Crotalus horridus

Common name: rattle-snake poison.

Is indicated in adynamic conditions that are characterized by a hæmorrhagic tendency (Bl.).

Apoplectic convulsions in inebriates, hæmorrhagic or broken down constitutions (A.).

HÆMORRHAGES FROM EVERY ORIFICE OF THE BODY, EVEN FROM THE PORES OF THE SKIN. (Ra.).

Mouldy smell from the mouth (Nd.).

Is indicated in yellow fever, in the stage of black vomit, when there is low delirium, yellow skin, and oozing of blood from every orifice of the body (D.).

BLOOD EXUDES FROM THE EYES (Arn., Both., Carb-V., Lach., Nux-V., Phos.) (N.).

Retinal hæmorrhage (Arn., Bell., Glon., Ham., Lach., Merc-C., Phos., Prun., Sulph.) (K.)

Tendency to carbuncles or blood boils (Anthr.) (A.).

Stuffed feeling in the ears, worse in the right, associated with a feeling as if hot ear-wax was trickling out (F.).

HÆMORRHAGE FROM THE GUMS, NOSE, STOMACH, LUNGS, URETHRA, WOMB AND BOWELS (Nd.).

BLOODY SWEAT (Cur., Lach., Lyc., Nux-V., Petr.) (A.).

Yellow colour of the conjunctiva (Nux-V., Phos., Sep.) (A.).

Sudden and great prostration of the vital forces (Ars., Camph., Carb-V., Phos., Sec.) (Bt.).

MALIGNANT JAUNDICE (Ars., Bry., Chel., Chin., Dig., Hep., Iod., Lach., Merc., Nat-S., Phos., Sep.) (A.).

Fever always assumes the low typhoid form (Ars., Bapt., Hyos., Kali-P., Lach.) (Bt.).

Purpura hæmorrhagica: Blood comes on suddenly from all orifices, skin, nails and gums (A.).

Dark, besotted face (Bapt., Gels., Stram.) (B.).

Most of the symptoms appear on the right side (left side-Lach.) (Bt.).

Tongue: scarlet-red, or brown and swollen (Hr.).

Very foul breath, with swollen face (Hr.).

Malignant diphtheria or scarlatina; œdema or gangrene of the fauces or tonsils; pain worse from empty swallowing; if vomiting or diarrhœa come on (A.).

Severe frontal headache, with coma and delirium (Bapt., Nat-M., Stram.) (Bt.).

Cerebro-spinal-meningitis (Bell., Gels., Hyos., Lach., Op., Rhus-T., Stram., Verat-V.) (Bt.).

Fetid diarrhœa (Ars., Bapt., Chin., Graph., Lach., Merc., Nat-S., Podo., Sulph.) (Bt.).

Anxious, laboured breathing (Ant-T., Ars., Lyc., Phos., Verat.) (Bt.).

Yellow colour of the whole body (C.).

Vertigo and trembling of the whole body (Agar., Kali-Br., Kali-P., Lach., Nux-V., Phos., Sep.) (Bt.).

Vomiting: bilious, with anxiety and weak pulse; every month after menstruation; cannot lie on the right side or back without instantly producing dark, green vomiting (A.).

Sore pain from the pit of the stomach to the region of the liver, with qualmishness, nausea and vomiting of green, bilious matter (Nd.).

Diarrhœa: stools black, thin, like coffee-grounds; offensive; during yellow fever, cholera, typhoid or typhus (A.).

Bad effects of vaccination, insect-stings or dissecting wounds (Ars.) (A.).

Extremities inflamed, swollen and gangrenous (Ars., Carb-V., Lach., Sec.) (C.).

Easily tired by slight exertion (Ars.) (C.).

INTESTINAL HÆMORRHAGE: BLOOD DARK, FLUID, NON-COAGULABLE (Carb-V., Lach., Nit-Ac., Phos.) (A.).

Weeping mood (Nat-M., Puls.) (Br.).

Clouded perception and memory (Bapt., Kali-P., Lyc., Op.) (Br.).

Vicarious menstruation (Bry., Ferr., Lach., Phos., Puls.) (A.).

Malignant diseases of the uterus; great tendency to hæmorrhage; blood dark, fluid and offensive (Lach., Sec.) (A.).

Loquacious, with desire to escape (Hyos., Stram.) (Br.).

Impatient (Cham., Ign., Nux-V., Sep., Sulph.) (Br.).

Headache: must walk on tip-toe to avoid jarring (Br.).

Smothering sensation when awaking (Grind., Lach., Sulph.) (Br.).

Grinding teeth, during sleep (Ars., Bell., Cann-I., Cina, Tub.) (K.).

Delirium, especially at night (Ars., Bapt., Bell., Canth., Lach, Plb., Stram.) (C.).

AGGRAVATION: From lying on right side; from falling to sleep; in warm weather; during spring; from alcohol; on awaking; and from jar.

AMELIORATION: From motion.

RELATIONSHIP: Compare: Ars., Bapt., Canth., Carb-V., Elaps, Lach., Naja, Nit-Ac., Phos., Pyrog., Sep. and Tarant.

Antidotes: Alcohol, Am-M., Camph. and Lach.