Tellurium Metallicum
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General EN
Tellurium.
Tellurium. An element; (generally considered non-metallic). Te. (A. W. 125). Trituration of the precipitated element.
Clinical EN
Axilla, offensive sweat of; tumour of. Barber's itch. Cataract. Conjunctivitis. Coryza. Eczema. Entropion. Eyes, inflammation of. Foot-sweat, fetid. Gleet. Herpes. Hoarseness. Levitation. Pityriasis versicolor. Post-nasal catarrh. Ringworm. Sacrum, pain in. Sciatica. Spinal irritation. Worms. Yawning.
Characteristics EN
Tellurium occurs in the native state and in combination with gold, silver, lead, and antimony. It resembles Sulphur and Selenium in its chemical reactions. It was proved and introduced into homoeopathy by Hering in 1850. The most notable feature of the proving was the irritation of the skin, including skin of eyelids and ears, of spinal column and of some nerves.
The most characteristic form of the skin irritation of Tell. is herpes circinatus, and it has probably cured more cases of ringworm, especially of the face and body, than any other remedy. (I cured with Tell. an Indian officer home on furlough whose body was covered over with a ringworm-like eruption.) The odour of the body and of the sweat is offensive and garlic-like. The prover had to sit apart from the rest of the class during a whole session on account of this. In parts where the skin forms openings, as the ear, the effect of Tell. is intensified.
The characteristic odour of the ear discharge is that of fish brine. The discharge is so acrid it vesicates any part of the skin it touches. Tell. is one of the most important remedies in otorrhoea. Nash cured several cases of post-scarlatinal otorrhoea, using the 6th, higher attenuations having failed.
Eyelids are inflamed, and the vesicating property extends to the eye itself, setting up phlyctenular conjunctivitis. Other parts of the skin affected by Tell. are the hair-roots, the breasts, the perinaeum, and the anus. There is itching in the rectum after stool. Tell. has caused expulsion of threadworms.
The offensiveness of Tell. appears in the breath and in the flatus; and it is a leading remedy in offensive foot-sweat. In addition to the inflammation of the eyes caused by Tell., it has pains over the eyes. Skin and nerves are closely allied, and Tell. is a remedy in many neuralgic conditions, notably sciatica. The right side is most affected, and these are characteristic Conditions: the pain is < coughing, sneezing, or straining at stool;
< lying on painful side. Many of the pains and symptoms of Tell. come and go suddenly. The ears are suddenly stopped. There are sudden rushes of blood to the head.
Tell. has great sensitiveness to touch. This is shown in the neuralgic hyperaesthetic state of the spine. It has also a vulnerary action as shown in a case of Kent's (quoted A. H., xxiii. 439).
A boy, 4, slid down banisters and struck his head on a tiled floor. He became unconscious and a surgeon was summoned, who found him in that state and with a clear, watery discharge from the ear, which the surgeon pronounced to be cerebro-spinal fluid. This condition lasted three days, and the case had been pronounced hopeless when Kent first saw the boy. Kent noticed that the discharge was acrid, and reddened whatever part it came in contact with.
One dose of Tell. was given. In two hours the child vomited, a sign of reaction, and in two weeks was well. Shelton (H. R., vii. 103) relates three cases: (1) Widow, 50, had pain and soreness upper part of back for a long time.
She shrank from the slightest touch on the part. The sensitiveness was so acute that when touched the pain extended into the occiput and all over the upper region of the back. Tell. 6 cured in eighteen days. (2) Miss X., 45, had a fall, striking a severe blow on the sacrum.
She suffered for some weeks from concussion, with one point of great soreness in the sacral region, just above the spot where the blow was received. She was kept in bed for some weeks and improved generally, but the painful spot remained and sensitiveness appeared over the back, especially its upper third. Tell. 6 cured all completely. (3) Miss Y., 29, who had had severe spinal meningitis ten years before, consulted Shelton for a burning, pressing pain at base of brain.
He diagnosed the condition as pachy-meningitis. The patient grew worse, and gradually ptosis, and then right and then left hemiplegia set in. Finally hyperaesthesia of the back became so distressing that it was a question of finding any support that did not intensity the pain. She could not bear the slightest touch, complaining that it not only hurt her at the point of contact, but she felt it in the head and in remote parts of the body.
Tell. cleared up the case. Skinner (H. W., xviii. 535) cured two sporting dogs of ringworm with Tell. 1m F. C.
The irritating property of Tell. is shown again in the coryza, post-nasal catarrh, tickling in larynx, hoarseness, and cough. There is a good deal of drowsiness with Tell.; yawning after retching; drowsy after eating. I once gave Tell. to a child for an eruption, and cured it incidentally of constant yawning, with which it had been troubled. The eruption improved at the same time.
