Often mistrusted, sometimes loathed, these creeping, crawling creatures are among the most distinctive animal remedies in the homeopathic materia medica. Drawing on his zoological background and extensive clinical experience, Jonathan Hardy offers a vivid and enticing portrait of the arachnid group and its members, for both adults and children.
General themes, drawn from provings, cases and repertories, are presented for arachnids overall, with clear differentiations for spiders and scorpions, both old and new. Typical physical pathology includes neurobehavioural and eating disorders, chronic fatigue and symptoms affecting the extremities.
These main strands are skilfully interwoven with information on miasms and specific biological features, offering choice morsels for individual remedies. We learn, for example, that size and self‑confidence are central issues for the passive species Aranea diadema, whose much smaller male risks being eaten during mating. Aranea ixobola has the greatest anxiety regarding family members and may suffer from psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis, while concerns about safety loom particularly large for Tegenaria atrica.
The analysis is supported throughout by colour photographs and nearly twenty case histories, completing a fine web of interconnected material and shedding valuable light on this corner of the animal kingdom.
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