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Plumbum Metallicum

30C / 200CPlumbum
Lead Metal · "The Progressive Paralysis Remedy"
plb.PolychrestMineralCommonPsoric
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🎯 A deep-acting remedy for sclerotic conditions, paralysis of the extensors, and severe abdominal colic.
📖 Boericke writes:
The great drug for general sclerotic conditions. Lead paralysis is chiefly of extensors, forearm or upper limb, from center to periphery with partial anaesthesia or excessive hyperasthesia, preceded by pain. Localized neuralgic pains, neuritis. The blood, alimentary and nervous systems are the special seats of action of Plumbum. Hematosis is interfered with, rapid reduction in number of red corpuscles; hence pallor, icterus, anaemia. Constrictive sensation in internal organs.
Delirium, coma and convulsions. Hypertension and arteriosclerosis.Progressive muscular atrophy. Infantile paralysis.Locomotor ataxia. Excessive and rapid emaciation. Bulbar paralysis. Important in peripheral affections. The points of attack for Plumbum are the neuraxons and the anterior horns. Symptoms of multiple sclerosis, posterior spinal sclerosis. Contractions and boring pain. All the symptoms of acute. Nephritis with amaurosis and cerebral symptoms. Gout (Chronic).
👤 Constitution
•Individuals who are pale, cachetic, and emaciated, often showing signs of premature aging or arteriosclerosis.
⭐ Key Symptoms — Give When You See
Progressive muscular atrophy.
introduction
Locomotor ataxia.
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Mental depression.
mind
Fear of being assassinated.
mind
Pale and cachetic.
face
Gums swollen, pale; distinct blue lines along margins of gums.
mouth
Gastralgia.
stomach
Abdominal wall feels drawn by a string to spine.
abdomen
Abdomen retracted.
abdomen
Constipation; stools hard, lumpy, black with urging and spasm of anus.
rectum
Anus drawn up with constriction.
rectum
Chronic interstitial nephritis, with great pain in abdomen.
urinary
🩺 Systems & Indications
🧠Mind
Indicated for states of mental decline, depression, and paranoia.
Mental depression.
Fear of being assassinated.
Quiet melancholy.
Slow perception; loss of memory; amnesic aphasia.
Hallucinations and delusions.
Intellectual apathy.
Memory impaired (Anac; Baryta).
Paretic dementia.
🔑 Modalities
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💊 Dosage & Potency
Third to thirtieth
Centesimal
🕒As directed
Primary Dosage
🌿 Remedy Relationships
🚫 Antidotes
Platinum Metallicum →Alumina →Petroleum →
🔄 Compare With
Alumina →Mercurius Solubilis →Platinum Metallicum →Opium →Thallium Metallicum →Plumbum Iodatum →Plumbum Chromicum →Plectranthus →
📚 Sources & References

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