Elaps corallinus

elap-cor

Coral-snake Similar to snake-poisons generally. Has very marked black discharges. Cold things disagree. Desire for sweetened buttermilk. Nausea and vomiting. Prostrating diarrhœa of consumption. Acidity of stomach, with faint feeling. Sudden pain in stomach. Spasm of œsophagus; pharynx constricted; food and liquids suddenly arrested, and then fall heavily into stomach. Spasms followed by paresis. Cold feeling in stomach. Fruits and ice-water lie very cold. Right- sided paralysis. Read on in Homoeopathic Materia Medica, General ↓

These texts come from 2 classic Materia Medicas dating from 1927 to 1931, reproduced in full because they are in the public domain. They record what their authors observed and taught, as historical reference for students and practitioners of homeopathy — not current clinical evidence. Nothing on this page is medical advice: for any health problem, see a qualified doctor.

Where each author writes about Elaps corallinus

A map of this page. Each number counts the sections, or the paragraphs the author labelled himself, that one book gives a topic, and opens the first of them. Kent and Farrington wrote lectures, so only what they labelled is counted.

TopicBogerBoericke
Keynotes1none
Mindnone1
Generalnone1
Modalities11
Headnone1
Eyesnone1
Earsnone1
Nosenone1
Throatnone1
Stomachnone1
Femalenone1
Respiratorynone1
Extremitiesnone1
Skinnone1
Sleepnone1
Fevernone1

Relationships

Related:
Crotalus horridus (Boger),
Heloderma (Boger),
Sticta pulmonaria (Boger),
Vipera torva (Boger)

As each book states it.

A Synoptic Key of the Materia Medica

Cyrus Maxwell Boger · 1931

Words in capitals are Boger's highest grade.

Elaps corallinus — Keynotes

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Cyrus Maxwell Boger. A Synoptic Key of the Materia Medica. 1931. Elaps corallinus — Keynotes. HomeopathyWorld, https://homeopathyworld.in/materia-medica/elaps-corallinus#s-feb3df3a-670c-4dd4-9a74-47ced02c6fdf.

Black discharges; hæmorrhages, etc. Internal coldness; in chest; < drinking. Adynamic sepsis. Oscillatory motions. Twisting spasm, then paralysis; œsophageal. Right side feels paralyzed, weak or insensible. Wrinkled mucous membranes (Ars.). .................... Fear causes chattering teeth and trembling. Fears rain. Black rings before l. eye. Deafness; at night. Stuffed feeling in naso-pharynx. Green-yellow crusts in nose. Ozœna. Nosebleed. Red spots on face. Drinks feel like ice in stomach. Stools of black, frothy blood. Air hunger. Painful cough. Pain at apex of r. lung. Weak arms. Peeling palms and fingertips. Rushes of blood to head. Icy cold feet. General cold sweat. Antidote: Cedron.

Elaps corallinus — Worse

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Cyrus Maxwell Boger. A Synoptic Key of the Materia Medica. 1931. Elaps corallinus — Worse. HomeopathyWorld, https://homeopathyworld.in/materia-medica/elaps-corallinus#s-0d0a537b-20c7-4c0d-b330-56d34cfdba0b.

Approach of storms. Cold; drink or food. Dampness. Night. In room.

Elaps corallinus — Region

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Cyrus Maxwell Boger. A Synoptic Key of the Materia Medica. 1931. Elaps corallinus — Region. HomeopathyWorld, https://homeopathyworld.in/materia-medica/elaps-corallinus#s-5b4434ed-cdf5-4189-ab0d-937b8ff5b021.

Blood. Nose. Ears. Throat. Right side.

Elaps corallinus — Relationships

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Cyrus Maxwell Boger. A Synoptic Key of the Materia Medica. 1931. Elaps corallinus — Relationships. HomeopathyWorld, https://homeopathyworld.in/materia-medica/elaps-corallinus#s-9c1273b6-246b-4ebb-b239-03fdeb31a6eb.

Related: Crot-h. Helod.

Homoeopathic Materia Medica

William Boericke · 9th edition (preface dated San Francisco, June 1927)

Elaps corallinus — Mind

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William Boericke. Homoeopathic Materia Medica. 9th edition (preface dated San Francisco, June 1927). Elaps corallinus — Mind. HomeopathyWorld, https://homeopathyworld.in/materia-medica/elaps-corallinus#s-d2022b0a-7e66-4609-b6da-1b66bdb2ba04.

