Argentum Nitric Um
Ears
William Boericke 1922
Aching in frontal eminence, with enlarged fceT mg in corresponding eye. Boring pain ; better on tight bandaging and pressure. Itching of scalp. Hemicrania; l)ones of head feel as if separated. Diseases from linusiial or long-continued mental exertion.
Eyes
William Boericke 1922
Inner canthi szvollcn and red. Spots before the vision. Blurred vision. Photophobia in warm room. Purulent ophthalmia. Great swelling of conjunctiva; discharge abundant and purulent. Chronic ulceration of margin of lids; sore, thick, swollen. Unable to keep eyes fixed steadily. Eye-strain from sewing; worse in warm room. [Nat. mur.] Paretic condition of ciliary muscle. Acute granular conjunctivitis. Cornea opaque. Ulcer in cornea.
Face
William Boericke 1922
Sunken, old, pale, and bluish. Old man’s look; tight drawing of skin over bones.
Guiding symptoms
William Boericke 1922
Pains increase and decrease gradually. Flatulent state and permaturely aged look. Explosive belching, especially in neurotics. Upper abdominal affcctions't)rought on by undue mental exertion.
Head
William Boericke 1922
Headacfie with coldness and trembling. Emotional disturbances cause appearance of hemicranial attacks. Sense of expansion. Brain-fag, with general debility and trembling. Headache from mental exertion, from dancing. Vertigo, with buzzing in
Mind
William Boericke 1922
Thinks his understanding will and must fail. Fearful and nervous; impulse to jump out of window. Faintish and tremulous. Melancholic ; apprehensive of serious disease. Time passes slowly. [Cann. ind.] Memory weak. Errors of perception. Impulsive ; wants to do things in a hurry. [Lilium'] Peculiar mental im-' pulses.
Nose
William Boericke 1922
Loss of smell. Itching. Ulcers in septum. Coryza, with chilliness, lachrymation, and headache. .
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.