Niccolum Metallicum
Metallic Nickel, Niccolum
Below are the main rubriks (i.e strongest indications or symptoms) of Niccolum Metallicum in traditional homeopathic usage, not reviewed by the FDA.
▲ GENERAL
General
Periodical nervous sick headaches, with asthenopia, weak digestion, constipation. Catarrh. Suits debilitated, nervous, literary patients, with frequent headaches, dyspepsia and constipation.
Dose
Third trituration.
≡ show all authors ...▲ MODALITIES ETC
Worse
WORSE, periodically, every two weeks; yearly, forenoon.
Better
BETTER, in evening.
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Mind
Aversions, dislikes; company
Behaviour; habits; holds head with hand; on coughing
Dazed
on stooping
Desires, wants; to kill; while talking
Emotions, feelings, attitude, disposition
anguish; late morning
anger (see irritability and quarrelsome)
evening
from contradiction
impatience
irritability
morning
late morning
evening
during headache
while talking
malicious
quarrelsome, argumentative
evening
unhappy; sadness, mental depression
morning
afternoon
evening
weeping, crying, tearful mood (lamenting)
in sleep
on waking
Intellectual faculties
impaired thinking; confusion
impaired thinking; confusion; morning
impaired thinking; dull, sluggish
Insecure, uncertain, scared
anxiety
anxiety; on waking from nightmares (see dreams)
anxiety; with fear
anxiety; during fever
anxiety; from movement
fear
morning
afternoon
something will happen
of misfortune
Restlessness, nervousness
afternoon
evening
night
3 a.m.
everything feels sore, must move about
forcing out of bed
during period
walking
Talking, conversation
contradicts people
intolerant of contradiction
dislike of talking, desire to be silent, taciturn
talkative
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Vertigo
Morning
Morning; on rising
Afternoon
Evening
In open air
Open air
With nausea
On rising
from bed
from a seat
from stooping
While standing; with staggering
On stooping
While walking; while in the open air
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Head
Cracking in cervical vertebrae when moving the head
Pressure on vertex, in morning; worse till noon and in warm room
Stitches
Objects appear too large
Migraine; first on left side
Twitching of upper lip.
Brain
brain feels loose
brain feels loose; as if brain moving within head; side to side
Congestion (see pulsation)
fullness
fullness; morning
fullness; when stooping
fullness; forehead
Hot
afternoon
agreeable
in a warm room
forehead
afternoon
Movements in head
Prickling; temples; as with needles
Pulsating
morning
open air
Headache
Pain on top as from a nail
Heaviness (see pain
pressing)
pressing); morning
on rising
after rising
on waking
pressing); afternoon
pressing); open air
pressing); while lying down
pressing); painful
pressing); on rising
pressing); when standing up
pressing); on stooping
pressing); on waking
pressing); forehead
morning
late morning
afternoon
pressing); back of head (occiput)
Pain, headache
daytime
morning
on rising
until noon
on waking
late morning
air
open (see walking in open air)
on coughing
hammering pain
from certain movements; movement in general
from certain movements; from stooping
recurring headache
every fourteen days
pressure
pulsating
indoors; on entering a room
sudden pain or sudden increase of pain
walking; while walking in open air
walking; after walking in open air
warm room
extending to other parts; eyes
in forehead; right side
in forehead; morning
in forehead; hammering in forehead
in forehead; pulsating
back of head (occiput)
sides; one side
alternating from one to the other
sides; morning; in bed
sides; afternoon
sides; evening
sides; night
sides; sitting
temples; while sitting
top of head (vertex); morning; on rising
top of head (vertex); late morning
top of head (vertex); extending to other parts; forehead
