Cuprum metallicum
cupr-metCopper
Spasmodic affections, cramps, convulsions, beginning in fingers and toes, violent, contractive, and intermittent pain, are some of the more marked expressions of the action of Cuprum; and its curative range therefore includes tonic and clonic spasms, convulsions, and epileptic attacks. Chorea brought on by fright. Nausea greater than in any other remedy. Read on in Homoeopathic Materia Medica, General →
These texts come from 5 classic Materia Medicas dating from 1908 to 1931, now in the public domain. They record what their authors observed and taught, as historical reference for students and practitioners of homeopathy — not current clinical evidence. Nothing on this page is medical advice: for any health problem, see a qualified doctor.
Where each author writes about Cuprum metallicum
A map of the books. Each number counts the sections, or the paragraphs the author labelled himself, that one book gives a topic, and opens the first of them in that book. Kent and Farrington wrote lectures, so only what they labelled is counted.
| Topic | Boger | Allen | Boericke | Kent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Keynotes | 1 | 1 | none | none |
| Mind | none | none | none | 2 |
| General | none | none | 1 | none |
| Modalities | 2 | none | 1 | none |
| Head | none | none | 1 | 1 |
| Face | none | none | 1 | none |
| Eyes | none | none | 1 | none |
| Nose | none | none | 1 | none |
| Mouth | none | none | 1 | none |
| Stomach | none | none | 1 | none |
| Abdomen | none | none | 1 | none |
| Rectum | none | none | 1 | none |
| Female | none | none | 1 | 2 |
| Respiratory | none | none | 1 | 2 |
| Heart | none | none | 1 | none |
| Extremities | none | none | 1 | none |
| Skin | none | none | 1 | none |
| Sleep | none | none | 1 | none |
Relationships
- Followed well by:
- Veratrum album (Allen)
- Related:
- Camphora (Boger),
- Cicuta virosa (Boger),
- Cuprum arsenicosum (Boger),
- Hydrocyanicum acidum (Boger),
- Platinum metallicum (Boger),
- Veratrum album (Boger)
- Similar:
- Argentum nitricum (Allen)
As each book states it.
Cuprum metallicum in A Synoptic Key of the Materia Medica
Cyrus Maxwell Boger · 1931
KeynotesSub-oxidation, affecting the centers of the medulla. Violent effects; in recurring symptom groups. CRAMPS AND SPASMS; of all kinds; radiating from or of single parts; extort cries; tonic, knotting the muscles; twisting the head awry; with trismus or hiccough; then deathly exhaustion, chills, spasmodic laughter, etc.; in chest; behind sternum; of fingers; calves > stretching leg out, or soles, etc.; nocturnal.
Words in capitals are Boger's highest grade.
Read Boger on Cuprum metallicum in full →Cuprum metallicum in Allen's Keynotes
H.C. Allen · 3rd edition (1910) · Philadelphia: Boericke & Tafel
KeynotesCuprum metallicum Copper. CN. Spasms and cramps : symptoms disposed to appear periodically and in groups. Mental and physical exhaustion from over-exertion of mind and loss of sleep (Coc., Nux) ; attacks of unconquerable anxiety. A strong, sweetish, metallic, copper taste in the mouth with flow of saliva (Rhus). Constant prostration and retraction of the tongue, like a snake (Lack.).
Read Allen on Cuprum metallicum in full →Cuprum metallicum in Clinical Materia Medica
Ernest Albert Farrington · 4th edition, revised and enlarged by Harvey Farrington (1908) · Philadelphia: Boericke & Tafel
LectureLecture LXI — Cuprum and Zincum Cuprum. V Calc. ostr. Cuprum Metaulicum. Suuphur. Argentum nitricum, Arsenicum, Veratr. alb. Colocynth, Puumbum, Cholos terrapinse. Stramonium, Belladonna, Hyos. r Sugar. Albumen. i. Blood.— a. Chlorosis. b. Fever. c. Heart. 2. Nerves. — a. Spasms. b. Cramps. c. Neuralgia. d. Lack of reaction. e. Paralysis. 3. Collapse.
Read Farrington on Cuprum metallicum in full →Cuprum metallicum in Homoeopathic Materia Medica
William Boericke · 9th edition (preface dated San Francisco, June 1927)
GeneralSpasmodic affections, cramps, convulsions, beginning in fingers and toes, violent, contractive, and intermittent pain, are some of the more marked expressions of the action of Cuprum; and its curative range therefore includes tonic and clonic spasms, convulsions, and epileptic attacks. Chorea brought on by fright. Nausea greater than in any other remedy. In epilepsy, aura begins at knees, ascends to hypogastrium.
- General
- Modalities
- Head
- Face
- Eyes
- Nose
- Mouth
- Stomach
- Abdomen
- Stool
- Female
- Respiratory
- Heart
- Extremities
- Skin
- Sleep
- Relationships
- Dose
Cuprum metallicum in Lectures on Homoeopathic Materia Medica
James Tyler Kent · 2nd edition (preface dated 1 September 1911)
LectureCuprum Metallicum Convulsions: Cuprum is pre-eminently a convulsive medicine. The convulsive tendency associates itself with almost every complaint that, Cuprum creates and cures. It has convulsions in every degree of violence, from the mere twitching of little muscles and of single muscles to convulsions of all the muscles of the body.
Read Kent on Cuprum metallicum in full →Where the repertories grade Cuprum metallicum highest
Rubrics in which Cuprum metallicum has the top grade (Kent’s 3, Bönninghausen’s 4). Each page lists every remedy in the rubric with its grade.
- Mind, prostration of mindKent’s Repertory · 77 remedies
- Mind, anxietyBönninghausen’s Pocket-Book · 91 remedies
- Mind, shriekingKent’s Repertory · 116 remedies
- Mind, stupefactionKent’s Repertory · 135 remedies
- Generalities, vomiting agg.Kent’s Repertory · 44 remedies
- Generalities, blackness of external partsKent’s Repertory · 65 remedies
- Generalities, convulsive movementsKent’s Repertory · 73 remedies
- Generalities, cyanosisKent’s Repertory · 77 remedies
- Aggravations, emissionsBönninghausen’s Pocket-Book · 42 remedies
- Aggravations, uncleanlinessBönninghausen’s Pocket-Book · 94 remedies
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