Elaps Corallinus
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General EN
Elaps.
Elaps corallinus. Brazilian Coral Snake. N. O. Elapidae. Poison pressed from the venom-sac of the living snake and triturated with sugar of milk. Higgins used the gall of the snake, Fel Elapidis Corallini.
Clinical EN
Amaurosis. Axilla, itching in. Cancer. Deafness. Ear, affections of. Ear, wax in. Epistaxis. Haemorrhages. Headache. Hemiplegia. Knee, pain in. Metrorrhagia. Naso-pharyngitis. Nose, stuffed. Ozaena. Phthisis. Pneumonia. Threat, ulcerated.
Characteristics EN
Elaps is distinguished from the other serpent venoms by the pre-eminent blackness of its discharges and haemorrhages; black ear-wax. Characteristic symptoms are: Fruit and cold drinks lie like ice on stomach and cause a cold feeling in chest. Sensation as if all the blood were collected in head. E.
V. Moffat has found Elaps 6 almost a specific in chronic naso-pharyngeal catarrh, with greenish crusts and subjective disagreeable odour. Rumbling in ears as of thunder. Sensation in brain as if shaken.
Sensation as if food turned like a corkscrew on swallowing; as if intestines were twisted by a cord and strung together in a knot. Pains in the longs (especially right) are very marked: "Sensation within chest and at sternum, as if pleurae were pulled off and the lungs violently drawn apart." Sensation as if a heavy load, iron bar, or weight on parts. Fluids roll audibly into stomach. The glands and skin of axilla are affected.
(I cured with Elap. 200 a very old-standing case of irritating rash in axilla (right) with recurrent suppuration of axillary glands,) Periodicity is marked. Rest >, exertion <; but walking > epistaxis, pain in stomach and lungs. Lying on abdomen > pain in stomach. Many symptoms are < at night.
(Sudden deafness at night with roaring and cracking in ears.) Dreams of dead persons. Warmth of bed <. Great sensitiveness to cold: draught, wind, wet weather <. Horror of rain.
Touch <.
Relations EN
Antidoted by: Radiated heat, Alcohol, Arsen. Compare: Arsen., Carb. v., Crotal., Lach., Mur. ac., Nit. ac., Rhus t.; (red spot before sight) Duboisia; (effects of cold, wet weather) Dulc.
Mind EN
Absence of mind
Depression of spirits; desire for solitude
Fear of being left alone, as if something horrible might happen
Apprehensive of some fatal disease
Angry about one's self, and does not wish to be spoken to.
Head EN
Vertigo; falls forward
Pain in the cerebellum, r. side
Fulness in head, as if all the blood were collected in it; fears apoplexy; with cold hands
Severe stitching pains in forehead, with heaviness of head; occasionally pain intermits, 8-10 days, thundering in l. ear, deafness, lachrymation
Violent pain in vertex (afternoon), as if the brain were shaking, with nausea, which prevents her from keeping the head quiet
Congestion of blood to the head on stooping
Stinging headache, with sleeplessness
Weight in the forehead; pain in the forehead
Lancinating headache, first in l. side of the head, extending to r. side
Headache in occiput after mental exertion.
Eyes EN
Stye on l. eye, with lancination
Red eyelids
Tickling and red streaks of the sclerotica
Large red, fiery spots before the eyes; red bar before the eyes, when opening them
Dryness and burning in both eyes on waking; bloated around the eyes in the morning
Eyes red and inflamed; blear-eyed
Glassy look
When closing the eyes everything looks (dirty) red; dotted with black points
Violent itching in the l. eye
Aversion to light; desire to close the eyes; everything seems white even at night; grey veil before eyes; on stooping rush of blood to head with vertigo and pain at root of nose; can scarcely distinguish light from dark
Amaurosis.
Ears EN
Buzzing in r. ear
Crackling in ears on swallowing
Itching in the ears
Cerumen black and hardened
Illusions of hearing; hears whistling and ringing; imagines he hears some one talk
Discharge of a serous fluid or greenish-yellow liquid from (l.) ear (in the morning)
Offensive otorrhoea with eruptions
Crusty eruptions on ear and cheek
Discharge of blood from the ear
Sudden deafness at night with constant roaring and cracking
Hearing of both ears impaired; otalgia of r.
Nose EN
Bad smell (like putrid herring pickle) from the nose
Stoppage of the nostrils (high up, with dull aching in forehead); coryza from the least current of air
White and watery mucus is discharged from the nose
Epistaxis: sudden, profuse, while walking; after a blow
Blood black, copious, in steady stream.
Face EN
Dark complexion
Lancinations from root of nose to ear
Redness and swelling of r. cheek, with chilliness all over the body
Redness, heat, and formication in r. cheek
Swelling of face, extending to r. side of the nose
Red blotches on bloated face.
