Arsenicum metallicum

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 alone-the patient is annoyed by visions, which cause her to cry.

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.

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

The face is red, itching, burning and bloated (Apis, Bell., Stram.).

Eyes swelled and watery (with coryza).

Eyes burn with coryza.

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

Mouth sore and ulcerated (Aur., Kali-B., Lach., Lyc., Merc., Nit-Ac., Sil.) (Br.).

Tongue coated white and showing imprints of teeth (Chel., Merc., Podo., Rhus-T., Sep., Stram.) (Br.).

Diarrhœa: burning, watery stools, with relief of pain (Camb.) (Br.).

AGGRAVATION: From stooping; when lying down; and from light.

AMELIORATION: In darkness; by pinching; and from sitting erect.

RELATIONSHIP. Similar to: Anac., Ign., Gels., Phos., and Sulph.