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Toxicophis
6XToxiToxicophis (Agkistrodon Piscivorus) · Water Moccasin (Cottonmouth) · "The Cottonmouth Snake Venom"
AnimalRareSyphilitic
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🎯 It acts primarily on the nervous and circulatory systems following envenomation, characterized by long-term periodic recurrence of symptoms.
📖 Clarke writes:
Toxicophis pugnax. Moccasin Snake. N. O. Ophidia. Trituration.
👤 Characteristics
Sphere of Action & Core States
•Effects of snake bites
•Recurrence of symptoms annually at exactly the same period for many years
•Decreasing intensity of recurring symptoms each year
•Pains spreading to other parts after some years
Key Characteristics & Guiding Symptoms
•Peculiar feature: symptoms of pain and fever recur annually at exactly the same period
•Pains spread to other parts after some years
⭐ Key Symptoms — Give When You See
Annual recurrence of symptoms at precisely the same time of year.
Clarke
Symptoms recur for many years with decreasing intensity each year.
Clarke
Pain and fever symptoms persist long after the initial bite.
Clarke
Pains may migrate from the original site to other parts of the body over time.
Clarke
Rapid swelling of the affected limb following the bite.
Clarke
Skin tends to be rather dry.
Clarke
Chronic pain localized to the knee for several years.
Clarke
Pain eventually shifts from the knee to the hip.
Clarke
Pain eventually shifts from the hip to the shoulder.
Clarke
Long-term annual recurrence of severe pain without swelling.
Clarke
🩺 Systems & Indications
💪Extremities
Use for chronic, migrating pains in the limbs following trauma or envenomation.
R. leg became painful and swelled rapidly.
For several years the pain was confined to the knee of the bitten limb
in a few years it left the knee and seized the hip, and finally attacked the shoulder.
📚 Sources & References
✓ Clarke's Dictionary↗✓ Allen's Encyclopedia↗Boericke's Materia MedicaHering's Guiding SymptomsHahnemann's Materia Medica PuraKent's Materia MedicaPhatak's Concise MM
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