Cobaltum metallicum

as William Boericke recorded it in Homoeopathic Materia Medica, 1927

Cobalt

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Mind

All mental excitement increases suffering. Constant interchange of mental moods.

General

Adapted to neurasthenic spinal states. Sexual disturbances. Fatigue, agitation, and bone pains, worse in morning.

Head

Aches; worse, bending head forward. Itching of hairy scalp and beard.

Teeth

Feel too long. Pain in teeth. Cracks across tongue. Coated white (Ant cr).

Abdomen

Shooting in liver. Pain in spleen.

Rectum

Constant dropping of blood from the anus, no blood from the stools.

Male

Pain in right testicle; better, urinating. Emissions without erection. Impotence. Backache in lumbar region and weak legs. Lewd dreams. Pain in end of urethra; greenish discharge; brown spots on genitals and abdomen.

Back

Pain in back and sacrum; worse while sitting; better, walking or lying. Weakness in legs and backache after emissions.

Extremities

Aching in wrist-joints. Shooting into thighs from liver. Weak knees. Trembling in limbs. Tingling in feet. Foot-sweat, mostly between toes.

Skin

Dry and pimply. Pimples about nates, chin, hairy scalp.

Sleep

Unrefreshing; disturbed by lewd dreams.

Relationships

Compare: Cannab. Ind; Sepia; Zinc; Agnus; Selen.

Dose

Sixth to thirtieth potency.

What the other books say about Cobaltum metallicum

The same remedy read by a different author. They disagree, and the disagreements are where the remedy becomes recognisable.

Cobaltum metallicum in Boger — A compressed key — the generals and the characteristic modalities, with very little narrative.

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Cite this page. William Boericke. Homoeopathic Materia Medica. 9th edition (preface dated San Francisco, June 1927). Cobaltum metallicum — Mind. HomeopathyWorld, https://homeopathyworld.in/materia-medica/books/boericke/cobaltum-metallicum. Published 1927: public domain in the US (since 2023) and in India (author died 1929). Reproduced as the author wrote it; a historical reference for students and practitioners, not medical advice.