Zincum Metallicum 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 Zincum Metallicum. If your symptoms fit within the symptoms below, then Zincum Metallicum would be a good bet. The following are the strongest indications of Zincum Metallicum 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 Zincum Metallicum 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 Zincum Metallicum and other homeopathic remedies online, please click the button above. The provings picture cerebral depression. The word "FAG" covers a large part of Zincum Metallicum action. Tissues are worn out faster than they are repaired. Poisoning from suppressed eruptions or discharges. The nervous symptoms of most importance. Defective vitality. Impending brain paralysis. Period of depression in disease. Spinal affections. Twitchings. Pain, as if between skin and flesh. Great relief from discharges. Chorea, from fright or suppressed eruption. Convulsions, with pale face and no heat. Marked anaemia with profound prostration. It causes a decrease in the number, and destruction of red blood corpuscles. Repercussed eruptive diseases. In chronic diseases with brain and spinal symptoms, trembling, convulsive twitching and fidgety feet are guiding symptoms. BETTER, while eating, discharges, and appearance of eruptions. WORSE, at menstrual period, from touch, between 5 to 7 P.M.; after dinner, from wine. Relationships Compare: Agaric.; Ign.; Plumb.; Argent.; Puls.; Helleb.; Tuberc. Inimical: Nux; Cham. Compare in better by secretions; Lach.; STAN.; Mosch. Compare: Zincum Aceticum (effects of night-watching and erysipelas; brain feels sore; Rademacher’S solution, five-drop doses three times a day in water, For those who are compelled to work, on an insufficient amount of sleep); Zincum Metallicum, Bromatum (dentition, chorea, hydrocephalus; Zinc. oxydatum ( Nausea and sour taste. Sudden vomiting in children. Vomiting of bile and diarrhoea. Flatulent abdomen. Watery stools with tenemus. Debility after grip. Fiery red face, Great drowsiness with dreamlike unrefreshing sleep. Similar to effect of night watching. Mental and physical exertion (Rademacher). ZINC. Sulph., not repeated frequently (high potency) will clear up opacities of the cornea (McFarland). Corneitis; granular lids; tongue paralyzed; cramps in arms and legs; trembling and convulsions. Hypochondriasis due to masturbation; nervous headaches); Zinc. cyanatum (as a remedy for meningitis and cerebrospinal meningitis, paralysis agitans, chores, and hysteria, it has received some attention); ZINC. Ars ( chorea, anaemia, Profound exhaustion on slight exertion. Depression and marked involvement of lower extremities); Zinc. carb ( post-gonorrhoeal throat affections, tonsils swollen, bluish superficial spots); ZINC. Phos ( herpes zoster 1x); Zinc. muriat ( disposition to pick the bedclothes; sense of smell and taste perverted; bluish-green tint of skin; cold and sweaty); Zinc. phos ( neuralgia of head and face; lightning-like pains in locomotor ataxia, brain-fag, nervousness, and vertigo; sexual excitement and sleeplessness); Ammon. Valerian (violent neuralgia, with great nervous agitation); Zinc. picricum (facial paralysis; brain-fag, headache in Bright’s disease; seminal emissions; loss of memory and energy). Oxide of zinc is used locally as an astringent and stimulant application to unhealthy ulcers, fissures, intertrigo, burns, etc. expectoration; bloody, spitting of blood (see chest haemorrhage); during period; ; expectoration; bloody, spitting of blood (see chest haemorrhage); before period; ; expectoration; bloody, spitting of blood (see chest haemorrhage); morning; during period; ; mind; emotions, feelings, attitude, disposition; sensitive, oversensitive; to noise; mind; emotions, feelings, attitude, disposition; sensitive, oversensitive; to noise; voices; mind; emotions, feelings, attitude, disposition; unhappy; lamenting, regretting; moaning, groaning; mind; emotions, feelings, attitude, disposition; unhappy; sadness, mental depression; mind; restlessness, nervousness; mind; talking, conversation; dislike of talking, desire to be