Indium Metallicum
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General
Indium.
A metal. In. (A.W. 1137). Trituration of the pure metal.
Clinical
Backache. Epistaxis. Foot-sweat.
Headache
Megrim.
Pollutions.
Sexual perversion.
Sore throat.
Throat, ulceration of.
Uvula, enlarged; ulcerated.
Characteristics
Indium (which receives its name from the Indigo blue line in the spectrum through which its presence was discovered in Zinc-blende) is a rare metal, nearly like lead in appearance and in softness. It has been proved under the direction of Bell, mostly in the potencies, and the symptoms mark it out as allied in action to Selenium and Titanium in its general action, and particularly in the male sexual sphere. There is diminished power and control; frequency of nocturnal emissions; sexual dreams of perversion which should render it of service in some cases of sexual psycopathy.
The mental condition of Indm. is one of depression, curiously not unlike that of Indigo, whose colour it shows in the spectrum. Headaches were very marked in the proving, and one notable symptom appears: "Violent pain in the head when straining at stool." This is not infrequently met with in practice, and I have given great relief with Indm. 200 to a patient who had this symptom. Berridge reports (H. P., viii. 592) this case: A boy, 10, constipated five or six years.
Stool about once a week, dark and short; sometimes with blood; anus sore after stool. Has to strain much, seizing his thighs with his hands and straightening himself forcibly; the effort makes his face red, and the head feels as if it would burst. Indm. in high potencies cured. There is also a headache with sleepiness and nausea.
There are many marked symptoms in the throat, the characteristic condition being < in evening and > by eating, and by drinking cold water. The urine is horribly offensive after standing a short while. The symptoms generally are > out of doors; in cold air; by drinking or washing in cold water. < In a warm room.
Generally < by motion (walking; rising; sitting up; stooping slightly; turning; rotating head; moving eyes). On the other hand there is restlessness compelling to move about. Several symptoms occur in early morning 3 to 4 a.m.; in afternoon, 3 to 6. There is faintness at 11 a.m.
Relations
Compare: Bell. (headache; menses); Aspar. (urine); Sang. (headache; rheumatism); Pho., Nat. c., Sul., and Zn. (faintness, 11 a.m.); Fer. (headache; ebullitions lameness of shoulder muscles); Selen. and Titan. (male sexual organs) Brucea, Lach., Nux mos., Op., Stn., and Stro. (headache with sleepiness. Indm. has nausea as well as sleepiness). In throat symptoms > from eating and drinking. Indm. resembles Aes. h., Benz. ac., Cist., Lach.
Mind
Mental depression
Mind feels tired; does not care to work
Feels stupid and careless; cannot fix thoughts on anything
Restless, cannot sit still, must walk about
Sleepy and irritable with headache
Feels almost crazed when attempting to study, with headache.
Head
Vertigo: on rising from a seat; after retiring, with nausea; when sitting and stooping slightly; between 3 and 4 a.m., < on turning and on rising, cannot sit up
Dull headache in temples and forehead, with sleepiness and nausea
Very distressing headache in forenoon; pains commence on r. side of occiput and extend over head to l. eye
Pain at 8 a.m., extending over r. side of head from occiput, leaving a bruised spot on vertex
Severe l.—sided headache in evening
Beating, throbbing pain in head, with much heat, and a stupid, cross feeling;
> washing in cold water
Beating, throbbing headache at 3 p.m., lasting till bedtime; head very hot; face red
Slight throbbing headache, lasting two hours, with hot head and cold, clammy hands; afterwards, bruised feeling of brain in vertex, > in cold air
Headache, in morning on rising, > eating; an hour afterwards headache returns and lasts till noon
Severe itching of scalp on vertex lasting several days, > in morning.
Eyes
People and things look ghastly pale or saffron coloured
Mist before eyes, in evening
Sharp pain in eyeball from before backward, on turning or moving eyes
Irritation in l. eye, as if heavy with sleep, coming and going, not affected by daylight, < from artificial light, and from closing eye, with a desire to close it; in evening r. eye affected in the same way
Spasmodic twitching at outer angle of l. eye.
Ears
Throbbing in ears, in evening.—Bright redness of whole r. ear, with a row of very sore pimples on helix.
Nose
Violent attacks of sneezing
Epistaxis; nose bleeds whenever blown or touched
Nasal discharge: green; bloody; then watery; thin, yellowish.
Face
Very painful suppurating pimples on forehead; feel as though pierced with a needle; skin very red far around each pustule
Sore pustules all over face; burning stinging
Face: red during headache; red and hot; complexion sallow
Fiery red places about an inch long over l. eye
Patches of small vesicles on mucous membrane of lower lip; vesicles contain a colourless, limpid fluid
Corners of mouth cracked and very sore.
