# Zincum Valerianicum

## Remedy Classification
- **Type:** Homeopathic Remedy
- **Miasm:** Emotional Miasm
- **Temperament:** Neutral
- **Aggravation Time:** Neutral/Anytime

## Keynote Indications
Zinc-val. is a favorite anti-hysteric medicine in old-school practice. One proving, done with 
substantial doses by C. B. Finney, brought out a st rong action on the genital sphere, the usual starting -point 
of hysteria. 
Finney noted the brain-fatigue symptoms of Zinc, and the gastro -intestinal disturbance. The abdominal pains 
woke him from sleep and he had to rise at 6:30 a.m. for stool, which was p artly fecal and partly fluid. Later he 
was constipated and had tenesmus. 
Zinc-val. affects the nerves, ovaries and spine. A remedy for neuralgias, hysteria, angina pectoris and other 
painful affections, notably in ovarian disorders. Facial neuralgia, violent in left temple and inferior maxillary. 
Painful nervous effects. Oversensitive, nervous and sleepless. Uncontrollable sleeplessness from pain in 
head with mel ancholy. Sleeplessness in children. Hysteria. Fidgety feet. Hypochondriasis, groundless f ear. 
Hysterical heart-pain. Epilepsy without an aura. Obstinate hiccoughs. 
Finney had distinct heart pains and Hale mentioned angina pectoris as having been cured by Zinc -val. Other 
conditions named by him are prosopalgia, spinal neuralgia, sciatica, ovarian neuralgia, cerebrospinal 
meningitis and tubercular meningitis.

## Modalities (Aggravations / Ameliorations)
Better from rubbing.

## Symptoms by System

### Mind
- Dullness of mind and headache with erections.
- Great fullness of head with difficult thinking.
- Distressed 
mentally, mind all mixed up.
- Excitable.
- Groundless fear.
- Dullness of mind and headache with erections.
- Great fullness of head with difficult thinking.
- Distressed 
mentally, mind all mixed up.
- Excitable.
- Groundless fear.

### Head
- Violent, neuralgic intermittent headaches.
- Becomes almost insane with pain, which is piercing and 
stabbing.
- Violent, neuralgic intermittent headaches.
- Becomes almost insane with pain, which is piercing and 
stabbing.

### Eyes
- Tickling over left ear.

### Face
- Prosopalgia.

### Mouth
- Sour taste in morning.
- Smothers on attempting to eat.
- Temperature - Chills after mental excitement or exertion.
- Cold parts burn as they warm up.
- COMMENTS - Hansen gave “epilepsy with out aura.” Finney had “Sensation as if a very heavy weight on 
chest,” and dull headache and stiffness of muscles of neck.
- Hale quoted C.
- Dradwick as saying that a considerable number of patients who had hemorrhoids, who were 
taking Zinc-val.
- for other troubles, had their hemorrhoids relieved by the remedy.

### Stomach & Abdomen
- Mucus colitis.
- Crampy pains from flatulence in hypogastrium.

### Urinary & Genital
- Dysmenorrhea, pains down the thighs.
- Ovarian pain that shoots down limbs, even to foot during 
and after menses.

### Extremities
- Severe pain in neck and spine.
- Cannot sit still, must keep legs in constant motion.
- Sciatic neuralgia.

### Neck & Back
- Aching up.