🧬 Remedy Miasm: Psoric Miasm
The Psoric miasm is considered the mother of all chronic diseases. It primarily manifests as functional nervous weakness, allergies, skin itching, eruptions, and hypersensitivity.
▲GENERAL
Source: Derived from the venom of Crotalus horridus, the timber rattlesnake, a pit viper native to North America, prepared for homeopathic use through extraction, serial dilutionPotentized liquid homeopathic medicineA solution prepared by repeatedly diluting and shaking (succussing) a substance to enhance healing power while removing toxicity., and succussionVigorous shaking of homeopathic dilutionThe process of vigorously shaking a liquid homeopathic solution against a firm surface during dilution to potentize it. to eliminate toxicity and enhance therapeutic action.
Traditional Context: Historically employed in homeopathy for hemorrhagic, septic, and neurological disorders, particularly those involving bleeding tendencies, septic states, and mental confusion.
It is noted for symptoms such as dark hemorrhages, septicemia, and delirium, often aggravated by warmth, lying on the right side, or after sleep, and ameliorated by cold, open air, or gentle motion.
Modern Context: Indicated for hemorrhagic conditions (e.g., epistaxisNosebleedBleeding from the nose, caused by ruptured blood vessels in the nasal passages., hematemesis), septic or inflammatory conditions (e.g., cellulitis, septicemia), neurological symptoms (e.g., delirium,.
weak pulse, hypotension), hepatic symptoms (e.g., jaundiceYellowing of the skin and eyes from bile pigmentA medical condition with yellowing of the skin or whites of the eyes, arising from excess of the pigment bilirubin., liver dysfunction), and systemic symptoms (e.g., fever, prostrationExtreme physical weakness or exhaustionA state of extreme physical weakness, collapse, or exhaustion, often accompanying severe illness.).
It suits patients with acute or chronic symptoms characterized by vascular instability, inflammatory states, mental cloudiness, or profound debility, typically exacerbated by warmth, right-sided complaints, or post-sleep states, and often seen in critically ill patients, those with infectious diseases, or individuals with hemorrhagic tendencies.
The remedy is particularly relevant for those with a chillyHypersensitive to cold temperaturesA constitutional state of feeling exceptionally cold, lacking vital heat, and needing warmth or heavy blankets., sensitive constitution, often presenting with physical symptoms like dark bleeding or fever alongside psychological symptoms like paranoia or apathy,.
commonly observed in patients with severe infections, coagulopathies, or post-traumatic stress
▲MODALITIES ETC
Worse from: Warmth (weather, environments, drinks), lying on the right side, after sleep,.
alcohol), rest (in septic cases), darkness, swallowing (in throat cases)
▲RELATIONSHIPS
📊 Side-by-Side Comparison:
Antidote: Lach., Alcohol. Radi ant heat. Camphor. Compare: (1) Both., Naja - more nervous
phenomena. (2) Lach. - more markedly worse on left side. (3) Elaps - preferable in otorrhea and disorders of
right lung. (4) Crotalus cascavella - poliomyelitis.
▲MIND
Clouded perception, impaired memory.
Timid.
Aversion to hisfamily.
Weak memory, cannot express
himself correctly.
Loss of memory, for words and figures.
Mistakes in writing.
Connected thoughts difficult.
Senile dementia incipient, forgets figures, names and places or suspicious about his friends.
Weeping mood, agony, despair.
Melan choly.
Sadness during headache.
Readily moved to tears.
Weeping,
tearful mood, while reading.
Marked indifference.
Thoughts dwell on death continually.
Fears of evil.
Sensitive to certain persons.
Nervous agitation, anxious, pale, with cold sweat.
Irritable, cross.
Impatient.
Irritable, cross, infuriated by least
annoyance.
Sus picion and snappishness, or quiet indiffer ence.
Plaintive speech.
Intense restlessness,
twitching and nervous agitation.
Loquacious with desire to escape.
Delusions of cerebral decay.
Feels as if surrounded by foes or hideous
animals.
DeliriumAcute state of confusion and disorientationA sudden, severe state of mental confusion, anxiety, and disorientation, often accompanied by hallucinations., with wide open eyes.
