Arsenic Metallicum

by Adolph von Lippe — Keynotes Of The Homoeopathic Materia Medica

Low-spiritedness and weakness of memory.

Desire to be alone

Sensation of fullness in the head, as if the head were too large.

Left-sided headache up to the eyes and into the ear.

Headache aggravated when stooping and when lying down.

Oedematious swelling of forehead and face with itching, which can only be allayed by pinching.

The face is red, itching, burning and bloated.

Eyes swelled and watery (with coryza).

Eyes burn with coryza.

The eyes are weak - day and gas-light are very unpleasant.

Arsenic Metallicum across the other classic books

Arsenic Metallicum appears in 6 of the 13 classic books on Similia. Each was written to do a different job — here is what each adds on this remedy, with the opening of its entry.

Allen TF — The raw proving record — symptoms as the provers reported them, unedited.
“Preparation , The pure metal, triturated. Authority. Lippe (N. Am. J. of Hom., 1, 301). Published provings of Dr. Stevenson, in Thesis, 1851. Depression of spirits. Despondency. Indifference. A sensation as of vertigo (second day), (1st potency). Sensation as if the fumes of whisky had gone to the head (first day)…”
Boericke — The quick clinical read — keynotes, modalities and the conditions it is actually prescribed in.
“Metallic Arsenic Arouses latent syphilis. Periodicity very marked; symptoms recur every two and three weeks. Weakness. Swollen feeling of parts. Low spirited, memory weak. Desire to be alone . Annoyed by visions, causing her to cry. Head feels too large. Left-sided headache up to eyes and into ears. Headache worse…”
Clarke — The widest entry — sources, provings, clinical uses, relationships and antidotes in one place.
“Metallic Arsenic. As (A. W. 74.9). Trituration. Constipation / Coryza / Diarrhœa / Eyes, affections of / Hæmorrhoids / Headache / Itching / Sciatica / Syphilis The symptoms of metallic arsenic are very like those of Ars. alb., but not entirely. The following may be regarded as the most peculiar: Symptoms recur every…”
Hering — Graded symptoms, each weighted by how often provers and practice confirmed it.
“Metallic Arsenic. As. The pure metal was prepared by Dr. Buchheim, now Professor in Giessen, in 1845, in the laboratory of Professor Lehmann. It retained all its metallic lustre when it was triturated, in 1847, in a new, well cleaned, dry mortar, during dry weather. The same triturations came into the hands of…”
Lippe (Red) — Keynotes with the most-trusted ones marked as red-line symptoms.
“Common name: the metal arsenic. Arouses latent syphilis (Syph.). (Br.). Periodicity very marked (Alum., Arg-M., Ars., Cedr., Chin., Chin-A., Chin-S., Ipec., Nat-M., Nit-Ac., Sep., Sil., Sulph.) (Br.). Symptoms recur every two or three weeks (Br.). Low-spiritedness and weakness of memory (Kali-P.). Desire to be let…”

Arsenic Metallicum in Kent's Repertory

Kent's Repertory lists Arsenic Metallicum in 135 rubrics. These are the ones where it carries the highest grade — the symptoms Kent treated as most characteristic. Most of them sit in EXTREMITIES (36), NOSE (19), MOUTH (12), FACE (11), BACK (10).

RESPIRATION - ACCELERATED - morning
GENERALITIES - WEAKNESS,enervation - stool - after
NOSE - SWELLING of
FACE - PAIN - burning - cold water amel.
MALE GENITALIA - ULCERS - Penis - chancres - burning
CHEST - PAIN - Heart - lying - on the back - left side agg. - could lie only on left
FEMALE GENITALIA - PAIN - Vagina - menses - during
EYE - PTERYGIUM
EXTREMITIES - LAMENESS - Thigh
NOSE - DISCHARGE, - burning
FACE - SWELLING - oedematous
NOSE - DISCHARGE, - yellow
EXTREMITIES - HEAVINESS, - Upper Limbs
FACE - PAIN - aching,prosopalgia,etc.
MOUTH - DISCOLORATION - Tongue - white
MOUTH - DRYNESS
GENERALITIES - WEAKNESS,enervation
ABDOMEN - ITCHING - Inguinal region - extending to knee
BACK - FORMICATION - morning
CHEST - PAIN - cutting (sudden sharp pain) - Heart - afternoon - 4 p.m.

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