Homeopathy LibraryArgentum Nitricum
Dewey - Essentials of Homoeopathic Materia Medica · Willis Alonzo Dewey · 2,274 chars
General
Where is the pathogenesis of this remedy found ?
Hahnemann's Materia Medica Pura ; Stapf's Additions ; Allen's Encyclopaedia .
How do we prepare it ?
One part, by weight, of the pure nitrate is dissolved in 9 parts of distilled water. Drug power, 1/10.
What is the general action of Argentum nitricum.
It causes atony and destructive inflammations of mucous membranes, and has a special action on the cerebro-spinal system, producing paralysis and insensibility. Its neurotic effect is manifested in the provers by many symptoms, such as headache, heaviness of lower extremities, etc.
What are its mental conditions ?
A Crowd Of Impulses To Act
Continual motion, hurry an discontent.
2. The opposite of this, apathy and imbecility.
3. Errors and defects of perception, fears, etc.
What is the headache of Argentum nitricum ?
Hemicrania, a boring pain which is relieved by binding the head up tightly - even the wearing of a tight hat relieves ; it is worse over the left frontal eminence ; the head sometimes feels enormously large, and there is a feeling as if the bones of the skull would separate.
What are the eye symptoms of this drug ?
Violent, purulent ophthalmia, with thick, yellow, bland discharge ; the characteristic is the profuseness of the discharge.
Give the indications for Argentum nitricum in gastric troubles.
The patient craves candies or sweets, which disagree ; there is flatulence, which presses up and causes dyspnoea ; there are violent efforts to belch, and the gas rises to a certain point, when a sudden spasmodic contraction prevents its escape, but finally it is expelled in loud reports. There is severe gastralgia, the pains radiate from the stomach in all directions ; they are relieved by hard pressure and by bending double ; the pains often increase gradually, and decrease gradually, as under Stannum ; vomiting of glairy mucus relieves.
How does Bismuth compare in this gastralgia ?
In Bismuth it is a purely nervous gastralgia, and as soon as the least food touches the stomach the patient vomits. Cold drinks relieve.
What are the male sexual symptoms of Argentum nitricum ?
Gonorrhoea, thick, yellow, purulent discharge, with soreness of urethra ; indifference during coitus, but sexual dreams with emissions.