Cuprum Aceticum
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General
Cuprum Aceticum.
Acetate of Copper. Verdigris. Cu 2(C2 H3 O2) H2O. Solutions.
Clinical.—Angina pectoris. Apoplexy. Brain, affections of. Brow ague. Cerebro-spinal meningitis. Cholera Asiatica. Chorea. Croup. Diarrhoea. Eruptions. Erysipelas. Hallucinations. Hydrocephalus. Mania. Measles. Paralyses. Scarlatina. Small-pox. Strabismus. Tapeworm. Uraemia. Whooping-cough.
Characteristics
Cupr. acet. produces the leading features of Cupr. met.—cramps, griping pains, spasms, paralytic affections, and convulsions. Attacks come on suddenly and periodically. It corresponds to the results of repelled eruptions. Dr.
Burnett has cured with it a case of left-sided brow ague of many years' standing. He used Rhademacher's Tincture of Copper. The pain was described as boring, screwing and was spoken of by the patient as "awful." Dr. Burnett is unable to say whether the cure was strictly homoeopathic or "whether the Cuprum acted on the basis of the Paracelsic Universalia of which it is one." A man, 50, was cured with Cupr. ac. 5 trit. of a tonic spasm of the toes of the right foot, very painful, lasting for hours, brought on by friction, standing on cold floors, &c.
There was no traceable cause, and no other derangement of health. Complete cure in five days, after months of previous suffering (H. R., ii. 71). Petroz recommended its use in small-pox and verified his induction in practice.
As pointed out by General Phelps (H. W., October, 1896), the "Crimson Cross Ointment" used successfully by Fielden in the Gloucester epidemic of small-pox owes its virtues to the Cupr. acet. which it contains. In epilepsy the aura begins in the knees and ascends to hypogastrium, when patient becomes insensible. The symptoms are < by heat and by motion.
The patient frequently changes, posture. It is suited to the carbo-nitrogenous constitution.
Relations
In poisoning cases it is antidoted by: sugar, or white of egg, given freely. Homoeopathic antidotes: Bell., Chi., Con., Cicut., Dulc., Hepar, Ipec., Merc., Nux v. Complementary: Calc., Gels. (overworked brain): Cicut. and Solanaceae (mental symptoms); Zinc. (hydrocephalus and convulsions from suppressed exanthems).
Causation
Overworked brain. Repelled eruptions.
Mind
Memory weak; brain functions decreased
Absent-minded
Fixed ideas: he sees policemen come to seize him
Hallucinations of all kinds of figures and grimaces, esp. in evening when going to bed and shutting eyes
Delirium; wants to go home
Maniacal talk; wakes screaming and scolding; tries to escape
Fear: of falling; of persons approaching; of death
Talkative
Extreme anguish, with vomiting, colic, thirst, coldness of the limbs, and quick and spasmodic pulse
Grief and dejection, with eyes sunken, tongue humid, insipid taste in the mouth, want of appetite, continual hawking, risings, with taste of copper, violent thirst, and smallness of pulse.
Head
Vertigo with stupefaction;
> by evacuation of bowels
Violent cephalalgia, with thirst and violent colic
Agonising headache at distinct intervals like paroxysms, lancinating pains, sometimes in forehead, sometimes in vertex, sometimes in temples or occiput, < least pressure
Inflammation of brain: prostration, breathing short and anxious; face puffed and pale; when drinking, child bit glass or spoon; following disappearance of rash
Heaviness in the head, and slight deafness.
Eyes
After riding several hours in railroad car sudden indistinct and double vision (paralysis of l. abducens nerve).
Nose
Discharge of blood from the nose.
Face
Tetanic condition of jaws
Neuralgia behind r. ear, in cheek-bone and upper jaw, < moving; at night; from mental exertion, > by pressure, and by wrapping up head; feeling of coldness in head
The face wears an expression of great anguish.
Mouth
Constant protrusion and retraction of tongue.
Throat
Inflammation of tonsils; or, when they are enlarged will cause suppuration and favour healing.
Stomach
Copper-like taste, and tongue covered with a greyish film
Loathing of food and drink (with animals), sometimes with retching
Risings, with copper-like taste and constant hawking
Constant inclination to vomit, sometimes with cough and convulsive respiration, or else with frequent emission of urine
Vomitings, sometimes very frequent, with colic and convulsions
Vomitings, which are greenish, white, and frothy
Frequent vomits of a bluish colour, followed by retching, dyspnoea, and irregular and frequent pulse
Vomiting, with loose evacuations
Bloody vomiting, following frequent retching
Tearings in the precordial region
Periodical contraction of the stomach.
Abdomen
Abdomen retracted, slightly sensitive to pressure
Violent colic, attended by vomiting and diarrhoea
Nocturnal colic with vomiting
Great inflation of the abdomen, with copious evacuation of faecal matter
Abdomen hard, puffed up, and painful to the touch.
Stools
Stools with many worms, blackish or mixed with bloody mucus.—Stools accompanied by tenesmus and general weakness.
Urinary Organs
Urine turbid, of a deep red, with yellow sediment, attended by much thirst and general uneasiness.
Female Sexual Organs
Catamenia too copious and violent.
Respiratory Organs
Dyspnoea
Chest spasmodically constricted, impeding respiration, and increasing her anxiety
Frequent violent dry cough, with tearing pains in head: cough followed by violent palpitation lasting several minutes; anxiety and pressure in chest, < sitting; cough between eleven and one at night
Red face, blue round mouth and lips during attack; starting in sleep; fretful crying with paroxysms of cough.
Heart
Deathly feeling behind ensiform cartilage.—Frequent attacks of angina pectoris coming on from exertion or excitement.
Limbs
Violent drawing and tension in limbs with shuddering and chilliness though skin is not cold
Periodic, spasmodic, painful contraction of fingers and toes, frequently so severe that the fingers could scarcely be extended by any force
Cramps and coldness.
Upper Limbs
Numbness and lameness of l. hand.
Lower Limbs
Cramps in calves.—Drags l. foot in walking.
Generalities
Lassitude, with trembling and want of appetite; great weakness sometimes attended by convulsions; inability to stand upright Insensibility and weakness; stiffness of the limbs and of the body; paralysis of the limbs Lying on the side (in animals), with anguish, with intestinal evacuations, greenish and frothy; the animal is stretched out, almost without respiration, with inclination to vomit (speedily followed by death) In epilepsy aura begins in knees, ascending till it reaches hypogastric region, when unconsciousness ensues, foaming at the mouth and falling down convulsed
As soon as patient goes into a high-ceilinged room, the head reels and she loses her senses Position, on the back, with the head thrown backwards; great agitation and frequent cries Trismus, with spasms in the palate, and dumbness; convulsive starts, with movements, as in eating and swallowing, painful vomiting and dyspnoea Jaundice
Inflammation and swelling (by external applications).
Skin
Cyanosis
Scarlatina
Measles
Miliaria
Small-pox
Erysipelas
Psoriasis.
Fever
Fever, with swelling of the belly and constipation; heat, with hard pulse, cephalalgia, difficulty in swallowing, and inflation of the abdomen; pulse small and contracted.—Measles, with bronchitis.