Delirium, muttering, mumbles, jumbles and stumbles over his words.
Delusions awakes struggling with imaginary foes.
Delirium tremens with constant drowsiness, but with inability
to sleep.
Mania in zymotic diseases and when connected with puerperal or ovario -uterine disease.
Insanity
with coldness of skin.
Abdomen - Burning pain in abdomen.
Swol len, hot, tender.
Inguinal glands enlarged.
Bubo.
Intestinal hemorrhageProfuse bleeding from a ruptured blood vesselAn escape of blood from a ruptured blood vessel, especially when profuse..
Violent pain in left side near last ribs as if in diaphragm.
Heat and tenderness of
abdomen, can scarcely bear clothes on Coldness in the stomach or abdomen as fro m a piece of ice.
Violent
pains in colon.
Violent pain in region of appendix feels large.
PeritonitisInflammation of the abdominal liningInflammation of the peritoneum, the silk-like membrane that lines the inner abdominal wall and covers organs..
Typhlitis.
Timid.
Bubo.
▲VERTIGO, DIZZINESS
VertigoSensation of dizziness or spinningA feeling of movement or spinning of oneself or the surroundings when there is no actual movement. with pale face.
Auditory vertigo.
Menière's disease.
Vertigo with faintness, weakness and
trembling.
Fainting on assuming upright position.
Dizziness and fainting with occipital headache.
Anemic
vertigo, better resting head.
Vertigo from fright.
Vertigo with dilated pupils.
Vertigo from lightning or sunstroke.
Vision - Amblyopia from hemorrhage, debility and exhaustion.
Amblyopia from grief or from over use of vision.
DiplopiaDouble visionThe simultaneous perception of two images of a single object that may be displaced horizontally, vertically, or diagonally..
Illusions, blue colors.
Dim vision for distant objects.
Dim vision when reading.
Lost vision with lethargy
and coldness.
Momentary disappearance of vision with profuse lachrymation.
Muscae volitantes and various
colored flames.
Weak vision after an attack of keratitis or kerato-iritis.
COMMENTS - Crot-h produces profound nervous shock and prostration with trembling, mental alienation and
disorganization of the fluids and tissues.
Bleeding from all orifices and surfaces.
Hemorrhagic diathesis caused
by previous low states of system, by zymotic or septic poisoning, by abuse of alcohol, etc.
Low, typhoid states with oppressed ner vous system and degraded blood -supply.
NeuralgiaSharp nerve pain along a nerve pathIntense, shooting, or burning pain that radiates along the course of one or more nerves. occurring as a
sequel of septic toxemic or even miasmatic disease or çhronic bilious, menopausal or albuminuric conditions.
Broken-down constitutions.
Sleepy, but cannot sleep.
Grinds teeth.
Predominantly a right-side medicine (Lach, is left).
Acts strongly on the liver and corresponds to jaundice and
yellow fever.
Used as a prophylactic against yellow fever.
For this inoculation with diluted virus has been
practiced.
The cobra poison (Naja.) coagulates blood into long strings.
Crotalus poison is acid, the Viper neutral.
The
Rotton-snake (“Birri”) causes more sloughing than any other.
Hering wrote that Crot-h is preferable in fluid hemorrhages, with yellow skin, hence in yell ow fever with black
vomit, and nosebleed of diphtheria.
Lach, has cold, clammy skin, rather
than cold and dry, hemorrhage with charred-straw sediment, and more markedly ailments of the left side.
Elaps
is preferable in otorrheaDischarge of fluid from the earAny drainage or discharge of fluid, pus, or blood exiting the ear canal. and in disorders of the right lung.
Hayward observed that sloughing is a strong indication for Crot -h and the cure with this remedy of his own
daughter of scarlatinaScarlet fever bacterial infectionAnother term for scarlet fever, an acute contagious bacterial disease causing a red rash. maligna with gangrenous-looking sore-throat was a dramatic outcome of his researches.
Symptoms of Crotalus Durissus as well as Crotalus Horridus are included in the pathogenesis.
A case of rattlesnake bite and its isopathic cure, related by Dr.
News, Sept., 1892,
gives a good general idea of the action of the venom.
