Niccolum
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General
Niccolum.
Niccolum metallicum. Metallic Nickel. Ni. (A.W. 58.6). Trituration. Niccolum carbonicum. Carbonate of Nickel. NiCO3. Trituration.
Clinical
Asthenopia. Clavus. Cough. Dysmenia. Face, chapped. Headache; nervous; periodic. Hiccough. Migraine. Nasal catarrh. Neck, cracking in. Ophthalmia. Speech, impeded. Throat, sore. Tongue, stiff. Toothache. Vision, impaired. Whooping-cough.
Characteristics
Nickel is found associated with Cobalt. It is said to have received its name (Nickel, the devil) from the miners, who considered it "false ore" as they were mining for copper. The word Cobalt (Kobold) has possibly a similar derivation. Nickel forms the chief ingredient in the alloy known as "German silver." It was proved by Nenning, and the pathogenesis contains some striking symptoms, many of which have been confirmed.
Sir James Y. Simpson used the Sulphate of Nickel (NiSO4) in "periodic headaches of a very severe character," and the provings show that the metal and the carbonate are equally appropriate in this connection. H. Moser (Am.
H., xxiii. 61) has cured cases when the pain is: < 10 to 11 a.m., and may be so intense as to cause the patient to cry out; appears first left side, may jump to right; disappears in evening. It has also cured dysmenia; hoarseness, and cough; and cracking in cervical vertebrae on moving the head. Hering says it is suited to: "Literary men and others who suffer from periodical nervous headaches; weak, asthenopic, weak digestion, constipation; < morning on awaking." It has some characteristic coughs: "Must sit up and hold head with both hands with the cough." The child must be held up when coughing or it will go into convulsions;
Mahony (Med. Adv. xxvi. 112) cured with Nicc. 200 a middle-aged lady who had "loose hacking cough day and evening, and at 9 a.m.; has to put arms on thighs when coughing." Peculiar sensations are: As if sweat would break out. As if brain were cut to pieces. As if she had not slept enough.
As if a nail was sticking in head. As if neck sprained. Abdominal pains go from left to right. W.
A. Clausen (Med. Ad., xxiv. 369) has supplied a keynote for the sore throat of Nicc.: Right side, with exquisite tenderness, soreness to touch externally on affected side The symptoms are generally < from motion.
Talking and yawning < sore throat. Coughing > roughness of throat. Heaviness of hands and feet are > by motion. < After midnight and on pressure.
> In open air. Cold > pain in face. Washing > burning of eyes. Cold water = redness of eyes.
Most symptoms are > after eating. Must sit up and hold the head with both hands when coughing: or has to put arms on thighs when coughing.
Relations
Compare: Cobalt., Plat. In "objects appear large," Hyo., Nat. m., Pho. (objects appear small, Hyo., Plat., Stram.). Objects appear blue, Lyc., Stram., Zn.
Diplopia; rainbow colours round light, Pho., Gels. Coryza, Nux, Sul. Red face, Fer. Chapped face, Na. c.
Toothache with tearing in ear, Mang. Periodical headache, Gels. Sil., Sul. Emptiness in stomach, Carb. an., Ign., Sep.
(Nicc. has it without desire for food). Cracking in neck and stiff jaw, Petrol. Headache, menses, chilliness, Puls. Feels refreshed in morning without having slept, Fl. ac., Cob.
Annual hoarseness, Ars. Literary men, Nux. Sore throat, Lyc.
Mind
Low-spirited; fears something evil will happen
Vexed and very angry from least contradiction
Anxious moroseness and inquietude
Trembling and fright with desire for solitude
Dislike to conversation
Anxiety on moving as if sweat would break out.
Head
Dulness, does not comprehend the conversation, and is unable to relate properly in conversation
Vertigo: in the morning; when rising after stooping, in evening; when awaking, with nausea and desire to vomit
Vertigo, with dizziness and staggering, as from weakness, < on getting up in the morning
Heaviness and painful fulness in head, principally in forehead (compelling to rub forehead with hand), with vertigo; in morning, as if she had not slept sufficiently
Heat and heaviness in forehead (afternoon)
Headache all day, in forenoon with vomiting of bile
Heat in head, compelling him to seek open air, with thirst (afternoon)
Headache, in a room, and after a walk in open air
Pressure on vertex as from a hand
As if a nail sticking in vertex
Pain in both sides of head, as if it were breaking
Stitches in head (when stooping)
Tearing and shootings in head (and l. eye in paroxysms)
Periodical (every fortnight) headache.
Eyes
Heat and redness of eyes, with pressing in them
The eyes are swollen and cannot he opened in morning
Agglutination of eyes in morning
Eyelids are red and swollen, with lachrymation and swelling of meibomian glands
Cold water causes redness of eyes with tension
Dryness and heat of eyes (in evening)
Frequent burning, and pressing in eyes (in evening)
Violent twitching in eye, with lachrymation and difficulty of vision
Painful jerking in balls of eyes, with a sensation as if they were about to be violently convulsed
Vision very much impaired, esp. in evening
Distant objects appear too large; the light appears double; is surrounded by the colours of the rainbow
Objects look blue (before r. eye)
Cloud before eyes (morning)
Stitches in edges of eyelids like electric sparks, < on touching them.
Ears
Stinging in ears
Shootings in ears
Sudden deafness, with roaring and humming in ears; evening.
Nose
Dryness of nose
Frequent sneezing
Obstruction of nose; nose stopped up (r. side) at night
Coryza, fluent during day, and dry during night
Stinging, tearing, and soreness at root of nose
Redness and swelling at tip of nose, with burning and tearing in nostrils
Eruption on nose.