silent, taciturn; evening; ; mind; talking, conversation; torments everyone by talking about complaints; mind; unconsciousness; when skin out breaks from disease are slow to appear; mind; behaviour; shrieking; during sleep; ; mind; emotions, feelings, attitude, disposition; excessively religious (see anxiety, despair, fear); mind; emotions, feelings, attitude, disposition; mood; changeable, variable mood; mind; emotions, feelings, attitude, disposition; mood; alternating mood; Very sensitive to noise Averse to work, to talk Child repeats everything said to it Weak memory Fears arrest on account of a supposed crime Melancholia Lethargic, stupid Paresis. mind; emotions, feelings, attitude, disposition; irritability; evening; ; mind; intellectual faculties; impaired thinking; dull, sluggish; mind; behaviour; shrieking; on waking; ; Hydrocephalus head; pain, headache; tearing, rending; sides of head; ; head; pain, headache; sides; one side; ; head; pain, headache; from emotions; nervous; ; head; pain, headache; affected by certain foods and drinks (improved, brought on or aggravated); from wine; head; pain, headache; bursting; forehead; ; head; brain; inflammation of brain; meningitis; head; pain, headache; air; open (see walking in open air); Feels as if he would fall to left side Starting in fright. Roaring in head Forehead cool; base of brain hot Brain-fag; headaches of overtaxed school children Automatic motion of head and hands Occipital pain, with weight on vertex Bores head into pillow Rolls head from side to side Headache from the smallest quantity of wine Amaurosis, with severe headache Red and inflamed conjunctiva; Worse, inner canthus. eye; dryness; eye; dryness; morning; ; eye; dryness; evening; ; eye; growth, tumour; tumours; tarsal tumours; Squinting Blurring of one-half of vision; worse, stimulants Rolling of eyes Ptosis Itching and soreness of lids and Inner angles Pressure as if pressed into head Pterygium; smarting, lachrymation, itching eye; tears; night; ; eye; inflammation; during period; ; eye; pain; evening; ; eye; pain; night; ; eye; pain; stitching, sudden, sharp; corner; inner; ; eye; wine; eye; tears; evening; ; eye; pain; sore, bruised, tender; corner; inner; ; eye; pain; sore, bruised, tender; eye; pain; pressing; morning; ; eye; pain; as from something in eye; like sand in eye; night; ; eye; pain; as from something in eye; like sand in eye; evening; ; eye; pain; burning, smarting, gnawing, biting; eye; pain; burning, smarting, gnawing, biting; evening; ; eye; pain; burning, smarting, gnawing, biting; morning; ; eye; pain; burning, smarting, gnawing, biting; afternoon; ; vision; foggy; Tearing, stitches, and external swelling Discharge of fetid pus. hearing; too sensitive; to noises; ; hearing; too sensitive; voices and talking; Sore feeling high up; pressure upon root. Tearing in facial bones. Redness and itching eruptions on chin PALE lips, and corners of mouth cracked mouth; teeth; pain; lower teeth; ; mouth; teeth; pain; upper teeth; ; mouth; teeth; looseness; Gums bleed mouth; teeth; pain; molars; ; Difficult dentition; child weak; cold and restless feet. Bloody taste Gnashing of teeth Teeth loose Blisters on tongue Dry; constant inclination to hawk up tenacious mucus throat; external throat; uncovering throat; Rawness and dryness in throat and larynx Pain in muscles of throat when swallowing. abdomen; stomach; nausea; after drinking; wine; ; Stomach; Hiccough, nausea, vomiting of bitter mucus Burning in stomach, heartburn from sweet things Cannot stand smallest quantity of wine Atonic dyspepsia, feeling as if stomach were collapsed. Pain after a light meal, with tympanitis Pain in spot beneath naevi Gurgling and griping; distended Reflex symptoms from floating kidney ravenous hunger about 11 A.M ( Sulph.) Great greediness when eating; cannot eat fast enough Flatulent colic, with retraction of abdomen ( Plumb.) Enlarged, indurated sore liver abdomen; bladder; urination; delayed, difficult; can only pass urine while sitting; abdomen; bladder; retention of urine (see urination delayed); in hysteria; abdomen; bladder; paralysis; in hysterical