(Nitrate of Silver)
In this drug the neurotic effects are very marked,
many brain and spinal symptoms presenting themselves which give certain
indications for its homeopathic employment. Symptoms of incoordination,
loss of control and want of balance everywhere, mentally and physically;
trembling in affected parts. Is an irritant of mucous membranes,
producing violent inflammation of the throat, and a marked gastroenteritis.
Very characteristic is the great desire for sweets, the
splinter-like pains, and free mucopurulent discharge in the inflamed and
ulcerated mucous membranes. Sensation as if a part were expanding and other
errors of perception are characteristic. Withered up and dried
constitutions present a favorable field for its action, especially when
associated with unusual or long continued mental exertion. Head symptoms
often determine the choice of this remedy. Pains increase and decrease
gradually. Flatulent state and prematurely aged look. Explosive belching,
especially in neurotics. Upper abdominal affections brought on by undue
mental exertion. Paraplegia Myelitis and disseminated sclerosis of brain
and cord. Intolerance of heat. Sensation of a sudden pinch.
(Dudgeon.) Destroys red blood corpuscles, producing anemia. | ||
| Mind. Thinks
his understanding will and must fail. Fearful and nervous; impulse
to jump out of window. Faintish and tremulous. Melancholic;
apprehensive of serious disease. Time passes slowly. Memory weak.
Errors of perception. Impulsive; wants to do things in a hurry.
Peculiar mental impulses. Fears and anxieties and hidden irrational
motives for actions. | ||
| Head.
Headache with coldness and trembling. Emotional disturbances cause
appearance of hemicranial attacks. Sense of expansion. Brain-fag,
with general debility and trembling. Headache from mental exertion, from
dancing. Vertigo, with buzzing in ears and with nervous affections.
Aching in frontal eminence, with enlarged feeling in corresponding
eye. Boring pain; better on tight bandaging and pressure.
Itching of scalp. Hemicrania; bones of head feel as if
separated. | ||
| Eyes. Inner
canthi swollen and red. Spots before the vision. Blurred vision.
Photophobia in warm room. Purulent ophthalmia. Great swelling of
conjunctiva; discharge abundant and purulent. Chronic ulceration of
margin of lids; sore, thick, swollen. Unable to keep eyes fixed steadily.
Eye strain from sewing; worse in warm room. Aching, tired feeling in eyes,
better closing or pressing upon them. Useful in restoring power to the
weakened ciliary muscles. Paretic condition of ciliary muscle. Acute
granular conjunctivitis. Cornea opaque. Ulcer in cornea. | ||
| Nose. Loss of
smell. Itching. Ulcers in septum. Coryza, with chilliness, lachrymation,
and headache. | ||
| Face. Sunken,
old, pale, and bluish. Old man's look; tight drawing of skin over
bones. | ||
| Mouth. Gums
tender and bleed easily. Tongue has prominent papillae; tip is red and
painful. Pain in sound teeth. Taste coppery, like ink. Canker
sores. | ||
| Throat. Much
thick mucus in throat and mouth causes hawking. Raw, rough and sore.
Sensation of a splinter in throat on swallowing. Dark redness of
throat. Catarrh of smokers, with tickling as of hair in throat.
Strangulated feeling. | ||
| Stomach.
Belching accompanies most gastric ailments. Nausea, retching,
vomiting of glairy mucus. Flatulence; painful swelling of pit.
Painful spot over stomach that radiates to all parts of the abdomen.
Gnawing ulcerating pain; burning and constriction. Ineffectual effort at
eructation. Great craving for sweats. Gastritis of drunkards.
Ulcerative pain in left side under ribs. Trembling and throbbing in
stomach. Enormous distention. Ulceration of stomach, with radiating
pain. Desire for cheese and salt. | ||
| Abdomen. Colic,
with much flatulent distention. Stitchy ulcerative pain on left side
of stomach, below short ribs. | ||
| Stool. Watery,
noisy, flatulent; green, like chopped spinach, with shreddy mucus
and enormous distention of abdomen; very offensive. Diarrhea immediately
after eating or drinking. Fluids go right through him; after sweets.
After any emotion with flatulence. Itching of anus. | ||
| Urine. Urine
passes unconsciously, day and night. Urethra inflamed, with pain, burning,
itching; pain as from a splinter. Urine scanty and dark. Emission of a few
drops after having finished. Divided stream. Early stage of gonorrhea;
profuse discharge and terrible cutting pains; bloody urine. | ||
| Male.
Impotence. Erection fails when coition is attempted. Cancer-like ulcers.
Desire wanting. Genitals shrivel. Coition painful. | ||
| Female.
Gastralgia at beginning of menses. Intense spasm of chest muscles. Orgasms
at night. Nervous erethism at change of life. Leucorrhea profuse, with
erosion of cervix, bleeding easily. Uterine hemorrhage, two weeks after
menses. Painful affections of left ovary. | ||
| Respiratory.
High notes cause cough. Chronic hoarseness. Suffocative cough, as if
from a hair in throat. Dyspnea. Chest feels as if a bar were around it.
Palpitation, pulse irregular and intermittent; worse lying on right
side. Painful spots in chest. Angina pectoris, nightly aggravation.
Many people in a room seem to take away his breath. | ||
| Back. Much
pain. Spine sensitive with nocturnal pains, paraplegia; posterior spinal
sclerosis. | ||
| Extremities.
Cannot walk with eyes closed. Trembling, with general debility. Paralysis,
with mental and abdominal symptoms. Rigidity of calves. Debility in
calves especially. Walks and stands unsteadily, especially when unobserved.
Numbness of arms. Postdiphtheritic paralysis (after Gels.). | ||
| Skin. Brown,
tense, and hard. Drawing in skin, as from a spider web, or dried albuminous
substance, withered and dried up. Irregular blotches. | ||
| Sleep.
Sleepless, from fancies before his imagination; horrible dreams of snakes,
and of sexual gratification. Drowsy stupor. | ||
| Fever. Chills
with nausea. Chilly when uncovered, yet feels smothered if wrapped
up. | ||
| Modalities.
Worse, warmth in any form; at night; from cold food; sweets;
after eating; at menstrual period; from emotions, left side.
Better, from eructation; fresh air; cold;
pressure. | ||
| Relationship.
Antidote: Nat-m. Compare: Ars.; Merc.; Phos.; Puls. | ||
| Dose. Third to
thirtieth potency. Best form an aqueous solution 1 to 9, 2 or 3 drop doses. This solution in water preferable to lower triturations; unless fresh, these readily decompose into the oxide. |