Zincum Metallicum

Generalities

Twitchings of various muscles.

Pains as if between the skin and flesh.

Pains tearing ; < after becoming heated.

Violent trembling and throbbing of the whole body.

Sore pains, internal and external.

All the symptoms are < wine, and also by Nux Vomica and Chamomilla.

General restlessness at night, like "fidgets".

General aggravation in the afternoon and towards evening.

Clinical

Locomotor ataxia, with trembling, unsteadiness, lightning-like pains.

Epilepsy of children.

Meningitis (tubercular).

Varicose veins, without swelling or inflammation.

Chorea, with incessant movements, especially during sleep (during teething).

Epilepsy (of children).

Mind

Fretful, excitable, easily offended.

Very sensitive to noise.

Easily startled, with persistent trembling, lasting a long time.

Becomes stupid and thoughtless ; forgetful, with general lethargy and stupidity, with tendency to spasms.

Head

Headache, extending from without inward ; < the customary glass of wine.

Vertigo ; cannot stand, preceded by pain at the root of the nose, followed by nausea, faintness and trembling.

Heaviness and dull feeling in the occiput ; > hard pressure.

Clinical

Meningitis, especially following suppressed eruptions, with hyperaesthesia of all the senses, trembling, twitchings, squinting of the eyes, convulsions.

Eyes

Pain as from sand, in the evening and night, with lachrymation.

Burning, with dryness.

Inflammation of the inner corners, extending across the eye to the outer.

Catarrhal inflammation ; < inner corner.

Pterygium.

Sense of paralysis of the upper lids.

Ears

Tearing stitching pains, with external swelling (of children), offensive discharges.

Face

Pale ; sudden stitches from zygoma to orbit, as if in bone, involving the whole upper jaw.

Lips cracked and ulcerated, or covered with thick, sticky exudation.

Mouth

Teeth elongated and loose, with soreness.

Ulcers on the inner surface of the cheek and in the throat.

Blisters on the tongue.

Throat

Difficult swallowing on account of sensation of a ball rising up from the stomach.

A feeling of cramp in the oesophagus by the pit of the throat.

Stomach

Great appetite, but aversion to meat and to sweets, particularly to wine.

Sour eructations, particularly after milk.

Heartburn from sweets.

Nausea and vomiting, < wine.

Sense of burning and heat, extending from the stomach up the oesophagus.

Abdomen

Pains in the hypochondria, particularly in the region of the spleen.

Flatulent symptoms, with rumbling and distention.

Cramp-like pains in the hypochondria, alternating with oppression of the chest and difficult breathing.

Anus and Stool :

Burning, itching, crawling in the anus during stool.

Stools with the stupor, at times involuntary, thin.

Constipation of hard, small, feces, with burning, soreness and itching in the anus.

Urinary Organs

Involuntary spurting of urine when walking and coughing.

Micturition painful, with discharge of blood from urethra.

Urine turbid.

Sexual Organs

Testicles swollen ; painful.

Drawing pains in the testicles, extending along the spermatic cords.

Leucorrhoea ; bloody, with burning and itching of the pudenda after menses.

Clinical

Suppressed menstruation, with soreness of the breasts and genitals, with restlessness, spinal tenderness, ovarian neuralgia.

Respiratory organs :

Dry, spasmodic cough, < before and during menses, with stitches in the chest and oppression.

Cough, with easy expectoration at night when lying down ; must sit up, with asthmatic breathing.

Back

Weariness in the nape and back in the evening when writing.

Bruised or burning pains in the spine, above the small of the back.

Numerous sharp pains in the region of the kidneys, < when quiet or on rising from a chair.

Extremities

Lancinating pains, extending transversely across above joints.

General bruised, darting pains in the morning on waking, with weakness and stiffness.

Trembling of the hands when writing, with weakness, < during menses.

Extreme restlessness of the lower extremities, particularly of the feet at night, like "the fidgets".

Burning pains below the knee.

Ulcerative pain in the heel.

Pains are < at night and walking, often extending the whole length of the limb.

Sleep

Jerking of the whole body at night in sleep.

Starts from sleep, with jerking of the legs.

Screams out suddenly from frightful dreams.

Fever

External chilliness.

Febrile shivers, with flushes of heat, trembling of the limbs, short breathing and pulsation throughout the whole body.

Heat at night, often with sweat.

Offensive perspiration, especially on the feet.

Febrile paroxysms, < from 4 to 8 P. M.