“I was called to see James Wright, aged 54 years, who, while binding wheat, was bitten on third finger of right
hand by a rattlesnake.
I found him bleeding from the bitten finger and from eyes, nose, ears, mouth, rectum
and urethra, pulse 110, small, wiry, respiration 40, temperature 105, haggard expression, whole body bathed
in hot perspiration, delirium.
“This patient had the regular routine treatment of whisky, quinine and carbonate ammonia for ninety-six hours,
when the attendants withdrew and pron ounced the case beyond the reach of medical aid.
A marked
characteristic symptom was a moldy smell of breath with scarlet red tongue and difficult swallowing.
Great
sensitiveness of skin of right half of body, so much so that the slightest touch would prod uce twitching of
muscles of that side.
“I prescribed Crot-h.
30c triturationGrinding raw substance into powderThe process of grinding an insoluble dry substance with milk sugar (lactose) in a mortar to prepare the base of a remedy., 30 grains in four ounces of water, a teaspoonful every hour, until my return
visit, twenty- four hours later, when I found marked improvement.
Temperature normal, pulse full, soft and regular, delirium gone, saliva and urine slightly tinged with blood,
appetite returning, he having asked for food for the first time since the accident.
The medicine was continued
for two more days, when recovery was practically complete.”
▲HEAD
Dull, heavy occipital pain, on right side and right eye.
Pain in o cciput, as of a blow.
Headache in
waves from spine.
Severe pain at the center of forehead.
Headache with pain in heart, on lying on left side.
Sick headache with vertigo.
Headache worse jarring, must walk on tiptoe.
Dull headache before attack of
uremic coma.
Bilious headache every few days.
Throbbing headache with nausea before menses.
Meningitis.
Violentitching of scalp, eruptions, pustules.
Falling off of hair, as a result of toxemia.
Soreness in back of head
on pressure.
▲EYES
Dry and burning sensation.
Yellow color of eyes.
Burning, red with lachry mation.
Ciliary neuralgia,
tearing, boring pain, as if a cut had been made around eyes.
Retinal hemorrhages.
Bleeding eyes after
strokes.
Blood exudes from eyes.
For absorption of eye hemorrhages into the vitreous.
PhotophobiaExtreme sensitivity to lightAn abnormal intolerance to light, causing eye discomfort, squinting, or pain in bright environments., worse
during menses.
Very sensitive to light, especially lamp light.
Ptosis.
Keratitis.
Exopthalmic goitre
▲EARS
Otorrhea after scarlatina, offensive and bloody, with deafness.
Otorrhea, result of alcoholism.
Blood
oozes from ears.
Feeling of stoppage in right ear.
Full sensation in ears.
ErysipelasAcute bacterial skin infectionAn acute, sometimes recurrent, bacterial skin infection characterized by large, raised red patches, especially on the face. of external ear.
Deafness,
illusions of hearing.
Auditory vertigo.
Sensitive to noises
▲FACE
Sallow.
Dark, besotted face yellow, death like pallor.
Distorted on waking.
Lips, swollen, stiff and
numb.
Lockjaw.
Acne of masturbators.
Small blisters around eyes.
Eruption around mouth .
Frequently
recurring erysipelas of face swollen and red during delirium tremens and fever.
Swelling of submaxillary
and parotid glands
▲MOUTH
Complete loss of taste.
Fills up with saliva bloody, frothy.
Salivation at night.
Stiff palate.
Cannot speak on ac count of sensation of constriction around tongue and throat.
Fetid breath.
Putrid, sore
mouth.
Moldy smell of breath.
Nose - Nosebleed especially during diphtheria or other septic diseases.
Nosebleed, blood black and stringy.
Ozaena after exanthemata or syphilis.
Nosebleed with flushes of face, vertigo or fainting.
Spasm of esophagus, cannot swallow any solid substance.
Gangrenous with much swelling.
Tickling from a dry spot in larynx.
Tight constriction of throat.
Hoarseness,
with weak, rough voice.
Sore throat.
Fauces sensitive to dry or cold air.
Quinsy with much venous congestion.
Tonsils bulge and are tender.
Laryngismus stridulus.
