Vipera Berus – Common Viper/Adder

The attenuations are prepared from the carefully dried venom of the Common Viper, Vipera berus, which is found in Europe and Asia. N.O. Viperidae.

The main indications are:

Sensation of heaviness in the legs. Ulcer of the lower leg. Delirium, fainting. Swelling of the tongue. Speech disturbances. Intolerable pains unless the hands are held up high. The skin peels off in large pieces. Swelling of the liver, jaundice. Haemorrhages from the nose and other orifices.

The German Monograph-Preparation Commission for the Homoeopathic Field of Therapy has, under the Preparation Monograph for Vipera berus, published the fol- lowing indication(s) in the German Bundesanzeiger (German Federal Gazette) for vipera berus: acute inflammations of the skin and veins; tendency to haemorrhage; cardiocirculatory insufficiency; angina pectoris.