Arsenicum metallicum
Arsenic · Arsenic, arsenic trioxide, arsenic oxide, arsenious acid. · Mineral
Those most suited to Arsen. alb. are affectionate, sensitive, and stable in good health, but may be prone to restlessness, stress, and anxiety about their health, with a deep need for reassurance. Illness brings rapid physical and mental exhaustion and chaos, which heightens their fears and vulnerability, and can cause severe anxiety or pessimism. Perfectionists by nature, they are intolerant of disorder, and when under stress or ill may develop phobias or obsessions—for example, about cleanliness. They like alcohol, warm drinks, and warm, sour, sweet, and fatty foods.
Arsen. alb. is a key remedy for asthma and breathlessness. It is also prescribed for violent digestive upsets with diarrhea and vomiting, headaches, burning eye inflammation, and itchy, weepy skin complaints.
Key symptoms
- anxiety about health
- restlessness and exhaustion
- chilliness
- thirst for small sips of water
- burning pains that are better for warmth
Worse (aggravation)
- Stooping
- Lying down
- Every two to three weeks (periodicity)
- Symptoms recur every 14 days; coryza every 21 days
Metallic Arsenic
Arouses latent syphilis. Periodicity very marked; symptoms recur every two and three weeks. Weakness. Swollen feeling of parts.
Head
Low spirited, memory weak. Desire to be alone. Annoyed by visions, causing her to cry. Head feels too large. Left-sided headache up to eyes and into ears. Headache worse stooping and lying down. Œdematous swelling of forehead.
Face
Red, itching, burning and bloated. Eyes swelled and watery, burn with coryza. Eyes weak, day and gas light unpleasant.
Mouth
The tongue coated white, and shows imprint of the teeth. Mouth sore and ulcerated.
Abdomen
Sore pain in liver goes through to shoulders and spine. Pain in spleen down to groin. Pain in breast extends to hip and spleen. Diarrhœa, burning watery stools with relief of pain.
Dose
Sixth potency.
Metallic Arsenic. As (A. W. 74.9). Trituration.
Clinical
Constipation. Coryza. Diarrhœa. Eyes, affections of. Hæmorrhoids. Headache. Itching. Sciatica. Syphilis.
Characteristics
The symptoms of metallic arsenic are very like those of Ars. alb., but not entirely. The following may be regarded as the most peculiar: Symptoms recur every 14 days; coryza every 21 days. Pains extend from one part to another; or leave one part and appear in another. Attacks come suddenly and go slowly, or vice versâ. Enlarged or swollen feeling of brain, head, eyelids, hands, and fingers. Cutting, burning, stinging pains. Itching in many parts, skin peels off in small scales. Hot bathing < pain in hip. > Lying on l. side (heart). Washing > itching of anus. Cold bathing > itching of face. < On waking in morning. Thinking of symptoms < Many symptoms appear on r. side. Ars. met. lights up syphilis after being many years dormant.
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