Argentum Metallicum
Silver · Abbrev.: Silver
Abdomen
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worse by jarring.
Back
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Severe backache ; must walk bent, with oppression of
Chest
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Urine. — Diuresis. Urine profuse, turbid, sweet odor. Frequent urination. Polyuria. ARGENTUM METALIJCUM — ARGENTUM NITRICUM R3
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worse left side. Alteration in timbre of voice
Compare
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Selen.; Alum,; Platina; Stannum; Antpelopsis. (Chronic hoarseness in scrofulous patients.)
Dose
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Third to sixth trituration.
Extremities
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Rheumatic affections of joints, especially elbow and knee. Legs weak and trembling. Involuntary contractions of fingers, partial paralysis of forearm; writer’s cramp. Swelling of ankles.
Female
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0\aries feel too large. Bearing-down pain. Prolapse of womb. Eroded spongy cervix. Leucorrhoea, foul, excoriating. Palliative in scirrhus of uterus. Pain in left ovary. Climacteric haemorrhage. Sore feeling throughout
Guiding symptoms
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The chief action is centered qn the articulations and their component elements, bones, cartila#?es, and ligaments. The larynx is also a special center for this drug. Mental. — Hurried feeling; time passes slowly; melancholy.
Head
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Dull paroxysmal neuralgia over left side, gradually increasing and ceasing suddenly. Scalp very tender to touch. Vertigo, with intoxicated feeling, on looking at running water. Head feels empty, hollow. Eyelids red and thick. Exhausting coryza, with sneezing. Pain in facial bones.
Male
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Crushed pain in testicles. Seminal emissions, without sexual excitement.
Modalities
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IVorse from touch, toward noon. Better in open air; cough at night when lying down (opposite Hyoscy.).
Relationships
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Antidotes: Mercur.; Puls.
Respiratory
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Hoarseness Aphonia. Total loss of voice of professional singers. Larynx feels sore and raw. Rasy expectoration, looking like boiled starch. Feeling of ^aw spot near supra sternal fossa. Worse from use of voice. Cough from laughing. Hectic fever at noon. On reading aloud, must hem and hawk. Great weakness of
Throat
William Boericke 1922
Raw, hawking, gray, jelly-like mucus, and throat s<)re' on coughing. Profuse and easy morning expectoration.
References
This monograph is an original summary faithful to the classical tradition. It condenses material from these public-domain sources:
- James Tyler Kent, Lectures on Homoeopathic Materia Medica (1905)Primary remedy pictures; characteristic mental and general symptoms. · Public domain (USA, pre-1930 publication)
- William Boericke, Pocket Manual of Homeopathic Materia Medica and Repertory (1927)Reproduced here in full — the complete classical repertory-style monographs. · Public domain (USA, pre-1930 publication)
- Constantine Hering, The Guiding Symptoms of Our Materia Medica (1879–1891)Confirmed symptom aggregates behind the section organization. · Public domain
- Timothy Field Allen, Encyclopedia of Pure Materia Medica (1874–1879)Provings background referenced by the verification tradition. · Public domain
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Reminder: this information is published for qualified practitioners. Patients must not self-medicate — homeopathic prescribing depends on the complete individual symptom picture, which only a doctor can evaluate. Please visit a homeopathy doctor.