Mygale Lasiodora mygal.

Boger's Synoptic Key — Materia Medica

C. M. Boger · Boger's Synoptic Key — Materia Medica · A Synoptic Key of the Materia Medica, 1915 — the Materia Medica half

Region

Nerves.

General

Chorea of upper parts.

Particulars

Twitching facial muscles and head (Cic.).

Homœopathic Materia Medica

William Boericke · Homœopathic Materia Medica · 9th edition

Common name

Black Cuban Spider

General

Weakness, palpitation, nervousness, fear, like other spider preparations. Chorea is the principal therapeutic field of this. Sexual symptoms are important.

Mind

Delirious, restless, sad; fears death; despondent.

Face

Twitching of facial muscles. Mouth and eyes open in rapid succession. Hot and flushed. Tongue dry and parched; put out with difficulty. Head jerked to one side. Grating of teeth at night.

Stomach

Nausea, with dim sight. Aversion to food. Excessive thirst.

Male

Violent erections. Chordee (Kali brom; Camph).

Extremities

Unsteady gait. Constant motion of whole body. Tremulous. Intense redness in streaks, following course of lymphatics. Twitching of limbs. Restless hands. Convulsive, uncontrollable movements of arms and legs. Limbs drag while walking.

Relationship

Compare: Agar; Tarant; Cupr, Zizia.

Modalities

Better, during sleep. Worse, in morning.

Dose

Third to thirtieth potency.

Leaders in Homoeopathic Therapeutics

E. B. Nash · Leaders in Homoeopathic Therapeutics · homeoint.org / Médi-T HTML text (Nash d. 1917; public domain)

Leaders

Is also a spider poison, and has cured cases of chorea. The cases seem to have been of a very violent nature, and the twitching in the facial muscles is predominant. This remedy also ought to be fully proven.

A Dictionary of Practical Materia Medica

John Henry Clarke · A Dictionary of Practical Materia Medica · 1st edition (1900-02, three volumes); homeoint.org / Médi-T HTML digitization

General

Mygale Lasiodora Cubana. A large black Cuban Spider. N. O. Arachnida. Tincture of living spider.

Clinical

Chordee. Chorea. Gonorrhœa.

Characteristics

The pathogenetic data of Mygale consist of a proving by a young lady and the effect of a bite on a man. In the latter case, inflammation ensued which spread along the lymphatics, violet and afterwards green discoloration; chill followed by fever, dry mouth, and great thirst, trembling, dyspnœa, despondency, and fear of death. The prover developed sadness; dry mouth; nausea with great palpitation, dim sight, and great general weakness; increased flow of urine, hot, scalding, with stinging in urethra. This last symptom has led to the successful use of Myg . in gonorrhœa, chordee, and syphilis. The "trembling" observed in the man suggests its use in nervous cases, but the sphere of Myg . in chorea has been developed from the clinical side. In the cases cured with it, twitching and contractions of facial muscles have been very prominent; convulsive movements of head to right side; twitching of one side of body, mostly right. The twitchings may be so violent as to prevent walking. Limbs are quiet during sleep, movements < in morning. Nausea with strong palpitation should be an indication. Symptoms < by eating. < Sitting (legs in constant motion).

Relations

Compare: In chorea, Aga., Act. r., Ign., Stram., Ziz. Tarent., Ant. c.

Mind

Delirious, talked about his business and was restless all night. ─ Sad; despondent with anxious expression. ─ Fear of death.

Head

Frontal headache; dull. ─ Head often jerked to one side (r.).

Eyes

Nausea with dimness of sight; weakness; palpitation.

Ears

Acute aching in r. ear.

Face

Constant twitching of muscles of face. ─ Face flushed.

Mouth

Grating of teeth at night. ─ Tongue dry and parched; dry and brown-coated.

Stomach

Aversion to food; no appetite whatever for dinner, took nothing till tea-time, then only a cup of tea and a small piece of bread; > after eating. ─ Excessive thirst. ─ Nausea with strong palpitation, dim sight.

Urinary Organs

Urine: increased; stinging in urethra; burning hot, scalding.

Male Sexual Organs

Chordee. ─ Protracted gonorrhœa. ─ Syphilis.

Respiratory Organs

Difficult breathing. ─ Words jerked out when effort is made to talk.

Heart

Strong palpitation, accompanying nausea and dimness of sight and general weakness. ─ Pulse 130.

Back

Pain in back extending around to front.

Limbs

Twitching and jerking of muscles of one arm and leg, usually r. ─ Convulsive, uncontrollable movements of arms and legs.

Lower Limbs

Intense redness in streaks in course of lymphatics, from calf up to body, with great anxiety, twitching of limbs. ─ Local inflammation extensive, from foot to knee, leaving a large violet spot which changed in a few hours to green.

Sleep

Restless all night with ridiculous dreams.

Fever

Severe chill lasting thirty minutes; then fever with excessive thirst and trembling of limbs.

