Materia Medica de A a Z

CUPRUM ACETICUM (cupr-a)

Hay-fever, with burning excoriation, paroxysmal cough; tough, tenacious mucus, and fear of suffocation. PROTRACTED LABOR. Chronic psoriasis and lepra.

Head

Violent throbbing and lancinating pains in forehead. Left-sided brow ague. Brain seems void. Inclined to gape and cry. Loses consciousness; HEAD REELS WHEN IN HIGH-CEILED ROOM. Constant protrusion and retraction of tongue. [Lach] Neuralgia with heaviness of head, burning, stinging and stitching in temples and forehead.

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 abdomen. Vomiting. Slimy brown diarrhoea. Violent tenesmus. Cholera.

Respiratory

Attacks of angina pectoris coming on when excited. Violent spasmodic cough. Short, difficult 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.

Relationship

Acts similarly to Cuprum met (Cupr) but is more violent in action.

Dose

Third to sixth trituration.