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Cobaltum Metallicum

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General

Cobaltum.

Cobalt. Co. (A. W. 58.6). Trituration.

Clinical

Constipation. Eye, affections of. Gonorrhoea. Haemorrhages. Headache. Impotence. Liver disorders. Lumbago. Masturbation, effects of.

Characteristics

The most characteristic symptom of Cobalt is a very pronounced backache < sitting; > rising up, walking, or lying down. Backache with seminal emissions. Other symptoms are: Frequent nocturnal emissions; with lewd dreams;

With partial or no erections; impotence. Headache < bending head forward (Clematis < bending head backward). Pimples on the head and elsewhere; itching of the skin when warm in bed at night. Smarting, darting pains in eyes.

Lachrymation in open air. Pain in hollow tooth, which feels too long and is sensitive to touch. Tongue thickly coated white; cracks across middle. No appetite for supper.

Urine has strong pungent smell. Drowsiness; unrefreshing sleep. Sitting and stooping <; Lying down, rising from sitting, walking >.

Most symptoms are < morning. Cold air = lachrymation, and < pain in teeth. Warmth of bed = itching all over. Jarring < headache.

Relations

Compare:—Zinc. (in pain in back < sitting); Agn. (impotency); Nux (effects of masturbation); Selen., Titan., Thallium. Dr. Jos. Anthal, of Budapesth, has discovered that Nitrate of Cobalt is a perfect antidote to Cyanide of Potassium, the two forming an insoluble compound.

Mind

Great exhilaration of spirits

Great vivacity and rapid flow of thoughts (evening)

More disposed to study

Feeling of great uneasiness, had to move about and could not keep still (with pain in the stomach and abdomen).

Head

Dizziness during stool

Dulness in the head, with hard stools

Fulness in the head; feels too large, worse from stooping and bending forward

Pain in the forehead soon after rising

Bruised pain in the head

Headache as if it would burst, had to lie down, with sour stomach after supper

As if the top of the head would come off

When stepping, sensation as if the brain went up and down

Headache worse in the room, going off in the open air

Headache, with severe pain in the small of the back

Great itching in the hairy scalp, in the beard and under the chin.

Eyes

Loss of vision on writing, dimness of sight; while reading the letters look blurred

The eyes smart in the light

On writing, dartings in the eye

Pain in the back part of the eyes, with headache

Darting pains in the eyes on coming to the bright sunshine

The eyes ache at night

Profuse lachrymation in the open air with water from the nose, with pain in the eyes in cold air

Sensation as if something (sand) were under the upper lid, obliging him to rub it.

Ears

Stinging through the l. ear from the roof of the mouth.

Nose

Putrid, sickish smell before the nose

Thin discharge from the nose, water from the nose

The nose feels obstructed.

Face

A large, very painful boil on r. side of the chin

Peeling of the lips with soreness, they bleed easily

Disposition to keep the jaws tightly closed.

Mouth

Flat mucous taste in the mouth

Tongue coated white with cracks across the middle (morning)

Stinging pain in the roof of the mouth

Constant secretion of water in the mouth with swallowing.

Throat

Throat feels dry and raw

The throat is filled with white mucus

Soreness of the throat when hawking

Sensation of fulness in the throat from the stomach.

Stomach

Hiccough after eating, with soreness in the pit of the stomach

Belching of wind (in the morning), (during stool)

Rising of bitter water, with pain in the stomach, afterwards dryness in the throat

Feeling in the stomach as if it contained undigested food

Fulness of the stomach as if it were filled with air

Soreness in the pit of the stomach caused by hiccough.

Abdomen

Shooting pain in region of liver

Sharp pain in region of spleen, < on taking a deep inspiration

Feeling of emptiness in abdomen and umbilicus

Colic (5 a.m.) followed by watery stool and tenesmus

Rumbling in the bowels (before stool)

Fulness in the abdomen after a slight meal.

Stool And Anus

Constant desire for stool while walking, worse when standing still, followed by diarrhoea

Soft, thin stool with severe colic in the lower bowels, followed by tenesmus, pain in the sphincter ani, and headache

Small, hard, dry stool

Feces like hazel-nuts, with dulness in head

Pressure in the rectum

Constant dropping of blood from the anus (no blood with the stool).

Urinary Organs

Increased secretion of pale urine, frequent micturition, after drinking coffee early in the morning

Frequent discharge of small quantities of urine.

Scanty urine with a greasy pellicle and yellow, flocculent sediment and strong pungent smell

Smarting in the end of the urethra during micturition

Burning in the urethra.—(Secondary) gonorrhoea, with a greenish discharge.

Male Sexual Organs

Frequent nocturnal seminal emissions with lewd dreams, waking him up from sleep; with headache

Impotence and nocturnal emissions without erections

Severe pain in r. testicle;

> after passing urine

Yellow-brown spots on the genitals (and abdomen).

Respiratory Organs

Frequent sighing

On taking a deep inspiration, stitches in the chest, soreness in the stomach and pain in the spleen

Cough with soreness in the throat and rawness when hawking

Stitches in anterior part of larynx

Short hacking cough, with frequent eructation of a quantity of bright red blood, it feels as if it came from the larynx

Raising of much thick, tough mucus mixed with a considerable quantity of bright red blood; with the sensation of fulness and pressive pain in the larynx, accompanied by a sensation of scratching and rawness, with occasional burning pains, and a disposition to keep the jaws closed tightly; these sensations are increased by pressure, empty deglutition and cold water

Copious expectoration of frothy white mucus.

Neck And Back

Pain between the shoulders, in the lumbar region and small of the back

Aching pain in the small of the back, worse when sitting, going off when rising, walking or lying down

Pain in the back (spine), increasing while sitting, better on walking or lying down

Backache with seminal emissions.

Upper Limbs

Stitches in the arms (wrist-joints).—Aching pain in the wrist-joints.

Lower Limbs

Shooting in the thighs from the liver

Excessive weakness of the knees

Foot-sweat, mostly between the toes, smelling sour or like sole leather

Flushes of heat along the legs

Stitches in the legs

Bruised pain in all the limbs

Jerks in the limbs when falling asleep

Trembling of the limbs, esp. the legs, aching when sitting

Tingling sensation in feet as if asleep, sometimes like pricking of needles; circulation imperfect (Cob. muriat.).

Skin

Itching all over when getting warm in bed.—Itching of the shoulders; outside of the knee.

Sleep

Difficulty of falling asleep

When falling asleep jerks in the limbs

Wakens from lewd dreams and pollutions

Can do with less sleep than usual, wakefulness

Unrefreshing sleep.

Fever

Chilly from 11 to 12 a.m.; headache with nausea and languor from noon to 2 p.m.; followed by fever and perspiration

Chilliness with yawning from 4 to 5 p.m.; feels dull and weak with aversion to mental exertion

Flushes of heat with perspiration.