The Guiding Symptoms of Our Materia Medica

Constantine Hering · The Guiding Symptoms of Our Materia Medica · 1879–91

General

A large black Cuban Spider. Mygale Lasiodora Cubano.
Introduced and proved by Houard, J. G. (Hah. Mo., 1869, vol. 5, p. 8).
Tincture prepared by putting live insect into alcohol.
CLINICAL AUTHORITIES.
- Chordee , Williamson, Farr. Clin. Mat. Med., p. 72 ; Gonorrhœa , Houard, Hah. Mo., vol. 5, p. 8 ; Chorea (2 cases), Houard, A. J. H. M. M., vol. 1, pp. 65-6 ; Hah. Mo., vol. 5, p. 10 ; Hah. Mo., vol. 10, p. 331 ; Preston, Hah. Mo., vol. 8, p. 375 ; Spooner, Raue's Rec., 1873, p. 206.

Mind

Low spirited and depressed.

Inner head

Frontal headache. θ Chorea. θ Vertigo.
Dull pain in forehead.

Outer head

Head often jerked to one side, usually to right.

Sight and eyes

Nausea with dimness of sight ; weakness ; palpitation.

Upper face

Constant twitching of muscles of face.

Teeth and gums

Grating of teeth at night.

Hiccough, belching, nausea and vomiting

Nausea, with palpitation.

Urinary organs

Urine : increased ; stinging in urethra ; burning hot, scalding.

Male sexual organs

Chordee.
Protracted gonorrhœa.
Chancres (syphilis).

Voice and larynx. trachea and bronchia

An effort to talk is made, and words are jerked out.

Lower limbs

Intense redness in streaks following course of lymphatics, from calf upward to body, with great anxiety, twitching of limbs.

Limbs in general

Twitching and jerking of muscles of one arm and leg, usually right.
Convulsive, uncontrollable movements of arms and legs.

Rest. position. motion

Sitting : lower extremities in constant motion.
Throwing his head backwards and then forwards ; chorea.
Cannot keep her hands for a minute in same position.
Could with much difficulty carry hands to mouth, and in attempting to do this occasionally hand would be thrown over head or to side of face.
Inability to walk and stand : twitching of muscles.
Walking : drags her legs ; pain in knees.
Driving her out of bed : chorea.

Nerves

Tremulousness in evening ; great prostration.
Convulsive, uncontrollable movements of back, arms and legs.
Twitching of muscles and shrugging of shoulders, returning every day ; child could not stand ; jerking up of lower limbs, complete inability to walk or stand ; acute aching in right ear, every night between midnight and morning, driving her out of bed ; constant motion of hands and arms. θ Chorea.
Constant contortions of face ; throwing his head backwards and then forwards with a jerk ; could with much difficulty carry hands to mouth, and in attempting to do this occasionally hand would be thrown over head or to side of face ; frequent feeling of oppression and difficult breathing ; restless at night during sleep ; has become thin and emaciated. θ Chorea.
Twitches of muscles of face and of upper extremities ; puts out her tongue with great difficulty ; convulsive movements of shoulders, keeps her hands in constant motion ; gait unsteady ; mouth and eyes open and shut in rapid succession, over which she has no control ; it is with difficulty that she can carry anything to mouth ; lower extremities constantly in motion while sitting ; drags her legs when walking. θ Chorea.
Constantly jerking head to right side, occasionally drops head on shoulder, sometimes twists his head around to r. side ; twitching in muscles of back and arms ; pain in knees when walking ; when attempting to control these involuntary motions respiratory muscles are affected to such an extent that he cannot get his breath until he takes a deep inspiration. θ Chorea.
Chorea ; arms and limbs in constant motion ; facial muscles distorted, could not help herself ; headache ; vertigo ; grating of teeth at night ; quiet during sleep ; < in morning.
Cannot keep her hands for a minute in same position ; twitches of muscles of face ; constant restlessness ; inordinately sensitive, so much so that she could not be persuaded to reply to questions.

Sleep

Restless sleep with ridiculous dreams.

Time

Morning : chorea <.
Evening : tremulousness ; prostration.
Night : grating of teeth ; restless.

Fever

Severe chill, followed by fever, with trembling of whole body, excessive thirst, face flushed, pulse 1?0, tongue dry and brown, difficult breathing, despondency, fear of death, delirium.

Attacks, periodicity

Every day : twitching of muscles and shrugging of shoulders.
Between midnight and morning : chorea.

Locality and direction

Right : head jerked to side ; twitching of muscles of arm and leg ; acute aching in ear.

Sensations

Pain : in forehead ; in knees.
Acute aching : in right ear.
Stinging : in urethra.
Dull pain : in forehead.

Stage of life, constitution

Boy, æt. 8, suffering three years ; chorea.
Boy, æt. 9, light complexion ; chorea.
Girl, æt. 12, suffering for four years ; chorea.
Girl, æt. 13 ; chorea.
Girl, æt. 15 ; chorea.

Relations

Compare : Act. rac., Agaric., Apis, Bellad., Doryph., Hyosc., Tarant .