Cuprum Metallicum
Copper · Abbrev.: Copper
Abdomen
William Boericke 1922
Tense, hot and tender to touch; contracted, Neuralgia of abdominal viscera. Colic y violent and itttermittent. Intussusception.
Eyes
William Boericke 1922
Fixed, stary, sunken, glistening, turned upward. Crossed. Quick rolling of eyeballs, with closed
Face
William Boericke 1922
Distorted, pale bluish, with blue lips. Contraction of jaws, with foam at
Guiding symptoms
William Boericke 1922
includes tonic and clonic spasms, convulsions, and epileptic attacks. Chorea brought on by fright. Nausea greater than in any other remedy. In epilepsy, aura begins at knees, ascends to hypogastrium ; then unconsciousness, foaming, and falling. Symptoms disposed to appear periodically and in groups. Complaints begin in left side. [Laches,] Where eruptions strike in, as in scarlet fever, complaints may result, such as excessive vomiting, stupor, convulsions, which come within the sphere of this remedy. The pains are increased by movement and touch.
Head
William Boericke 1922
Fixed ideas, malicious and morose. Uses words not intended. Fearful. Enjpty feeling. Purple, red swelling of head, with convulsions. Bruised pain in brain and eyes on turning them. Meningitis. Sensation as if water were poured over
Mouth
William Boericke 1922
Strong metallic, slimy taste, with flow of saliva. Constant protrusion and retraction of the tongue, like a snake. [Lack.] Paralysis of
Nose
William Boericke 1922
Sensation of violent congestion of blood to
William Boericke 1922
[Melilot.]
Stomach
William Boericke 1922
Hiccough preceding the spasms. Nausea. Vomiting, relieved by drinking cold water; with colic, diarrhoea, spasms. Strong metallic taste. [Rhus,] When drinking, the fluid descends with gurgling sound, [Laur.] Craves cool drink.
Text
William Boericke 1922
Spasmodic affections, cramps, convulsions, beginning in fingers and toes, violent, contractive, and intermitting pain, are some of the more marked expressions of the action of Cuprum; and its curative range therefore 288
Tongue
William Boericke 1922
Stammering speech.
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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