boring, digging, screwing; morning
boring, digging, screwing; afternoon
boring, digging, screwing; forehead
boring, digging, screwing; back of head (occiput)
afternoon
bursting
sides
cutting, darting, stabbing; as if brain were cut to pieces, on stooping
cutting, darting, stabbing; on stooping
gnawing; back of head (occiput)
jerking; sides
piercing, stabbing (see cutting); as from a nail; top of head (vertex)
pressing (see bursting, pulling)
morning
as if in a vice
forehead; late morning
top of head (vertex)
shooting (see cutting, piercing, stabbing, shocks, stitches, etc.); extending to other parts; different places
shooting (see cutting, piercing, stabbing, shocks, stitches, etc.); top of head (vertex); extending forward
sore bruised, sensitive to pressure
morning
afternoon
on stooping
back of head (occiput)
temples
temples; right
temples; late morning
top of head (vertex)
top of head (vertex); late morning
top of head (vertex); afternoon
stitching, sudden, sharp
morning
afternoon
open air
when indoors
when stooping
forehead; sides of forehead; morning
side of head
side of head; daytime
side of head; morning
side of head; late morning
side of head; afternoon
top of head (vertex)
top of head (vertex); late morning
top of head (vertex); extending to forehead
tearing, rending
morning
afternoon
evening
intermittent
comes on suddenly
while sitting
stinging
extending to other parts; left eye, comes on suddenly
sides of head
temples; late morning
temples; late morning; while sitting
as if torn
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Eyes
Lids
opening eyes difficult; morning
stuck together
morning
Discoloration
redness
redness; lids
Discharges of mucus or pus
corner; inner
corner; inner; morning
Dryness
evening
Eye feels hot
evening
Itching
Movement of eyeballs; turned
Pain
morning
bathing eye
comes on suddenly
burning, smarting, gnawing, biting
morning
on waking
washing
afternoon
afternoon; during period
evening
when changing eyes
cold bathing
during period
corner; inner
pressing
stitching, sudden, sharp; corner; outer
tearing
left
sudden
corner; inner
Intolerance of light (photophobia)
Swellings
morning; on waking
glands under eye lids
Tears
morning
evening
Twitching
corner; outer
Weak
evening
Vision
Colours and shapes in front of eyes
colours; blue
colours; blue; right eye
colours; halo of colours; around the light
colours; variegated
Objects seem distorted; objects seem large
Dim
evening
cold bathing
Double vision
Exertion of vision
Foggy; morning
Weak (see eyes, weak)
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Ear
Noises in ear
evening
night
boring finger into ear
while walking
buzzing
chirping
humming
evening
ringing
boring
ringing; while walking
roaring
night
whizzing
Pain
extending to other parts
extending outward
boring pain in ear; right
boring pain in ear; tickling
pulling in ear
stitching, sudden, sharp
left
tearing in
Skin
out-breaks on skin; blotches
out-breaks on skin; behind ears; pimples
out-breaks on skin; in ear canal; blisters
hard tubercle; behind left ear
Twitching
Hearing
Impaired
evening
sudden
Lost, deafness
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Face
Convulsions, spasms; jaws; joints of
Heavy feeling
Motions of jaw; tired feeling in the jaw
Lips
cracked lips
out-breaks on lips
burning
cold sores, herpes; around lips
pimples; lower
Pain
night
cold air
cold applications
jaw
joint
opening mouth
Skin
discoloration; pale
discoloration; red
itching (see skin)
out-breaks on skin
splits
cold sores, herpes
cold sores, herpes; cheeks
itching
Swelling
right
sensation of swelling
Twitching; lips; upper lip
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Nose
Nasal catarrh, with redness and swelling at tip of nose
Acute pain at root of nose, extending to vertex and through temples.
