Niccolum Metallicum
Metallic Nickel, Niccolum
Homeopathic remedies are prescribed on the basis that in a tiny dilution like cures like, so while very dilute Niccolum Metallicum may help, unprocessed Niccolum Metallicum may be best avoided.
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.
▲ MODALITIES ETC
Worse
WORSE, periodically, every two weeks; yearly, forenoon.
Better
BETTER, in evening.
▲ MIND
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
▲ VERTIGO, DIZZINESS
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
▲ HEAD
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
▲ EYES
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)
▲ EARS
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
▲ FACE
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
▲ NOSE
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
▲ MOUTH
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
▲ THROAT
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
▲ CHEST
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
▲ COUGH
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
▲ SKIN
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
▲ BACK AND NECK
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
▲ ABDOMEN
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
Vomitting
vomiting; night
vomiting; bile; with headache
▲ RECTUM, ANUS, STOOL
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
▲ GENITALS ETC
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
▲ EXTREMITIES, LIMBS
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
▲ FEVER AND CHILL
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
▲ 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