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Materia Medica

Cobaltum

The Metal Cobalt

The Metal Cobalt (COBALTUM) Adapted to neurasthenic spinal states. Sexual disturbances. Fatigue, agitation, and bone pains, worse in morning.

Mind

All mental excitement increases suffering. Constant interchange of mental moods.

Head

Aches; worse, bending head forward. Itching of hairy scalp and beard.

Generalities

Feel too long. Pain in teeth. Cracks across tongue. Coated white (Ant cr).

Abdomen

Shooting in liver. Pain in spleen.

Rectum

Constant dropping of blood from the anus, no blood from the stools.

Male

Pain in right testicle; better, urinating. Emissions without erection. Impotence. Backache in lumbar region and weak legs. Lewd dreams. Pain in end of urethra; greenish discharge; brown spots on genitals and abdomen.

Back

Pain in back and sacrum; worse while sitting; better, walking or lying. Weakness in legs and backache after emissions.

Extremities

Aching in wrist-joints. Shooting into thighs from liver. Weak knees. Trembling in limbs. Tingling in feet. Foot-sweat, mostly between toes.

Sleep

Unrefreshing; disturbed by lewd dreams.

Skin

Dry and pimply. Pimples about nates, chin, hairy scalp.

Relationships

Compare: Cannab. Ind; Sepia; Zinc; Agnus; Selen.

Dose

Sixth to thirtieth potency.

Source: Pocket manual of homoeopathic materia medica by William Boericke (1906). Public domain, transcribed by OOREP. Also in Pocket Manual of Homoeopathic Materia Medica, 8th ed., p. 243.

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