EdemaSwelling caused by excess fluid in tissuesA condition characterized by an excess of watery fluid collecting in the cavities or tissues of the body. glottidis.
Paralytic a phonia.
Ulceration from
necrosisDeath of cells or body tissuesThe premature death of cells or tissues in a localized area, caused by injury, infection, or lack of blood flow. of cartilages of larynx.
Acute laryngitisInflammation of the larynx causing hoarsenessInflammation of the larynx, typically resulting in huskiness or loss of the voice. from burns.
Laryngitis from stings of insects.
Tongue - GlossitisInflammation of the tongueA condition that causes the tongue to swell, turn red, and develop a smooth, tender surface..
Tongue numb and stiff.
Tongue, yellow, enormously swollen, protruded to the right.
Tongue
red and small, but feels swollen.
Tongue fiery red, dry in center, smooth and polished.
Cancer of tongue with
hemorrhage.
Tongue very foul, with red tip.
Tongue swollen to nearly twice the normal size.
Edema of tongue
after sting of insects
▲CHEST
Weak pulse or hypotension, with a sensation of faintness, resembling hypovolemic shock or orthostatic hypotension, worse with warmth, exertion, or emotional stress.
PalpitationsSensation of rapid or irregular heartbeatA noticeably rapid, strong, or irregular heartbeat due to agitation, exertion, or physical conditions. or irregular heartbeat, with a sinking feeling, resembling arrhythmias,.
aggravated by warmth, lying on the right side, or night.
Cold extremities or cyanosisBluish discoloration of the skinA bluish or purplish discoloration of the skin and mucous membranes due to low oxygen levels in the blood., with a tendency to poor circulation, worse with warmth or fatigue.
Tendency to cardiovascular instability, with aggravationWorsening of symptomsAn increase in severity or intensity of symptoms, often caused by environmental factors or after taking a remedy. in septic or hemorrhagic states.
Hepatic:.
Jaundice or sallow complexion, with yellowing of skin or eyes, resembling hepatitisInflammation of the liverAn inflammatory condition of the liver, commonly caused by viral infections, toxins, or drugs. or cirrhosis, worse with warmth, rich foods, or emotional stress.
Liver tenderness or heaviness, with a sensation of fullness, resembling non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, aggravated by dietary indiscretions or warmth.
Biliousness or bitter taste, with nausea or headache, resembling biliary dyskinesia,.
worse with warmth or exertion.
Tendency to hepatic irritability, with aggravation in septic or hemorrhagic states.
Systemic:.
Prostration or profound weakness, with a sensation of collapse, resembling chronic fatigue syndrome or post-infectious exhaustion, worse after warmth, exertion, or emotional stress.
Heat intolerance, with aggravation in warm, stuffy environments and a desire for cold, open air.
Chills or alternating heat and cold, resembling post-infectious syndromes, worse with warmth or night.
Tendency to systemic hypersensitivity, with aggravation in critical or inflammatory states
▲ABDOMEN
Atonic dyspepsiaIndigestion or upper abdominal discomfortDiscomfort or pain in the upper abdomen, often associated with nausea, bloating, heartburn, or acid reflux..
Trembling, fluttering below the epigastrium.
Heart burn.
Intolerance of clothing
about epigas trium.
Faintness and sinking at stomach.
U lceration of the stomach.
GastritisInflammation of the stomach liningAn acute or chronic inflammation of the protective lining of the stomach, causing pain, indigestion, or bloating. in chronic
alcoholism.
Cancer of stomach with vomiting of bloody, slimy mucus.
Constriction of pylorus.
Nausea on
movement.
Unable to retain anything.
Violent vomiting of food.
Constant nausea and vomiting every month
after menstruation.
Cannot lie on right side without vomit ing dark -green matter.
Black or coffee - grounds
vomiting.
Bilious vomiting of blood.
Ulceration of stomach.
Vomiting on ¡east exertion.
Hunger with trembling, weakness, and occipital headache.
Sexual instinct increased with entire relaxations of penis.
Sharp cutting
in glans.
Uterine hemorrhage with faintness at stomcch.
Sensation as if the uterus would drop out.
Prolonged
menses.
