Aranea diadema

by

Dr. S.R. Phatak describes the clinically confirmed symptoms of the homeopathic remedy Aranea Diadema in his Concise Materia Medica, published in 1977….

Generalities

      This spider poison is the remedy for the constitution, favourable to malarial poisoning. Patient feels cold to the very bones, cannot get warm enough. There is abnormal susceptibility to damp and cold. Inability to live near fresh water, rivers, lakes etc. or in damp chilly places. It affects the nerves; causing neuralgic pains, which are violent and sudden and appear at the same hour every day, every other day, week, month or at regular periods. Sensation AS OF ENORMOUS ENLARGEMENT; or numbness of parts worse on waking or he wakes with such a feeling. It is a haemorrhagic remedy. It affects bones, causing periostitis. Punctured wounds. Many symptoms appear on right side. Pains are like electric shocks. Great desire to lie down. Creeping as of ants all over the body.

Worse

      EXACT PERIODICITY. Cold. DAMPNESS. Cold bathing.

Better.

      Tobacco smoking. In open air. Pressure. Summer.

Mind

      Nervous. Despondent; longs for death.

Head

      Ache better smoking and going out in open air. Vertigo, with flickering before the eyes.

Eyes

      Heat and glittering before eyes; before headache.

Face

      Trigeminal neuralgia. Cheeks feel as if swollen during toothache.

Mouth

      Violent pain in all upper teeth at once, on retiring. Taste bitter better smoking.

Stomach

      Epigastrium painful to pressure. Cramps, after eating a little.

Abdomen

      Spleen enlarged. Colic occurring at the same hour. Pain better by rubbing.

Females

      Menses too early; too copious. Lumbo-abdominal neuralgia with vomiting and yawning; during menstrual cycle.

Respiratory organs

      Haemoptysis, bright red. Inter-costal neuralgia extending to spine.

Extremities

      Bones painful. Pain in os calcis, better continued motion. Numbness of parts supplied by ulnar nerve. Arms and legs feel numb. Bones cold as if made of ice. Ulcer on heel. Limbs feel heavy.

Sleep

      Restless and waking, as if hands and forearms are swollen and heavy.

Fever

      Chilliness, with pain in long bones, and feeling of a stone in abdomen. No sweat.

Complementary

      Ced.

Related posts:

  1. ARANEA DIADEMA Medicine ARANEA DIADEMA symptoms of the homeopathy remedy from Plain Talks on Materia Medica with Comparisons by W.I. Pierce. What ARANEA DIADEMA can be used for? Indications and personality of ARANEA DIADEMA......
  2. ARANEA DIADEMA Homeopathy medicine Aranea Diadema from William Boericke's Pocket manual of homoeopathic materia medica, comprising the characteristic and guiding symptoms of all remedies, published in 1906......
  3. References 1- Samuel Hahnemann, Organon of Medicine, 2000 compiled by Dr.Jalali......
  4. Aranea Diadema Aranea Diadema homeopathy medicine – drug proving symptoms from Encyclopedia of Pure Materia Medica by TF Allen, published in 1874. It has contributions from R Hughes, C Hering, C Dunham, and A Lippe.......
S.R. Phatak
A pioneer of Homoeopathy in Maharashtra, Dr Shankar Raghunath Phatak was born on 6th September, 1896. He did his MBBS from Grant Medical College, in 1924. Started his practice but somehow not satisfied with Allopathic Treatment.

He was convinced about Homoeopathy while going through Sir William Osler's writings on 'History of Medicine' so switched over to an entirely Homoeopathic Practice in 1932. He also started working on Homoeopathic literature along with his Practice.

He has contributed immensely to homoeopathic literature. He was an ardent follower of Dr Boger. His Repertory is based on Boger's ''A Synoptic key to Materia Medica'.