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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 of Angina 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.

🩺 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.

💊 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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🌿 Remedy Relationships

🔄 Compare With

Latrodectus Hasselti →TriatemaMygale Lasiodora →Theridion Curassavicum →Latrodectus Kalipo →

Boericke's Materia Medica

In Boericke’s Repertory

About the repertory →

Latrodectus Mactans is listed in 19 rubrics across 6 chapters — italicised by Boericke in 12 of them, marking the remedy as more frequently verified there.

Circulatory System8 Nervous System4 Locomotor System3 Respiratory System2 Skin1 Stomach1

See all 19 rubrics for Latrodectus Mactans →