Argentum Nitricum Homeopathic remedies are prescribed on the principal that 'like cures like', in a tiny dilution - so the indications below are what a healthy person would feel if taking Argentum Nitricum. If your symptoms fit within the symptoms below, then Argentum Nitricum would be a good bet. The following are the strongest indications of Argentum Nitricum for its use in homeopathy. Entries on a white backgorund are from Boericke's Materia Medica, other entries are from a reversed Kent's repertory. Homeopathic remedies are not the same as herbal remedies. Please remember though, this homeopathy materia medica is provided for information only, with no guarantee of accuracy; it is not intended as a substitute for medical advice, nor as a claim for the effectiveness of Argentum Nitricum in treating any of the symptoms below. If symptoms persist, seek professional medical advice - minor symptoms can often be a sign of a more serious underlying condition. Homeopathic remedies are very dilute, and while the homeopathic remedy may be beneficial, the raw product may be harmful. To purchase Argentum Nitricum and other homeopathic remedies online, please click the button above. In this drug the neurotic effects are very marked, many brain and spinal symptoms presenting themselves which give certain indications for its homeopathic employment. Symptoms of incoordination, loss of control and want of balance everywhere, mentally and physically; Trembling in affected parts. Is an irritant of mucous membranes, producing violent inflammation of the throat, and a marked gastro-enteritis. Very characteristic is the great Desire for sweets, the splinter-like pains, and free muco-purulent discharge in the inflamed and ulcerated mucous membranes. Sensation as if a part were expanding and other errors of perception are characteristic. Withered up and dried constitutions present a favorable field for its action, especially when associated with unusual or long continued mental exertion. Head symptoms often determine the choice of this remedy. Pains increase and decrease gradually. Flatulent state and prematurely aged look. Explosive belching, especially in neurotics. Upper abdominal affections brought on by undue mental exertion. Paraplegia Myelitis and disseminated sclerosis of brain and cord. Intolerance of heat. Sensation of a sudden pinch (Dudgeon). Destroys red blood corpuscles, producing anemia. BETTER, from eructation; fresh air; COLD; pressure. WORSE, warmth in any form; at night; from cold food; SWEETS; after eating; at menstrual period; from emotions, Left side. Relationships Antidote: Nat-mur. Compare: Ars.; Merc.; Phos.; Pulsat.; Argent. Cyanatum (angina pectoris; asthma, spasm of oesophagus); Argent- Jodat ( Throat disorders, hoarseness, gland affected.) Protargol (gonorrhoea after acute stage 2 percent. solution; syphilitic mucous patches, chancres and chancroids, 10 percent solution applied twice a day; ophthalmia neonatorum, 2 drops of 10 percent. solution).; Argent. Phosph ( An excellent diuretic in dropsy.); Argent. Oxyd. Chlorosis with menorrhagia and diarrhoea.). expectoration; mucous; expectoration; thick; expectoration; thick; and sticky; mind; insecure, uncertain, scared; fear; of being alone (see company); mind; insecure, uncertain, scared; fear; mind; insecure, uncertain, scared; anxiety; anticipating an engagement; ; mind; insecure, uncertain, scared; anxiety; mind; intellectual faculties; impaired thinking; dull, sluggish; children; ; mind; intellectual faculties; impaired thinking; dull, sluggish; mind; insecure, uncertain, scared; fear; when ready to go to church or opera; ; mind; insecure, uncertain, scared; frightened easily; mind; memory; weakness of memory; mind; restlessness, nervousness; mind; restlessness, nervousness; before convulsions; ; mind; talking, conversation; contrary (see obstinate, irritable); mind; talking, conversation; obstinate; mind; talking, conversation; obstinate; far-fetched objection against whatever was proposed; mind; emotions, feelings, attitude, disposition; impulsive; mind; hurry; while walking; mind; hurry; for the appointed time to arrive; mind; emotions, feelings, attitude, disposition; sensitive, oversensitive; Impulsive; wants to do things in a hurry ( Lilium) Peculiar mental impulses Errors of perception ind.) Memory weak Time passes slowly ( Cann Melancholic, apprehensive