A raw material for mother tincture is collected from “Saliva of Rabid Dog”. It contains Lyssa Virus, the Rabies virus,“Lyssa” meaning rage or madness

Synonym                    :  Hydrophobinum
Family                        :  Rhabdoviridae

Morphology                :  Bullet shaped, helical symmetry and contains single
Morphology                :  stranded un segmented RNA genome Size  76x175nm.

Sphere of Action        :     

• Nervous system
• Throat
• Sexual organs
• Kidney

Clinical Indications :      

• Sunstroke
• Convulsions during pregnancy
• Sexual complaints
• Somnabolism
• Prolapse of Uterus
• Hydrophobia
• Lyssophobia

Clinical Feature of Rabies    :   

            Rabies susceptibility is seen in warm-blooded animals. a prodromal period of head ache, malaise, and low grade fever and anxiety of 1to 10 days. Infected person develops characteristic fear of water. Though patient is thirsty, attempts at drinking provoke violent contraction of diaphragm and inspiratory muscles. There after mere, site or sound of water precipitates distressing muscular spasm. Death usually occurs within a week of onset of symptoms.

Provings :

            Introduced and proved by Hering in 1833, fifty years before the crude experiments of Pasteur with the serum. To the provings of Schmid and Behlert were added those of John Redmond Cox, in 1853, Dr. Knerr made some valuable provings, in 1869, on a woman bitten by a dog in the fleshy part of right arm.

Key Symptoms :

• Hypersensitiveness of all senses
• Convulsions brought on by dazzling light or sight of running water.
• Hydrophobia and Lyssophobia, constant spitting
• Lascivious; priapism and satyriasis. Complaints from abnormal sexual desire.