Gila Monster
- The result of the bite is a benumbing paralysis like paralysis agitans or locomotor ataxia.
- There is no tetanic phase - a condition almost reverse in objective symptoms to Hydrocy acid or Strychnia.
- The most unusual action of the drug is noted upon the eye of the mouse.
- The eyeball becomes more prominent and the cornea opacities.
- The exophthalmus is due to the pressure of the blood behind the eyeball (Boyd).
- Homeopathically, it is indicated in many forms of disease characterized by great coldness-"arctic" coldness.
- Colic waves from occiput to feet or ascending.
Head
- Very depressed.
- Sensation as if would fall to right side.
- Cold band around head; cold pressure within the skull.
- Eyelids heavy.
- Pain beginning in right ear, extending round back of head to left ear.
Face
- Cold crawling feeling, as if facial muscles were tight.
Mouth
- Tongue cold, tender, and dry.
- Very thirsty.
- Swallowing difficult.
- Breath cold.
Chest
- Cold feeling in lungs and in heart.
- Slow labored thumping of heart.
Back
- Coldness across scapulae.
- Burning along spine.
Extremities
- Numbness and trembling.
- Cyanosis of hands.
- Coldness.
- Sensation as if walking on sponge, and as if feet were swollen.
- Staggering gait.
- Cock's gait.
- When walking, lifts feet higher than usual, and puts down heel hard.
- Feet cold as ice or burn.
- Stretching relieves pains in muscles and limbs.
Fever
- Internal coldness, as if frozen to death.
- Cold rings around body.
- Cold waves (Abies c; Acon).
- Cold spots.
- Arctic coldness.
- Temperature subnormal - 96° (Camph).
Relationship
- Compare:
- Lacerta-Green Lizard (skin eruptions. Vesicles under tongue. Increased mental acumen. Difficult swallowing. Constant accumulation of saliva in the mouth. Nausea; violent pressure in stomach).
- Camphor; Lachesis.
Dose
- Thirtieth potency.
