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Theridion curassavicum (Ther.)

Theridion curassavicum (Ther.) appears in 210 rubrics in the Repertorium. Of these, 12 are single-remedy rubrics in which only this remedy is listed, and 12 are small rubrics with at most two other remedies. The main emphases are Sensitiveness with 18 rubrics, Children, Delusions, Excitement, and Gestures. They yield the picture of a person who reacts oversensitively to noise, whose head seems foreign to him, and whose mood fluctuates hysterically between cheerfulness and weeping.

Oversensitiveness to noise

The sensitiveness is directed above all to noise. Two single-remedy rubrics record that the slightest noise penetrates the body, especially the teeth, and that noises cause vertigo. A small rubric lists mental confusion from noises. Excitement is connected with roaring in the ears: two single-remedy rubrics name excitement with roaring in the ears, one of them at night.

The head as a foreign body part

The delusions revolve around the head. Recorded are the idea of being able to lift off the head and the idea that one's own head is another's. A small rubric also names the head as divided. Thoughts that vanish on closing the eyes fit with this. According to the rubrics, the person experiences herself as separated from her head.

Cheerfulness and hysteria

The cheerfulness has a morbid quality. Single-remedy rubrics name hysterical cheerfulness as well as cheerfulness and singing with headache. Small rubrics link loquacity with busyness and with hilarity. At the same time there appear weeping with toothache, loud sighing, and want of self-confidence in hysteria. The rubric according to which the person's work will supposedly do harm also belongs in this direction: a withdrawal from activity stands beside the compulsion to be busy.

Restlessness and confusion

Restlessness acts as a driving force. A small rubric lists the need for busy activity from restlessness, another the need to lie down in hysteria. Mental confusion is represented with six rubrics, one single-remedy rubric combining it with laughing. In addition there are delusions that things jump up from the floor in front of the person.

Summary

Ther. appears as the picture of an overwrought, hysterically colored state in which noises penetrate the whole body and the head detaches from the rest of the person. The single-remedy rubrics emphasize sensitiveness to noise, roaring in the ear, and the foreignness of the head; the small rubrics, the alternation between loquacity, weeping, and restlessness. With 24 specific rubrics the data are modest, but their direction is coherent.

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