Argentum Metallicum

Introduction of Argentum Metallicum

Common name: 

• Silver

Synonyms:

• Pure silver, Silver leaf, Precipitated silver[1]

Family / Group / Class / Order

• Mineral Kingdom

Formula / Symbols

• Ag

Name of prover

• Dr Samuel Hahnemann

Introduction and history

• It is mainly a left sided remedy. It is Luna of the alchemists. It corresponds to deep seated insidious diseases. In the mental sphere, it affects the intellect more than the other spheres.

Preparation

• It is prepared from precipitated silver.

Constitution

Physical make up

Tall, thin, irritable people

Temperament

Irritable

Diathesis

Tubercular

Relation with heat & cold

Chilly

Miasm

Syphilitic

Clinical condition

Blepharitis. Brain-fag. Caries. Chlorosis. Cough. Diabetes. Enuresis nocturna. Epilepsy. Epithelial tissue, affection of. Exostosis. Heart, affections of. Hip-joint.Joints, affections of. Laryngitis. Ovaries, affections of. Phthisis. Pollutions. Rheumatism. Uterus, cancer of, prolapse of. Voice, loss of.[2]

Sites of action / Pharmacodynamics

Mucous membrane of the throat
and respiratory tract, cartilages, joints and bones, cartilage of the ear, nose, eustachian tube, male and female genital organs.

Patho-physiological changes / Pathogenesis

1. Through the great sympathetic system, it especially acts upon the
cartilaginous system affecting the cartilages of the ears, eustachian tube,
tympanum, cartilage of the nose, false ribs, tarsal cartilages, muscles,
tendons, ligaments, particularly those in the neighborhood of joints.
2. It also acts upon the heart, testicles, salivary glands and skin.

Characteristic Mental Symptoms (psychology) of Argentum Metallicum

1. Patient is restless, anxious and ill-humoured.
2. Patient has a disinclination to talk.
3. Patient is extremely forgetful.

Guiding Symptoms

Generalities

Emaciation, a gradual drying up, desire for fresh air, dyspnoea, sensation of expansion and left-sided pains are characteristic. The chief action is centered on the articulations and their component elements, bones, cartilages, and ligaments. Here the small blood vessels become closed up or withered and carious affections result. They come on insidiously, lingering, but progress. The larynx is also a special center for this drug.[3]

Head

Dull paroxysmal neuralgia over left side, gradually increasing and ceasing suddenly. Scalp very tender to touch. Vertigo, with intoxicated feeling, on looking at running water. HEAD FEELS EMPTY, HOLLOW. Eyelids red and thick. Exhausting coryza, with sneezing. Pain in facial bones. Pain between left eye and frontal eminence.

Eye

Itching in eyelids and canthi. Abundant purulent discharge. Lachrymal stricture. Eyelids and tarsi become thick.[4]

Ears

Itching of ear lobes. Itching; has to scratch until it bleeds.

Nose

Violent fluent coryza, with frequent sneezing, causing exhaustion. Nose bleed, with tickling; worse blowing nose.

Face

*Pale, *sallow, with *weakness. Red. Sudden heat, with palpitation.

Mouth

Dryness in the mouth.Fetid breath. Scirrhus uteri.[5]

Throat

Raw, hawking, gray, JELLY-LIKE MUCUS, and throat sore on coughing. PROFUSE AND EASY morning expectoration.

Stomach

Burning in stomach, ascending to the chest. Anxiety and pressure in the pit of stomach. Appetite increased or repugnance to all food. Hiccough on smoking. Nausea in dreams.

Abdomen

Loud croaking, with hunger in abdomen. Painful soreness of abdomen worse riding in a carriage. Vomiting during stool.

Rectum & Anus

Frequent urging in lower part of rectum, with discharge of small quantities of soft stool.Dry, stool, like sand, after dinner.Alvine evacuation irregular, often lienteric diarrhoea.Diarrhoea with constant pain in left side of stomach.Sore between the nates, around anus, and in groin, on moderate walking.

Urinary Organ

Copious and frequent urination. Diabetes; if there is swelling of the ankles. Urine, like whey, of sweet odour. Chronic urethritis.

Sexual Organ

Crushed pain in (right) testicle. Clothing increases pain when walking. Seminal emissions without sexual excitement, and erection. Yellowish green discharge.

Respiratory System

Hoarseness and aphonia worse using voice. Total loss of voice in professional singers. Larynx feel sore and raw. Cough worse laughing. *Easy expectoration of grey, gelatinous or starchy* mucus. Feeling of raw spot near suprasternal fossa. Great weakness in the chest (left), stitches in chest impeding breathing, while reading aloud or talking. Boil near the last rib, Neuralgic pains along the entire border of left lower rib.

Heart & Pulse

Stops, then trembles, then throbs, better inspiration. Palpitation with cardiac unrest, better by lying on left side. Palpitation during pregnancy; better deep inhalations. Pulse intermittent and very irregular, during palpitation.

Neck & Back

Severe backache must walk bent. Icy cold feeling near sacrum.

Extremities

Upper limbs feel powerless. Legs weak and trembling worse descending stairs. Calves feel as if too short on going down stairs. Swelling of ankles (Diabetes). Contraction of the fingers, with partial paralysis of the forearm. Writer’s cramps. Limbs feel numb or stiff. Burning in corns.Electric shocks on dropping to sleep. Nausea in dreams.

Skin

Nervous itching, crawling, tickling on various parts.

Sleep

Electric shocks on dropping to sleep. Nausea in dreams.

