Stannum metallicum
as Cyrus Maxwell Boger recorded it in A Synoptic Key of the Materia Medica, 1931
Tin
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Keynotes
Repeated short attacks. EXTREME WEAKNESS; < IN CHEST; in throat, stomach, upper arms and thighs; drops into a chair; can't even talk; trembles on moving. Paralytic heaviness. Profuse, muco-purulent secretions. Emaciation. PAINS INCREASE GRADUALLY, THEN SLOWLY SUBSIDE. Pressive drawing. Neuralgias. Cramps. Spasms. Hysteria. .................... Anxious, nervous and sad; < before menses. Weak and miserable, and discouraged. Pressive, stupefying headache. Pale face, with sunken eyes. Malar neuralgia. Faceache. Tickling at root of tongue. Vomiting; violent; early morning, with odor of ingesta. Burning in liver. Painful, pinching colic, > hard pressure and stool, which exhausts. Child wants to be carried over shoulder. Worms. Atony of bladder. Easy sexual orgasms. Pollutions. Before menses, mania erotica. During menses, strong odor of body. Gushes of debilitating leucorrhœa. Prolapse, of vagina or uterus, < stool. Much mucus in trachea. Deep, hollow voice. Short breath, from every effort; must loosen clothes. Cough; easily expectorates quantities of sweet or bright yellow pus or balls of mucus. Catarrhal phthisis. Chest feels raw or hollow. Tremulous knees. Swelled hands and ankles. Chill at 10 A.M.; with numb fingertips. Burning palms and soles. Hectic. Debilitating, musty sweat at 4 A.M. Night-sweats.
Worse
Using voice. Cold. 10 A.M. MOTION: After. Gentle. Lying on right side. Ascending steps.
Better
Rapid motion. Hard pressure; over an edge. Expectoration.
Region
NERVES. MUCOUS MEMBRANES. CHEST. FEMALE ORGANS.
Relationships
Antidotes: Hep. Pul. Related: Lach. Nat-m.
What the other books say about Stannum metallicum
The same remedy read by a different author. They disagree, and the disagreements are where the remedy becomes recognisable.
- Stannum metallicum in Boericke — The concise clinical Materia Medica that most Indian colleges teach from, in full.
- Stannum metallicum in Allen's Keynotes — The few symptoms that, when genuinely present, point at one remedy and not its neighbours.
- Stannum metallicum in Farrington — Lectures that teach remedies in families, by comparing them with each other.
- Stannum metallicum in Kent — Kent teaching a class, one remedy at a time — fewer remedies, far more on each.
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Create a free accountCite this page. Cyrus Maxwell Boger. A Synoptic Key of the Materia Medica. 1931. Stannum metallicum — Keynotes. HomeopathyWorld, https://homeopathyworld.in/materia-medica/books/boger/stannum-metallicum. Author died 1935: public domain in India. The catalogue records 1931; a 1931 edition is public domain in the US from 1 Jan 2027 at the latest — the edition this transcription follows is not stated in the file. Reproduced as the author wrote it; a historical reference for students and practitioners, not medical advice.