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Latrodectus Mactans

30C / 200CLatrodectus
Black Widow Spider · "The Angina Spider Remedy"
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🎯 It acts primarily on the heart and chest muscles, producing symptoms mimicking severe angina pectoris.
📖 Boericke writes:
The bite produces tetanic effects that last several days. A picture ofAngina pectoris is presented by the action of the drug. The praecordial region seems to be the center of attack. Constriction of chest muscles, with radiation to shoulders and back. Lowered coagulability.
👤 Constitution
The typical patient experiences intense, sudden, and violent physical distress, often accompanied by extreme anxiety and a fear of death or suffocation.
Key Symptoms — Give When You See
Violent chest pain radiating to the left arm and fingers with numbness.
Boericke
Extreme anxiety and fear of losing breath.
Boericke
Skin feels cold as marble.
Boericke
Left arm feels paralyzed.
Boericke
Screaming with pain.
Boericke
🩺 Systems & Indications
👤HEAD
Used for head pain associated with extreme anxiety and screaming.
Anxiety.
Screams with pain.
Pain in neck to back of head.
Occipital pain.
🔑 Modalities
Worse from
Exertion
angina pectoris
precordial pain
Better from
Evacuation
abdominal pain
general well-being
💊 Dosage & Potency
Sixth
Decimal
🕒As directed
Primary Dosage
🌿 Remedy Relationships
🔄 Compare With
Latrodectus HasseltiTriatemaMygale LasiodoraTheridion CurassavicumLatrodectus Kalipo
📚 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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