DysmenorrheaPainful menstruation with abdominal crampsPainful menstruation, typically involving abdominal cramps. with pain in hy pogastrium, down the thighs with aching in the region of the heart.
Painful drawing in uterine ligaments.
Puerperal fever.
Offensive lochia.
Phlegmasia alba dolens, worse touch.
Alcoholics with delayed menses.
Ovarian neu ralgia.
Ovarian abscessCollection of pus inside body tissuesA swollen area within body tissue, containing an accumulation of pus, typically caused by bacterial infection..
Vicarious menses.
Menopausal
flushings, sweat.
Fungoid cancer of uterus.
Cauliflower
excrescences.
Miscarriage during course of septic or zymotic disease.
Miscarriage from other blood -
poisoning causes
▲EXTREMITIES, LIMBS
Phlebitis, varicose veins and varicocele.
Right-sided paralysisLoss of voluntary muscle functionThe loss of the ability to move (and sometimes to feel anything) in part or most of the body. of left hand and leg.
Arms
and legs become numb, first one and then the other.
Lower limbs go to sleep easily.
Cannot keep legs still.
Pain in top of shoulders.
Hands tremble, swollen.
Hands
feel dead when sewing.
Heaviness as if bones were made of heavy wood.
Bruised pain in joints and bones.
Numb pain as after cramp, in anterior of fingers and in toes.
Right -sided paralysis.
Limbs inflamed, swollen
and gangrenous.
Contraction of flexors.
Gonorrheal rheumatismJoint, muscle, or tissue painInflammatory pain, stiffness, and swelling in joints, muscles, or surrounding connective tissues..
Liver - Jaundice, malignant with hemorrhage.
Stitches in region of liver on drawing a long breath, worse by
pressure.
Aching in liver, vomiting, coldness.
Pain in region of liver and top of shoulders
▲BACK AND NECK
Tearing pains from right shoulder to neck, worse on moving arm.
Pain on top of shoulder and in
ascending aorta.
Aching in right kidney and in stomach.
Drawing, tensive pain from right shoulder along neck,
as from a tense tendon, worse pressure and moving arm.
Softening of spinal cord.
Carbuncles, boils, pustules,
pimples or bed sores.
Breasts - Inflamed breasts.
Causations - Ill effects of fright, alcohol, sun lightning, foul water, insect stings, noxious effluvia, or
vaccinations
▲SKIN
Prostration or profound weakness, with a sensation of collapse, resembling chronic fatigue syndrome or post-infectious exhaustion, worse after warmth, exertion, or emotional stress.
Heat intolerance, with aggravation in warm, stuffy environments and a desire for cold, open air.
Chills or alternating heat and cold, resembling post-infectious syndromes, worse with warmth or night.
Tendency to systemic hypersensitivity, with aggravation in critical or inflammatory states
▲SLEEP
Drowsy, but cannot sleep.
Sleeplessness from nervous and mental distress.
Sleepless from
nervous agitation.
Starting in sleep.
Smothering sensation when
awaking.
Symptoms worse after slee p.
Dreams of dead persons.
Travelling dreams of quarrels.
Horrible dreams.
Yawning
▲GENERALITIES
As from a blow on occiput.
As if tongue and all around throat were tied up.
As of a plug in throat
to be swallowed, of choking.
As if the heart turned over like a tumbler pigeon
🌿 Verified Remedy Partner
Purchase high-quality homeopathic remedies, mother tinctures, and tissue salts from our verified wellness partner, iHerb. Safe packaging and worldwide express shipping.
Consult with a qualified natural health practitioner for a personalized wellness plan. Receive detailed homeopathic analysis tailored to your constitution.
This clinical profile is compiled from: Robin Murphy, MD — Lotus Materia Medica, 3rd Edition; Samuel Hahnemann — Materia Medica Pura; William Boericke — Pocket Manual of Homeopathic Materia Medica; and Hazrat Mirza Tahir Ahmad — Homeopathy: Like Cures Like. Compiled in accordance with classical homeopathic provings and clinical practice.
🩺Medical Verification & Peer Review:
This profile has been verified by the Herbalhomeo medical team in accordance with authoritative homeopathic references.
⚕️ Information is for educational purposes only. Always consult a professional homeopathic practitioner.