Homeopathy LibraryStannum
Reason for use
Acts primarily upon the cerebrospinal system, giving rise in the motor sphere to profound prostration (neurasthenia), as well as paralysis and convulsions, and in the nervous sphere to neuralgic pains.
It also acts prominently upon the respiratory mucous membrane, producing catarrhal inflammation, and profuse muco-purulent expectoration, with dilatation of the bronchi, together with excessive prostration of the respiratory nerves.
Tin also ranks as an important vermicide, acting, according to Hahnemann , as a narcotic to the parasites, so that they may readily be dislodged by appropriate purgatives.
It has also proved of excellent service for the removal of those symptoms of the digestive sphere which usually accompany vermicular affections, whether the parasites be actually present or not.
Characteristic symptoms.
▲ Worse
From motion; from talking; when descending
▼ Better
From walking; when lying on the back
The full Cowperthwaite text, by section
Mind
(Stannum metallicum)
Great anxiety and restlessness ; melancholy and disposition to weep. (Ign., Natr. mur., Puls ., Rhus tox.)
Quiet fretfulness ; answers unwillingly and abruptly.
Head
(Stannum metallicum)
Neuralgic headache ; begins lightly and increases gradually to its highest point, and then gradually declines.
Dull pressure from within outward in the forehead.
Constriction and pressure in whole upper part of head, and in forehead ; slowly increasing and decreasing.
Pressive, tearing frontal headache.
Painful jerks through left temple, forehead, and cerebellum, leaving a dull pressure ; worse during rest ; better from motion.
Throbbing headache in the temples.
Eyes
(Stannum metallicum)
Pustular swelling of left inner canthus, like a lachrymal fistula.
Pressive pain in left inner canthus, as from a stye.
Agglutination of the lids at night. (Calc. c., Lyc ., Merc., Sil., Rhus tox., Sulph .)
Face
(Stannum metallicum)
Face pale and sunken ; sickly expression.
Mouth
(Stannum metallicum)
Tongue coated with a yellowish mucus.
Fetid smell from the mouth. ( Arn ., Hep. s., Kreos., Iodi., Nitr. ac .)
Throat
(Stannum metallicum)
Accumulation of thick, viscid, grayish, bloody mucus in throat ; efforts to expel excite vomiting.
Extreme dryness and rawness of throat ; worse when swallowing. (Alum., Arg. nit., Hep. s.)
Stomach
(Stannum metallicum)
Excessive hunger ; cannot eat enough. (Bry., Ferr., Cina, Lyc .)
Bitter eructations, after eating. ( Bry ., Cinch., Nux v.)
Nausea, especially after a meal, followed by vomiting of bile. ( Nux v .)
Vomiting of blood. (Ham., Op., Nux v., Podo.)
Heavy pressure in stomach, with soreness of touch.
Cramps in the stomach.
Abdomen
(Stannum metallicum)
Sensation of emptiness in the abdomen. ( Phos., Sep .)
Abdomen sore, and sensitive to touch. (Apis, Bry., Bell .)
Stool
(Stannum metallicum)
Ineffectual desire for stool.
Passes worms ; colic ; sickly face.
Male Organs.- (Stannum metallicum)
Emission without dreams.
Respiratory Organs.- (Stannum metallicum)
Hoarseness and roughness in the larynx, with great weakness in the chest . (Carb. v., Phos.)
Great accumulation of mucus in the trachea (Ant. tart., Ipec., Osm., Phos.), easily detached by a slight cough.
Scraping cough, with profuse greenish expectoration ( Sil .) of an offensive, sweetish taste ( Calc. c .) ; worse in evening before lying down ; producing soreness in trachea and chest . (Caust., Nux v .)
Dry cough in the evening, in bed, till midnight, with scanty expectoration.
Short cough from weakness of chest, having a hoarse, weak sound.
Constant hacking cough, caused by tickling in the chest, as from mucus.
Expectoration yellow, foul-tasting (Calc.) ; grayish ( Lyc .) ; thick mucus and blood ; greenish , profuse ( Sil .) ; taste putrid, sweet (Calc. c.), or salty. (Ambr., Calc. c., Carb. v., Phos., Sep.)
Dyspnoea and want of breath on ascending (Acon., Amm. carb., Ars., Calc. c., Cact.), or from the slightest motion.
Dyspnoea in the evening ; must loosen the clothing.
Sensation of great weakness and emptiness in the chest.
Oppression of chest as from constriction, with disposition to take a deep breath, and anxiety.
Sensation of great soreness in the chest.
Sharp cutting stitches in left side of chest. ( Kali c ., Phos., Sep.)
Limbs
(Stannum metallicum)
Great heaviness and paralytic weakness in arms and legs.
Swelling of the hands and feet in the evening.
Generalities
(Stannum metallicum)
Extreme weakness and prostration ; must sit or lie down continually. ( Sil .)
Faintness in going down stairs ; can go up without difficulty.
Reading aloud or talking produces great exhaustion. (Cocc.)
Pains commence lightly, increase gradually to a very high degree, and decrease again as slowly.
Chilliness over the whole body.
Profuse, debilitating sweat, night and morning ( Cinch ., Phos ., Sulph. ac.) ; with moldy, putrid smell. (Nux v., Staph.)
Amelioration
Therapeutic Range.- (Stannum metallicum)
Phthisis pulmonalis, also laryngeal phthisis ; bronchitis ; haemoptysis ; hydrothorax ; hectic fever ; paralysis ; epilepsy ; hysteria ; prosopalgia ; vermicular affections.
Compare
(Stannum metallicum)
Ars., Arg. nit., Bell., Bry., Calc. c., Caust., Cinch., Cupr ., Hell., Lyc., Puls ., Phos., Rhus tox., Sep ., Spig., Sulph., Zinc .
After Caust. then Stan. follows well.
Antidote
(Stannum metallicum)
Puls.
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