Fever

Hectic fever at noon. Sweat only on abdomen and chest.

Important characteristic features of Argentum Metallicum

Keynotes / Redline

Seminal emissions: after onanism; almost every night; without erection; with atrophy of penis. Crushed pain in the testicles [Rhod.]. Prolapsus: with pain in left ovary and back, extending forward and downward [right ovary, Pal.]; climacteric haemorrhage. Exhausting, fluent coryza with sneezing. Hoarseness; of professional singers, public speakers [Alum. , Arum t.]. Total loss of voice with professional singers. Throat and larynx feel raw or sore on swallowing or coughing. Laughing excites cough [Dros. , Phos. , Stan.] and produces profuse mucus in larynx. When reading aloud has to hem and hawk; cough with easy expectoration of gelatinous, viscid mucus, looking like boiled starch.

Guiding

-For broken down constitutions, suffering from loss of muscular power and trembling.

-Epileptic attacks followed by delirious rage, jumping about, striking those near.

-It affects the CARTILAGES, bones, condyles, joints, larynx and mucous membranes. Thickening of the tissues, especially cartilages, larynx. Ailments with thickening, infiltrations, induration, cysts, tumours, ulcerations and epithelioma.

-Secretions of mucus membranes are thick, gray or tenacious or like boiled starch.

-Ill effects of onanism and sunstroke.

-Emaciation, a gradual drying up.

-Desire for fresh air, dyspnoea.

-Symptoms appear gradually or suddenly, disappear suddenly.

-Left sided pains are characteristic.

-Loss of control over MIND or body.

-Tremulous weakness of the whole body, hands and feet. Palpitation with general trembling.

PQRS

Hoarseness worsens with prolonged speaking.
Sharp pains occur along the shinbone.
A pervasive weakness affects the limbs.
Fine tremors manifest in the hands.
Joints ache with a feeling of instability.

Confirmatory

1. Secretion of mucous membranes are thick, gluey, tenacious, gray, like boiled starch.

2. Raw spot at the bifurcation of the trachea.

Nucleus symptoms

1. Indicated in nervous and broken down constitution who are always chilly.

2. Ill effects of onanism, sunstroke, anger, fear, fright.

3. Affection of mucous membranes, cartilages, bones.

4. Secretions of mucous membranes are thick, gray or tenacious or like boiled starch.

5. Rheumatic complains from damp weather, with swelling of joint.

6. Great weakness of the chest with easy expectoration.

Therapeutic Value of Argentum Metallicum

Aphonia, Brain fag, Cough, Diabetes, Exostoses, Heart
affections, Hoarseness, Impotency, Laryngitis, Rheumatism, Throat affections,
Uterine prolapse, etc.

Modality of Argentum Metallicum

Amelioration

Motion, open air, cough at night, while lying down,pressure,bandaging.

Aggravation

By rest, singing, reading, in cold wet weather, in a warm room,on exposure to sun during headache,descending stairs, eating sweets, drinking,eating

Remedy Relationship

Follows Well

Calc, Puls and Sep.

It Antidotes

Merc, Puls

Comparison

Inflammation of cartilage: Arg-met, Nat-m

Dose of Argentum Metallicum

Sixth trituration and higher. Not too frequent repetition.

Potency

30,200,1M.

Duration of Action

30 Days[6]

Terminologies

Common Terminologies 

Argentum Metallicum

Metallic silver, the base substance for the homeopathic remedy. Prepared through dilution and potentization.

HPUS (Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia of the United States)

The official U.S. compendium for homeopathic drug products, ensuring quality and standards in remedy preparation.

Dilution and Potentization

Core homeopathic processes. Dilution involves serial weakening of a substance, while potentization includes vigorous shaking to release its medicinal power.

CH (Centisimal Hahnemannian)

A dilution scale where the substance is diluted 1:100 repeatedly, indicating the level of dilution.

Globules

Small, usually sugar-based pellets used as a vehicle for homeopathic remedies, impregnated with the diluted substance.

Mother Tincture

The initial liquid preparation of a homeopathic remedy, created by soaking the raw material in alcohol.

Other Terminologies

Provings

Systematic testing of a substance on healthy individuals to record the symptoms it produces, forming the basis of its homeopathic use.

Modalities

Factors that worsen or improve symptoms, such as time of day, temperature, or activity, used to individualize remedy selection.

Characteristic Symptoms

Distinctive and peculiar symptoms associated with a specific remedy, guiding the homeopath in prescribing the correct medicine.

Mental Symptoms

Emotional and mental states affected by the remedy, considered crucial for holistic prescribing in homeopathy.

Physical Generals

Symptoms affecting the whole body, such as fatigue, temperature sensitivity, and appetite, used to understand the overall picture.

Materia Medica

A comprehensive reference book detailing the symptoms and uses of homeopathic remedies, based on provings and clinical experience.

Repertory

An index of symptoms and their corresponding remedies, used to find the most appropriate remedy based on the patient’s symptom picture.

Constitutional Remedy

A remedy that addresses the patient’s overall health and susceptibility, rather than just isolated symptoms.

Neuralgia

Nerve pain, a common indication for Argentum Metallicum, often described as sharp, shooting, or burning.

Reference

[1] Gems textbook of materia medica by Dr.Patil

[2] Dictionary of practical materia medica by Dr.J.H.Clarke

[3] Materia Medica By Boericke W.

[4] Concise Materia Medica Of Hom. Remedies By S.R. Phatak

[5] Condensed Materia Medica By Hering C.

[6] Zomeo

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