GENERAL FEATURES OF DRUGS FROM ANIMAL KINGDOM

· Violence and intensity of action

eg: In Arachnida, ophidia, and insecta. Produces alteration in both structure and function. [Both in the initial and last stages of the disease]. [Structural changes – syphilitic manifestations, malignant changes].

· Produces diseases which are never of asthenic character and always of a destructive type.

· Suited to acute disease and chronic manifestations.

· Produces changes in blood, both in composition and quality. Eg: Arachnida and ophidia.

· Nervous system suffers eg: Arachnida, Insecta [Apis]

· Affects mind – especially the emotions.

· Arachnida – Tarentula

· Insecta – Apis – Jealousy

· Ophidia – Lachesis

COMMON CHARACHTERISTIC FEATURES OF VERTEBRATA

1.     Hysteria – Moschus, Castor equi

2.     G.I.T – Ingluvin, Pepsin, Pancreatinum, Cholesterinum, Fel Tauri,       Fel Vulpi, Fel piscinum, Castorium – ca tongue, Lecithin –        Nutrition.

3.     Renal affection – Urea, Urinum, Eel serum.

4.     Respiratory – Carbo animalis, mephitis, Pulmo Vulpis, Moschus,  Lecithin, Gadus Morrhua, Icthyolum.

5.     Weakness – Carbo animalis, Castoreum, Lecithin.

6.     Skin – Sphingurus – hair falling. Thyroidinum, Oleum jecoris aselli      hair growth.

7.     Rheumatism – Icthyolum, Hippomanus – rheumatism of the wrist.

8.     Sexual and genital organs – Moschus – (increased sexual desire)

       Carbo animalis – ca uterus and breast, menorrhagia,

       Castor equi – nipple affection

       Hippomanus

       Oleum animale – spermatic cord affection

       Ovi gallinae pellicula, Calcarea ovi tosta,

9.     Nervous system  and spasmodic affections– Mephitis, Moschus, Bufo,

OPHIDIA 

MEMBERS OF OPHIDIA FAMILY.

1. Lachesis trignocephalus. – surukukku snake or the bush master.

2. Crotalus horridus – rattle snake.

3. Crotalus cascavella – brazilian rattle snake.

4. Naja tripudians – Cobra

5. Elaps coralinus – coral snake

6. Bothrops lanceolatus or Lachesis lanceolatus – yellow viper

7. Vipera torva – German viper

8. Cenchris contortrix – Ancistrdon contortrix

9. Bungarus fasciatus – Banded krait

10.                        Toxicophis – Moccasin snake.

11.                        Hydrophis cyanocinctus – sea snake.

12.                        Clotho arietans – puff adder.

13.                        Ophiotoxinum.

COMMON CHARACTERISTIC FEATURES.

1.     Cardio vascular system. –

 BLOOD – Septicemia

Haemorrhage- even blood is sweaty. Black and coagulable, offensive.

Apoplexy – Stroke, paralysis, head ache.

Cyanosis – Improper oxygenation- Irregular distribution of blood - Decreased blood supply to brain -  syncope, head ache.

Flushes of heat.

HEART – Cardiac failure – left sided cardiac failure leading nocturnal dyspnoea.

Improper supply of blood to periphery leading to coldness.

BLOOD VESSELS – Phlebitis (vipera) and gangrene (bothrops).

2.     CNS – Peripheral nerves – manifested as paralysis.

Vagus nerves affected – producing choking sensation (naja, lachesis) - Paralysis of throat muscles – liquids more painful than solids.

constrictive feelings- Throat, larynx, sphincters.

3.     CONSTRICTION AND CONSTRICTIVE FEELINGS-

4.     MIND – over excitability and depression. Excitability – loquacious (lachesis, crot.casca)

Depression - Stupor, semiconsciousness, dreams of death.

5.     Death of tissues – Gangrene. Important in infectious diseases. Yellow fever, diphtheria, cellulitis, boils with Fainting tendency and muscular weakness.

6.     Aggravation night (lachesis, crotalus, elaps, cenchris)

7.     Yellow staining of skin.

8.     Alteration of special senses – hallucination.

9.     All discharges are offensive.

10.  Periodicity.

11.  Climacteric ailments – lachesis, crotalus horridus, vipera.

12.  Side affinity – either left or right. (left or left to right – lachesis, naja, right – crotalus, elaps, both)

13.   Amelioration from discharges.

MAMMALIA:

1.     Mephitis.

2.     Moschus.

3.     Castoreum.

4.     Cervus.

5.     Castor equi.

6.     Sphingurus.

7.     Ingluvin.

8.     Pancreatinum.

9.     Pepsin.

10.                        Cholesterinum.

11.                        Fel tauri.

12.                        Fel piscinum,

13.                        Fel vulpi.

14.                        Pulmo vulpis.

15.                        Hippomanus.

16.                        Carbo animalis.

17.                        Oleum animale.

18.                        Lecithin

19.                        Ovi gallinae pellicula

20.                        Calcarea ovi tosta

21.                        Oophorinum

22.                        Orchitinum

23.                        Thyroidinum

24.                        Iodo thyrinum

25.                        Thymus gland extract

26.                        Adrenalin

27.                        Pituitary gland

28.                        Insulin

29.                        Urea pura

30.                        Uric acid

31.                        Urinum humanum

32.                        Lacerta

33.                        Amphisbaena

34.                        Heloderma

PISCES

1.     Gadus morrhua

2.     Oleum jecoris aselli

3.     Erythrinum

4.     Trachinum

5.     Pyrarara

6.     Serum anguillar ichthyotoxin

7.     Ichthyolum

BATRACHIA

Bufo rana

MEPHITIS

Mephitis putorius

N.O – Mustilidae

Skunk or pole cat

The secretion obtained from the anal gland.

Proved by Dr.Hering

The peculiarity of this medicine lies in the strange constitution of the patient ie. an extra ordinary power to withstand cold.

Pleasant to wash in cold water, which relieves all their suffering.

It is indicated in the complaints of the Respiratory system when the catarrhal symptoms are more or less absent and spasmodic symptoms are most prominent.

eg. Spasmodic stage of whooping cough.

COUGH – Catarrhal symptoms are more or less absent and spasmodic symptoms are most prominent. - spasmodic cough.

Cough leads to vomiting and convulsions. [kali carb, Bry, Drosera].

Aggravation talking, reading aloud, drinking.[spong, dros, phos, rumex, sticta]

Aggravation night [Dros]

Expiration difficult, cannot exhale.[chloralum, samb, arg met, caust, ipec, med]

Asthma of drunkards.

MOSCHUS

Moschus moschiferus – Musk deer.

Order – Ruminantia

Introduced by Dr. Hahnemann.

               It is the dried secretion from the preputial follicle of the musk deer. This glandular secretion is found in a sac between the umbilicus and preputial orifice. It is a fatty, waxy, gelatinous, albuminous substance with a strong smell. It was known to the physicians of India much before the birth of Christ. It was a favourite stimulant with them. Even the Kavi rajis of the present day use it extensively in the stage of collapse.

              The power of musk to produce fainting in sensitive persons by mere smelling fit, gives the chief key note for its use in Homoeopathy.

              This remedy is indicated in cases of hysteria, hysterical paroxysms and nervous excitement in patients who faint from least provocation.

Hysteria- a. Hysterical women and men with changeable mood.

b. Cries one moment, uncontrollable laughter the next moment.

c. Globus hystericus

d. In rage, keeps n scolding until she becomes cyanosed and go fainting.

Fainting from least provocation as concomitant t hysteria –

a.     While eating

b.     During menses

c.      from heart diseases

d.     Globus hystericus

e.      Least exertion

Coldness – In epilepsy, coldness of body with rigor or chilliness or shuddering as though the patient was very cold.

Increased sexual desire - Nymphomania in female and satyriasis with priapism in males.

Threatened paralysis of the lungs – Loud rattling of mucus is heard in the chest with difficult expectoration.

Feeling of shortness of whole body or parts.

CASTOREUM

Beaver.

Class – mammalia.

Order – Rodentia

                   The medicine prepared from a secretion contained in the preputial sac of the beaver. When fresh it is yellow, consistency of that of syrup, when dry it is dark red or brown and f the consistency of hard whey.

                   We find mentioning of this remedy in works of Galen, Hippocrates, Pliny.

                   Most of our clinical symptoms of this remedy are derived from Trausean and Pideux.

                   Caspian proved Russian castor and Nening proved castor of Southern Europe.

                   Indicated in cases of Nervous, Hysterical women, who are greatly prostrated as a result of some exhausting disease.

CA tongue – Tongue swollen – sensitive to touch

-         Sensation of a string pulling the center of tongue to hyoid bone.

Anti sycotic remedy

          Considered as an anti sycotic by Teste,.

Complimentary – Thuja.

CERVUS.

Brazilian deer.

Trituration of the fresh hide covered with hair

Altered taste.

Taste of doughy bread in the mouth.

CASTOR EQUI

The rudimentary thumb nail of the horse.

A small flat, oblong oval horn growing on the inner side of the leg above the fet lock of the horse.

This is a blackish excrescence found on the inner side of the fore and hind legs of the horse, along the knee and below the lock joints.

Proved by Constantine Hering.

·        Nipple cracked and ulcerated

·        Due to prolonged suckling by the infant, the nipple becomes extremely raw and sore.

·        Areola reddened as in erysipelas.

·        Nipples get ulcerated off and only hangs by small strings and with draining axillary glands swollen.

·        Warts on forehead, breast.

SPHINGURUS

Sphingurus maritini

Tree porcupine

Prepared from prickles taken from tree porcupine.

Proved by Mure.

Important feature is the falling out of the hair, esp. whiskers.

Falling of hair from head and beard.

INGLUVIN

Made from the gizzard of a fowl. [Gizzard – a muscular thick walled part of a bird stomach for grinding food]

It is a part f the GIT, so commonly indicated in digestive problems.