of serious disease Faintish and tremulous Fearful and nervous; impulse to jump out of window Thinks his understanding will and must fail Fears and anxieties and hidden irrational motives for actions. mind; delusions, imaginations, hallucinations, illusions; mind; insecure, uncertain, scared; anxiety; while walking; and so walks faster; ; mind; emotions, feelings, attitude, disposition; indifference, apathy, etc.; when in society; ; mind; delusions, imaginations, hallucinations, illusions; about self; circumstances; is despised; mind; delusions, imaginations, hallucinations, illusions; about self; circumstances; deserted, forsaken; mind; desires, wants; company; mind; excitement; mind; mental exertion; head; skin and scalp; like insects crawling on skin; head; pain, headache; boring, digging, screwing; forehead; above eyebrows; left; ; head; pain, headache; sides; one side; ; head; expanded sensation (see swollen); enlarged sensation; head; pain, headache; pressure; constricting head; head; pain, headache; from emotions; nervous; ; head; expanded sensation (see swollen); enlarged sensation; during pregnancy; ; Aching in frontal eminence, with Enlarged feeling in corresponding eye Itching of scalp Hemicrania; bones of head feel as if separated. Boring pain; Better on tight bandaging and pressure Vertigo, with buzzing in ears and with nervous affections Headache from mental exertion, from dancing Brain-fag, with general debility and trembling Sense of Expansion Emotional disturbances cause appearance of hemi-cranial attacks Headache with coldness and trembling eye; pain; open air; Ulcer in cornea. Cornea opaque Eye-strain from sewing; worse in warm room eye; lids; lids turned outward; eye; lids; excoriated (as if grazed, chaffed); eye; lids; thickening of lids; eye; lids; eyes closed; in melancholy; ; eye; lids; stuck together; eye; lids; stuck together; morning; ; eye; conjunctiva (external lining of eye); swelling; Acute granular conjunctivitis Paretic condition of ciliary muscle Useful in restoring power to the weakened ciliary muscles Inner canthi Swollen and red Spots before the vision Blurred vision Photophobia in warm room Purulent ophthalmia Great swelling of conjunctiva; Discharge abundant and purulent eye; pupils; dilated; before epilepsy; ; Chronic ulceration of margin of lids; sore, thick, swollen Unable to keep eyes fixed steadily Aching, tired feeling in eyes, better closing or pressing upon them eye; discoloration; redness; eye; discoloration; redness; open air; eye; discoloration; redness; while reading; ; eye; swellings; lids; ; eye; swellings; painful boil, shedding skin and tissues (carbuncles); eye; pupils; dilated; eye; pain; warm room; eye; inflammation; wounds; conjunctiva (external lining of eye); ; eye; inflammation; wounds; conjunctiva (external lining of eye); granular; eye; inflammation; wounds; lids; ; eye; intolerance of light (photophobia); warm room; eye; intolerance of light (photophobia); eye; discharges of mucus or pus; from out-breaks on skin; ; eye; discoloration; redness; corner; ; eye; intolerance of light (photophobia); after straining the eyes; ; eye; inflammation; cold; eye; inflammation; from being over fire. cold air and cold applications relieve; ; eye; inflammation; infants; ; eye; discoloration; redness; lids; ; eye; inflammation; wounds; corner; ; eye; discoloration; redness; while sewing; ; vision; moving; vision; exertion of vision; vision; colours and shapes in front of eyes; colours; grey; snake-like shapes; vision; long-sighted (near objects blurred); ear; noises in ear; buzzing; Itching Ulcers in septum Loss of smell Coryza, will chilliness, lachrymation, and headache. face; skin; discoloration; sallow; face; skin; discoloration; yellow; face; skin; discoloration; lead-coloured; face; lips; discoloration; bluish; face; expression; old looking; face; skin; discoloration; dirty looking; Old man’s look; tight drawing of skin over bones. Sunken, old, pale, and bluish mouth; tongue; taste buds; erect; mouth; taste; sour; Pain in sound teeth mouth; discoloration; tongue; red; tip; ; mouth; pain; tongue; tip; ; Canker sores. Gums tender and bleed easily Tongue has prominent papillae; tip is red and painful Taste coppery, like ink throat; pain; rawness; throat; pain; throat; mucus; throat; mucus; larynx; ; throat; mucus; thick; throat; mucus; clinging; throat; voice; hoarseness; from