Zincum arsenicosum

Zinc arsenite · Mineral

Phatak

Key symptoms

  • Involves the lumbar region and lower limbs
  • Chorea
  • Profound exhaustion from slight exertion
  • Occipital pain
  • Blue vision
  • Burning in bladder
  • Numbness of right arm then left, ameliorated by writing
  • Lumbar pain aggravated by exertion, sitting, jarring, or standing
  • Soles ache when tired, ameliorated by pressure

Worse (aggravation)

  • 10 A.M. and 3 P.M.
  • Slight exertion
  • Sitting
  • Jarring
  • Standing

Better (amelioration)

  • Writing (numbness of arm)
  • Pressure (soles)
S. R. Phatak
Materia Medica of Homoeopathic Medicines

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