Catarrh
Dryness; inside
Inflammation; tip
Pain
burning, smarting
burning, smarting; tip
sore, bruised; inside
sore, bruised; root
stitching, sudden, sharp; root
tearing
root
Skin or lining of nose; discoloration; redness; tip
Swelling
tip
Discharge
Violent sneezing; stopped up
Running or blocked nose (coryza)
blocked
one-sided
right
night
night
dry; evening
dry; night
wet during the day
Sneezing
morning
5 a.m.
without running or blocked nose
violent
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Mouth
Odour (halitosis, bad breath)
offensive
sour
Speech; difficult
Gums and teeth
Growths, blisters, swellings; ulcers; gums
Swelling; gums
Teeth
sensation of elongated teeth
looseness; sensation
pain
evening
night
heat; warm room
extending to other parts; ear
extending to other parts; ear; right
extending to other parts; eyes
corrosive
as if being bitten
as if being bitten; lower molars
as if being bitten; lower molars; right
as if being bitten; lower molars; with violent tearing in right ear
tearing
tearing; night
Saliva
Dryness
Saliva; mucus, slime; morning
Salivation
Tongue
Speech; difficult; heaviness of tongue
Tongue; stiff tongue
Taste
Saliva; sweet (see taste)
Taste
bad; morning; on awaking
bitter
morning
clammy; morning
like flour in morning
like meal
Teeth; from sour, offensive smelling water
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Throat
Sore, right side with great tenderness; Soreness to touch externally
Strangulated feeling.
Choking, constricting
afternoon
Dryness
airways
larynx
Inflammation
left
Irritation
larynx
trachea (wind pipe)
Mucus; thick
Pain
morning
evening
on speaking
swallowing
on swallowing
when talking
when touched
when yawning
larynx; while talking
rawness
sore
right
larynx
larynx; touch
sudden, sharp
morning
Roughness
from coughing
larynx
from coughing
Spasms, convulsions etc.
on swallowing
gullet
Swallowing; difficult
Swelling; tonsils
Tickling in the air passages
larynx
in trachea (wind pipe)
Voice
hoarseness
hoarseness; morning
hoarseness; evening
hoarseness; annually at same time
hoarseness; walking against the wind
lost
External throat
out-break on skin; tubercles (nodules, knob-like lumps)
pain; soreness
thyroid gland
sensitive to slightest touch
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Chest
Movements in and of chest; trembling
Oppressed feeling
afternoon
Pain
afternoon
evening
laughing
after rising; from stooping
when straightening up
sides; afternoon
1 p.m.
sides; laughing
sides; after rising; from stooping
burning; sides; on rising in bed
cutting (sudden sharp pain); evening
pressing
during cough
sore, bruised
afternoon
stitching, sudden, sharp
straightening up
while laughing
front part of chest; evening
breast; under breast; right breast
breast; under breast; left
back part
sides
sides; left
sides; afternoon
sides; afternoon; rising from stooping
sides; when laughing
sides; raising arm
tearing; sides; afternoon
Skin
out-breaks on skin; tubercles (nodules, knob-like lumps)
out-breaks on skin; arm pit
itching; afternoon
itching; gnawing, biting; cold
itching; scratching
itching; region of collar bone
itching; breast
Respiration
Hoarseness
Dry, hacking cough, with stitches in chest
Obliged to sit up and hold head
must put arms on thighs, when coughing.
Pain
when breathing in
when breathing; breathing normally
sides; breathing in
stitching, sudden, sharp; respiration
stitching, sudden, sharp; sides; when breathing in
stitching, sudden, sharp; sides; breathing deeply
Deep
Difficult (dyspnea)
with cough
while sitting
walking
Gasping; afternoon
Impeded, obstructed
Interrupted
evening, griping in groin region
coughing
Irregular
Jerking
Hiccup
Stomach
hiccup; evening
hiccup; evening; in bed
hiccup; in bed
hiccup; painful
hiccup; violent
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Cough
Daytime
Evening
in bed
Night
waking from the cough; until 4 a.m.
after midnight; until 4 a.m.
Asthmatic
Dry cough
evening
lying down
night
midnight
night; after midnight
until 4 a.m.
Hacking cough
Sensations in throat and air passages (either from coughing, or causing coughing)
from irritation in air passages; in larynx
from irritation in air passages; in wind pipe
scraping
While lying down
evening
must sit up
Comes on suddenly
Racking
In series; like tick of clock in its regularity
Tickling
larynx
in wind pipe
Violent
night
Whooping
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Skin
Itching all over, worse on neck, not relieved by scratching.
