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Naja tripudians (Naja)

Naja tripudians (Naja) appears in 291 rubrics in the Repertory. Of these, 19 are single-remedy rubrics in which only this remedy is listed, and 16 are small rubrics with at most two other remedies. The emphasis lies on Delusions, Suicidal disposition, Brooding, Grief and Sadness, and Fear. From these emerges the picture of a person who feels superfluous, broods over imagined ills, and whose thoughts tip over into self-destruction.

Brooding and Suicidal Disposition

Brooding is a block of its own. Recorded are brooding over unpleasant things in general, over imaginary diseases, and over imaginary problems, and a small rubric links it with suicidal disposition. The suicidal disposition itself appears with brooding and with alternation of mania and melancholia. As a single-remedy rubric it stands in connection with an ax: "Suicidal disposition – ax, with an." Alongside it is the rubric for the delusion of suddenly splitting one's head with an ax.

Sadness and Self-Worth

The sadness has a coloring of its own. The person has the feeling of having done everything wrong, feels superfluous, and in children the self-deprecation appears as lack of self-confidence. As if from compulsion, the person must endure everything. Grief and sorrow reach into the body: they cause pressure and anxiety in the cardiac region and sharp biting pain in the back. Fear of death corresponds to the pains in the cardiac region, and screaming is combined with the conviction of getting no more air and having to die.

Delusions

The delusions revolve around wasting and threat. The person feels himself wasting away, believes he has starved, thinks the organs are contracting, and experiences rain falling or standing in a downpour. The person believes he is continually being injured at the head, also by the surroundings, and has neglected his duties during headaches. Mental exertion leads to chronic complaints, and consciousness is in part clouded by paralysis.

Summary

Naja tripudians appears in the Repertory as a remedy of self-doubt that turns into thoughts of guilt, wasting, and self-destruction. The person broods, judges himself superfluous and failed, and what burdens him he feels in the heart, in the head, and in the back.

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