Zincum Aceticum
By John Henry Clarke тАФ A Dictionary of Practical Materia Medica
Acetate of Zinc. Zn(C 2 H 3 O 2 ) 2 3 H 2 O. Solution.
Clinical
Diarrh┼Уa / Erysipelas / Gastritis / Night-watching, effects of / Toothache
Characteristics
Zn. ac. was proved by Hahnemann and others. The most Peculiar Symptoms were these: "Brain feels sore and as if sprinkled with salt." "Throat seems too tight and tongue too short." There was toothache < by touch. Shaking chill during and after vomiting. Empty, hungry sensation. Pain and paralytic condition of arms. The symptoms were < in evening. < By motion. < Walking in open air. The only clinical uses of Zn. ac. I am acquainted with I learned from Burnett. He used Rademacher's solution of Zinc in Acetic Acid, and gave 5-drop doses three times a day in water to nurses and others who were compelled to work on an insufficient amount of sleep. I have verified the great utility of this. Another use to which Burnett put it was in erysipelas of old people. In the provers it produced a pustular eruption on forehead and knee; and the latter was attended with voluptuous itching.
Causation
Night-watching.
1. Mind
Anxious, quiet, does not speak a word; asked how she feels, says, "Let me alone, I shall soon be better."
2. Head
Heaviness of head. Throbbing headache, as if it would come out at forehead. Frontal headache, as if brain sore and sprinkled with salt. Dull, sticking, painful sensation in forehead. Stitches: in forehead; needle-like in l. temple.
4. Ears
L. ear swollen internally, painful on inserting finger and on external touch.
6. Face
Face pale; look anxious.
8. Mouth
Tearing pain in teeth, esp. when touched. Blister on forepart of gum, painful as if burnt. Mouth feels burnt. Bitter taste in mouth.
9. Throat
Throat feels too tight and tongue too short.
11. Stomach
Eructations: empty; ineffectual; sour, with shaking chill; tasting of food eaten three hours before. Nausea followed by needle-like stitches in throat, then vomiting of bitter, sour mucus, whereby the sticking was <; afterwards chilliness of back. Vomit with salivation. Sensation of a small swelling in pit of stomach, painful to touch, previous to menses. Pressure; and sticking in pit of stomach, < by motion, late in evening. Empty, hungry sensation two hours after dinner.
12. Abdomen
Violent griping in abdomen, obliged to lie down.
13. Stool and Anus
Urging to stool a few times at night, followed by pasty stool. Diarrh┼Уa every hour during day. Diarrh┼Уa of black colour after dinner.
14. Urinary Organs
Urethra: contraction of; biting in. Frequent increased desire to urinate and irritation to urinate (like a burning). Much watery urine.
18. Chest
Much mucus comes from chest in afternoon, with a kind of nausea.
20. Back
Back much affected, on stooping sudden shooting in it as if all strength had left him.
22. Upper Limbs
Weakness in both arms. Pain in l. arm, heavy, wrist hurts, no position easy at night (from injection into urethra). Drawing, trembling, loss of power in r. arm. Pressing, tearing, and stitches in muscles of r. arm during rest and motion. Pressing pain in ball of r. hand.
23. Lower Limbs
Pressive sticking in muscles of l. thigh while walking in open air. Tensive pain in upper r. calf while walking in open air.
24. Generalities
She wishes to walk, contrary to habit. Frequent alternation between sitting and walking about. Feels bad in afternoon. (Effects of insufficient sleep.)
25. Skin
Papular eruption filled with pus on forehead and neck; when opened it discharged pus and blood (from external application to urethra). Red, papular eruption about both knees, which caused a tickling and voluptuous itching. (Erysipelas of old people.)
26. Sleep
Sleepy during day, frequent yawning.
27. Fever
Shaking chill; during and after vomiting. Several times a day feels hot, as though throat had been burnt with alcohol. Burning heat in face, evening, and heat over whole face and redness of cheeks without sweat. Night-sweat.