Manganum Metallicum

▲   GENERAL

General

Manganum Metallicum causes anaemia with destruction of the red corpuscles. Jaundice, nephritis with albuminuria. Fatty degeneration of liver. Paralysis agitans. Cellulitis, subacute stage, promotes suppuration and hastens regeneration.

Symptoms of chronic poisoning, according to Professor Von Jaksch, were involuntary laughter and involuntary weeping and walking backwards. Strongly exaggerated reflexes and physical disturbances, evidenced by men making fun of each other’s gait. Paraplegia progressive; wasting, feeble and staggering gait.

Inflammation of bones or joints, with nightly digging pains. Asthmatic persons who cannot lie on a feather pillow. Syphilitic and chlorotic patients with general anaemia and paralytic symptoms often are benefited by Manganum Metallicum. Gout. Chronic arthritis. For speakers and singers. Great accumulation of mucus. Growing pains and weak ankles. General soreness and aching; every part of the body feels sore when touched; early tuberculosis.

▲   MODALITIES ETC

Worse

WORSE, cold wet weather, change of weather.

Better

BETTER, lying down (cough).

▲   RELATIONSHIPS

Compare

Compare: Colloidal manganese (Boils and other staphylococcal infections); Mangan, mur ( painful ankles, bone-pains); Mangan oxydat ( pain in tibia, dysmenorrhoea, colic and diarrhoea. Easily fatigued and heated; sleepy. Stolid, mask-like facies; low monotonous voice "Economical Speech." Muscular twitching, cramps in calves; stiff leg muscles; occasional uncontrollable laughter. Peculiar slapping gait. Similar symptoms to paralysis agitans, progressive lenticular degenerations and pseudo sclerosis. Workers in Managa. binoxide are frequently affected with bulbar paralysis. Use 3X homeopathically.) Manganum Sulfuricum ^{Mangan. Sulph} ( liver affections, excess of bile; a powerful intestinal stimulant); Argent.; Rhus Tox ^Rhus.; Sulphur ^SULPH.

Antidotes

Antidotes: Coffea Cruda ^Coff.; Merc Viv ^Merc.

▲   HEAD

Head

Anxiety and fear; Better lying down

Field of vision contracted

Stolid mask-like face.

Headache

Feels large and heavy, with rush of blood; pain from above downward

Pain, headache

air; open (see walking in open air)

from certain movements; from stooping

warmth; warm room

in forehead; from stooping

▲   EYES

Eyes

Dryness; when looking at bright light

Pupils; dilated

▲   EARS

Ear

Feel stopped; cracking on blowing nose

Pain from other parts extends to ears

Deafness In damp weather

Whistling tinnitus.

Alimentary Canal.

Tongue sore and irritable with ulcers or warts

Flatulence; chronic enlargement of liver.

Itching; in ear

▲   FACE

Face

Expression; suffering

Pain; sudden, sharp; jaws; lower

Skin; discoloration; pale

Sunken

▲   NOSE

Nose

Dry, obstructed

Chronic catarrh, with bleeding, dryness; Worse in cold damp weather.

Pain; sore, bruised; inside

Discharge

Running or blocked nose (coryza); with inflammation larynx

▲   MOUTH

Mouth

opposite.} Hemming all the time

Low, monotonous voice.

Gums and teeth

Toothache; WORSE, anything cold ( Coffea Cruda ^Coff)

Teeth

pain; extending to other parts; ear

pain; extending to other parts; other parts

pain; extending to other parts; throat

Palate

Nodes on palate

▲   THROAT

Throat

Catarrh

Choking, constricting

airways in general

larynx

Irritation; larynx

Pain

sudden, sharp; larynx; when swallowing

sudden, sharp; larynx; extending to ear; when swallowing

Roughness; larynx

Tickling in the air passages; lying down

Voice

hoarseness

hoarseness; in open air

hoarseness; with running nose

rough; on going into open air

Wasting; larynx

External throat; perspiration

▲   CHEST

Respiration

Chronic hoarseness

Larynx dry, rough, constricted

Tuberculosis of larynx

Cough; worse evening, and Better lying down and worse in damp weather

Mucus difficult to loosen

Stitches in larynx extending to ear

Heat in chest

Hemoptysis

Every cold rouses up a bronchitis ( Dulcamara ^Dulc.)

▲   COUGH

Cough

Noon; lying down,

Cough from deep down; lying down

Dry cough

lying down

While lying down; noon

Lying down

noon

▲   SKIN

Skin

Suppuration of skin around joints

Red, elevated spots

Itching; better, scratching

Deep cracks in bends of elbows, etc

Psoriasis and pityriasis

Burning around ulcers

Chronic eczema associated with amenorrhoea, worse at menstrual period or at menopause.

Itching

perspiration

perspiring parts

▲   ABDOMEN

Abdomen

Pain; from damp weather

▲   GENITALS ETC

Genitals

Flushes of heat at climacteric.

Female

menopause

Menses

Derangements of menstruation, amenorrhoea; menses too early and scanty, in anaemic subjects

period; frequent

period; scanty

▲   EXTREMITIES, LIMBS

Extremities, limbs

Muscular twitching

Cramps in calves

Stiffness in muscles of legs

Inflammation of bones and joints with insupportable nightly digging pains

Every part of body feels sore when touched

Cannot walk backwards without falling

Tending to fall forward

walks stooping forward

Legs feel numb

Wilson’s disease

Paralysis agitans

Peculiar slapping gait, walks on metacarpophalangeal joint; walks backwards

Ankles painful

Bones very sensitive

Shiny red swelling of joints

Knees pain and itch

Rheumatism of feet

Intolerable pain in skin of lower limbs

Burning spots about joints

Periosteal inflammation

Suppuration of skin around joints.

Pain

pressing; forearm

sore, bruised

stitching, sudden, sharp; joints

Perspiration; leg

▲   GENERALITIES

Sleep and dreams

Languor and sleepiness

Vivid dreams

Sleepy very early in evening.

Perspiration

During anxiety

Generalities

Night

Anaemia

as from iron deficiency - greenish yellow skin

Feather-bed

Pain; sudden, sharp; muscles; tearing in muscles

Temperature (felt and effects of temperature); hot feeling; flushes of heat

Touch

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