• It profoundly affects the system, acting deeply and restoratively.

• The constitution is often marked by sensitivities and a desire for freedom.

• The patient presents with dyspnea, mental and physical restlessness.

• Increased sexual desire in both sexes.

• A general feeling of oppression or constriction.

• The patient experiences great debility and prostration.

• A tendency towards left-sided complaints.

• There are sensations of burning pains, followed by numbness.

• Symptoms often appear and disappear suddenly.

• A marked alternation of moods: rapid shifts between joy and sadness, calmness and irritability.

• Mental restlessness; the patient cannot remain still or focused.

• The patient experiences anxiety, often related to health or future events.

• The patient experiences irritability and impatience.

• Fear of death or impending doom.

• Difficulty concentrating and poor memory.

• The patient experiences vivid dreams, often disturbing or symbolic.

• The patient experiences delusions of being watched or persecuted.

• An aversion to being confined or restricted.

• Great loquacity; the patient is talkative and restless.

• The patient has a suspicious and mistrustful nature.

• The patient experiences extreme sensitivity to criticism.

• The patient experiences emotional instability.

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• Cenchris Contortrix, prepared from the venom of the Copperhead snake, presents a clinical picture characterized by its profound effect on the blood and nervous system.

• A hemorrhagic tendency with a weakened constitution is marked.

• General sensation of burning, stinging pains with localized inflammation is common.

• A profound prostration and debility.

• It affects the left side more than the right.

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• Anxiety and restlessness, especially at night.

• Irritability and a tendency to be easily angered.

• Great loquacity; talks rapidly and incessantly.

• Confusion of mind; difficulty concentrating.

• Fear of death and being alone.

• Dullness of the intellect with a feeling of unreality.

• Apprehension, especially about health.

• Vertigo, especially on motion.

• Aching and itching in the eyes.

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• (sensitivity to light).

• Blurred vision.

• Double vision (diplopia).

• Hyperacusis; sensitivity to sounds.

• Nasal congestion, with a feeling of dryness.

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• Offensive discharge from the nose.

• Difficulty swallowing.

• Hoarseness.

• Sensation of a lump in the throat.

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• Dyspnea (difficulty breathing).

• Sensation of constriction in the chest.

• Shortness of breath, especially on exertion.

• Suffocating feeling, especially at night.

• Cough, dry and hacking, worse at night.

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• Palpitations.

• Rapid or irregular heartbeat.

• Feeling of oppression around the heart.

• Angina-like pains in the chest.

• Sensation of weight on the chest.

• Nausea and vomiting.

• Abdominal pain, often cramping.

• Diarrhea or constipation.

• Distension of the abdomen.

• Thirst for small quantities of water, frequently.

• Intense hunger alternating with loss of appetite.

• Belching with a sour taste.

• Right ovarian region painful.

• Flatulence, excessive and offensive.

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• Hemorrhoids, painful and bleeding.

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• Frequent urination.

• Burning sensation during urination.

• Scanty urine.

• Urine dark and sedimentous.

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• Increased sexual desire in both sexes.

• Ovarian pain, especially on the right side.

• Leucorrhea, acrid and profuse.

• Menstrual irregularities.

• Impotence in males.

• Stiffness of the neck.

• Restlessness of the limbs, especially at night.

• Swelling of the joints.

• Pain in the limbs, often rheumatic in nature.

• Numbness or tingling in the extremities.

• Heaviness and weakness of the limbs.

• Cramps in the calves.

• Eruptions, vesicular or pustular.

• Itching, intense and burning.

• Ulcers, indolent and painful.

• Skin cold and clammy.

• Insomnia, especially after midnight.

• Vivid dreams, often of snakes or death.

• Nightmares.

• Heat, pressure, tight clothing, confinement, lying down, right side, night, suppressed emotions, touch.

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• Warmth, heat. Lying down. Motion. Night. Pressure. Touch.

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• Loose clothing, open air, motion (sometimes), cold applications, uncovering, bathing in cold water.

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• Cold applications. Open air. Rest.

• Lachesis, Naja, Arsenicum album.

• Hepar Sulphuris Calcareum, Lachesis.

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• Alcohol, vegetable acids, Hepar Sulphuris Calcareum.

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• Increased sexual desire initially, followed by impotence. Pain in the testicles. Menstrual irregularities; profuse menses.

• Lachesis, Bothrops, Crotalus Horridus.

• Lachesis (similar hemorrhagic tendencies and left-sidedness), Bothrops (similar snake venom remedy with marked effects on the blood), Crotalus Horridus (jaundice, hemorrhage, and delirium), Vipera (intense swelling and inflammation).