talking; ; throat; pain; rawness; larynx; ; Strangulated feeling. throat; pain; sore; throat; pain; as from a splinter; throat; voice; hoarseness; throat; voice; lost; throat; voice; lost; singers; ; throat; irritation; larynx; ; throat; inflammation; larynx; in singers; ; Sensation of a splinter in throat on swallowing Dark redness of throat catarrh of smokers, with tickling as of hair in throat Raw, rough and sore Much Thick mucus in throat and mouth causes hawking throat; discoloration; redness; dark red; throat; larynx (voice box); scraping, clearing; throat; choking, constricting; when clearing the throat (see retching); ; throat; discoloration; redness; throat; inflammation; larynx; ; throat; inflammation; throat; hawks often; throat; discoloration; redness; uvula (lobe at back of mouth); ; abdomen; bladder; urination; painful or difficult urination; abdomen; stomach; nausea; abdomen; sensitive to clothing; abdomen; bloated; abdomen; bloated; trapped wind; ; abdomen; emptiness; abdomen; stomach; distended (swollen from inner pressure); abdomen; stomach; disordered; abdomen; stomach; retching; when hawking mucus from throat at back of mouth; ; abdomen; stomach; burping, belching; abdomen; stomach; burping, belching; abdomen; stomach; burping, belching; difficult; abdomen; stomach; burping, belching; after eating; ; abdomen; stomach; burping, belching; empty; abdomen; stomach; burping, belching; large quantities of wind; abdomen; stomach; burping, belching; loud; abdomen; stomach; pain; abdomen; stomach; pain; after eating; ; abdomen; stomach; pain; on breathing in deeply; ; abdomen; stomach; desires, cravings; sweets; sugar; abdomen; stomach; desires, cravings; salt things; abdomen; bladder; urination; unconscious; no feeling in urethra (urinary part of genitals); abdomen; flatulence; abdomen; flatulence; after eating; ; abdomen; flatulence; obstructed; abdomen; pain; night; midnight; ; abdomen; pain; before stool; ; abdomen; pain; pressing; before stool; ; abdomen; pain; sore, bruised, tenderness, etc.; behind lower ribs; during diarrhoea; ; abdomen; sense of weakness; abdomen; bladder; urging to urinate (unhealthy desire); abdomen; stomach; thirst; abdomen; bladder; urination; frequent; abdomen; bladder; urination; involuntary, incontinence; abdomen; bladder; urination; involuntary, incontinence; night, bed wetting; ; abdomen; stomach; retching; during diarrhoea; ; abdomen; stomach; desires, cravings; sweets; Ulceration of stomach, With radiating pain Enormous distention Desire for cheese and salt. Colic, With much flatulent distention Stitchy ulcerative pain on left side of stomach, below short ribs. abdomen; bladder; urination; feeble stream (slow); abdomen; stomach; vomiting; abdomen; stomach; vomiting; during diarrhoea; ; abdomen; stomach; vomiting; mucus; abdomen; stomach; thirst; extreme; Trembling and throbbing in stomach Stomach; Belching accompanies most gastric ailments Nausea, retching, vomiting of glairy mucus Flatulence; Painful swelling of pit Painful spot over stomach that radiates to all parts of the abdomen abdomen; stomach; vomiting; mucus; during diarrhoea; ; Ineffectual effort at eructation Ulcerative pain in left side under ribs Gastritis of drunkards Great craving for sweats Gnawing ulcerating pain; burning and constriction rectum; diarrhoea; night; ; rectum; diarrhoea; from emotions; excitement; as before theatre; ; rectum; diarrhoea; from emotions; excitement; ; rectum; diarrhoea; after certain foods or drinks; from drinking water; ; rectum; diarrhoea; after certain foods or drinks; sugar; ; rectum; flatulence; loud; rectum; flatulence; loud; after sugar; ; rectum; flatulence; after sugar; ; rectum; flatulence; rectum; diarrhoea; stool; mucous, slimy; green; stool; mucous, slimy; stool; green; like spinach in flatulence; stool; green; stool; brown; Fluids go right through him; after sweets After any emotion with flatulence Itching of anus. Watery, noisy, flatulent; Green, like chopped spinach, with shreddy mucus and enormous distention of abdomen; very offensive stool; watery; stool; odour; offensive; stool; watery; night; ; Diarrhoea immediately after eating or drinking urine; bloody; urine; copious; Early stage of gonorrhoea; profuse discharge and terrible cutting pains; bloody urine. Emission of a few drops after having finished Divided stream Urine scanty and