people; ; abdomen; bladder; paralysis; abdomen; pain; pressing; behind lower ribs; after eating; ; abdomen; pain; cutting; after dinner; ; abdomen; pain; cutting; after breakfast; ; abdomen; pain; cramping, griping; after dinner; ; abdomen; pain; cramping, griping; after breakfast; ; Griping after eating. Hard, small, constipated stool Sudden cessation of diarrhoea, followed by cerebral symptoms. Cholera infantum, with tenesmus; green mucous discharges stool; dry; stool; hard; urine; sediment; urine; sediment; sand; Can only void urine when sitting bent backwards Hysterical retention Involuntary urination when walking, coughing or sneezing. urine; sediment; clay-coloured; genitals; female; pain; boring; ovaries; left; ; genitals; male; sexual passion; increased; excessive; genitals; female; sexual intercourse; desire increased; forcing to masturbation; genitals; male; pain; pressing; testes; ; genitals; male; ejaculation; too soon, premature; ; genitals; male; sexual passion; increased; genitals; male; sexual passion; increased; easy excitement of passion; genitals; male; sexual passion; violent; genitals; female; pain; womb (see abdomen, pain); before period; ; genitals; female; pain; boring; ovaries; ; Menses flow more at night ( Bov.) Complaints all Better during menstrual flow ( Eupion; Lach.) All the female symptoms are associated with restlessness, depression, col Emissions with hypochondriasis Falling off of hair (pubic) Erections violent Male; Testicles swelled, drawn up Dry cough before and during menses. Drawing in testicles up to spermatic cord. Female; Ovarian pain, Especially left; can’T keep still ( viburn.) Nymphomania of lying-in women Menses too late, suppressed; lochia suppressed ( Puls.) Breasts painful Nipples sore Burning pressure beneath sternum respiration; difficult (dyspnea); before period; ; Hoarseness Dyspnoea better as soon as expectoration appears. Debilitating, spasmodic cough; worse, eating sweet things Child grasps genitals during cough Asthmatic bronchitis, with constriction of chest Constriction and cutting in chest cough; dry cough; after measles; before period; morning; ; cough; dry cough; during measles; ; cough; drinking; wine; ; cough; dry cough; morning; before period; ; cough; in women; before period; morning; ; cough; dry cough; after measles; before period; ; chest; lungs; tuberculosis; chest; pain; sore, bruised; before and during period; ; chest; breast; milk; absent; back; weakness (tired feeling, in spine); neck; while writing; ; back; weakness (tired feeling, in spine); back; pain; coccyx (bottom tip of spine); ; Spinal irritation back; cracking; lumbar (lower half of back); while walking; ; back; pain; while sitting; ; back; pain; spine; ; back; pain; spine; irritation; back; pain; aching; while sitting; ; back; pain; aching; neck; evening; ; back; pain; aching; neck; while writing; ; back; pain; burning; while sitting; ; back; pain; burning; spine; while sitting; ; back; weakness (tired feeling, in spine); while sitting; ; Tearing in shoulder-blades. Pain in small of back Cannot bear back Touched ( Sul.; Therid.; Cinch.) Tension and stinging between shoulders Dull aching about the last dorsal or first lumbar vertebrae; worse sitting burning along spine nape of neck weary from writing or any exertion extremities, limbs; pain; tearing; joints; ; extremities, limbs; pain; tearing; shoulder; ; extremities, limbs; pain; tearing; upper arm; ; extremities, limbs; pain; tearing; knee; ; extremities, limbs; perspiration; foot; ; extremities, limbs; weakness; lower limbs; ; extremities, limbs; pain; stitching, sudden, sharp; thigh; above the knee; transverse; extremities, limbs; pain; stitching, sudden, sharp; thigh; transverse; extremities, limbs; pain; stitching, sudden, sharp; joints; transversely; extremities, limbs; pain; stitching, sudden, sharp; joints; ; extremities, limbs; pain; sore, bruised; toes; between toes; ; extremities, limbs; pain; pulling; hip; ; extremities, limbs; pain; burning; leg; shin; ; extremities, limbs; perspiration; foot; suppressed; extremities, limbs; perspiration; toes; between toes; causing