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Argentum Nitricum

ARG N · 17 entries across 17 books
Argentum Nitricum
PreparationTrituration and solution. Clarke
3X–30X
Third to thirtieth potency. Best form an aqueous solution 1 to 9, 2 or 3 drops doses. This solution in water preferable to lower triturations; unless fresh, these readily decompose into the oxideDose · Boericke

Reason for use

Staggering gait. Great debility and weariness, (lower limbs). Convulsions. [60] Epileptic attacks caused by fright, or during menstruation, (at night, or in the morning when rising). Sensation of expansion, (face and head).

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General

Argentum nitricum.

Mind And Disposition

Very impulsive ; in continual motion ; he walks fast. Apathy.

Head

Vertigo, with headache. Morning headache, (when he awakens). [5] Excessive congestion of blood to the head. Stitches in the left frontal eminence. Digging up, incisive motion, through the left hemisphere of the brain. Headache, with chilliness. Headache relieved by tying a handkerchief tightly around the head.

Headache Worse In The Open Air

Itching, creeping, crawling of the hairy scalp. Sensation, as if the bones of the skull separated, with increase of temperature.

Eyes

Mucus in the eyes drying up, and forming scurfs. Vanishing of light ; to is constantly obliged to wipe off the mucus, which obstructs the axis of vision.

Opacity Of The Cornea

Ophthalmia, with intense pain ; worse in the warm room, better in the open air.

Ears

Ringing in the ears, and deafness, (left ear).

Nose

Violent itching of the nose. Coryza, with chilliness, lachrymation, sneezing, and stupefying, headache. [20] Discharge of pus, with clots of blood.

Face

Sunken, pale, bluish countenance. Hard blotches in the vermilion border of the upper lip, paler than the lip, and sore to the touch. The lips are dry and viscid, without thirst. The gums are swollen, inflamed, bleed easily, and are painful when touched. [25] Sensitiveness of the teeth to cold water.

Mouth

Dryness of the tongue with thirst. Papillae prominent, erect, feeling sore. Painful red tip of the tongue. Fetid actor from the mouth.

Throat

Dark redness of the uvula and fences. Sensation, as if a splinter were lodged in the throat when swallowing. Thick, tenacious mucus in the throat.

Appetite and Taste. Irresistible desire for sugar in the evening. [35] Sweetish-bitter taste.

Stomach

Violent belching. Violent vomiting, with anxiety in the praecordial region. Black vomit. Vomiting and diarrhoea with violent colicky pains. [40] Gnawing pain in the left side of the stomach. Pressure, with heaviness and nausea in the stomach.

Abdomen

Stitches through the abdomen, like electric shocks, (left side).

Stool And Anus

Diarrhoea of green, fetid mucus, with very noisy emission of flatulence at night. Bloody stools.

Constipation, Faeces Dry

Itching at the anus.

Urinary Organs

Frequent and copious emission of pale urine. Inflammation, and violent burning or shooting pains in the urethra, with increased gonorrhoea. Priapism, bleeding of the urethra.

Sexual Organs

Men. Chancre-like ulcer on the prepuce. Sexual desire wanting, the genital organs having become shrivelled.

Chest

Palpitation of the heart in paroxysm, with nausea.

Back

Pain in the small of the back relieved when standing or walking.

Lower Extremities. [55] Heaviness and debility of the legs. Great debility and weariness in the calf of the leg, as after a long journey.

Sleep

Soporous condition. Nightly nervousness, with heat in the head. Restless sleep, with stupefaction and headache.

Chilliness, With Nausea

Morning perspiration.

Skin

Wart-shaped excrescences on the skin. Discoloration of the skin -blue-gray, violet or bronze- colored tinges, to real black.

Complete text of the Argentum Nitricum entry in Lippe - Materia Medica; origin and preparation from Clarke. Historical text from the classical materia medica (1828–1950). Not medical advice, and not a claim that any remedy works.
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  1. Characterisation of Aqueous Ultra-high Homeopathic Potencies: Nanoparticle Tracking AnalysisVan Wassenhoven M, Goyens M, Dorfman P et al. · Homeopathy : the journal of the Faculty of Homeopathy · 2025 · doi
  2. Comparison of the antidepressant like activity of homeopathic remedies (Argentum nitricum, Staphysagria and Ignatia amara) and their effect on the behavior of rodentsAnser H, Ikram R, Khatoon H et al. · Pakistan journal of pharmaceutical sciences · 2020
  3. Reproducibility of the effects of homeopathically potentised Argentum nitricum on the growth of Lemna gibba L. in a randomised and blinded bioassayMajewsky V, Scherr C, Schneider C et al. · Homeopathy : the journal of the Faculty of Homeopathy · 2017 · doi
  4. Identification of unknown homeopathic remedies by delayed luminescenceLenger K, Bajpai RP, Spielmann M · Cell biochemistry and biophysics · 2014 · doi
  5. The effect of individualized homeopathic treatment on the semen quality of bulls with reproductive disorders: a case seriesde Souza MF, Costa-e-Silva EV, Macedo GG et al. · Homeopathy : the journal of the Faculty of Homeopathy · 2012 · doi
  6. Treating menopausal symptoms with a complex remedy or placebo: a randomized controlled trialvon Hagens C, Schiller P, Godbillon B et al. · Climacteric : the journal of the International Menopause Society · 2012 · Randomized Controlled Trial · doi
  7. Development of a test system for homeopathic preparations using impaired duckweed (Lemna gibba L.)Jäger T, Scherr C, Simon M et al. · Journal of alternative and complementary medicine (New York, N.Y.) · 2011 · doi
  8. Assays of homeopathic remedies in rodent behavioural and psychopathological modelsBellavite P, Magnani P, Marzotto M et al. · Homeopathy : the journal of the Faculty of Homeopathy · 2009 · Review · doi
  9. Effects of potentised substances on growth rate of the water plant Lemna gibba LScherr C, Simon M, Spranger J et al. · Complementary therapies in medicine · 2009 · doi
  10. Duckweed (Lemna gibba L.) as a test organism for homeopathic potenciesScherr C, Simon M, Spranger J et al. · Journal of alternative and complementary medicine (New York, N.Y.) · 2007 · doi
  11. The effects of homeopathic Argentum nitricum on test anxietyBaker DG, Myers SP, Howden I et al. · Complementary therapies in medicine · 2003 · Clinical Trial · doi
  12. Effects of homeopathic Argentum nitricum on test anxietyLeckridge B · Complementary therapies in medicine · 2003 · doi

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