Cuprum arsenicosum
as William Boericke recorded it in Homoeopathic Materia Medica, 1927
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General
Arsenite of Copper Scheele's Green A remedy for symptoms depending on deficient kidney action, various intestinal affections, cholera morbus and infantum; entero-colitis, diarrhœa, and dysentery. Gastro-intestinal disturbances of influenza and typhoid. Uræmic convulsions, headache, vertigo and unconscious conditions resulting from brain œdema. 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.
Abdomen
Gastro-enteritis. Violent abdominal pain. Diarrhœa in phthisis. Cholera (Ars; Verat; Camph). Rumbling and sharp cutting pain. Dark liquid stools.
Urinary
Renal inefficiency and uræmia. 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.
Heart
Cardiac rhythm and force altered due to defective elimination.
Back
Persistent lameness. Pain in lumbar region and in lower left shoulder- blade; chest feels tight.
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.
What the other books say about Cuprum arsenicosum
The same remedy read by a different author. They disagree, and the disagreements are where the remedy becomes recognisable.
- Cuprum arsenicosum in Boger — A compressed key — the generals and the characteristic modalities, with very little narrative.
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Create a free accountCite this page. William Boericke. Homoeopathic Materia Medica. 9th edition (preface dated San Francisco, June 1927). Cuprum arsenicosum — General. HomeopathyWorld, https://homeopathyworld.in/materia-medica/books/boericke/cuprum-arsenicosum. 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.