rawness; extremities, limbs; restlessness; extremities, limbs; skin; out-break on skin; hand; herpes; extremities, limbs; skin; itching; knee; bend of knee; ; extremities, limbs; skin; skin cracks at bends of joints; hands (see chapping); ; extremities, limbs; skin; chicken pox (see swelling); leg; ; extremities, limbs; skin; chicken pox (see swelling); lower limbs; ; extremities, limbs; restlessness; lower limbs; feet; while sitting; ; extremities, limbs; restlessness; lower limbs; feet; evening; in bed; ; extremities, limbs; restlessness; lower limbs; feet; ; extremities, limbs; restlessness; lower limbs; leg; evening; ; extremities, limbs; restlessness; lower limbs; leg; ; extremities, limbs; restlessness; lower limbs; ; extremities, limbs; restlessness; night; ; extremities, limbs; pain; boring; foot; heel; after drinking wine; ; extremities, limbs; pain; foot; heel; after drinking wine; ; extremities, limbs; hands and feet; chilblains; feet; ; Chilblains ( Agar.) Feet in continued motion; cannot keep still Lameness, Weakness, trembling and twitching of various muscles Sweaty Steps with entire sole of foot on floor. Soles of feet sensitive transverse pains, especially in upper extremity Convulsions, With pale face large varicose veins on legs extremities, limbs; movements and positions; jerking; during sleep; ; extremities, limbs; movements and positions; jerking; lower limbs; ; extremities, limbs; movements and positions; jerking; lower limbs; during sleep; ; extremities, limbs; numbness (see tingling); wrist; in measles; extremities, limbs; numbness (see tingling); wrist; ; extremities, limbs; numbness (see tingling); upper limbs; ; extremities, limbs; numbness (see tingling); while lying down; ; Somnambulism ( Kali-phos.) Loud screaming out at night in sleep without being aware of it Nervous motion of feet when asleep Cries out during sleep; body jerks; wakes frightened, startled chill; external; ; chill; stormy weather; ; Profuse sweat on feet. Night-sweat Cold extremities Frequent, febrile shiverings down back fever; continued fever; dazed from fever; skin; out-breaks on skin; scarlet fever; receding; skin; out-breaks on skin; pimples; skin; out-breaks on skin; suppressed; skin; becomes sore when lying down; feeling; retrocession of eruptions. Itching of thighs and Hollow of knees Eczema, especially in the anaemic and neurotic Varicose veins, especially of lower extremities ( Puls.) Formication of feet and legs as from bugs crawling over the skin, preventing sleep generalities; pulse; frequent, accelerated, elevated, exalted, fast, innumerable, rapid; generalities; in women; symptoms during period; ; generalities; in women; symptoms before period; ; generalities; paralysis; in chronic indigestion; generalities; pain; tearing; muscles; sticking in muscles; generalities; pain; tearing; muscles; ; generalities; during sleep; generalities; trembling; externally; ; generalities; twitching; generalities; twitching; twitching, involuntary movements (chorea); during period; ; generalities; twitching; here and there; ; generalities; twitching; during sleep; ; generalities; twitching; of tendons; ; generalities; uncovering; generalities; weariness (see weakness); generalities; pain; tearing; externally; generalities; pain; sudden, sharp; externally; ; generalities; pain; pressing; internally; ; generalities; afternoon; ; generalities; evening; ; generalities; night; ; generalities; convulsions; children; ; generalities; convulsions; when out-breaks on skin fail to break out; generalities; convulsions; when measles-like rash repelled or do not appear; generalities; eating and food; after breakfast; generalities; eating and food; eating; generalities; eating and food; after eating; ; generalities; jerking; muscles; ; generalities; lethargic, tired; generalities; pain; gnawing, biting; generalities; pain; burning externally; internally; ; generalities; pain; burning externally; bones; ; generalities; pain; cutting; internally; generalities; wine; Zincum Metallicum 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. 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