Trachinus


Trachinus signs and symptoms of the homeopathy medicine from the Dictionary of Practical Materia Medica by J.H. Clarke. Find out for which conditions and symptoms Trachinus is used…


      Trachinus draco and T. vipera. The Great and Lesser Weever, Sting-bull and Sting-fish. Trituration of the poisonous fins.

Clinical

Asthma. Blood-poisoning. Neuralgia. Ulcers.

Characteristics

Some very serious effects have been recorded from wounds inflicted with the fins of Trachinus. Intolerable pains, swelling of the part, and in some cases gangrene, fever, delirium, and symptoms of hydrophobia have been observed. It should be indicated in cases of acute blood-poisoning with intense pains.

SYMPTOMS.

Mind

Raving. Hydrophobia. Anxiety. Fear of death.

Head

Vertigo. Violent headache.

Stomach

Violent thirst. Nausea. Green, bilious vomiting.

Respiratory Organs

Paroxysms of suffocation.

Heart

Palpitation.

Generalities

Swelling: of whole body, of wounded arm then of head and chest. Stinging, burning, throbbing pain increasing to unendurable intensity lasting an hour and then decreasing. Violent burning pain extending from wound to chest.

Skin

Skin of whole body became yellowish green. Gangrenous blisters on arms.

Sleep

Sleeplessness.

Fever

Constant fever with irregular pulse. Cold, clammy sweat.

John Henry Clarke
John Henry Clarke MD (1853 – November 24, 1931 was a prominent English classical homeopath. Dr. Clarke was a busy practitioner. As a physician he not only had his own clinic in Piccadilly, London, but he also was a consultant at the London Homeopathic Hospital and researched into new remedies — nosodes. For many years, he was the editor of The Homeopathic World. He wrote many books, his best known were Dictionary of Practical Materia Medica and Repertory of Materia Medica