Zincum Metallicum

▲   GENERAL

General

The provings picture cerebral depression. The word "FAG" covers a large part of Zincum Metallicum action. Tissues are worn out faster than they are repaired. Poisoning from suppressed eruptions or discharges. The nervous symptoms of most importance. Defective vitality. Impending brain paralysis. Period of depression in disease. Spinal affections. Twitchings. Pain, as if between skin and flesh. Great relief from discharges. Chorea, from fright or suppressed eruption. Convulsions, with pale face and no heat. Marked anaemia with profound prostration. It causes a decrease in the number, and destruction of red blood corpuscles. Repercussed eruptive diseases. In chronic diseases with brain and spinal symptoms, trembling, convulsive twitching and fidgety feet are guiding symptoms.

Dose

Second to sixth potency.

▲   MODALITIES ETC

Worse

WORSE, at menstrual period, from touch, between 5 to 7 P.M.; after dinner, from wine.

Better

BETTER, while eating, discharges, and appearance of eruptions.

▲   RELATIONSHIPS

Compare

Compare: Agaricus Muscarius ^Agaric.; Ignatia ^Ign.; Plumbum Metallicum ^Plumb.; Argent.; Pulsatilla ^Puls.; Helleb.; Tuberculinum ^Tuberc.

Compare in better by secretions; Lachesis ^Lach.; STAN.; Mosch.

Inimical

Inimical: Nux Vomica ^Nux; Chamomilla ^Cham.

▲   MIND

Mind

Weak memory

Very sensitive to noise

Averse to work, to talk

Child repeats everything said to it

Fears arrest on account of a supposed crime

Melancholia

Lethargic, stupid

Paresis.

Behaviour

shrieking; during sleep

shrieking; on waking

Emotions, feelings, attitude, disposition

irritability; evening

mood; alternating mood

mood; changeable, variable mood

excessively religious (see anxiety, despair, fear)

sensitive, oversensitive; to noise

voices

unhappy; lamenting, regretting; moaning, groaning

unhappy; sadness, mental depression

Intellectual faculties; impaired thinking; dull, sluggish

Restlessness, nervousness

Talking, conversation

dislike of talking, desire to be silent, taciturn; evening

torments everyone by talking about complaints

Unconsciousness; when skin out breaks from disease are slow to appear

▲   HEAD

Head

Feels as if he would fall to left side

Hydrocephalus

Rolls head from side to side

Bores head into pillow

Automatic motion of head and hands

Forehead cool; base of brain hot

Roaring in head

Starting in fright.

Headache

Headache from the smallest quantity of wine

Occipital pain, with weight on vertex

Brain-fag; headaches of overtaxed school children

Pain, headache

air; open (see walking in open air)

affected by certain foods and drinks (improved, brought on or aggravated); from wine

from emotions; nervous

sides; one side

bursting; forehead

tearing, rending; sides of head

▲   EYES

Eyes

Pterygium; smarting, lachrymation, itching

Pressure as if pressed into head

Itching and soreness of lids and Inner angles

Ptosis

Rolling of eyes

Blurring of one-half of vision; worse, stimulants

Squinting

Amaurosis, with severe headache

Red and inflamed conjunctiva; Worse, inner canthus.

Dryness

morning

evening

Growth, tumour; tumours; tarsal tumours

Inflammation; during period

Pain

evening

night

burning, smarting, gnawing, biting

morning

afternoon

evening

as from something in eye; like sand in eye; evening

as from something in eye; like sand in eye; night

pressing; morning

sore, bruised, tender

corner; inner

stitching, sudden, sharp; corner; inner

Tears

evening

night

Wine

Vision

Foggy

▲   EARS

Ear

Tearing, stitches, and external swelling

Discharge of fetid pus.

Hearing

Too sensitive

to noises

voices and talking

▲   FACE

Face

PALE lips, and corners of mouth cracked

Redness and itching eruptions on chin

Tearing in facial bones.

▲   NOSE

Nose

Sore feeling high up; pressure upon root.

▲   MOUTH

Mouth

Difficult dentition; child weak; cold and restless feet.

Gums and teeth

Teeth loose

Gums bleed

Gnashing of teeth

Teeth

looseness

pain; molars

pain; upper teeth

pain; lower teeth

Tongue

Blisters on tongue

Taste

Bloody taste

▲   THROAT

Throat

Dry; constant inclination to hawk up tenacious mucus

Rawness and dryness in throat and larynx

Pain in muscles of throat when swallowing.

External throat; uncovering throat

▲   CHEST

Chest

Breast; milk; absent

Lungs; tuberculosis

Pain; sore, bruised; before and during period

Respiration

Burning pressure beneath sternum

Constriction and cutting in chest

Hoarseness

Debilitating, spasmodic cough; worse, eating sweet things

Child grasps genitals during cough

Asthmatic bronchitis, with constriction of chest

Dyspnoea better as soon as expectoration appears.

Difficult (dyspnea); before period

▲   COUGH

Cough

Drinking; wine

Dry cough

morning; before period

after measles; before period

morning

during measles

In women; before period; morning

▲   EXPECTORATION

Expectoration

Bloody, spitting of blood (see chest haemorrhage); morning; during period

before period

during period

▲   SKIN

Skin

Varicose veins, especially of lower extremities ( Pulsatilla ^Puls.) Formication of feet and legs as from bugs crawling over the skin, preventing sleep

Eczema, especially in the anaemic and neurotic

Itching of thighs and Hollow of knees

retrocession of eruptions.

