Plutonium nitricum

Plutonium(III) nitrate / plutonium nitrate (PubChem CID 13743217, formula N₃O₉Pu / Pu(NO₃)₃; the +4 salt plutonium(IV) nitrate is Pu(NO₃)₄) · Plutonium nit., Plutonium, Plut-n. (homeopathic abbreviation)

Modern MM

A modern actinide / radioactive-element remedy. Sphere of action centres on identity and the disintegration of the persona, a polarity between mystical lightness and crushing heaviness/isolation, a deep bone (and marrow / DNA-symbolic) affinity, and themes of suffering for the ancestral past and primal survival instinct. Mental, dream and general indications derive from a formal proving; organ affinity is independently corroborated at the substance level by plutonium's documented deposition in bone, marrow, liver and lung.

Key symptoms

Destruction / disintegration of the persona and of emotional identity. Marked polarity: lightness, elation and spaciness alternating with being weighed down, heavy, despairing and utterly isolated. Deep feelings of suffering for the past — dissolving "the sins of the fathers," the fall from grace, the loss of paradise. Dreams of warriors fighting, Neanderthal/aboriginal existence and primal survival instincts, with cravings for red meat, liver and blood. Deep bone pains in many parts of the body. Spiral/double-helix imagery in dreams (dancers' hands crossing and re-crossing in spirals); sensations of stretching/elongation ("being very tall"); powerful sexual urges. Symbolic affinity for bone, marrow, DNA and the effects of ionising radiation.

Worse (aggravation)

Modalities are not systematised in the available proving review/publisher summaries. Documented states are largely qualitative and alternating rather than tied to clear aggravating factors; conventional modalities should not be assumed. (Proving: Sherr / Dynamis School, 1994.)

Better (amelioration)

Not reliably established in the accessible proving material; no clear ameliorating modalities are documented in the sources consulted.

Manohar V Nagaiah

Materia Medica of Modern Homeopathic Medicine · 2026

Plutonium nit., Plutonium, Plut-n. (homeopathic abbreviation)

Source & Nature

Plutonium nitricum is the homeopathic potentisation of plutonium nitrate, a salt of plutonium (Pu, atomic number 94) — a synthetic, intensely radioactive transuranic actinide first produced in 1940–41. Plutonium-239 is the fissile isotope of nuclear weapons and reactor fuel, and plutonium nitrate solutions are the working form of the element in fuel-reprocessing chemistry. Plutonium(III) nitrate carries the formula N₃O₉Pu / Pu(NO₃)₃ (PubChem CID 13743217); plutonium(IV) nitrate, Pu(NO₃)₄, forms dark-green crystalline hydrates (Wikipedia).

Preparation

The remedy was introduced through the proving carried out by a group of Jeremy Sherr's students at the Dynamis School for Advanced Homoeopathic Studies in 1994 (published by Dynamis Books in 1999, with a repertory of the toxicology of ionising radiation). It is supplied by specialist homeopathic pharmacies in centesimal and LM potencies; 30c is the potency most commonly cited in clinical use. The publisher and review sources consulted do not state the specific potency used in the proving itself.

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