Argentum Nitricum
Nitrate of Silver
Abdomen
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very offensive. Diarrhoea immediately after eating or drinking. Fluids go right thfough him; after sweets. After any emotion with flatulence, *' Itching of anus. Urine. — Urine passes unconsciously, day and night. Urethra inflamed, with pain, burning, itching; pain as from a splinter. Urine scanty and dark. Emission of a few drops after having finished. Divided stream. Early stage of gonorrhoea; profuse discharge and terrible cutting pains; bloody urine.
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Colic, with flatulent distention Stitchy ulcerative pain on left side of stomach, below short ribs. StooL — Watery, noisy, flatulent; green, like chopped spinach, with shreddy mucus and enormous distention of
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.) Symptoms like those of Poison-Oak and proved in fluid extract an excellent remedy for this. Argent, phosph. (An excellent diuretic in dropsy.) Argent, oxyd. (Chlorosis with menorrhagia and diarrhoea.)
Back
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Much pain. Spine sensitive with nocturnal pains, [Oxal. acid.] paraplegia; posterior spinal sclerosis.
Chest
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Many people in a room seem to take away his breath.
Compare
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Ars.' Merc.; Phos.; Pulsat.; Argent, cyanatufn (angina pectoris, asthma, spasm of (esophagus) ; Argent, iodat. (throat disorders, hoarseness, gland af- ARGENTUM NITRICUM — ARNICA 87 fected). Frotargol (gonorrhoea after acute stage 2 per cent, solution; syphilitic mucous patches, chancres and chancroids, 10 per cent, solution applied twice a day; ophthalmia neonatorum, 2 drops of 10 per cent, solution). Aristolochia Serpcntaria. (Symptoms of intestinal tract; colliquative diarrhoea, meteorism. Flatulent dyspepsia. Brain congestion. Distention and cutting pains in
Dose
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Third to thirtieth potency. Solution in water preferable to lower triturations; unless fresh, these readily decompose into the oxide.
Extremities
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Cannot walk with eyes closed. Trembling, with general debility. Paralysis, with mental and abdominal symptoms. Rigidity of calves. Debility in calves especially. Walks and stands unsteadily, especially when unobserved.
Female
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Gastialgia at beginning of menses. Intense spasm of chest muscles. Orgasms at night. Nervous erethism at change of life. Leucorrhoea profuse, with erosion of cervix; bleeding easily. Uterine haemorrhage, two weeks after menses.
Fever
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Chills with nausea. Chilly when uncovered, yet feels smothered if wrapped .up.
Male
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Impotence. Erection fails when coition is attempted. Cancer-like ulcers. Desire wanting. Genitals shrivel. Coition painful. 86
Modalities
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fForse, warmth in any form ; at night ; from cold food; sweets; after eating; at menstrual period; from emotions, left side. Better^ from eructation; fresh air; cold; ptessure.
Mouth
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Gums tender and bleed easily. Tongue has prominent papillae; tip is red and painful. Pain in sound
Relationships
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Antidote : Nat. mtir.
Respiratory
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High notes cause cough. Chronic hoar.seness. Suffocative cough, as if from a hair in
Skin
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Brown, tense, and hard. Drawing in skin, as from a spider-web, or dried albuminous substance, withered and dried up.
Sleep
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Sleepless, from fancies before his imagination; horrible dreams of snakes, and of sexual gratification. Drowsy stupor.
Stomach
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Belching accompanies most gastric ailments. Nausea, retching, vomiting of glairy mucus. Flatulence; painful swelling of pit. Gnawing ulcerating pain ; burning and constriction. Ineffectual effort at eructation. Great craving for szvccts. Gastritis of drunkards. Ulcerative pain in left side under ribs. Trembling and throbbing in
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Enormous distention. Ulceration of stomach, with radiating pain. Desire for cheese.
Teeth
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Taste coppery, like ink.
Text
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In this drug the neurotic effects are very marked, many brain and spinal symptoms presenting themselves which give certain indications for its homoeopathic employment. Symptoms of inco-ordination, loss of control and want of balance everywhere, mentally and physically; trembling in affected parts. It produces violent inflammation of the throat, and a marked gastro-enteritis. Very characteristic is the great desire for sweets, the splinter-like pains, and free muco-purulent discharge in the inflamed and ulcerated mucous membranes. Sensation as if a part were expanding and other errors of perception are characteristic. Withered up and dried constitutions present a favorable field for its action. 84
Throat
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Much thick mucus in throat and mouth causes hawking. Raw, rough and sore. Sensation of a splinter in throat on swallowing. Dark redness of
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Catarrh of smokers, with tickling as of hair in
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Dyspnoea. Chest feels as if a bar were around it. Palpitation, pulse irregular and intermittent; worse lying on right side. [Alumen.] Painful spots in
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Strangulated feeling.
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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