Zincum bromatum

Volume II — Special Therapeutics

This combination has been but little used except by its originator, Dr. Hammond, of New York, and by Dr. Delamater, of Chicago, who estimate it very highly in certain cerebral affections.

As homoeopathists we value Zincum as a great remedy in diseases of the brain and nervous system. We know that Zinc, by its ultimate primary action, causes and cures cerebral depression, ansemia, and even paralysis. It is our sheet-anchor in cases of senile atrophy, softening, and brain fag. It has saved thousands of children from the fatal effects of hydrocephalus and hydrocephaloid conditions. In my opinion the Bromide will prove more useful than Zinc alone, for it has a quicker action and is absorbed more readily.

It is but a few months since I procured this drug, but I have already learned to value it highly. I prescribe it for the known effects of both Bromine and Zinc.

Teething children often suffer intensely from pain in the nerves of the head and face. These pains often throw the children into an exhausted condition, marked by stupor alternating with wakefulness, until they are so worn out that symptoms simulating hydrocephalus appear. In such cases the 3d or 6th attenuations act promptly.

In the brain fag of business men I prefer the Phosphide of zinc. But if this condition is attended by violent pain in the head — periodical — the Bromide is superior.

In chronic congestion of the brain, attended by a tendency to dementia or melancholy, the Bromide is also useful. In some respects it is an analogue of Picric acid or Cimicifuga.