dark Urethra inflamed, with pain, burning, itching; pain as from a splinter Urine passes unconsciously, day and night genitals; urethra (urinary part of genitals); pain; burning; during urination; ; genitals; urethra (urinary part of genitals); numbness; sensation absent, when urinating; genitals; urethra (urinary part of genitals); inflammation; genitals; urethra (urinary part of genitals); discharge; strong and sharp (acrid); genitals; urethra (urinary part of genitals); painful during erection; genitals; female; prolapse; womb; ; genitals; female; metrorrhagia (non-menstrual bleeding); after sexual intercourse; ; genitals; male; pain; genitals; male; erections; painful (see urethra); genitals; female; pain; vagina; during sexual intercourse; ; Bleeding easily Uterine hemorrhage, two weeks after menses; painful affections of left ovary. Leucorrhoea profuse, with erosion of cervix Nervous erethism at change of life Orgasms at night Intense spasm of chest muscles Female; Gastralgia at beginning of menses Coition painful. Genitals shrivel Desire waning Cancer-like drugs Erection falls when coition is attempted Male; Impotence Angina pectoris, nightly worse Many people in a room seem to take away his breath. respiration; deep; respiration; asthma attack; Palpitation, pulse irregular and intermittent; worse lying on Right side; (Alumen.) Painful spots in chest Chest feels as if a bar were around it Dyspnoea Suffocative cough, as if from a hair in throat Chronic hoarseness High notes cause cough chest; heart; palpitations; from exertion; ; chest; heart; palpitations; after excitement; ; chest; pain; heart; ; chest; heart; angina pectoris; chest; heart; palpitations; tumultuous, violent, intense; chest; heart; palpitations; night; ; chest; heart; palpitations; chest; pain; feels like a splinter; back; heaviness, weight; sacrum (base of spine); like a weight; Much pain acid.) Paraplegia; posterior spinal sclerosis. Spine sensitive with nocturnal pains, (Oxal extremities, limbs; weakness; lower limbs; ; extremities, limbs; weakness; extremities, limbs; movements and positions; trembling; extremities, limbs; paralysis; lower limbs; ; extremities, limbs; numbness (see tingling); foot; ; extremities, limbs; numbness (see tingling); extremities, limbs; heaviness; upper limbs; ; extremities, limbs; heaviness; forearm; ; extremities, limbs; movements and positions; trembling; lower limbs; ; extremities, limbs; heaviness; lower limbs; afternoon; ; extremities, limbs; cramps; calf; ; Post-diphtheritic paralysis (after Gel.). Cannot walk with eyes closed Trembling, with general debility Paralysis, with mental and abdominal symptoms Rigidity of Calves Debility in calves especially Walks and stands unsteadily, especially when unobserved Numbness of arms Sleepless, from fancies before his imagination; horrible dreams of snakes, and of sexual gratification Drowsy stupor. sleep; deep; sleep; sleeplessness, insomnia; ; sleep; comatose; Chills with nausea Chilly when uncovered, yet feels smothered if wrapped up. Irregular blotches. Brown, tense, and hard Drawing in skin, as from a spider-web, or dried albuminous substance, withered and dried up generalities; pain; pressing; internally; ; generalities; pain; sensation of splinters; generalities; in women; symptoms during period; ; generalities; sensitive; intolerance of clothing; generalities; symptoms not symmetrical; left; ; generalities; trembling; externally; ; generalities; trembling; periodical; generalities; walking; in open air; generalities; weakness (see lethargic, weariness); periodical; generalities; pain; boring; generalities; inflammation; hair follicles; ; generalities; night; ; generalities; night; before midnight; ; generalities; open air; generalities; general physical anxiety; generalities; blood vessels; excited, rapid blood flow; generalities; convulsions; without consciousness; generalities; convulsions; epileptic; generalities; convulsions; epileptic; generalities; eating and food; sweets; generalities; weakness (see lethargic, weariness); trembling; Argentum Nitricum is available to buy through our online shop from WHP in USA, Boiron in USA, Boiron in Canada, Hylands in USA, Weleda in UK (not for export), Helios, Europe, by clicking the red 'View Purchase Options' button. Alternative names, keywords, and common mis-spellings Nitrate Of Silver, Arg. Nit, Argent. Nit