Mouth EN
Tongue black or dark red
Tongue swollen and whitish in morning
Pricking at tip of tongue.
Throat EN
Naso-pharyngeal catarrh, greenish crusts, subjective disagreeable odour
Dull pain from nares to ears;
< by swallowing; posterior wall of pharynx dry, fissured, covered with crusts
The beverage is arrested in oesophagus, as from a spasmodic contraction
Constriction in pharynx with pressure in the throat
Ulceration of throat, < l. side, difficult swallowing of liquids; recurring from exposure to wind or rain.
Stomach EN
Vomiting of green bile, followed by diarrhoea
Acidity of the stomach, with nausea and faint feeling; sour eructations
Violent thirst; cold feeling in the chest after drinking
Hunger, with violent headache if not satisfied at once
Vomiting of mucus, with fainting
Fruit and cold drinks feel like ice in the stomach
Burning in stomach
Weight in stomach, with nausea, after eating
Sudden pains in stomach, as if she must sink down;
< while sitting, > on walking about.
Abdomen EN
Lancinations from both groins to symphysis pubis
Colic, with urging to stool
The intestines feel twisted, as if by a cord, and strung together in a knot, with strangulating sensation
Sensation as if the blood in the abdomen were flowing backward.
Stool And Anus EN
Diarrhoea, blackish, frothy, yellowish, watery, with mucus and rumbling; bile; bloody mucus
Discharge of black, liquid blood from the bowels and at stool, with colic and sensation as if the bowels were twisted
Prolapsus ani
Constriction of the sphincter, after bloody stool
Crawling at anus as if from worms.
Urinary Organs EN
Red urine, with cloudy sediment
Thick urine, with red sediment
Suppression of urine; strangury
Discharge of mucus from urethra.
Male Sexual Organs EN
Impotence
Weight and swelling of the testes
Discharge of prostatic fluid
The skin of the prepuce is thick and inflamed.
Female Sexual Organs EN
Discharge of black blood between the menses
Menses every two or three weeks; flow profuse, dark
Weight at the uterus; at the vagina, after an hysteric attack
Itching in the vagina; formication at the vulva
Sensation as of something burst in womb, followed by continuous stream of dark-coloured blood on attempting to urinate.
Respiratory Organs EN
Dry cough, which ends in raising black blood
Taste of blood in the mouth, before coughing
Constant cough, with frightful pains throughout lungs as if they were torn out (< r. apex)
Stitches in the upper part of each lung; better when walking
Oppressed breathing in the evening;
< on going up stairs.
Chest EN
Feeling as of heavy load on chest
Constriction of the chest
Coldness in chest after drinking
Sensation in chest and at sternum as if pleurae were pulled off and the lungs violently torn apart
Stitches in l. chest; worse when breathing
Pleuritic pain r. side, felt in axilla
Cannot lean to r. side on account of a very painful pulling in r. lung
Sensitiveness of r. side.
Heart EN
Spitting of black blood, with painful tearing, as if proceeding from the heart.—Palpitation of the heart, with anxiety and trembling of the hands.
Neck And Back EN
Stiffness in the r. side of neck
Lancinations in l. side of neck
Painful pressure at nape of neck
Lancinations in the whole spinal marrow, from occiput to sacrum
Pressure between the shoulders
Coldness in back
Pain in the back, with chilliness, cold feet, and strangury.
Upper Limbs EN
Itching under axilla, with tetter
Inflamed and suppurating glands in axilla
The arms and hands are swollen, bluish, covered with red spots; also r. leg and foot
Crampy constriction at bend of elbow, extending to hand, as if one had carried a heavy weight
Pricking in the l. upper arm
Hot rash on r. wrist
The r. hand feels as if paralysed
The tips of the fingers peel off.
Lower Limbs EN
Cramps in the calves
Icy coldness of r. leg
Rheumatic pains in l. leg
Sensation of spraining and stiffness in knee-joint
The l. foot is swollen and blue, with red spots
Pricking under toenails.
Skin EN
Red pimples at the tips of the fingers
The tips of the fingers peel off
Little pimples, followed by desquamation
Yellow spots on the hands and fingers
Red tetter from the corner of the r. nostril to the cheek.
Sleep EN
Sleeplessness from lancinating headache.—Dreams of business, of dead persons.
Fever EN
Sensitive to cold
The arm shudders when dipping the hand into water
Coldness in the back
Dry heat, at midnight; cannot endure any cover
With the fever, oppression of breathing
Flushes of heat in evening, with, redness and heat of face and ears
Chill at, noon, without thirst, followed by dry heat in afternoon, without perspiration
Cold perspiration all over.