LATRODECTUS MACTANS [BLACK WIDOW SPIDER]
LATRODECTUS MACTANS harbours the collective themes that we see throughout our SPIDER remedies yet this is a homeopathic with its own distinct pathological and familial picture. When observing the nature of the spider itself, we find a marked difference both behaviourally and physically between female and male, the female being not only much larger but also highly venomous. Their mating process is a matter of strategy in which the male must approach with timing and tact, lest he be trapped and eaten. This brutal and intense FAMILY DYNAMIC pivots on SUBTERFUGE and a delineation between VICTIM and AGGRESSOR, the essence of LATRODECTUS MACTANS homeopathic indications are so often at the root of its resulting pathology.
There is an entanglement of the individual in the dynamic perpetuated by ONE’S PARENTS - an ABSENT, SUBSERVIENT FATHER an AGGRESSIVE, DOMINATING MOTHER as examples. The theme of CONTROL or LACK OF emanate in their extremes, from SUPPRESSED EMOTIONS including UNEXPRESSED RAGE, VULNERABILITY and CHRONIC NERVOUSNESS to CYNICISM, APATHY, a VOID IN THE HEART CENTRE and the INABILITY TO GIVE OR RECEIVE LOVE. Frequently I see the effect of NARCISSISTIC ENERGY within the family web - in which the MOTHER or FEMALE INFLUENCE is central. It is interesting to note that the majority of baby spiders will be eaten by their Mothers.
FEAR, ANXIETY and a profound sense of ABANDONMENT and UNSAFETY reverberate through the HEART centre with a resulting SYSTEMIC STUCKNESS that may present as THWARTED CREATIVITY, INFERIORITY and a compensatory urge to COMPETE, the latter either driven by ANGUISH or alternatively a CALLOUS CALMNESS.
The females web although chaotic in appearance is technically brilliant and designed to ENTRAP all that come in to contact with its strategically sticky secretion, the slightest vibration made by an ensnared victim is swiftly dealt with as her venom liquifies their internal organs ready for her consumption. The venom is NEUROTOXIC and with it spurns a cascade of SUDDEN, INTENSE and SERIOUS symptoms.
Where energetically the HEART may feel HOLLOWED OUT or even BLACK, physiologically we will see all manner of HEART PATHOLOGY - HEART PAIN, ANGINA, ANXIETY, LOW BLOOD PRESSURE, a WEAK PULSE to defined conditions including IDIOPATHIC THROMBOCYTOPENIA, PERICARDITIS, ENDOCARDITIS, HEART ATTACK and STROKE. LATRODECTUS MACTANS has the classic LEFT-SIDED AFFINITY which may be felt in the LEFT ARM and ARM PIT alongside CHEST OPPRESSION.
This is a formative NEURALGIC, MUSCULOSKELETAL and CIRCULATORY SYSTEM remedy - PARALYSIS, OEDEMA, HEIGHTENED SENSES, NECK, BACK AND LIMB PAINS included, all of which are marked with INFLAMMATORY PROCESSES, IMPEDED CIRCULATION from CONGESTION and STAGNATED FLOW. The venom causes a break down in healthy tissues hence its action as a homeopathic remedy is to provide nourishment and REGENERATION of such DAMAGE including the KIDNEYS for which it also shares a direct affinity
MORE INFORMATION ON THIS REMEDY IN COLIN GRIFFITH’S “NEW MATERIA MEDICA - VOLUME 1"
ABOUT HOMEOPATH PAILIN BRZESKI BSC(HONS) LCHE R.HOM.HINT.
Pailin has a Bachelor of Science Honours Degree through Middlesex University and Licentiate to practice from the College of Homeopathic Education in London United Kingdom. A professional homeopath and Human Chemistry Integrated Therapy [HC] Practitioner working from a New Biology foundation.
Working with all ages, Pailin runs her ONLINE CLINIC worldwide , specialising in COMPLEX CHRONIC CONDITIONS arising from TRAUMA, TOXICITY and DEFICIENCIES from the neurological to musculoskeletal, hormonal to developmental.
