Homeopathy LibraryTellurium Metallicum
Reason for use
Acts chiefly upon the skin, producing vesicular and herpetic eruptions, sometimes resembling herpes circinatus.
It also causes sensitiveness of the spine, and pain down the sacrum and thigh, resembling sciatica.
Characteristic symptoms.
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Eyes
(Tellurium)
Deposit of a chalky-looking white mass on anterior surface of lens.
Purulent discharge ; eczema impetiginoides on lids.
Herpes conjunctiva bulbi ; veins enlarged, running horizontally toward the cornea, ending in little blisters near edge of cornea ; worse from crying.
Ears
(Tellurium)
Dull, throbbing pain day and night ; thin, watery, excoriating discharge.
Vesicular eruption on membrane ; suppuration and perforation ; membrane permanently injured, and hearing greatly impaired.
Itching and swelling, with painful throbbing in external meatus ; in three or four days, discharge of a watery fluid, smelling like fish pickle, which causes vesicles wherever it touches ; ear is blistered, as if oedematous ; hearing impaired.
Nose
(Tellurium)
Fluent coryza, lachrymation, and hoarseness when walking in open air ; also short cough, and pressure under sternum.
Mouth
(Tellurium)
Breath has a garlic-like odor.
Male Organs.- (Tellurium)
Increased sexual desire.
Herpes on scrotum and perineum.
Back
(Tellurium)
Painful sensitiveness of spine, from last cervical to fifth dorsal vertebra ; sensitive to pressure and touch ; dreads even to have it approached.
Pain in sacrum, passing into right thigh down sciatic nerve ; worse when pressing at stool, coughing, laughing, also when lying on affected side. (Sciatica.)
Skin
(Tellurium)
Ringworms, covering whole body ; more distinct on lower limbs ; on single parts.
Therapeutic Range.- (Tellurium)
Ringworms ; vesicular and herpetic eruptions ; spinal irritation ; sciatica.
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