Palladium metallicum

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Historical reference for practitioners and students.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

Uterus.
Right ovary.
Mind.

WORSE

Emotions:Lively. Chagrin.
Social functions.
Standing.

BETTER

Touch.
Pressure.
Diversion.
Rubbing.
Fleeting

pains. .................... Love praise. Easily offended. Headache from ear to ear, across vertex. Glairy mucus from throat, or leucorrhœa. Shooting from navel into breasts or pelvis. Hollowness in flanks. Bearing down, > rubbing. Cutting in uterus and bladder, > stool. Menses flow when nursing. Glairy leucorrhœa, before and after menses. Leaden heaviness in pelvis.

Related: Asaf. Plat.

Palladium metallicum across the other classic books

Palladium metallicum appears in 9 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.
“Note By Dr. Lippe . -"What you find in my text-book on Palladium are only the characteristic symptoms taken from provings made and collected by Dr. Hering. I could make no additions. Confirmed are the mental symptoms as compared with those of Platina; also the ovarian symptoms." The editor, therefore, will not publish…”
Boericke — The quick clinical read — keynotes, modalities and the conditions it is actually prescribed in.
“The Metal (PALLADIUM) An ovarian remedy; produces the symptom-complex of chronic Oophoritis. Useful where the parenchyma of the gland is not totally destroyed. Acts also on mind and skin. Motor weakness, averse to exercise. Weeping mood. Love of approbation . Pride; easily offended . Inclined to use violent language…”
Boger (GA) — Which general headings this remedy belongs under — the analytical scaffolding.
“ALBUMINOUS, glairy discharges (Comp. Gelatinous) RUBBING, Amel. SLEEP, Amel. Loss of, Agg., etc.”
Clarke — The widest entry — sources, provings, clinical uses, relationships and antidotes in one place.
“The Metal. Pd. (A. W. 106.5). Trituration. Constipation / Egotism / Eyelids, margins, blisters on / Headache / Hysteria / Leucorrhœa / Ovaries, affections of / Sciatica / Sexual power, diminished / Uterus, affections of / prolapse of / Warts Palladium, one of the rare metals, was first separated from native Platinum…”
Farrington — The differential diagnosis — remedy families narrowed through direct clinical comparison.
“Palladium is of use principally for its action on the female genital organs. Its characteristic mental symptoms seem to find origin in the sexual symptoms, and form, with the latter, a useful and precise group for practical use. The patient is inclined to weep. She suffers from mental excitement, particularly in…”
Hering — Graded symptoms, each weighted by how often provers and practice confirmed it.
“Palladium. Pd. A metal accompanying Platina and Aurum. Proposed as a remedy as early as 1833. See Stapf' Archives. "This metal belongs with Mercury, Silver, Gold, Platina, and others occurring in small quantities, like Iridium, Rhodium, Ruthenium, and the very remarkable Osmium, to the so-called precious metals ; that…”
Hughes & Dake — The source evidence — provings and poisonings retained with their experimental context.
“PALLADIUM. The pure precipitated metal. I. Pr hy thin s((h>I with protni&iun of anu. Strong inrlinalion to Uic forcible language and violent cxprev-ion. 6th. — Several of alMvr »jiiiptoin« wrrr repeated. 7lh. — La^r n. again severe pain deep in I. hand, burning and Doting, as if part were shattered ; it wotce him…”
Lippe (MM) — The strict Hahnemannian reading — the symptom picture without clinical interpretation.
“Greatly inclined to use strong language and violent expressions. Fond of the good opinion of others; also too much weight is laid on their judgement: therefore very excited in society, and her complaints worse on the next day. Mental agitation, especially society, or musical entertainments, or excited conversation, or…”

Palladium metallicum in Kent's Repertory

Kent's Repertory lists Palladium metallicum in 499 rubrics. These are the ones where it carries the highest grade — the symptoms Kent treated as most characteristic. Most of them sit in EXTREMITIES (115), FEMALE GENITALIA (60), MIND (53), ABDOMEN (44), HEAD (38).

FEMALE GENITALIA - PAIN - Ovaries - animated conversation
FEMALE GENITALIA - PAIN - Ovaries - society,from
MIND - DELUSIONS, - neglected - that he is
MIND - MORTIFICATION,ailments after
FEMALE GENITALIA - PROLAPSUS - uterus
MIND - WEEPING,tearful mood,etc.
ABDOMEN - HEAVINESS,as from a load,etc. - lying on left side amel.
ABDOMEN - PAIN - pressing - lying - on left side amel.
FEMALE GENITALIA - PAIN - Ovaries - company amel.
FEMALE GENITALIA - PAIN - Ovaries - lying - on left side amel.
FEMALE GENITALIA - PAIN - drawing - Ovaries - rubbing amel.
MIND - FLATTERY,desires
MIND - LONGING - good opinion of others,for
ABDOMEN - PAIN - dragging,bearing down - urinate,with urging to
ABDOMEN - PAIN - pressing - exertion,on
EXTREMITIES - PAIN - Toes - extending into hip
EXTREMITIES - PAIN - shooting - Toes - extending to hips
FEMALE GENITALIA - PAIN - Ovaries - flexing thigh amel.
FEMALE GENITALIA - PAIN - Ovaries - menses - after
FEMALE GENITALIA - PAIN - aching - Ovaries - right

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