Cuprum aceticum
Copper(II) acetate · Human-made/chemical
Cuprum aceticum is suited to the carbo-nitrogenous constitution with periodic, spasmodic complaints: cramps, chorea, epilepsy, and angina pectoris. Attacks come on suddenly and periodically, often corresponding to repelled eruptions. The remedy is characterized by violent spasms, paralytic symptoms, and marked mental anguish.
Key symptoms
- Aura of epilepsy beginning in knees ascending to hypogastrium before loss of consciousness
- Head reels and patient loses senses when entering a high-ceilinged room
- Facial neuralgia in cheek-bone, upper jaw, and behind right ear
- Spasmodic constriction of chest impeding respiration
- Violent dry cough with palpitation lasting several minutes after each fit
- Periodic, painful spasmodic contraction of fingers and toes
- Hay-fever with paroxysmal cough, tough tenacious mucus, fear of suffocation
- Chronic psoriasis and leprous-like eruption in spots without itching
Worse (aggravation)
- Worse from heat
- Worse from motion
- Worse from mental emotions
- Worse from touch
Better (amelioration)
- Better by chewing
- Better by pressure
- Better by warmth externally
- Better lying on affected side
Acetate of Copper
Hay-fever, with burning excoriation, paroxysmal cough; tough, tenacious mucus, and fear of suffocation. Protracted labor. Chronic psoriasis and lepra.
Head
Violent throbbing and lancinating pains in forehead. Left-sided brow ague. Brain seems void. Inclined to gape and cry. Loses consciousness; head reels when in high-ceiled room. Constant protrusion and retraction of tongue (Laches). Neuralgia with heaviness of head, burning, stinging and stitching in temples and forehead.
Face
Collapsed, hippocratic. Facial neuralgia in cheek-bone, upper jaw, and behind right ear. Better by chewing, pressure, and external warmth.
Stomach
Violent spasmodic pains in stomach and abdomen. Vomiting. Slimy brown diarrhœa. Violent tenesmus. Cholera.
Respiratory
Attacks of angina pectoris coming on when excited. Violent spasmodic cough. Short, difficult respiration. Spasmodic constriction of chest. Dyspnœa.
Skin
Leprous-like eruption, without itching, over whole body, in spots of various sizes.
Modalities
Worse, mental emotions, touch. Better, chewing, pressure, night, lying on affected side, and warmth.
Relationship
Acts similarly to Cuprum met but is more violent in action.
Dose
Third to sixth trituration.
Acetate of Copper. Verdigris. Cu 2(C2 H3 O2) H2O. Solutions.
Clinical
Angina pectoris. Apoplexy. Brain, affections of. Brow ague. Cerebro-spinal meningitis. Cholera Asiatica. Chorea. Croup. Diarrhœa. Eruptions. Erysipelas. Hallucinations. Hydrocephalus. Mania. Measles. Paralyses. Scarlatina. Small-pox. Strabismus. Tapeworm. Uræmia. Whooping-cough.
Characteristics
Cupr. acet. produces the leading features of Cupr. met.─cramps, griping pains, spasms, paralytic affections, and convulsions. Attacks come on suddenly and periodically. It corresponds to the results of repelled eruptions. Dr. Burnett has cured with it a case of left-sided brow ague of many years' standing. He used Rhademacher's Tincture of Copper. The pain was described as boring, screwing and was spoken of by the patient as "awful." Dr. Burnett is unable to say whether the cure was strictly homœopathic or "whether the Cuprum acted on the basis of the Paracelsic Universalia of which it is one." A man, 50, was cured with Cupr. ac. 5 …
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