Theridion curassavicum

as William Boericke recorded it in Homoeopathic Materia Medica, 1927

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Mind

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

General

Orange-spider Nervous hyperæsthesia. Has affinity for the tubercular diathesis. Vertigo, sick headache, peculiar pain around heart region, phthisis florida, scrofula have all been treated successfully with this remedy. Sensitive to noise; it penetrates the body, especially teeth. Noises seem to strike on painful spots over the body. Rachitis, caries, necrosis. Phthisis, stitch high up in left apex (Anthrax). Where the indicated remedy does not hold long.

Modalities

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

Head

Pain worse anyone walking over floor. Vertigo, with nausea and vomiting on least motion, particularly when closing eyes.

Eyes

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

Nose

Discharge yellowish, thick, offensive; ozæna (Puls; Thuja).

Stomach

Seasickness. Nausea and vomiting when closing eyes and on motion (Tabac). Stinging pain on left side over anterior aspect of spleen. Burning in liver region.

Respiratory

Pain in upper left chest (Myrt; Pix; Anis). Pain in left floating ribs. Cardiac anxiety and pain. Pinching in left pectoral muscle.

Back

Sensitiveness between vertebræ; avoids pressure on spine. Stinging pains.

Skin

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

Dose

Thirtieth potency.

What the other books say about Theridion curassavicum

The same remedy read by a different author. They disagree, and the disagreements are where the remedy becomes recognisable.

Theridion curassavicum in Allen's Keynotes — The few symptoms that, when genuinely present, point at one remedy and not its neighbours.
Theridion curassavicum in Farrington — Lectures that teach remedies in families, by comparing them with each other.
Theridion curassavicum in Kent — Kent teaching a class, one remedy at a time — fewer remedies, far more on each.
Theridion curassavicum in Boger — A compressed key — the generals and the characteristic modalities, with very little narrative.

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Cite this page. William Boericke. Homoeopathic Materia Medica. 9th edition (preface dated San Francisco, June 1927). Theridion curassavicum — Mind. HomeopathyWorld, https://homeopathyworld.in/materia-medica/books/boericke/theridion-curassavicum. Published 1927: public domain in the US (since 2023) and in India (author died 1929). Reproduced as the author wrote it; a historical reference for students and practitioners, not medical advice.