Cuprum arsenicosum

by C.M. Boger — A Synoptic Key of the Materia Medica

Historical reference for practitioners and students. The statements below reflect the named author’s homeopathic teaching and do not establish treatment effectiveness. This text is not medical advice and must not replace appropriate diagnosis or care.

REGION

DIGESTIVE TRACT.
Muscles.
Nerves.

WORSE

Touch.
Pressure.
Dampness.
Violent cramps and colics

; inflammatory; in chest, fingers, calves, toes, etc.; with obstinate hiccough or icy cold body. Convulsions. Chorea. Sharp, shooting abdominal pains. Visceral neuralgia. Intestinal catarrh. Cholera infantum. Vomiting and diarrhœa; with uræmia. Rice water stools. Weak heart. Cold, clammy, intermittent sweat. Leg cramps, > pressing foot on floor (Stry-p). Numb, paralysed feeling in legs.

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Cuprum arsenicosum across the other classic books

Cuprum arsenicosum appears in 8 of the 21 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 — A compiled symptom record drawing on proving reports and other named observations.
“Arsenite of copper; CuHAsO3 (Scheele's Green). (Some of the cases of poisoning may be due to Schweinfurt Green, a double salt of arsenite and acetate of copper). Preparation , Triturations. Authorities.”
Boericke — The quick clinical read — keynotes, modalities and the conditions it is actually prescribed in.
“Arsenite of Copper-Scheele's Green A remedy for symptoms depending on deficient kidney action, various intestinal affections, cholera morbus and infantum; entero-colitis, diarrhœa, and dysentery. Gastro-intestinal disturbances of influenza and typhoid. Uræmic convulsions , headache, vertigo and unconscious conditions…”
Clarke — The widest entry — sources, provings, clinical uses, relationships and antidotes in one place.
“Arsenite of Copper. (Scheele's Green.) Cu H As O 3 . Trituration. Cholera / Cholerine / Chorea / Diarrhœa / Enteralgia / Paralysis (left side) / Uterine neuralgia / Vomiting Cupr. ars. combines the characters of its two metallic components. Intense neuralgic pains in abdomen; awful distress in epigastric region…”
Hale — The introduction story — early pathogenetic and clinical evidence for medicines new to Hale's generation.
“(Cupric Arsenite. Scheele's Green.) Pharmacology. — This salt may be prepared by boiling three parts of pulverized white arsenic, with eight parts caustic potassa, in sixteen parts of water until the arsenic is deposited in the shape of a powder; pour this liquid into a hot solution composed of eight parts of the…”
Hering — Graded symptoms, each weighted by how often provers and practice confirmed it.
“Arsenite of Copper ; Scheele's Green. Cu H As O 3 . Provings, by Blakely (Hah. Mo., vol. 3, p. 571) assisted by Smedley, Boyce and Foster, and toxicological reports, contained in Encyclopædia, vol. 4, p. 23. The pure arsenite of copper is prepared by trituration. CLINICAL AUTHORITIES. Vomiting , South, Raue's Rec…”
Hughes & Dake — The source evidence — provings and poisonings retained with their experimental context.
“Cuprum arsenicosum. -Arsenite of copper, CuHAsO3 ; Scheele's green. I. Provings.-1 . a. Dr. GEO. S. FOSTER took gr. 1 of2x trit, March 26th, 1868. On 27th, tongue heavily coated brownish-white ; feels irritable and peevish ; constipated ; dark spots before eyes ; dizziness ; dull heavy aching in occiput ; general…”
Lippe (Red) — Keynotes with the most-trusted ones marked as red-line symptoms.
“Common name: arsenite of copper. Icy coldness of the whole body, with cramps (R.). Haggard face (Carb-V., Sec, Verat.) (R.). Vomiting and diarrhœa (Acon., Ars., Cupr., Kali-P., Nux-V., Verat.) (B.). Terrible enteralgia or abdominal neuralgia, with great restlessness (Acon., Ars., Bell., Coloc., Cupr., Dios., Mag-P…”

Cuprum arsenicosum in Kent's Repertory

Kent's Repertory lists Cuprum arsenicosum in 290 rubrics. These are the ones where it carries the highest grade — the symptoms Kent treated as most characteristic. Most of them sit in EXTREMITIES (69), HEAD (35), STOMACH (26), BACK (24), ABDOMEN (17).

ABDOMEN - PAIN - aching,dull Pain
MIND - RESTLESSNESS,nervousness
RESPIRATION - DIFFICULT
EXTREMITIES - ERUPTION - Leg - bleeding after scratching
FEMALE GENITALIA - PAIN - cramping - Uterus - pregnancy,during
EXTREMITIES - TUMORS, - Wrist
EXTREMITIES - ITCHING - Leg - bed,in
HEAD - PULSATING,beating,throbbing - Temples - right
BACK - STIFFNESS - moving
HEAD - PAIN, - sore bruised,sensitive to pressure - morning - waking,on
BACK - PAIN - sitting - long - after
EXTREMITIES - EXTENSION - fingers,difficult
ABDOMEN - PAIN - periodical
BACK - PAIN - lameness - Lumbar region
RECTUM - CHOLERA
RECTUM - CHOLERA - morbus
STOMACH - PAIN - violent
EXTREMITIES - CRAMPS - Fingers
ABDOMEN - PAIN - cramping,griping - Hypogastrium
GENERALITIES - COLLAPSE

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