Compare Apis + Lachesis + Lilium tigrum + Vespa.
Apis = Lach-ähnlich both are internally hot and
active remedies with much sexuality and jealousy/both can feel constricted and
are < touch, both can present with many
symptoms in the uterine or ovarian organs (Apis r. sided/Lach. l. sided). Lach.
more intellectual than Apis, which sinks back into dullness as the pathology
progresses/Lach. has a goal, which can be quite idealistic.
Apis' activity comes from the need to keep
busy. It doesn't so much care how, as long as there is some air of hectic
activity around.
Lil-t. comes to mind here, which is also a
hotly active remedy with many sexual complaints. They can be easily confused,
but Lil-t. is always at the center of a group or family. It needs the other
people around and tries to pull them into the hectic frenzy. Apis is more a
lonely remedy, which desires company in order not to feel alone. The keynote of
bearing down sensation in the uterus is much more pronounced in Lil-t. than in
Apis.
Vespa = very restless remedy with a tendency to
delirium (Apis). Do we really have enough information to distinguish between
them in a patient? I believe that many Apis symptoms are representative of a
group of related remedies of which we know very little.