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SNAKE POISON
HOMEOPATHIC MEDICINE
Dr Anutosh Chakraborty
INTRODUCTION
In the animal kingdom, one of the large families contributing various drugs to homeopathy is the Ophidia group.
In the animal kingdom, one of the large families contributing various drugs to homeopathy is the Ophidia group.
The snakes have been playing great role in medical history. Their colour, movement and secretive habits makes them more mysterious than other animals.
DISTRIBUTION
There are more than 2,600 species of snakes in the world. Of these, about 216 species are found in India, of which 52 are poisonous.
According to WHO it is estimated that about 60,000 to 70,000 persons die of snakebite every year.
SENSES OF SNAKES
Hearing
Snakes cannot hear any sounds, only the internal ear is present but they can receive vibrations transmitted through the ground.
Snakes cannot hear any sounds, only the internal ear is present but they can receive vibrations transmitted through the ground.
Vision
Snakes have a distinct visual system. They do not have eyelids. The eye has a transparent cover, which changes every-time the skin is shed. The thinner and active species like tree and rat snakes have good eyesight.
Snakes have a distinct visual system. They do not have eyelids. The eye has a transparent cover, which changes every-time the skin is shed. The thinner and active species like tree and rat snakes have good eyesight.
Some snakes which hunt at night have heat sensitive areas on their face, they can detect and strike prey kin the dark but sensing the warmth given off by the animals.
Smell
Snakes depend mostly on the forked tongue to pick up the scent from the air and ground and transfer them to the Jacobson's organs at the roof of the mouth. That is why a snake is constantly flicking its forked tongue out.
Smell
Snakes depend mostly on the forked tongue to pick up the scent from the air and ground and transfer them to the Jacobson's organs at the roof of the mouth. That is why a snake is constantly flicking its forked tongue out.
Pain & Temperature
Snakes feel pain and are acutely sensitive and can suffer from changes in temperature and humidity. When it's too cool, their metabolic rate goes down, it becomes too sluggish; when too hot, it gets dehydrated and dies.
Snakes feel pain and are acutely sensitive and can suffer from changes in temperature and humidity. When it's too cool, their metabolic rate goes down, it becomes too sluggish; when too hot, it gets dehydrated and dies.
CONSTITUENTS OF SNAKE POISON
· Proteolysins
· Fibrinolysins
· Neurotoxins
· Agglutinins
· Cardiotoxin
· Hemolysins
· Coagulase hyaluronidase
MEDICINAL VALUE OF SNAKE VENOM
· Cobra poison is used to relieve pain due to neural leprosy.
· It can also cure cancer.
· In Ayurvedic medicine snake venom is used as an antidote in the form of certain ' Rasas' against Tuberculosis.
· Viper venom is used as hemostat. Used in hemophilia, during major surgery, to stop hemorrhages.
· Poison of Rattlesnake is used as medicine for epilepsy, nerve exhaustion.
· Certain snake venom are used as a local agent to treat rheumatism, inflammation of joint and neuralgic conditions.
LIFE SPAN OF SNAKES
· INDIAN COBRA - 21 Years
· SAW SCALED VIPER- 10 Years
· BANDED KRAIT - 11 Years
· INDIAN PHYTON - 34 Years
· COMMON SAND BOA - 13 Years
· INDIAN RAT SNAKES - 10 Years
HOMEOPATHIC MEDICINES FROM SNAKE POISON
Name of Snake Medicine
1. Surukuku snake Lachesis Trigonocephelus
2. Cobra Venom Naja Tripudians
3. Coral snake Elaps Corrallinus
4. Rattlesnake Crotalus Horridus
5. Brazilian snake Crotalus Cascavella
6. Copperhead snake Cenchris contortrix
7. Yellow Viper Bothrops Lanciolatus
8. German Viper Vipera Berus
9. Sea Snake Hydrophis Cyanocinctus
10. Moccasin snake Toxicophis
DOCTRINE OF SIGNATURE AND CONDITION TO PRESCRIBE HOMEOPATHIC MEDICINE
· Snake is extremely sensitive to heat, so it lives in deep burrows where it is cooler; the patient of ophidia group is worse from warmth, by hot drinks, in sun and in summer.
· The snake is more ferocious and poisonous when hungry; the patient of ophidia group is aggravated by fasting and ameliorated after eating.
· Snakes are poisonous. When we say the mind is poisoned, it means that there is jealousy and suspicion; suspicion and jealousy are the characteristic symptoms of the patients.
· The snake coils itself from left to right; symptoms of the ophidia group proceed from left to right.
· Immediately after a snakebite, the blood is let out from that site as a therapeutic measure to limit the extent of damage; general relief from bleeding and any other discharges.
· The snake is very sensitive to touch and vibrations; patient is aggravated by touch and slight sound.
· The snakes can swallow relatively large creatures easily. Due to pressure created by solids in the throat it can easily swallow the solids; patients can swallow solids easily.
· The stools of the snake are black and offensive; the discharges in ophidia group are dark and offensive.
CLINICAL CONDITION TO USES OPHIDIA GROUP
Angina
Alcoholism
Asthma
Cardiac asthma
Carbuncles
Neuralgia
Diphtheria
Endocarditis
Gangrene
Hemorrhage
Jaundice
Paralysis
Puerperal fever
Skin affection
Ulcers
Varicose veins
Vertigo
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