Zincum cyanatum
Zinc cyanide · Mineral
Clarke
Key symptoms
- Produces nervous and mental symptoms of Zinc with great intensity
- Convulsions and paralytic conditions
- Great excitement and bad temper
- Great sensitiveness
- Congestion to head
- Face suddenly changes colour
- Great physical agitation
- General trembling from time to time
- Constipation
John Henry Clarke
A Dictionary of Practical Materia Medica · 1900
Cyanide of Zinc. Zincic Cyanide. Zn(CN)2. Trituration. (Low attenuations should be freshly made.)
Clinical
Chorea. Convulsions. Epilepsy. Hysteria. Meningitis. Paralysis agitans. Petit mal.
Characteristics
Zn. cy. produces the nervous and mental symptoms of Zn. with great intensity, and it has been chosen in consequence as the salt for use in convulsions and paralytic conditions in which Zn. is indicated. The few symptoms of Kopp's proving show its suitability.
1. Mind
Great excitement.─Bad temper.─Great sensitiveness.
2. Head
Congestion to head.
6. Face
Face suddenly changes colour.
13. Stool and Anus
Constipation.
24. Generalities
Great physical agitation.─General trembling from time to time.
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