Homeopathy LibraryAurum Metallicum
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General Characteristics.-- Strongest symptom is a great desire to commit suicide . This idea is uppermost in the mind all the time, and every opportunity will be sought for self-destruction. Sleeplessness. There may be an irregularity in the labor pains, and when she rises up for anything, instead of lying down again quietly, she thrashes herself down hard . Hunger too strong. Affections of the prepuce; joints of the toes; desire for the open air; erethism; sudden rush of blood to any part; pain in the joints as if bruised; sensation of contraction of the joints. Very violent hysterics, accompanied with desperate actions, and thrashing one's self about. Dry exanthema.
Mental.-- Anguish of the mind, and great grief; seems to have no friends; hopelessness and despondency; mental irritability; fits of anger, with great rashness. Sad, feels that all is against her and life is not desirable, and the thought of death alone gives pleasure. Mental labor is fatiguing.
Scalp.-- Exostosis on the right vertex, with boring pain.
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Eyes
Sees everything double, and one object seems to be mixed up with another.
Ears
Caries of mastoid process. Fetid otorrhoea. Hearing too sensitive.
Nose
Affections of the external nose, as a knob on, etc.; bones of; stench from; smelling too sensitive. Caries of; painful nostrils, closed by ulcers; can't breathe through the nose; swelling of, sometimes elevated spots painful to touch.
Face
Violent pain in malar bone; inflammation of bones of the face, particularly after Mercury. Swelling of frontal bone, upper jaws, nasal bones.
Mouth
Fetid odor of, particularly young girls at pubescence. Caries of the palate often with bluish ulcers. Drink flows back through the nose. Jaw bones affected; teeth loosen.
Abdomen
Swelling and suppuration of the inguinal glands from syphilis, or the use of Mercury. Pressure as though hernia would protrude through the right inguinal ring; protruding of inguinal hernia; with sensation as if flatus were incarcerated therein; inguinal hernia of children. Flatus becomes incarcerated under the left ribs. Drawing from the groin into the thighs.
Urine
Painful retention of, with pressure on bladder; urine like buttermilk, with mucous sediment.
Sexual.-- Male : Frequent nightly erections and pollutions; itching of scrotum; swelling of right testicle; chronic induration of testicles. Female : Prolapsus and induration of uterus.
Chest
Much difficulty of breathing, frequently taking a deep breath; stitches in. Palpitation of heart with anguish.
Skin
Bony tumors on head, anus, legs. Swellings, ulcers, tetters, rhagades, cancerous ulcers.
Sleep
Sobbing during; frightful dreams; sleeplessness.
Extremities
Cramp-like tearing in bones of both wrists. Pains in both knees as if tightly bandaged.
Generalities
Scrofulous sufferings: nightly bone pains; inflammation and ulceration of the bones, syphilitic or mercurial. Sensitiveness to cold air.
Worse.-- In the morning; when blowing the nose; in cold air; in getting cold; while lying down; after lying down and rising up; from abuse of Mercury , as may have frightful bone pains, swelling of the bones. etc.; while resting; from strong smells; in the winter; as for instance, some complaints that come on only in the winter.
Better.-- From moving; walking; getting warm; in warm air.
Remedies following:-- Acon., Bellad., Calc. carb., China, Mercur., Lycop., Pulsat., Rhus. tox., Sepia, Sulphur .
Antidotes
Coffea, Mercur.
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