Face
R. side of face red and hot
Redness of face with burning and itching like erysipelas
Sensation of heaviness in face, as if swollen
Swelling of r. side of face, with sore throat
The pain in the swollen face wakes him at night, is > by cold
Painful sensitiveness and cramp in maxillary joint, which hinders mouth from being easily opened
Skin of face chapped
Itching tetters on cheeks
Eruption on lips
Twitching of upper lip at intervals.
Teeth
Swelling of gums
Gnawing odontalgia, in evening
Toothache, with tearing in ears; toothache, with tearing in r. ear
All teeth feel loose and elongated
When molar teeth (decayed) are sucked a sour, fetid water is drawn from them.
Mouth
Abundant accumulation of sweetish saliva in mouth
Breath is offensive, of which he himself is not aware
Bitter taste in mouth in morning
Stiffness of the tongue, it is difficult to talk.
Throat
Pain in the (sore) throat, < when speaking or yawning, in evening
Whole throat feels sore as if ulcerated on swallowing, < in morning; r. side of neck very sensitive, painful to pressure
Inflammation in throat, with swelling of tonsils on r. side, as well as of face and neck, which are painful when touched
Spasmodic contractions, and sensation of strangulation in throat
Accumulation of thick mucus in throat, with stinging pain
Stitches in throat (uvula) on swallowing.
Appetite
Farinaceous taste in mouth on rising in morning
Aversion to meat
Risings, with taste of roasted meat
Want of appetite
Thirst in evening
Violent thirst day and night.
Stomach
Violent hiccough, esp. in evening
Hiccough (at night)
Sensation of emptiness in stomach, without hunger
Sensation of great fulness in stomach after eating
Bitter and sour eructations
Nausea (morning)
Pressure in stomach, > by eructations
Painful sensation of constriction of stomach
Cuttings (violent pain, like stabs with a knife) in epigastrium and hypochondria
Stitches in stomach extending to back
Burning in stomach.
Abdomen
Violent stitches, as with knives, in hypochondria
Cuttings with diarrhoea
Pinching around navel
Painless rumbling in abdomen
Tension of abdomen, and discharge of flatulence (during the menses).
Stool And Anus
Constipation: ineffectual urging to go to stool, stool very hard (tenacious) and only discharged with great effort, has to press hard to discharge the stool
Diarrhoea: with yellow mucus; expulsion with great force and much flatulence; diarrhoea after drinking milk, and tenesmus; preceded by cuttings or burning in anus
During stool, burning and stitches in rectum and anus
After stool, itching, burning, and stitches at anus.
Urinary Organs
Increased secretion of urine, also at right
Burning urine
Burning at orifice of urethra during micturition
After micturition, discharge of thin leucorrhoea.
Male Sexual Organs
Erections (after dinner).—Itching on a small spot of scrotum, scratching does not > it.
Female Sexual Organs
Catamenia, premature, scanty, and of too short duration
During menses, bloated abdomen, colic, pain in small of back, great debility, burning of eyes
Leucorrhoea; watery, esp. after micturition.
Respiratory Organs
Roughness in throat > by coughing
Hoarseness, day and night; every year at same time
Cough from tickling in trachea; in evening, after lying down
Dry hacking cough, like the tick of a clock in its regularity
Dry, scraping cough, from tickling in trachea, with sleeplessness from midnight till 4 a.m
At night violent cough, compelling one to sit up and to hold head
Loose, hacking cough, day and evening and at 9 a.m.; has to put arms on thighs when coughing
Expectoration of white mucus.
Chest
When coughing, dyspnoea and pressure on chest
Stitches in chest (l. side) when breathing
Shootings in chest, esp. when laughing
Pressure and heaviness on chest
Pain, as from excoriation, in chest.
Neck And Back
Cracking and wrenching pain in neck (nape) when moving head (forward or backward); on rising again after stooping
Cracking in cervical vertebrae on moving head
Pain in neck, as from a sprain
Stitches in small of back (afternoon)
Pain in the small of back during a soft stool.
Limbs
Heaviness in the hands and feet > by motion.
Upper Limbs
Pain in shoulders as if sprained
Rheumatic pains in elbows, extending to hands; in fingers
Hands feel heavy, tremble, feel bruised.
Lower Limbs
Stitches in r. patella
Rheumatic pains from knees downward
Feet feel heavy, tremble, and are weak
Stitches in l. heel
Itching in l. heel.
Generalities
Tearing and shooting in the limbs and other parts.—Symptoms < in evening, and at right; > in open air.—Great restlessness < at night, from agitation; is compelled to change position continually; with vomiting and colic after suppressed menstruation.—Great debility, esp. in evening.
Skin
Itching over the whole body, but mostly on the neck, as from fleas; not > by scratching, but followed by small vesicles
Itching and pimples in small of back
Itching on shoulders; scratching does not >
Itching tetters
Itching herpes on hips
Itching on l. heel.
Sleep
Wakefulness
Sleeplessness from midnight till 4 a.m., and dry, scraping cough, from tickling in trachea
Frequent awakening, at night, from agitation
Vertigo when awaking with nausea and desire to vomit
In morning heaviness in forehead, as if she had not slept sufficiently
Pain in swollen face wakens, him at night, it is > by cold
Feels refreshed in morning without having slept
At 3 a.m. restlessness and heat; everything feels sore, compelling one to rise and walk about to obtain relief from it
Awakens after midnight with colic.
Fever
Predominance of coldness
Chill is preceded or begins with yawning and sleepiness
Chill, with chattering and shaking, followed by profuse general perspiration (evening in bed)
Heat with burning thirst, esp. in evening and at night
Heat in evening, followed by chill
Continuous chill, with moist palms of hands
Heat, restlessness, and vomiting at night (must rise)
Anxious heat with violent thirst
Dry heat with thirst, every afternoon at 3 o'clock
Heat with perspiration and thirst, followed by chill
Morning sweat.