Materia Medica

Theridion

Orange-spider

Vertigo, sick headache, peculiar pain around heart region, phthisis forida, scrofula have all been trcated successfully with this remedy. Sensitive to noise; it penetrates the body, especially teeth. Rachitis, caries, necrosis. Phthisis, stitch high up in left apex. [An- thrax.] Where the indicated remedy does not hold long

Mind

Restless; finds pleasure in nothing. Time passes too quickly.

Head

Pain worse anyone walking ovei foor. Vertigo, with nauscu and vomiting on least motion, par- ticularly when closing eyes.

Eyes

Luminous vibrations before eyes; sensitive to light. Pressure behind eyeballs. Throbbing over left eye.

Nose

Discharge yellowish, thick, offensive; ozena. [Puls.; Thuja.]

Stomach

Seasickness. Nausea and vomiting when closing eyes and on motion. [Tabac.] Stinging pain on left side over anterior aspect of spleen. Burn- ing in liver region.

Respiratory

Pain in upper left chest. IMyrt.; Pix.; Anis.] Pain in left foating ribs. Cardiac anxiety and pain. Pinching in left pectoral muscle.

Back

Sensitiveness between vertebr2; avoids pressure on spine. [Agar.; Bell.; Chin. s.: Lach.; Phos.; Zinc.] Stinging pains.

Skin

Stinging thrusts everywhere. Sensitive skin in thighs. Itching sensations.

Modalities

W'orse, touch ; pressure; on shipboard ; riding in carriage; closing eyes; jar; noise; coitus; left side.

Dose

Thirtieth potency.

Source: Pocket Manual of Homoeopathic Materia Medica, 8th ed. by William Boericke (1922), p. 733. Public domain.

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