Depressed; imagines he hears someone talking; dreads to be left alone. Fear of rain. Can speak, but cannot understand speech. Fears apoplexy.

Elaps corallinus — General

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William Boericke. Homoeopathic Materia Medica. 9th edition (preface dated San Francisco, June 1927). Elaps corallinus — General. HomeopathyWorld, https://homeopathyworld.in/materia-medica/elaps-corallinus#s-9eb9cb99-2a9f-4735-96cf-ae2fc58b9479.

Coral-snake Similar to snake-poisons generally. Has very marked black discharges. Cold things disagree. Desire for sweetened buttermilk. Nausea and vomiting. Prostrating diarrhœa of consumption. Acidity of stomach, with faint feeling. Sudden pain in stomach. Spasm of œsophagus; pharynx constricted; food and liquids suddenly arrested, and then fall heavily into stomach. Spasms followed by paresis. Cold feeling in stomach. Fruits and ice-water lie very cold. Right- sided paralysis. Must have oscillatory motion. Rheumatic constitutions. Ear, nose and throat symptoms important.

Elaps corallinus — Modalities

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William Boericke. Homoeopathic Materia Medica. 9th edition (preface dated San Francisco, June 1927). Elaps corallinus — Modalities. HomeopathyWorld, https://homeopathyworld.in/materia-medica/elaps-corallinus#s-69fc6342-2cc9-4181-a84a-d49795992057.

Worse eating fruit; cold drinks; wet weather.

Elaps corallinus — Head

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William Boericke. Homoeopathic Materia Medica. 9th edition (preface dated San Francisco, June 1927). Elaps corallinus — Head. HomeopathyWorld, https://homeopathyworld.in/materia-medica/elaps-corallinus#s-83993aa3-d9cd-443e-ae9d-f7120da05983.

Violent headache, extending from forehead to occiput; first one eye, then the other. Pain in ears. Vertigo with tendency to fall forward. Weight and pain in forehead. Fullness in head.

Elaps corallinus — Eyes

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William Boericke. Homoeopathic Materia Medica. 9th edition (preface dated San Francisco, June 1927). Elaps corallinus — Eyes. HomeopathyWorld, https://homeopathyworld.in/materia-medica/elaps-corallinus#s-3a6c236b-1b5d-4c4c-bb30-47151ae99beb.

Aversion to light; letters run together when reading. Veil before eyes. Burning in lids. Bloated around the eyes in the morning. Large red fiery spot before eyes.

Elaps corallinus — Ears

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William Boericke. Homoeopathic Materia Medica. 9th edition (preface dated San Francisco, June 1927). Elaps corallinus — Ears. HomeopathyWorld, https://homeopathyworld.in/materia-medica/elaps-corallinus#s-b9c9d92d-7e4e-4342-b271-c376bfcc4c70.

Cerumen black and hard, with difficult hearing, or serous greenish discharge, offensive; buzzing, and illusion of hearing. Sudden attack of nightly deafness, with roaring and crackling in ears, cracking in ears on swallowing. Intolerable itching in ear.

Elaps corallinus — Nose

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William Boericke. Homoeopathic Materia Medica. 9th edition (preface dated San Francisco, June 1927). Elaps corallinus — Nose. HomeopathyWorld, https://homeopathyworld.in/materia-medica/elaps-corallinus#s-489feb85-65a0-4665-9397-6ba9f7140319.

Chronic nasal catarrh, with fetid odor and greenish crusts. Ozæna;

yellowish-green discharge. Mucous membrane wrinkled; nostrils plugged up with dry mucus. Pains from nose to ears on swallowing. Nostrils stopped up. Nasal bleeding. Pain at root of nose. Eruption about nose.

Elaps corallinus — Throat

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William Boericke. Homoeopathic Materia Medica. 9th edition (preface dated San Francisco, June 1927). Elaps corallinus — Throat. HomeopathyWorld, https://homeopathyworld.in/materia-medica/elaps-corallinus#s-68ac5e1d-eea0-436f-ae06-75230730e9ce.

Thick, very offensive, dry, greenish-yellow crusts upon the posterior pharyngeal wall and extremely foul breath. Spasmodic contraction of œsophagus; passage of fluids arrested.

