Materia Medica

Zincum Valerianum

Valerinate of Zinc

A remedy for neuralgia, hysteria, angina pectoris, and other painful affections, notably in ovarian affections. Epilepsy without aura. Hysterical heart-pain. Facial neuralgia, violent in left temple and inferior maxillary. Sleeplessness in children. Obstinate hiccough.

Head

Violent, neuralgic, intermittent headaches. Becomes almost insane with pain, which is piercing and stabbing. Uncontrollable sleeplessness from pain in head' with melancholy. 791

Female

Ovaralgia; pain shoots down limbs, even to foot.

Extremities

Severe pain in neck and spine. Can- not sit still; must keep legs in constant motion. Sciatic neuralgia.

Dose

First and second trituration. Must be con- tinued for some time in treatment of neuralgia.

Source: Pocket Manual of Homoeopathic Materia Medica, 8th ed. by William Boericke (1922), p. 784. Public domain.

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