Blisters; after scratching
Itching; gnawing, biting
Out-breaks on skin; tubercles (nodules, knob-like lumps); burning
Pain; gnawing, biting
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Neck
Cracking
neck
neck; rising from on stooping
Pain
neck; rising from stooping
burning; neck
pulling; neck
as if sprained; neck
stitching, sudden, sharp, shooting; neck
Skin
out-breaks on skin; pimples; neck
out-breaks on skin; pimples; neck; on scratching
out-breaks on skin; tubercles (nodules, knob-like lumps); neck
itching; neck
Tension
neck (see spasmodic pulling)
neck (see spasmodic pulling); on movement
Back
Pain
afternoon
during stool
in women; during period
extending to other parts; stomach
while sitting
lumbar (lower half of back)
afternoon
during period
during stool; soft stool
extending to other parts; stomach
spine; irritation
spine; extending to other parts; upper, middle region of abdomen
aching; lumbar (lower half of back)
morning
night
during stool
gnawing, biting; lumbar (lower half of back)
as if sprained; rising from stooping
stitching, sudden, sharp, shooting
daytime
afternoon
while sitting
during stool
extending to other parts; pit of stomach, while sitting
dorsal (shoulder level); between shoulder blades; on movement
dorsal (shoulder level); between shoulder blades; while standing
lumbar (lower half of back)
lumbar (lower half of back); afternoon
lumbar (lower half of back); during stool
lumbar (lower half of back); extending to other parts; pit of stomach
lumbar (lower half of back); extending to other parts; stomach
sacrum (base of spine)
coccyx (bottom tip of spine)
spine; extending to upper, middle region of abdomen
tearing; dorsal (shoulder level); shoulder blades
on waking
Skin
out-breaks on skin; pimples
out-breaks on skin; pimples; lumbar (lower half of back)
after scratching
out-breaks on skin; tubercles (nodules, knob-like lumps)
itching
lumbar (lower half of back)
Shivering
warmth of heater
Tension; before dinner
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Abdomen
Acute gastralgia with pains extending to shoulder
Thirst and Intense hiccough
Sour, fetid secretions ooze from molar teeth
Diarrhoea and tenesmus after milk.
Bloated; during period
Emptiness
As if something were in abdomen (movements, lumps, etc.)
movements in abdomen
movements in abdomen; during period
Abdominal muscles; twitching and jerking; sides
Noises from abdomen; rumbling; evening; 7 p.m.
Pain
late morning; during period
evening
in women; during period
before stool
groin region; during stool
sides; evening
sides; during stool
cramping, griping; afternoon
cramping, griping; during period
pressing; groin region; afternoon, 4 p.m.
pressing; groin region; during stool
pressing; sides; evening
pressing; sides; during stool
pressing; region of navel
cutting; morning
cutting; evening
cutting; during period
cutting; movement
cutting; while sitting
cutting; before stool
cutting; behind lower ribs
cutting; lower part of abdomen
movement
sitting
cutting; liver; evening
dragging, bearing down
sore, bruised, tenderness, etc.; groin region
sudden, sharp (sticking, etc.); behind lower ribs
sudden, sharp (sticking, etc.); groin region
left
during stool
sudden, sharp (sticking, etc.); sides; left
sudden, sharp (sticking, etc.); sides; on lying on left side
sudden, sharp (sticking, etc.); sides; while sitting
sudden, sharp (sticking, etc.); sides; while standing
sudden, sharp (sticking, etc.); sides; during stool
Tension; during period
Bladder
urging to urinate (unhealthy desire); night
urination; seldom
Stomach
appetite; lacking, no appetite; with hunger
constriction; late morning
desires, cravings; mustard
emptiness, weak feeling, faintness, hungry feeling; morning
emptiness, weak feeling, faintness, hungry feeling; late morning
disordered; without hunger
burping, belching; morning; on rising
burping, belching; late morning
burping, belching; bitter
late morning
burping, belching; fluid
burping, belching; sour; late morning
burping, belching; of water; late morning
fullness; after eating
sensation of movement in stomach
pain; morning; on waking
pain; late morning
pain; afternoon
pain; after eating
pain; burping, belching
pain; on waking
pain; burning; noon
pain; cutting
pain; gnawing, biting
late morning
pain; pressing; morning; on waking
pain; pressing; late morning
pain; pressing; afternoon
pain; pressing; burping, belching
pain; pressing; on waking
pain; sudden, sharp; late morning
pain; sudden, sharp; afternoon
3 p.m.
