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

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