Stannum metallicum

Stannum

Tin, The Element.

Extreme exhaustion of mind and body.

Sinking, empty, all-gone sensation in stomach (Chel., Phos., Sep.).

Sad, despondent, feels like crying all the time, but crying makes her worse (Nat. m.. Puls., Sep.) ; faint and weak, especially when going down stairs; can go up well enough (Bor. — rev. of Calc.).

Headache or neuralgia; pains begin lightly and increase gradually to the highest point and then gradually decline (Plat.).

Colic: > by hard pressure, or by laying abdomen across knee or on shoulder (Col.); lumbrici; passes worms.

Menses; too early, too profuse; sadness before; pain in malar bones, during.

Leucorrhoea ; great debility ; weakness seems to proceed from chest (from abdomen, pelvis, Phos., Sep.).

Prolapsus, worse during stool (with diarrhoea. Pod. ) ; so weak she drops into a chair instead of sitting down.

While dressing in the morning has to sit down several times to rest.

Nausea and vomiting; in the morning; from the odor of cooking food (Ars., Colch.).

When singing or using the voice, aching and weakness in deltoid and arms.

Great weakness in chest ; < from talking, laughing, reading aloud, singing; so weak, unable to talk.

Cough : deep, hollow, shattering, strangling ; concussive, in paroxysms of three coughs (of two, Merc.) ; dry, while in bed, in evening; empty sensation in chest.

Expectoration: profuse, like the white of an egg; sweetish, salty (Kali i., Sep.); sour, putrid, musty; yellow, green pus (heavy, green, salty. Kali i.) ; during the day.

Hoarseness; deep, husky, hollow voice; relieved for the time by coughing or expectorating mucus.

Sweat: mouldy, musty odor; after 4 a. m. every morning ; on neck and forehead ; very debilitating.

Aggravation. — Laughing and singing, talking.

using the voice; lying on right side; drinking anything warm (from cold drinks, Spong.).

hoarseness; hard pressure (CoL).

Stannum follows well: after, Caust., and is followed by Cal., Phos., SiL, Sulph., Tub.