Author:
William Boericke
Book:
Boericke
Type:
Remedy
Chapter:
Arsenicum metallicumn
Arsenicum metallicum
Arouses latent syphilis. Periodicity very marked; symptoms recur every two and three weeks. Weakness. Swollen feeling of parts.
Head: Low spirited, memory weak. Desire to be alone. Annoyed by visions, causing her to cry. Head 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 imprint of the teeth. Mouth sore and ulcerated.
Abdomen: Sore pain in liver goes through to shoulders and spine. Pain in spleen down to groin. Pain in breast extends to hip and spleen. Diarrhoea, burning watery stools with relief of pain.