Selenium metallicum
sele-metSelenium
Selenium is a constant constituent of bones and teeth. Marked effects on the genito-urinary organs, and often indicated in elderly men, especially for prostatitis and sexual atony. Great debility; worse, heat. Easy exhaustion, mental and physical, in old age. Debility after exhausting diseases.
Selenium metallicum — Materia Medica
Selenium metallicum — keynotes · Cyrus Maxwell Boger
Easily debilitated; by heat of sun; a little mental or physical exertion makes him sleepy. Senility. Emaciation; of single parts, face, hands, etc. Cramp, then stiffness. Bitings. .................... Loquacity. Sadness. Frets when awake and dreams of it as he falls asleep. Nervous headaches. Scalp feels gathered together. Falling hair, < eyebrows; don't want hair touched. Ache over l. eye; < tea. Coryza, ending in diarrhœa. Thirstless. Craves stimulants, tea, etc. Sharp stitches in or rash over liver. Abdominal pulsation; hinders sleep. Very large stools. Coarse sand in urine. Lascivious, but impotent. Urine and semen dribble. Easy loss of semen; at stool, etc. Watery semen. Chronic gleet. VOICE HOARSE, as soon as he sings; affected by every cold; rattles. Nodes in vocal cords. Hawks up clear mucus. Sudden sciatic pains (l), leave soreness behind. Oily skin; itches in folds or about ankles. Skin remains moist after scratching. Burning spots. Acne. Imagines drafts of air. Sweat, profuse, yellow; leaves a salty deposit, stiffens the linen or makes the hair stiff and wiry; < genitals.
Selenium metallicum — mind · James Tyler Kent
Extreme sadness. Some complaints are worse from wine, tea and lemonade. It is of great value in drunkards. Irresistible desire for alcoholic stimulants. Symptoms worse after sleep, especially on a hot day. Irritable after emissions. He is indifferent to his surroundings and his mind is dull and in confusion. He is very forgetful during his waking hours, but in sleep he dreams what he has forgotten. Makes mistakes in syllables and. mispronounces words. Stammering speech. Often fails to understand what he hears or reads. He has become unfit for his business. He is excitable and talkative in the evening. Mental exertion is exhaustive and he dreads company. His mind dwells on lascivious thoughts, yet he is sometimes impotent. All the mental symptoms are worse after coition. Vertigo on rising from bed or seat, on moving about, with nausea, vomiting and faintness, worse after breakfast and dinner.
Selenium metallicum — general · James Tyler Kent
Marked mental and physical weakness following prolonged fevers, after sexual excesses, from secret vice, from exposure to the heat of the sun in summer. Great fatigue from which he seems unable to recuperate from rest. Slight exertion brings great fatigue and weakness and especially in hot weather. Sudden weakness in hot weather. Great weakness in the back, almost paralytic after typhoid fever or other temporary diseases. Extremely sensitive to a draft of air, cool, warm or damp. Marked general emaciation, also special emaciation of face, thighs and hands. The diseased limb withers. The hair falls out all over the body, head, eyebrows, whiskers and genitals. All his nervous symptoms are aggravated after coition. Pulsation in all the limbs and in the abdomen after eating.
Selenium metallicum — modalities · H.C. Allen
Aggravation: Draft of air; in the sun; from lemonade, tea or wine. Amelioration: Taking cold water or cold air into the mouth.
Selenium metallicum — modalities worse · Cyrus Maxwell Boger
Debilitating causes: Hot days. Sexual excesses. Loss of sleep. Singing. Drafts. After sleep. Tea. Lemonade.
Selenium metallicum — modalities better · Cyrus Maxwell Boger
After sunset. Inhaling cool air.
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