====== MYGALE LASIODORA ======
<span tc1>{{anchor:s1}}Mygale. {{anchor:s2}}(Mygale Lasiodora.)</span>

<span grade2>{{anchor:s3}}A large black Cuban Spider. {{anchor:s4}}Mygale Lasiodora Cubano.</span>

{{anchor:s5}}Introduced and proved by Houard, J. G. (Hah. Mo., 1869, vol. 5, p. 8).

{{anchor:s6}}Tincture prepared by putting live insect into alcohol.

====== CLINICAL AUTHORITIES. ======

{{anchor:s8}}- <span grade2>Chordee</span>, Williamson, Farr. {{anchor:s9}}Clin. Mat. Med., p. 72; <span grade2>Gonorrhea</span>, Houard, Hah. Mo., vol. 5, p. 8; <span grade2>Chorea</span> (2 cases), Houard, A. J. H. M. M., vol. 1, pp. 65-6; Hah. Mo., vol. 5, p. 10; Hah. Mo., vol. 10, p. 331; Preston, Hah. Mo., vol. 8, p. 375; Spooner, Raue's Rec., 1873, p. 206.

====== MIND. [1] ======

<span grade3>{{anchor:s11}}Low spirited and depressed.</span>

====== INNER HEAD. [3] ======

<span grade3>{{anchor:s13}}Frontal headache.</span> <span grade2>{{anchor:s14}}~</span> <span grade3>Chorea.</span> <span grade2>{{anchor:s15}}~</span> <span grade3>Vertigo.</span>\\ <span grade3>{{anchor:s16}}Dull pain in forehead.</span>

====== OUTER HEAD. [4] ======

<span grade3>{{anchor:s18}}Head often jerked to one side, usually to right.</span>

====== SIGHT AND EYES. [5] ======

{{anchor:s20}}Nausea with dimness of sight; weakness; palpitation.

====== UPPER FACE. [8] ======

<span grade3>{{anchor:s22}}Constant twitching of muscles of face.</span>

====== TEETH AND GUMS. [10] ======

<span grade3>{{anchor:s24}}Grating of teeth at night.</span>

====== HICCOUGH, BELCHING, NAUSEA AND VOMITING. [16] ======

<span grade2>{{anchor:s26}}Nausea, with palpitation.</span>

====== URINARY ORGANS. [21] ======

{{anchor:s28}}Urine: increased; stinging in urethra; burning hot, scalding.

====== MALE SEXUAL ORGANS. [22] ======

<span grade3>{{anchor:s30}}Chordee.</span>\\ <span grade3>{{anchor:s31}}Protracted gonorrhea.</span>\\ <span grade3>{{anchor:s32}}Chancres (syphilis).</span>

====== VOICE AND LARYNX. TRACHEA AND BRONCHIA. [25] ======

<span grade3>{{anchor:s35}}An effort to talk is made, and words are jerked out.</span>

====== LOWER LIMBS. [33] ======

<span grade2>{{anchor:s37}}Intense redness in streaks following course of lymphatics, from calf upward to body, with great anxiety, twitching of limbs.</span>

====== LIMBS IN GENERAL. [34] ======

<span grade3>{{anchor:s39}}Twitching and jerking of muscles of one arm and leg, usually right.</span>\\ <span grade3>{{anchor:s40}}Convulsive, uncontrollable movements of arms and legs.</span>

====== REST. POSITION. MOTION. [35] ======

{{anchor:s44}}Sitting: lower extremities in constant motion.\\ {{anchor:s45}}Throwing his head backwards and then forwards; chorea.\\ {{anchor:s46}}Cannot keep her hands for a minute in same position.\\ {{anchor:s47}}Could with much difficulty carry hands to mouth, and in attempting to do this occasionally hand would be thrown over head or to side of face.\\ {{anchor:s48}}Inability to walk and stand: twitching of muscles.\\ {{anchor:s49}}Walking: drags her legs; pain in knees.\\ {{anchor:s50}}Driving her out of bed: chorea.

