Materia Medica

Arsenicum Metallicum

Metallic Arsenic

Arouses latent syphilis. Periodically very marked; symptoms recur every two and ihrte weeks. Weak- ness.S Swollen feeling of parts.

Head

Low spirited, memory weak. Desire to be alone. Annoyed by visions, causing her to cry. He3d feels too large. Left-sided headache up to eyes and into ears. Headache worse stooping and lying down. Oedematous swelling of forehead.

Face

Red, itching, burning and bloated. Eyes swelled and watery, burn with coryza. Eyes weak, day and gas light unpleasant.

Mouth

The tongue coated white, and shows im- print of the teeth. Mouth sore and ulcerated.

Abdomen

Sore pain in liver goes through to shoul- ders and spine. Pain in spleen down to groin. Pain in breast extends to hip and spleen. Diarrhcea, burning watery stools with relief of pain.

Dose

Sixth potency.

Source: Pocket Manual of Homoeopathic Materia Medica, 8th ed. by William Boericke (1922), p. 96. Public domain.

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