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.