ATRAX ROBUSTUS

Atrax Robustus

(Sidney Funnelweb Spider)

PHARMACY

atra-r. Atrax robustus. Sidney Funnelweb Spider. Australia. Arachnida. Historical dose: Tincture and all potencies.

CLINICAL

• Earaches.
• Exophthalmic goiter.
• Glaucoma.
• Headaches.
• Insomnia.
• Mental exhaustion.
• Neuralgias.
• Tubercular states.
• Worms.

HOMEOPATHIC

Atra-r. is a venomous spider, a spinner mygale from Australia. Its bite produces a serious toxic syndrome, atraxism, which is characterized by a phase of excitement followed by a period of stupor and sleepiness with hypothermia. Death comes after a phase of intense agitation with salivary and lachrymal secretions.

Sankaran undertook the proving in 1969, at the suggestion of D. W. Everitt of London. There were four provers, of whom one acted as control. The potency used was 30c, at the rate of one daily dose for a month.

Gets up in the morning with a feeling of fatigue which then gradually disappears. Feeling of general exhaustion. Sensation of protrusion of the throat and eyes. Asthenia of the body. Drawing pain in the ears. Weakness of the lower limbs, predominantly on the left.

MIND

Mental exhaustion in the evening. Incapable of doing the least physical or intellectual exercise.

Abdomen

Pain around the umbilical region, starting in the morning. Pain worse after breakfast, from leaning backwards, walking, standing, improving with pressure, lying on the stomach or leaning forwards.

Ears

Drawing sensation in the outer ear as if pulled by a string. Impression of tugging behind the ears, passing from left to right.

Eyes

Eyelids stuck together in the morning. Pain below the left orbit when lying down. Heavy, yellowish-white secretion during the night. Eyeballs painful with feeling of protrusion, especially on the left side.

Face

Neuralgia of the face and under the orbits.

Kidneys

Urine slightly irritating. Frequent urination at night. Feeling in the bladder of not being empty after urination. Last drop hot and irritating.

Limbs

Sudden sensation of weakness in the limbs, especially the legs. Need to lie down and condition improved by continual pressure. Joint pains in the knees.

Lungs

Cough with thick, greenish sputum which comes up easily.

Modalities

Better from pressure, lying on the stomach. Worse from walking. Worse standing still. Worse leaning backwards.

Nose

Nasal discharge of thick, yellowish liquid, sometimes black and sticky.

Sleep

Insomnia until 1 a.m.

Throat

Feeling of obstruction in the throat, worse when lying on the back. Throat red, dry, painful, especially on the left side and when swallowing. Dryness of the throat not improved by drinking water, worse from drinking cold drinks. Feeling of protrusion of the thyroid cartilage.

Vertigo

Feeling of vertigo, lasting only a short while in the evening, around 7 p.m.

RELATIONS

Compare: (1) Aranea Diadema - Exhaustion with strong desire to go to bed. Icy cold feeling in the bones. Drilling pains in the heels. (2) Spigelia - Pains in the eyeballs, as if the eyes were too big for the sockets. Neuralgic pain starting at the back of the head, spreading to the frontal region and ending above the eye, especially the left side.

REFERENCES

Julian.