Materia Medica de A a Z

CUPRUM ARSENICOSUM (cupr-ar)

A remedy for symptoms depending on deficient kidney action, various intestinal affections, cholera morbus and infantum; entero-colitis, diarrhoea, and dysentery. Gastro-intestinal disturbances of influenza and typhoid. URAEMIC CONVULSIONS, headache, vertigo and unconscious conditions resulting from brain oedema. Nephritis of pregnancy. Convulsions preceded by gastro-intestinal symptoms. Chlorosis. Bronchial asthma and with emphysema. Purulent endocarditis (Royal). Painful neuroses, enteroptosis. Delirium and tremor cordis.

Mouth

Tongue thickly coated, dirty brown, white, metallic taste; thirst. Dry mouth.

Heart

Cardiac rhythm and force altered due to defective elimination.

Abdomen

Gastro-enteritis. Violent abdominal pain. Diarrhoea in phthisis. Cholera [Ars; Verat; Camph]. Rumbling and sharp cutting pain. Dark liquid stools.

Back

Persistent lameness. Pain in lumbar region and in lower left shoulder- blade; chest feels tight.

Urinary

Renal inefficiency and uraemia. GARLICKY ODOR. Diabetes. Urine of high specific gravity; increased, acetones and diacetic acid.

Male

Perspiration of scrotum; is constantly damp and moist. Boils on scrotum. Purulent discharge of a WHITE color from urethra; tingling and burning in urethra; pain in prostate; pains in penis.

Extremities

CRAMPS IN CALVES OF LEGS, worse after midnight, only relieved by getting out of bed and standing. Ulcers; gangrene.

Skin

Icy cold. Sweat, and skin even when dry. Cold, clammy perspiration of an intermittent nature. Acne, pustules on face and in the cruro-genital region; ulcers look like chancre. Gangrene; carbuncles.

Dose

Third trituration.