Materia Medica
Cuprum Aceticum
Acetate of Copper
Hay-fever, with burning excoriation, paroxysmal cough; tough, tenacious mucus, and fear of suffocation Protracted labor.
Head
Violent throbbing and lancinating pains in forehead. Lift-sided brow ague. Brain seems void. Inclined to gape and cry. Loses consciousness; head cels when in high-ceiled room. Constant protrusion and retraction of tongue. [Laches.]
Face
Collapsed, hippocratic. Facial neuralgia in cheek-bone, upper jaw, and behind right ear. Better by chewing, pressure, and external warmth.
Stomach
Violent spasmodic pains in stomach and aidomen. Vomiting. Slimy brown diarrhcea. Violent teilesmus. Cholera.
Respiratory
Violent spasmodic cough. Short, diffi- cult respiration. Spasmodic constriction of chest. Dyspnoea.
Skin
Leprous-like eruption, without itching, over whole body, in spots of various sizes.
Modalities
Worse, mental emotions, touch. Better, chewing, pressure, night, lying on affected side, and warmth.
Relationships
Acts similarly to Cuprum met. but is more violent in action.
Dose
Third to sixth trituration.