Learn a Remedy through Cases: Crotalus-cascavella
NATIONAL JOURNAL OF HOMOEOPATHY 2002 Sep / Oct VOL 4 NO 5.
Complied by:
T K Kasiviswanathan
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Case 6:
An eleven-year-old girl started having pain in her left hip and later there
were severe wandering pains in her joints. She was crying because of severe pain
and was very depressed. The pains were coming in waves and were < evening and
> by warm bath. She felt that she had no bones in her feet and when standing
had a feeling that one leg was shorter than the other; medical
examination showed no pathology. Her dreams were peculiar: A black cat
came to her bed and asking her to sit on its back and when she sat, the fur of
the cat turned into pins. She had fear of thunderstorm and darkness. In the
darkness she had the delusion that skeletons came into her bedroom. She slept
uncovered on her left side and is very warm and refused warm clothes with strong
perspiration on her feet. She desired cold things. She was clairvoyant and
foresaw the death of a woman acquaintance a fortnight earlier and was
inconsolable when the person died.(see case no5)
When one has studied the earlier cases the remedy will be
very clear and it is Crotalus-cascavella. Dr Clarke says "sensation
as if right hip from hip to heel was shortened." The patient complained
of shortness of one leg as compared to the other. She was given one dose of it
in 30th potency. Her joint pains in her arms and legs
initially increased and later were less and she could sleep better. The next day
the pains came but were weaker and since then she did not complain of such
pains.
Dr Viktor B Jenni- Homoeopathic Links 3/95
Case 7:
A woman consulted Dr Jayesh Shah for her endometriosis with chocolate cyst
of ovaries and profuse menstruation. The case history revealed several rich
mental symptoms of this remedy. The first symptom, which struck the doctor, was
"Clairvoyance" (see the two earlier cases). She was a great devotee
and dreamt that her Guru was predicting what would happen. She dreamt that Guru
was telling her that he would be visiting her house and in fact he arrived at
her house next day. This also gives another rubric -magnetized; she was
afraid to be alone and was very much dependent on her guru and also on her
husband. When walking she had a feeling as if somebody was following her or
pursuing her. From the two rubrics of Clairvoyance and fear of being alone, the
remedies emerged were Crotalus-cas, Hyos, Lyss, Phos, Stram, Taren.
The lady had other symptoms and delusions: Delusion, hears footsteps behind her; Delusion hears voices, fancies, someone is behind him; moaning during sleep; sadness can’t weep. These symptoms clinched the remedy Crotalus-cascavella, which was given in varying potencies. It removed not only her menstrual troubles but she also stopped dreaming of her guru and fear of being alone was also less.
Report on the seminar of Dr Jayesh Shah in Homoeopathic Links 2/92
Case 8:
A 29-year-old woman consulted Dr Prashant Shah for her sinusitis, worse in
winter and damp weather, excessive weakness in the morning and loss of weight.
She had poor appetite; desired sweets with great unquenchable thirst. She had a
history of appendectomy and laparotomy arising from complications from the use
of copper T. During consultation, she said that when alone she had a constant
feeling that someone was behind her. On seeing a horror show she felt that it
was happening to her and hence was terribly frightened. At night she has a
delusion that someone was moving around her bed and the patient was afraid to
sleep because of the fear that person would get on top of her. Her housemaid had
committed suicide and she felt that she was the spirit, which was visiting her
at night. She cannot therefore sleep alone in the night. She had dreams of
ghosts and ghost coming behind her. She said that she was very sentimental and
even very small things could bring tears to her eyes.
She was constantly opening and closing her purse (Gestures, plays with her fingers) and said she felt choked when she wore some jewellery around her neck.
The mental make up of the patient corresponds to that of Crotalus-cascavella,
which relieved her complaints greatly.
Dr PRASHANT Shah, Homoeo Links 2/97
DD: Both Crotalus-cascavella and Elaps (another snake remedy) have fear of being alone; Elaps wants to get away into the countryside while Crot-cascavella loves bustle, crowds and activity. The more commonly used snake remedy Lachesis has more hidden deceit and overt jealousy. More intense competition. Dr Jayesh Shah
Compare Mancinella, which also demonstrates lot of fear similar to Crotalus-cascavella. In Mancinella, however, these manifest on the skin, whereas in Crotalus-cascavella they manifest as neurological affections. Dr Farokh Master
