Selenium metallicum

Common name: selenium.

Great aversion to air draughts, and from the same easily catching cold (also tearing in the limbs).

Pruritus of the hands, with violent itching in the palms (Anac., Caust., Sulph.).

Great emaciation, especially of hands, face and thighs (Abrot., Sars., Sil.).

WEAKNESS FOLLOWING PROLONGED FEVER (K.).

Easy fatigue from any exertion or labour (Ars., Calc., Kali-P.) (D.).

Easily debilitated by the heat of the sun (Lach., Nat-C., Nat-M.) (B.).

Nervous exhaustion caused by seminal loss (Con., Gels., Kali-P., Lyc., Phos-Ac., Sulph., Zinc.) (D.).

Paralytic weakness of the spine (Cocc., Gels., Kali-P., Pic-Ac., Sep.). (D.).

Giddiness with nausea and vomiting and faintness, worse when moving (Bry.).

Hungry at night (Cina, Phos., Psor.) (A.).

After sleep, especially on warm days when he is most inclined to it, an aggravation of the symptoms.

A little mental or physical exertion makes him sleepy (B.).

Irresistible desire for stimulants; wants to get drunk, but feels worse after it (N.).

PULSATION IN THE ABDOMEN AFTER EATING (Cahin.) (K.).

Irresistible longing for spirituous liquors (Ars., Asar., Caps., Crot-H., Lach., Nux-V., Sulph.) (N.).

DESIRE FOR ALCOHOLIC DRINKS, BEFORE MENSES (K.).

Bad effects from drinking too much tea (Puls.); all complaints are aggravated by it (N.).

Coryza ending in diarrhœa (Sang.) (B.).

CONSTIPATION (Anac., Bry., Calc., Graph., Hydr., Ign., Kali-M., Lyc., Mag-M., Nat-M., Op., Phos., Sep., Sulph., Thuj., Verat.).

VERY LARGE STOOL (Bry., Nat-M., Sulph.) (B.).

Constipation after serious illness, especially enteric fever (A.).

Stool is of such immense size that it cannot be discharged without mechanical aid (Sanic.); it must be picked away with the fingers (N.).

Involuntary dribbling of urine while walking, or after urinating or stool (Urine dribbles while sitting- Sars.) (N.).

Hard stools, with blood at end (Nat-M.) (C.).

Sediment in the urine of red sand (Arn., Ars., Arund., Berb., Caust., Dig., Lob., Lyc., Merc-C., Ocim., Pareir., Phos., Plan., Senec., Sep., Tarant).

Nocturnal pollutions (Calc., Dios., Gels., Kali-P., Lyc., Nux-V., Phos-Ac.) (G.).

Spermatorrhœa (Agn., Calc., Gels., Graph., Kali-P., Lyc., Merc., Nat-M., Phos., Phos-Ac., Sep., Sulph.) (G.).

IMPOTENCE WITH VOLUPTUOUSNESS (Ign., Lyc., Phos., Sulph.).

Secondary gonorrhœa (Agn., Calc., Dig., Graph., Hep., Kali-S., Lyc., Merc., Nat-S., Puls., Sep., Thuj.).

ESCAPE OF SEMINAL FLUIDS, PARTICULARLY WHEN STRAINING AT STOOL (Anac., Carb-V., Caust., Con., Gels., Nat-M., Petr., Phos-Ac., Sep., Sil., Sulph.) (G.).

The system is so relaxed that the semen dribbles away (Gels.) (D.).

Watery semen (Nat-M., Sulph.) (B.).

ERECTIONS ARE SLOW AND WEAK, EMISSIONS OF SEMEN TOO RAPID IN COITION AND HE IS CROSS AND WEAK AFTERWARDS (N.).

SEXUAL DESIRE STRONG, BUT HE IS PHYSICALLY IMPOTENT (Con., Phos.) (N.).

Has seminal emission two or three times a weak (Nux-V., Phos., Phos-Ac., Sulph.), and gets up with weak, lame back after them ((N.).

Prostatic fluid oozes while sitting, during sleep, when walking, or at stool (N.).

Headache: Of drunkards; after debauchery; after lemonade or wine; every afternoon (A.).

Hair falls off from the head, eye-brows, whiskers, or genitals (A.).

After typhoid great weakness of the spine; fears paralysis (Kali-P.) (A.).

Weak, easily exhausted; from either mental or physical labour; after typhoid, typhus, or debauchery (A.).

IRRESISTIBLE DESIRE TO LIE DOWN AND SLEEP; STRENGTH SUDDENLY LEAVES HIM; ESPECIALLY IN HOT WEATHER (A.).

Vertigo, as if intoxicated (Agar., Gels., Nux-V., Stram.) (C.).

Extreme sadness (Aur., Ign., Nat-M., Puls., Sep., Stann.) (Br.).

Abject despair (Ars., Aur., Psor.).

Hiccough while smoking (Ambr., Arg-M., Calad., Ign., Lach., Puls., Sep., Staph., Sulph-Ac., Verat.) (Br.).

Forgetful, especially in business; but when lying half asleep, everything recurs to him (C).

Liver painful and enlarged (Chel., Chin., Hep., Nux-V., Sep.) (Br.).

Greasy, shining skin of face (Bar-C., Bry., Chin., Mag-C., Merc., Nat-M., Plb., Psor., Rhus-T., Tub.) (C.).

STITCHES OVER THE LEFT EYE (Lac-F., Kali-I., Ptel., Sep.).

Headaches due to excessive use of tea (Chin., Lach., Sep., Thuj., Verat.; tea ameliorates headache- Cimic., Ferr-P., Kali-B.) (D.).

Headache over the left eye, worse from the heat of the sun (heat of stove aggravates- Arn.) (D.).

Falling off of hair (Lyc., Nat-M., Sulph.) (B.).

Aphonia after long use of voice (Phos.) (A.).

Voice hoarse, as soon as he sings (Agar., Arg-N., Arum-T., Caust., Stann.) (B.).

Tubercular laryngitis (Calc., Phos.) (A.).

Hawks up clear mucus (Arg-M., Nat-M., Stann) (B.).

Hoarseness, must often clear the throat of mucus, especially at the beginning of singing (N.).

Sweats profuse, yellow; leaves a salty deposit; stiffens the linen, or makes the hair stiff (B.).

Throbbing in vessels of the whole body (Glon., Nat-M., Sep.) (C.).

AGGRAVATION: After stool; while or after talking; from walking in the open air; from taking lemonade; while drinking tea; from taking wine; during hot days; in the sun; from sexual excesses; from loss of sleep; from draughts; after sleep; every afternoon; and from singing.

AMELIORATION: After sunset; from inhaling cool air; and from taking cold water in the mouth.

RELATIONSHIP: Chin. aggravates the symptoms greatly-makes them insupportable.

Antidotes: Ign. and Puls.

Follows well after: Calad., Nat-M., Phos-Ac. and Staph. in sexual weakness.

Itch checked by mercurials or sulphur often requires Selen.