Throat
Uvula greatly enlarged, back part of pharynx covered with thick yellow mucus, very tough and hard to remove
Destructive ulceration of uvula, soft palate and tonsils, with thick yellow secretion in ulcers
Left tonsil swollen; pain and difficulty in swallowing
Throat sore on r. side
Tickling in throat inducing continual hawking
Dryness, throbbing, stinging soreness; swallowing painful
Throat: < in evening;
> eating, and drinking cold water
After eating lobster, taste of iodide of potash.—(Post-pharyngeal catarrh with tough, leathery streak of yellow mucus down back of throat.).
Stomach
Qualmishness
Nausea: with headache; during breakfast; with faintness at 11 a.m. and on rising; after retiring, with dizziness and pain in liver
Sick feeling at stomach for two days; felt as if vomiting would relieve
Fulness and pressure at stomach with soreness.
Abdomen
Stitches in region of liver.—Colic; griping; from umbilicus downwards; as if diarrhoea would set in.
Stool And Anus
Stool: pasty, brownish-yellow, fetid, with particles of undigested food, preceded by colic; involuntary, slight, when urinating; small and hard, afterwards pappy; hard with blood
Diarrhoea: < by drinking beer; with headache on r. side
Burning tenesmus and pain in anus after stool
Violent pain in head when straining at stool.
Urinary Organs
Painful urination
When urinating: loss of power over sphincter ani
Horribly offensive smell of urine after standing a short time.
Male Sexual Organs
Sexual desire and power diminished, emission too soon, thrill deficient
Increase of desire
Emissions: twice the same night; four nights in succession; at night without knowledge
Itching of glans penis
Severe pain in r. testicle
Testicles tumefied and very tender to touch; drawing pains along spermatic cords upwards; l. testicle much <.
Female Sexual Organs
Menses two weeks too soon; bearing-down pains, with cross temper and weeping mood; face very red.
Respiratory Organs
Hoarseness: on rising; with sore throat
Habitual bronchial expectoration freer, but a little blood appeared in mucus
Frequent desire to take a deep breath, when lying down;
< lying on l. side, > lying on back.
Chest
Severe pain behind lower r. portion of sternum
Sharp pains through upper part of chest
Burning pain on l. side of chest near sternum, which feels as if drawn towards back
Dull pain in l. pectoral region
Dull pain in l. axilla.
Neck And Back
Stiffness of neck and shoulders
Drawing through side of head and neck to clavicle, first r. side, next day l
Pressing pain in upper scapular region, with stiffness on sitting still, pain < on beginning to move
Severe pain under scapula of l. side
Dull pain under r. shoulder-blade
Rheumatic drawing across shoulders up to head;
< in riding, turning in bed, flexure or rotation of head, and morning and evening
Dull, aching pain in back and lumbar regions.
Upper Limbs
Constant pain in l. shoulder, as if bruised
Intermitting pains in l. shoulder
Pain in l. shoulder, with soreness extending down arm
Severe pain in l. shoulder; pain runs down to elbow, at times so severe as to disable arm
Shooting pains in fingers
Muscles of l. arm and shoulder feel flabby and soft; no power in arm
Severe lancinating pains in biceps of l. arm, extending into shoulder; pains < extending arm; paralytic weakness
Left elbow feels sore
Slight pains in l. arm
Palms of hands sweat continually
Itching in palms.
Lower Limbs
Tired feeling, weariness in legs
Drawing, strained feeling of muscles of inside of r. thigh, while walking
Sharp shooting pains in r. leg
Legs from knees downward and feet feel heavy as if loaded
Peculiar hot tingling in legs
Dull, boring pain in l. great toe-joint, almost unbearable, must move foot to > it, for three evenings, from 8 to 9
Burning and intense itching of all the toes the whole day
Itching of toes in evening
Feet sweat easily and feel cold
Profuse foot-sweat.
Skin
Itching of scalp, toes, &c.—Very painful sore pimples on various parts of the body.
Sleep
Sleepiness: with headache and nausea; with irritability; from 4 to 6 p.m.; in evening, in a warm room
Dreams: lascivious; amorous; of having unsuccessful intercourse with men; vivid of what had occupied his mind during the day; of annoying accidents; of being in foreign countries; chased by mad bulls; lost in mountains
Nightmare: from lying on back; very stupid on awaking.
Fever
Sensitive to cold
High fever with chilliness on moving, great weakness, sore throat; thirst, stretching, violent headache and backache
Fever: with nausea, after eating;
> out of doors
Easy perspirations.