Peculiar Sensations are: Fear of being touched on sensitive places. As if in air on going to sleep. Brain as if beaten. As if lashes were turned in.
As if air whistled through left Eustachian tube. As if strapped together in epigastric region. As if fluid wanted to discharge in lobe of right lung. There is periodicity about some of the symptoms.
One prover has a return of them every Tuesday for several weeks. More symptoms appear on the left than on the right side. The symptoms are: < By touch; touch = bleeding from ear; spine sensitive to touch. Pressure lump in axilla to be painful.
Rest <. Lying: > vertigo; on left side = throbbing over right ribs and vice versâ; on left side = pain in heart. > Lying on back. Lying on affected side < sciatica.
While sitting up: vertigo; face red. Stooping, coughing, laughing, straining at stool <. Many symptoms are < in morning, on being wakened, and at night; eating = drowsiness. Eating rice = vomiting.
Eating and drinking > sore throat.
Relations EN
Antidoted by: Nux (epigastric oppression). Compare: Tetradymite, which contains Tellur. Restlessness; garlicky odour, Ars. Coryza, Cepa. Otitis, Puls., Bell., Ter. Ringworm, Bac., Sep., Nat. m. Ringworm in clusters Sep., Calc. Threadworms, Teucr. Pains come and go suddenly, Bell., Lyc. < Laughing, Pho. < Straining at stool, Indm. Cough and skin, Osm.
Causation EN
Falls. Rice (vomiting).
Mind EN
Forgetful
Fear of being touched, in sensitive places
Excitable, disposed to fly into a passion
Rough, angular disposition
Mind depressed.
Head EN
Vertigo; when going to sleep; morning after rising;
< walking, sitting up, or turning head;
> lying perfectly quiet
Brain feels as if beaten on slightest movement
Heaviness and fulness of head in morning
Violent linear pain in small spot over l. eye; pain, short, sharp, and defined
Congestion to temples and forehead on waking in morning
Sudden rush of blood to head
About 10 a.m. pain above l. eye, came and went suddenly
Sensation of numbness in occiput and nape
Red spots and fine blisters on occiput, neck, and behind ears, and on posterior surface of ears.
Eyes EN
Deposit of chalky-looking white mass on anterior surface of lens (cataract)
Pterygium
Herpes conjunctivae bulbi; phlyctenules near edge of cornea;
< from crying
Pustular conjunctivitis with eczema impetiginodes on lids and much purulent discharge from eyes; offensive discharge from ears
Scrofulous inflammation;
< l. upper lid; lachrymation, itching, and pressure in lid
Eyelids: thickened, inflamed, covered with pustules; pale red, oedematous, oozing
Feeling as if lashes of lower lid were turned in
Palpebral swelling of l. upper lid; ulceration on outer surface of lid, near outer canthus; pain < at night.
Ears EN
L. ear began to itch, burn, and swell; aching and throbbing pain in meatus, followed by a copious, watery, acrid discharge
Dull, throbbing pain in ears, day and night; thin, watery, excoriating discharge
Ears suddenly stopped in forenoon;
< l
Sometimes, for an instant, sensation as if air catches itself in, or whistled through l.
Eustachian tube; when snuffing or belching air passes through
Vesicular eruption on membrana tympani; suppurating and perforating
Itching and swelling, with painful throbbing in external meatus; in three or four days discharge of watery fluid smelling like fish-pickle, which = vesicles wherever it touches; ear bluish red, oedematous; hearing impaired
Waked during night with dull aching deep in r. ear, continued three days with depression of spirits
Eczema behind ears, with formation of thick crusts; scrofulous conjunctivitis, blepharitis, and catarrh of middle ear.
Nose EN
Fluent coryza, lachrymation and hoarseness when walking in open air, with short cough and pressure in middle of chest under sternum;
> after being in open air some time
Nose dry, then becomes fluent with relief of headache; r. eye becomes hot with profuse lachrymation
Nose obstructed, must breathe through mouth
Hawks from posterior nares dried yellowish-red phlegm tasting salty, mornings.
Face EN
Sudden flushes of redness over face
While sitting, face red
Twitching in l. facial muscles, l. corner of mouth drawn up when talking
Burning in lips
Ringworms on face; barber's itch
Pimples on face.
Mouth EN
Gums bleed easily and profusely
Tongue somewhat swollen, furred white, shows print of teeth
Breath has odour of garlic
Coldness of mouth and pharynx on drawing in air
Copious saliva
Tenacious mucus runs from mouth (dog)
Taste earthy, metallic.
Throat EN
Painful dryness of fauces
In morning hawks from back of nose pieces of yellowish-reddish phlegm tasting salt
Rough, scratching sensation in throat;
< towards evening
Throat feels sore with a prickly, rough sensation evening and morning; throat sore on simply swallowing;
> after eating or drinking
Pain in throat extends into ear.
