marked symptoms appear in every part of the body and mind
•Suffocating feelings
•Sighing and sighing respiration
•Irritation shown in the sexual organs
•Paralytic rabies (as a result of inoculation)
Leading Mental & Emotional Indicators
•Great variety of mental disturbances
•Rapid speech
•Impatience
•Mental irritability as great as that of the senses
•Dangerously violent temper
Key Characteristics & Guiding Symptoms
•Exquisite sensitiveness to breath of air
•Sensitive to bright objects, especially the surface of water
•Sensitive to sounds, most of all to the sound of running water
•Thought of water brings on aggravation or convulsion
•Cannot bear heat of sun
•Thirst, with inability to swallow
•Copious viscid saliva
•Dysentery with pain and tenesmus on hearing water running from a tap
•Effects of bites of non-rabid dogs removed by this nosode
Modalities & Sensitivities
•Aggravation from stooping
•Aggravation from motion generally
•Sensitive to any changed position
•Amelioration by bending head backward (pain in neck)
•Throws head back when sneezing
•Aggravation from heat of sun (unbearable)
•Amelioration of burning pain by hot steam directed to bitten place
•Amelioration by Turkish bath
•Aggravation from damp warm air (oppressed)
•Sensitive to least breath of air; air of agreeable temperature feels cold
•Aggravation from slightest draught
•Amelioration of headache by cold air
•Aggravation from slightest touch
•Aggravation from riding in carriage
⭐ Key Symptoms — Give When You See
Extreme sensitivity to the sight, sound, or thought of water, which triggers spasms or agitation.
Clarke
Violent, spasmodic contractions of the throat and esophagus, making swallowing difficult or impossible.
Clarke
Mental state of intense restlessness, fear of impending death, and sometimes reckless, violent impulses.
Clarke
Frothing at the mouth, particularly in the final stages of illness or during severe spasms.
Clarke
Twitching and spasmodic movements of muscles throughout the body, resembling chorea or paralysis.
Clarke
Periodical return of symptoms, such as ranula or sciatic pain.
Clarke
Greasy aftertaste in the mouth, especially after eating mutton.
Clarke
Sensation as if hip bones would slip out of their sockets, relieved by resting hands on hips.
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Extreme sensitivity to bright light, noise, and strong odors, which can trigger spasms.
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Dark, livid marks at the site of old bites or inoculations.
Clarke
🩺 Systems & Indications
✨ Clarke Exclusive🧠Mind
Use for states of extreme mental agitation, hallucinations, fear of death, and impulsive, reckless behavior.
Loss of consciousness sometimes at an early stage, but not generally until a short time before death (R.).
Does not hear or see persons around him (R.).
Memory for single words much improved.
Thoughts of something terrible going to happen come into his mind against his will
feels impelled to do reckless things, such as throwing a child, which he carries in his arms, through the window.
They appreciate the formidable character of the disease and speak frequently with a remarkably quick and sharp articulation of the impending fatal results (R.).
During the tranquil intervals, responded correctly to questions put to him, recognised those around him, and with a presentiment of impending death, begged them to pray for him and not leave him alone (R.).
Most commonly the mental faculties are in a superior state of excitement, shown by quick perception, amazing acuteness of understanding and rapidity with which they answer questions (R.).
It seems to her as if two entirely different trains of thought influenced her at the same time.
During convulsions, mental illusions and hallucinations
in intervals of consciousness mental faculties are retained (R.).
Imagine that they are abused, and energetically defend themselves against attacks and insults, which in reality are products of their own fancy (R.).
Fancies he is blown at by several persons, some of whom are not present (R.).
Thinks he is a dog or a bird, and runs up and down, chirping and twittering, until he falls down fainting (R.).
Strange notions and apprehensions during pregnancy.
Insane ideas enter his head
for instance, to throw a glass of water, which he is carrying in his hand, into some one's face, or to stab his flesh with the knife he is holding, and the like.
(Mania spermatica in stallions.).
Inclination to be rude and abusive, to bite and strike.
A strong and uncontrollable impulse to do certain acts
to spring at and bite any moving object that came within reach
dog (R.).
Lament with great anxiety their inability to relieve thirst which afflicts, and by various contrivances endeavour eagerly to drink (R.).
Break out of their stables furiously and run or jump over ditches and fences (sheep).
Not afraid of dogs, but dislikes to see them because their sight renews her fear (lyssophobia, after bite by non-rabid dog).
Exhilarated, felt as if he had received joyful intelligence.
Ill-humour.
Hypersensitiveness of all the senses.
On a watch held to scrobiculum he sees the hour and minute hands (R.).
He says he can see hands on dial plate of church clock (R.).
He could hear what was spoken in next room, and counted coppers in a room below him (R.).
Linen dipped in sugar water, put on pit of stomach, gives a sweet taste in mouth (R.).
Copper, if in his room, makes him restless and full of pains (R.).
Sometimes he would control inclination to stool by a strong effort of will, but effort caused much nervous irritation.
Attacks of nervous headache become awful and insupportable if he hears water run out of a hydrant.
When he hears water poured out, or if he hears it run, or if he sees it, he becomes very irritable, nervous
it causes desire for stool and other ailments.
The mere sight of a drinking vessel containing water is intolerable
they turn away their faces, shriek out loud, beckon anxiously with hands to have water removed, for voice and breath fail (R.).
Thinking of fluids of any kind, even of blood, brings on convulsions.
🔑 Modalities
✨ Clarke Exclusive↓Worse from
Morning
diarrhea
sneezing
🌿 Remedy Relationships
⏩ Follows Well After
Tabacum →Argentum Nitricum →
🔄 Compare With
Stramonium →Fagus →Lachesis Mutus →Cantharis Vesicatoria →Gelsemium Sempervirens →Conium Maculatum →Belladonna →Dulcamara →Picricum Acidum →Graphites →Glonoinum →Apis Mellifica →Cocculus Indicus →Sulphur →Helonias Dioica →Hydrastis Canadensis →
📚 Sources & References
✓ Clarke's Dictionary↗Boericke's Materia MedicaHering's Guiding SymptomsHahnemann's Materia Medica PuraKent's Materia MedicaAllen's EncyclopediaPhatak's Concise MM
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