Cuprum Metallicum

Mind

(Cuprum metallicum)

Anguish, with restless tossing about. ( Acon., Ars .)

Paroxysms of deathly anxiety.

Senses less acute.

Over-acute, over-sensitive in whooping cough.

Head

(Cuprum metallicum)

Vertigo on looking up (Calc. c., Sang.), as if the head would fall forward, with vanishing of vision, as though a veil were before the eyes.

Bruised pain in the brain (Hell.), and also in the orbits, on turning the eye.

Strange tingling in vertex.

Crawling sensation in the vertex. (Arg. nit., Colch.)

Children cannot hold the head up in brain affections.

Eyes

(Cuprum metallicum)

Light obscured.

Pressing pain in the eyes.

Pain in orbits, as if bruised, on turning the eyes.

Convulsive and restless movements of the eye.

Violent itching in the eyes toward evening.

Ears

(Cuprum metallicum)

Distant drumming in the ear upon which he is lying, in the morning, in bed ; always disappearing on rising.

Boring in and behind the ear.

Nose- (Cuprum metallicum)

Sensation of great congestion of blood to the nose.

Face

(Cuprum metallicum)

Bluish face, with blue lips. (Carb. v.)

Face pale ; anxious, dejected expression. (Ars.)

Spasmodic distortion of the face. (Cic.)

Mouth

(Cuprum metallicum)

Bitter taste in the mouth.

Foam at the mouth. (Cic., Naja, Laur.)

Dryness in mouth.

Throat

(Cuprum metallicum)

Audible gurgling of the drink passing down the oesophagus.

Sense of constriction and acute pain in throat.

Stomach

(Cuprum metallicum)

Excessive nausea. (Ant. tart., Ipec.)

Loss of appetite.

Hiccough.

Frequent ineffectual attempts to vomit ; forcible vomiting.

Constant eructations.

Vomiting is relieved by drinking cold water.

Pressure in pit of stomach ; aggravated by touch and by movement.

Violent pressure at stomach, with contractive pains at intervals.

Excessive tormenting pains in the stomach and epigastric region.

Abdomen

(Cuprum metallicum)

Abdomen tense, hot, and tender to touch . (Acon., Bell., Merc.)

Abdomen drawn in and sore to touch.

Spasmodic movements of the abdominal muscles.

Violent intermittent colic , cutting, drawing pains.

Stool

(Cuprum metallicum)

Painful green stools, with violent cutting and tenesmus ( Merc .) ; profuse, squirting out ; much wind passing.

Gray stools, with flocculent matter in cholera.

Violent watery diarrhoea. (Ars., Cinch., Podo.)

Summer complaint of children, with brain affection.

Urinary Organs

(Cuprum metallicum)

Wetting the bed at night. (Arn., Caust.)

Scantiness or entire suppression of urine.

Female Organs.- (Cuprum metallicum)

Before or during menses, or after suppression, violent, unbearable cramps in abdomen, extending up into chest, causing nausea, vomiting, and sometimes convulsions of limbs and piercing . shrieks.

Vaginismus.

Clonic spasms during pregnancy ; spasms during parturition.

Distressing, cramping after-pains, particularly of women who have borne many children ; sometimes causing cramp in extremities.

Respiratory Organs.- (Cuprum metallicum)

Constant hoarseness ; cannot speak a word.

Cough, with interrupted , almost suppressed respiration.

Very fatiguing cough, with discharge of bloody mucus from the nose.

Painful contraction of the chest, especially after drinking.

Spasmodic attacks of dyspnoea ; the chest feels constricted, respiration is difficult, even to suffocation. (Cic.)

Limbs

Cramps in all the limbs. ( Sulph .)

Weakness of the limbs.

Upper Limbs.- (Cuprum metallicum)

Jerking in the arms and hands. (Cic.)

Peculiar sensation of right hand and forearm, as if constricted and larger in size, and not under control of the will.

Lower Limbs.- (Cuprum metallicum)

Weakness of the knees, with painful drawing when walking and standing, which is very difficult ; the knees will give way.

Spasms and cramps in the calves. ( Sulph ., Verat. alb.)

Painful heaviness in the ankle.

Generalities

(Cuprum metallicum)

Nervous trembling, with great acuteness and sensitiveness of the senses. ( Cham., Cinch., Coff .)

Contraction of muscles and tendons. ( Stram., Zinc .)

Clonic spasms ; accompanying brain affections. (Bell., Hell., Hyos., Stram.)

Epileptiform convulsions ; trembling, tottering, and falling unconscious without a scream ; frothing from the mouth ; followed by headache.

Eclampsia of children during dentition. (Calc. c.)

Restless tossing about and constant uneasiness. Paralysis.

Child lies on abdomen, and spasmodically thrusts breech up.

Amelioration

Therapeutic Range.- (Cuprum metallicum)

Bad effects from repercussed eruptions ; brain affections, convulsions, etc. ; also the same during dentition ; spasmodic affections ; cramps ; convulsions ; epilepsy ; chorea ; paralysis ; mania ; whooping cough ; laryngismus stridulous ; spasmodic asthma ; Asiatic cholera ; spasmodic colic ; gastro-intestinal inflammation.

Compare

(Cuprum metallicum)

Ars., Bell ., Calc. c., Cinch., Coccul., Hep. s., Ipec., Nux v., Plumb., Puls., Sec. c., Stram., Sulph., Verat. alb.

Antidotes

(Cuprum metallicum)

Aur ., Bell., Camph., Cinch., Coni., Coccul., Dulc., Hep. s ., Ipec., Nux v., Merc.

To large doses : Sugar, white of an egg, Ferr., Sulph., Hep. s.

Cuprum Antidotes.-

Aur., Op.

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