pain; sudden, sharp; extending to other parts; back
thirst; afternoon
3 p.m.
thirst; evening
thirst; night
thirst; burning, intense
thirst; unquenchable
Eating
Gastric; Gone, empty feeling in epigastrium, Without desire for food
Bloated; after dinner
Stomach
appetite; ravenous, excessive; without enjoying food (see aversion to food)
aversion to certain foods or drinks; all food; with hunger
aversion to certain foods or drinks; meat
aversion to certain foods or drinks; tobacco; smoking (his accustomed cigar)
burping, belching; after dinner
Nausea
nausea; morning
on rising
nausea; late morning
nausea; when burping, belching
nausea; in women; before period
Vomiting
vomiting; night
vomiting; bile; with headache
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Rectum
Constipation; difficult stool; soft stool
Diarrhoea
morning
after certain foods or drinks; milk
eating
in women; during period
Flatulence
afternoon
evening
during diarrhoea
odourless
offensive
Itching; after stool
Pain
burning; morning
burning; after diarrhoea
burning; during stool
burning; after stool
stinging; during stool
sudden, sharp; after stool
urge to stool, or urinate, but producing nothing; morning
urge to stool, or urinate, but producing nothing; after drinking milk
urge to stool, or urinate, but producing nothing; during stool
urge to stool, or urinate, but producing nothing; after stool
Urging, desire to stool (see pain
urge to stool, or urinate, but producing nothing); during stool
urge to stool, or urinate, but producing nothing); after stool
Stool
Forcible, sudden, gushing
Hard
Mucous, slimy
yellow
Soft
Thin, liquid
normal consistency
Yellow
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Urine
Burning (includes hot)
Copious
afternoon
night
Scanty
Urethra
Urethra (urinary part of genitals)
pain; burning; passage
pain; burning; passage; during urination
Male
Male; itching; scrotum; in spots
Female
Female
vaginal discharge; copious
vaginal discharge; after period
vaginal discharge; thin, watery
flatulence from vagina; during period
Genitals
Profuse leucorrhoea; worse, after urinating (Mag)
Male
erections; troublesome
erections; troublesome; morning
erections; troublesome; late morning
erections; night
erections; during supper
Female
irritation; itching
Menses
Menses late, scanty, with great debility and burning in eyes
mur.; Platinum Metallicum Plat.); also worse after menses.
Female
period; frequent
period; intermittent
period; late
period; painful; and difficult (dysmenorrhea)
period; scanty
period; short duration
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Extremities, limbs
Cramps
foot; outside of
foot; outside of; sitting during period
toes
morning, in bed
Heat
hand
hand; evening; 8 p.m.
foot; evening; 8 p.m.
