Theridion Curassavicum
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General
THERIDION CURASSAVICUM. [Therid.] Orange Spider. Hering. Araneideae.
Mind
► Time passes too quickly. ► Talkative, inclined to mental exertion ; hilarity. ► Want of self-confidence ; hysteria : 36. ► Great aversion to work ; especially to his usual avocation.
Sensorium
► Vertigo : with nausea, even to vomiting ; worse from stooping, from least movement ; on closing eyes ; on board a vessel ; with cold sweat.
Inner Head
► Violent frontal headache, with throbbing, extending to occiput. ► Headache, on beginning to move. ► Headache which she cannot describe nor even make clear to herself. ► Throbbing over left eye and across forehead ; sick stomach, worse on rising from lying ; worse from persons walking over the floor ; from least noise. ► Head feels thick, thinks it belongs to another ; that she can lift it off. ► Sunstroke.
Outer Head
► Itching on scalp.
Eyes
► Flickering before eyes in frequent paroxysms, even when closing the eyes ; like a veil before eyes ; she must lie down ; also in hysteria. ► Sensitive to light ; things look double ; fluttering, nausea and cold hands. ► Hard, heavy, dull pressure behind eyes.
Ears
► Worse from least noise, every sound penetrates her whole body, especially the teeth, makes vertigo worse. ► Rushing in both ears like a water-fall. ► Itching behind ears, she would like to scratch them off.
Nose
► Sneezing ; watery discharge, worse evening. ► Chronic catarrh, discharge, offensive-smelling, thick, yellow, or yellowish-green.
Face
► Pale.
Lower Face
► Feels immovable in morning when awaking.
Tongue, Etc
► Salty taste ; or, mouth feels furred, benumbed.
Mouth
► Feels numb ; or slimy.
Desires And Aversions
► Desire for wine, brandy or tobacco. ► Appetite for acidulous drinks. ► Constant desire for food or drink, but he knows not for what. ► Much thirst.
Nausea And Vomiting
► Nausea : or rising in morning ; from sounds ; with vertigo ; on closing eyes ; like seasickness ; from sparkling before eyes ; on motion ; from talking ; from fast riding in a carriage.
Hypochondria
► Violent burning pain in hepatic region, worse from touch ; retching, bilious vomit. ► Abscess of liver ; relieved vertigo and nausea.
Abdomen
► Pain in groins ; after coitus ; in groin on motion.
Stool, Etc
► Small soft stool, daily, with much straining.
Urine
► Increased urination. ► Seminal emission during siesta.
Male Sexual Organs
► Desire lessened.
Female Sexual Organs
► Hysteria : during puberty ; at climaxis.
Breathing
► Increased inclination to take deep breaths, to sigh.
Lungs
► Violent stitches up high in chest beneath left shoulder through into throat. ► Phthisis florida, in beginning.
Heart And Pulse
► Anxiety about heart ; sharp pains radiate to arm and left shoulder. θ Climaxis. ► Pulse slow, with vertigo.
Lower Limbs
► Itching and nodes on nates. ► Feet swell.
Position, Etc
► Motion : 2, 3, 16, 19.
Exertion : 36.
Walking : 40.
Must lie down : 5.
Stooping : 2.
Rising : 3, 16.
Nerves
► Weak, limbs tremble, sweating. ► Faints after every exertion.
Sleep
► Sleepy all morning. ► Deep night sleep. ► During sleep, bites point of tongue.
Time
► Morning : 9, 16, 37.
Evening : 7.
Night : 39.
Temperature And Weather
► Sun : 3. Cannot get warm : 40.
Chill, Fever And Sweat
► Shaking chill : with foam at mouth ; during headache, with vomiting. ► Bones pain, as if they would fall asunder ; coldness, cannot get warm. ► Sweats easily, after walking.
Sides
► Right : 18. Left : 3, 28, 29.
Tissues
► Scrofula when other remedies fail : rachitis ; caries, necrosis, "to reach the root of the evil and destroy cause".
Contact, Injuries, Etc
► Touch : 18.
Jar of persons walking on floor : 3.
Motion of vessel : 2.
Riding in a carriage : 16.
Skin
► Skin : 4, 6, 33.
Relationship
► Therid. following well after Calcar. and Lycop. ► Antidotes to Therid. : Acon. against sensitiveness to noises and violent paroxysms ; Moschus, nausea ; Graphit.