====== NERVES. [36] ======

{{anchor:s52}}Tremulousness in evening; great prostration.\\ <span grade3>{{anchor:s53}}Convulsive, uncontrollable movements of back, arms and legs.</span>\\ <span grade3>{{anchor:s54}}Twitching of muscles and shrugging of shoulders, returning every day; child could not stand; jerking up of lower limbs, complete inability to walk or stand; acute aching in right ear, every night between midnight and morning, driving her out of bed; constant motion of hands and arms.</span> <span grade2>{{anchor:s55}}~</span> <span grade3>Chorea.</span>\\ <span grade3>{{anchor:s56}}Constant contortions of face; throwing his head backwards and then forwards with a jerk; could with much difficulty carry hands to mouth, and in attempting to do this occasionally hand would be thrown over head or to side of face; frequent feeling of oppression and difficult breathing; restless at night during sleep; has become thin and emaciated.</span> <span grade2>{{anchor:s57}}~</span> <span grade3>Chorea.</span>\\ <span grade3>{{anchor:s58}}Twitches of muscles of face and of upper extremities; puts out her tongue with great difficulty; convulsive movements of shoulders, keeps her hands in constant motion; gait unsteady; mouth and eyes open and shut in rapid succession, over which she has no control; it is with difficulty that she can carry anything to mouth; lower extremities constantly in motion while sitting; drags her legs when walking.</span> <span grade2>{{anchor:s59}}~</span> <span grade3>Chorea.</span>\\ <span grade3>{{anchor:s60}}Constantly jerking head to right side, occasionally drops head on shoulder, sometimes twists his head around to right side; twitching in muscles of back and arms; pain in knees when walking; when attempting to control these involuntary motions respiratory muscles are affected to such an extent that he cannot get his breath until he takes a deep inspiration.</span> <span grade2>{{anchor:s61}}~</span> <span grade3>Chorea.</span>\\ <span grade3>{{anchor:s62}}Chorea; arms and limbs in constant motion; facial muscles distorted, could not help herself; headache; vertigo; grating of teeth at night; quiet during sleep; agg. in morning.</span>\\ <span grade3>{{anchor:s63}}Cannot keep her hands for a minute in same position; twitches of muscles of face; constant restlessness; inordinately sensitive, so much so that she could not be persuaded to reply to questions.</span>

====== SLEEP. [37] ======

{{anchor:s65}}Restless sleep with ridiculous dreams.

====== TIME. [38] ======

{{anchor:s67}}Morning: chorea agg.\\ {{anchor:s68}}Evening: tremulousness; prostration.\\ {{anchor:s69}}Night: grating of teeth; restless.

====== FEVER. [40] ======

{{anchor:s71}}Severe chill, followed by fever, with trembling of whole body, excessive thirst, face flushed, pulse 1?0, tongue dry and brown, difficult breathing, despondency, fear of death, delirium.

====== ATTACKS, PERIODICITY. [41] ======

{{anchor:s73}}Every day: twitching of muscles and shrugging of shoulders.\\ {{anchor:s74}}Between midnight and morning: chorea.

====== LOCALITY AND DIRECTION. [42] ======

{{anchor:s76}}Right: head jerked to side; twitching of muscles of arm and leg; acute aching in ear.

====== SENSATIONS. [43] ======

{{anchor:s78}}Pain: in forehead; in knees.\\ {{anchor:s79}}Acute aching: in right ear.\\ {{anchor:s80}}Stinging: in urethra.\\ {{anchor:s81}}Dull pain: in forehead.

====== STAGE OF LIFE, CONSTITUTION. [47] ======

{{anchor:s83}}Boy, aet. 8, suffering three years; chorea.\\ {{anchor:s84}}Boy, aet. 9, light complexion; chorea.\\ {{anchor:s85}}Girl, aet. 12, suffering for four years; chorea.\\ {{anchor:s86}}Girl, aet. 13; chorea.\\ {{anchor:s87}}Girl, aet. 15; chorea.

====== RELATIONS. [48] ======

{{anchor:s89}}Compare: <span grade2>Act. rac., Agaric., Apis, Bellad., Doryph., Hyosc., Tarant.</span>

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====== DOCUMENT DESCRIPTOR ======
^ Source: | [[en:mm:hering:start|The Guiding Symptoms of Our Materia Medica]] Vol. 07, 1888 |
^ Description: | Clinical materia medica of [[en:rem:r589|Mygale lasiodora]] |
^ Remedies: | [[en:rem:r589|Mygale lasiodora]] |
^ Author: | Hering, C.; Raue, C.G.; Knerr, C.B.; Mohr, C. |
^ Year: | 1888 |
^ Editing: | errors only; interlinks; formatting |
^ Attribution: | Legatum Homeopathicum |}