Heaviness
hand
hand; movement
lower limbs; evening
lower limbs; during period
leg; during period
foot
movement
Movements and positions
shuddering; hand
trembling; hand
trembling; knee
afternoon
trembling; foot
Numbness (see tingling)
upper limbs; afternoon
upper limbs; while sitting
fingers; third finger
afternoon
fingers; fourth finger; afternoon
leg; left
while lying on back
leg; morning
in bed
leg; afternoon
leg; while sitting
Pain
shoulder; as of dislocation
elbow; rheumatic
elbow; extending to other parts; hand
hand; opposite side to thumb
night
fingers
rheumatic
knee; rheumatic
right
burning; fingers
burning; hip
noon
noon; after scratching
evening
evening; after lying down; scratching
gnawing, biting; shoulder
sore, bruised; upper arm
sore, bruised; hand
sore, bruised; thigh
middle of thigh
afternoon, while sitting
while sitting
as if sprained; shoulder
movement
as if sprained; elbow
stitching, sudden, sharp; shoulder
afternoon
stitching, sudden, sharp; hand; palm
stitching, sudden, sharp; fingers; tips of fingers
stitching, sudden, sharp; knee; outer side
while standing
stitching, sudden, sharp; knee; knee cap
right
afternoon
stitching, sudden, sharp; foot; sole
morning, on rising from bed
on stepping
stitching, sudden, sharp; foot; heel; left
tearing; upper limbs
while sitting
tearing; shoulder
afternoon; raising arm
tearing; upper arm; noon
tearing; upper arm; bone; noon
tearing; elbow
extending downward
extending to wrist
tearing; forearm
afternoon
tearing; hand; palm; opposite side to thumb
tearing; hand; movement
tearing; hand; while writing
tearing; fingers
first finger
second finger; between first and second joint
thumb
tearing; lower limbs
while walking
tearing; hip
extending to other parts; toes
tearing; thigh
twitching
tearing; knee
afternoon
extending to other parts; to thigh
extending to other parts; upward
tearing; leg
afternoon
afternoon; while walking
evening
extending downward
tearing; toes
night
rubbing
Pulsation, throbbing
hand; late morning
hand; writing
Skin
itching
itching; like insects crawling on skin; leg
itching; like insects crawling on skin; toes
night
itching; scratching
itching; upper limbs
itching; shoulder
itching; lower limbs
noon
evening
scratching
itching; hip
noon
evening
itching; leg
itching; foot; heel
left
itching; toes; third
scratching
itching; toes; fourth
scratching
itching; toes; fifth
scratching
out-break on skin; herpes
out-break on skin; pimples
out-break on skin; lower limbs; herpes
out-break on skin; lower limbs; itching
out-break on skin; lower limbs; pimples
out-break on skin; buttocks; herpes
out-break on skin; hip
herpes
out-break on skin; knee; pimples
out-break on skin; leg; pimples
Tension, tightness
foot; heel
foot; heel; putting foot down after rising from bed
Weakness
lower limbs
lower limbs; on climbing steps
thigh; during period
leg; calf
while sitting
while walking
foot
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Fever and chill
Evening
Evening; after lying down
With fever, but chill predominating
At certain time of day or night
from 6 p.m.; to 7 p.m.
from 6 p.m.; until 5 a.m.
Morning
in bed
Afternoon
after lying down
3 p.m.
Evening
on entering the room
8 p.m.
Night
Alternating with chills; shivering
In bed (see night and warmth)
Heat on rising from bed; and walking about
Fever without chill
afternoon
3 p.m.
evening
night
With chill
Stages of chill, heat and sweat
heat followed by chill
chill, then sweat with heat
Warmth; warm room
≡ show all authors ...▲ GENERALITIES
Sleep and dreams
Dreams
anger (see quarrels)
anxious
confused
cutting
devils
drowning
mother had been drowned
of falling
from high places
into water
frightful
funerals
injuries; self-inflicted
men
murder
pleasant
quarrels
teeth; falling out
tombs; of living in tombs
not remembered
visionary
water
falling into water
her mother falling into water
Restless
Sleepiness, tiredness
late morning
while sitting
before chill
while sitting
Sleeplessness, insomnia
night; after midnight; 3 a.m.
Waking
3 a.m.
frequent
Yawning
morning
afternoon
while sitting
before chill
Perspiration
Morning
Morning; in bed
Afternoon
Night; after midnight
Sensation as if about to perspire, but no moisture appears
After waking from sleep
Generalities
Morning
Afternoon
Evening
Open air
Eating and food; after eating
Pain; tearing; externally
Pulse; frequent, accelerated, elevated, exalted, fast, innumerable, rapid
Temperature (felt and effects of temperature); from becoming cold
Trembling; from fright
Weakness (see lethargic, weariness)
during period
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