Stomach EN
Hungry at night; wants an apple in middle of night
Longs for beer
After meals, great drowsiness
After eating rice obliged to vomit
Belching with taste of food eaten
Heartburn with warmth in stomach as from alcohol
Sensation of weakness like faintness in stomach after local congestion of blood to head and nape, also with chest symptoms
Fulness in pit of stomach, must lie down after dinner
Constrictive feeling in stomach as if strapped together.
Abdomen EN
Fulness and oppression in hypogastrium, her dress must be loosened
Pressing first l. then r. side as from wind
When lying on l. side, throbbing under r. ribs and vice versâ
Pinching in abdomen
Frequent spasmodic pains in bowels as from incarcerated wind; mostly from 5 to 9 p.m.
Stool And Anus EN
Passes very offensive wind
Passes a large quantity of threadworms
Spasmodic pains with urging to stool, copious stool with feeling of flatulence in bowels
Costive
Tetter on perinaeum, itching
Itching in rectum after stool
Itching at anus.
Urinary Organs EN
Pain and soreness in kidneys
Increased urination
High-coloured, acid urine.
Male Sexual Organs EN
Erections all night
Increased desire, followed by long-lasting indifference
A drop of viscid fluid glues meatus
Secondary gonorrhoea
Herpes on scrotum and perinaeum.
Female Sexual Organs EN
Painful soreness in region of kidneys, extending downward like a weight, mostly to r. and in sacrum;
< morning, making her irritable
Shooting deep in pelvis across to l
Menses too early in climacteric years.
Respiratory Organs EN
Hoarseness in morning with fluent coryza; a rough, pressing, tickling sensation in larynx
Coughing on laughing < aching in small of back
Cough towards morning; after a few days looser.
Chest EN
Pain in region of clavicle
Pain in middle of chest; going through to back; from dorsal vertebrae through to sternum; in or behind sternum
Shooting in l. chest, fifth rib
Feeling as if some fluid wanted to discharge, pressing downward in middle lobe of r. lung
Cutting around and in l. nipple, through to scapula
Eruption about nipple.
Heart EN
Dull pain in region of heart when lying on l. side;
> lying on back
Palpitation of heart, with throbbing through whole body and full pulse, followed by sweat.
Neck And Back EN
With the pain above the eye, sensation along l. side of neck as if the blood there had suddenly been retained in one of the large veins, or had streamed backwards
Numbness in nape and occiput
When lying on l. ear sharp pressing pain from neck into ear
Pressing ache in r. scapula, later in l
Painful sensitiveness of spine from last cervical to sixth dorsal vertebrae; sensitive to pressure and touch
Weak feeling in back
Pain in sacrum, passing into r. thigh;
< pressing at stool, coughing, and laughing.
Limbs EN
Sharp, quick pains in elbows, ankles, and other parts.—Aching all over, mostly in limbs, < r. side and in walking.
Upper Limbs EN
Offensive sweat of armpits, smelling of garlic
Lump in anterior wall of l. axilla, painful from pressure or motion
Near thumb-joint
Finger-tips feel dead on stretching hand
Rheumatism of r. little finger, < moving it.
Lower Limbs EN
Sciatica, r. side;
< lying on affected side
Sciatica with sensitiveness of vertebral column
Tonic muscular contraction of long standing
Contraction of tendons of bends of knees
Bruised pain in hip-joints after walking
Feet sweaty, mostly on toes
Fetid sweat of feet.
Generalities EN
Persistent fetid body odour.—Restlessness.—Lassitude.
Skin EN
Ringworm: on face; barber's itch; whole body, < lower limbs; on single parts
Stinging in skin
Small red pimples, very bright red and very sharply defined, with minute vesicles upon them, first on lower limbs, then also on upper, most on l. side; they began first on calves, then on inside of forearms above wrist and spread from that part, caused very severe itching day and night, < night after going to bed
Little stinging prickings in various parts, compelling him to rest; circular vesicular spots appeared
Body thickly covered with elevated rings of herpes circinatus
Psoriasis
Skin dry, hot
Scrofulous eczematous eruption
Itching < in cool air.
Sleep EN
Yawning and belching
Drowsy after a meal
Sleepless; restless turning from weariness and bruised feeling
At night pains all over
On going to sleep feels as if in air, quick drawing towards feet awakens him.
Fever EN
Chilly, with pains
Skin hot and dry; sensation as if overstrained, as if bruised, as if he had taken cold after severe exertion
Heat: in sinciput; in face
Sweat: on face; on spots with increased itching of these places; often throbbing through whole body; generally warm, while sitting in a cool breeze.