Elaps corallinus — Stomach

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William Boericke. Homoeopathic Materia Medica. 9th edition (preface dated San Francisco, June 1927). Elaps corallinus — Stomach. HomeopathyWorld, https://homeopathyworld.in/materia-medica/elaps-corallinus#s-b6969013-57d9-42b0-970c-6eb34c4e5813.

Feels cold. Sensation as if food turned like a corkscrew on swallowing; desire for sweetened buttermilk. Acidity after every mouthful.

Elaps corallinus — Female

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William Boericke. Homoeopathic Materia Medica. 9th edition (preface dated San Francisco, June 1927). Elaps corallinus — Female. HomeopathyWorld, https://homeopathyworld.in/materia-medica/elaps-corallinus#s-f07eaf88-6d0e-45cd-a262-1d6666751ec0.

Dysmenorrhœa, with black blood. Discharge of black blood between menses. Itching of vulva and vagina.

Elaps corallinus — Chest

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William Boericke. Homoeopathic Materia Medica. 9th edition (preface dated San Francisco, June 1927). Elaps corallinus — Chest. HomeopathyWorld, https://homeopathyworld.in/materia-medica/elaps-corallinus#s-ddb7d927-9196-4223-9f2d-72ef5a0597ca.

Coldness in chest after drinking. Hæmorrhage from lungs black as ink and watery; stitches in apex of right lung. Fainting caused by stooping. Oppression in going upstairs. Peeling off of skin from palms and fingers. Cough, with terrible pain through lungs. Worse right and expectoration of black blood. Sensation of a sponge in œsophagus.

Elaps corallinus — Extremities

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William Boericke. Homoeopathic Materia Medica. 9th edition (preface dated San Francisco, June 1927). Elaps corallinus — Extremities. HomeopathyWorld, https://homeopathyworld.in/materia-medica/elaps-corallinus#s-62a432d3-0bf4-42a5-889a-e2af58657340.

Icy cold feet. Vesicular eruptions on feet. Arms and hands swollen bluish. Knee-joints feel sprained. Pricking under the nails.

Elaps corallinus — Skin

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William Boericke. Homoeopathic Materia Medica. 9th edition (preface dated San Francisco, June 1927). Elaps corallinus — Skin. HomeopathyWorld, https://homeopathyworld.in/materia-medica/elaps-corallinus#s-6904c9aa-3bf3-4ebd-ba65-c3c526587eca.

Glands and skin of axillæ affected; itching with tetter. Tips of fingers peel off. Itching eruption in axillæ.

Elaps corallinus — Sleep

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William Boericke. Homoeopathic Materia Medica. 9th edition (preface dated San Francisco, June 1927). Elaps corallinus — Sleep. HomeopathyWorld, https://homeopathyworld.in/materia-medica/elaps-corallinus#s-8804ab8f-83c0-44e0-9d47-b0f4490ede73.

Dreams about dead persons.

Elaps corallinus — Fever

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William Boericke. Homoeopathic Materia Medica. 9th edition (preface dated San Francisco, June 1927). Elaps corallinus — Fever. HomeopathyWorld, https://homeopathyworld.in/materia-medica/elaps-corallinus#s-27e0b8df-3e32-46f1-985b-9013ca60d0f1.

Cold perspiration all over. Typhoid when ulcers have eaten into tissues, and black blood is discharged.

Elaps corallinus — Relationships

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William Boericke. Homoeopathic Materia Medica. 9th edition (preface dated San Francisco, June 1927). Elaps corallinus — Relationships. HomeopathyWorld, https://homeopathyworld.in/materia-medica/elaps-corallinus#s-370db812-5671-49d4-8413-69784bed64bc.

Compare: Kino from Pterocarpus (Hæmoptysis and hæmorrhage from intestines). Eucalyptus rostrata (offensive dark discharge from right ear). Crotalus; Alumen; Carbo; Ars; Lach.

Elaps corallinus — Dose

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William Boericke. Homoeopathic Materia Medica. 9th edition (preface dated San Francisco, June 1927). Elaps corallinus — Dose. HomeopathyWorld, https://homeopathyworld.in/materia-medica/elaps-corallinus#s-05849520-a80b-44b6-aaac-44317e86c272.

Sixth to thirtieth potency.

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