Out-breaks on skin

pimples

scarlet fever; receding

suppressed

Becomes sore when lying down; feeling

▲   BACK AND NECK

Neck

nape of neck weary from writing or any exertion

Pain

aching; neck; evening

aching; neck; while writing

Weakness (tired feeling, in spine); neck; while writing

Back

Pain in small of back

Cannot bear back Touched ( Sulphur ^Sul.; Theridion ^Therid.; China ^Cinch.) Tension and stinging between shoulders

Spinal irritation

Dull aching about the last dorsal or first lumbar vertebrae; worse sitting

burning along spine

Tearing in shoulder-blades.

Cracking; lumbar (lower half of back); while walking

Pain

while sitting

coccyx (bottom tip of spine)

spine

irritation

aching; while sitting

burning; while sitting

burning; spine; while sitting

Weakness (tired feeling, in spine)

while sitting

▲   ABDOMEN

Abdomen

Burning in stomach, heartburn from sweet things

Cannot stand smallest quantity of wine

ravenous hunger about 11 A.M ( Sulphur ^Sulph.) Great greediness when eating; cannot eat fast enough

Atonic dyspepsia, feeling as if stomach were collapsed.

Pain in spot beneath naevi

Gurgling and griping; distended

Flatulent colic, with retraction of abdomen ( Plumbum Metallicum ^Plumb.) Enlarged, indurated sore liver

Reflex symptoms from floating kidney

Griping after eating.

Pain

cramping, griping; after breakfast

cutting; after breakfast

pressing; behind lower ribs; after eating

Bladder

paralysis

paralysis; in hysterical people

retention of urine (see urination delayed); in hysteria

urination; delayed, difficult; can only pass urine while sitting

Eating

Pain after a light meal, with tympanitis

Pain

cramping, griping; after dinner

cutting; after dinner

Nausea

Stomach

nausea; after drinking; wine

Vomiting

Hiccough, nausea, vomiting of bitter mucus

▲   RECTUM, ANUS, STOOL

Rectum

Hard, small, constipated stool

Cholera infantum, with tenesmus; green mucous discharges

Sudden cessation of diarrhoea, followed by cerebral symptoms.

Stool

Dry

Hard

▲   GENITALS ETC

Urine

Can only void urine when sitting bent backwards

Hysterical retention

Involuntary urination when walking, coughing or sneezing.

Sediment

clay-coloured

sand

Male

Male; Testicles swelled, drawn up

Drawing in testicles up to spermatic cord.

Male; pain; pressing; testes

Genitals

Erections violent

Emissions with hypochondriasis

Falling off of hair (pubic)

Female; Ovarian pain, Especially left; can’T keep still ( viburn.) Nymphomania of lying-in women

Nipples sore

Male

ejaculation; too soon, premature

sexual passion; increased

excessive

easy excitement of passion

sexual passion; violent

Female

pain; boring; ovaries

pain; boring; ovaries; left

sexual intercourse; desire increased; forcing to masturbation

Menses

Menses too late, suppressed; lochia suppressed ( Pulsatilla ^Puls.) Breasts painful

Menses flow more at night ( Bovista ^Bov.) Complaints all Better during menstrual flow ( Eupion; Lachesis ^Lach.) All the female symptoms are associated with restlessness, depression, col

Dry cough before and during menses.

Female; pain; womb (see abdomen, pain); before period

▲   EXTREMITIES, LIMBS

Extremities, limbs

Lameness, Weakness, trembling and twitching of various muscles

Chilblains ( Agaricus Muscarius ^Agar.) Feet in continued motion; cannot keep still

large varicose veins on legs

Sweaty

Convulsions, With pale face

transverse pains, especially in upper extremity

Soles of feet sensitive

Steps with entire sole of foot on floor.

Hands and feet; chilblains; feet

Movements and positions

jerking; during sleep

jerking; lower limbs

during sleep

Numbness (see tingling); while lying down

upper limbs

wrist

in measles

Pain

foot; heel; after drinking wine

boring; foot; heel; after drinking wine

burning; leg; shin

pulling; hip

sore, bruised; toes; between toes

stitching, sudden, sharp; joints

transversely

stitching, sudden, sharp; thigh; transverse

stitching, sudden, sharp; thigh; above the knee; transverse

tearing; joints

tearing; shoulder

tearing; upper arm

tearing; knee

Perspiration

foot

foot; suppressed

toes; between toes; causing rawness

Restlessness

night

lower limbs

leg

leg

evening

feet

feet; evening; in bed

feet; while sitting

Skin

chicken pox (see swelling); lower limbs

chicken pox (see swelling); leg

skin cracks at bends of joints; hands (see chapping)

itching; knee; bend of knee

out-break on skin; hand; herpes

Weakness; lower limbs

▲   FEVER AND CHILL

Fever and chill

Frequent, febrile shiverings down back

Cold extremities

Night-sweat

Profuse sweat on feet.

External

Stormy weather

Continued fever; dazed from fever

▲   GENERALITIES

Fatigue

Lethargic, tired

Sleep and dreams

Cries out during sleep; body jerks; wakes frightened, startled

Nervous motion of feet when asleep

Loud screaming out at night in sleep without being aware of it

Somnambulism ( Kali Phosphoricum ^Kali-phos.)

Convulsions

Convulsions

children

when out-breaks on skin fail to break out

when measles-like rash repelled or do not appear

Generalities

Afternoon

Evening

Night

Eating and food

after breakfast

eating

after eating

Jerking; muscles

Pain

gnawing, biting

burning externally; internally

burning externally; bones

cutting; internally

pressing; internally

sudden, sharp; externally

tearing; externally

tearing; muscles

sticking in muscles

Paralysis; in chronic indigestion

In women

symptoms before period

symptoms during period

Pulse; frequent, accelerated, elevated, exalted, fast, innumerable, rapid

During sleep

Trembling; externally

Twitching

twitching, involuntary movements (chorea); during period

here and there

during sleep

of tendons

Uncovering

Weariness (see weakness)

Wine

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