In Latin, the metal lead is called Plumbum. Some paint used to
decorate the houses contains lead. Ev en after the paint dries, the lead
particles remain suspended in the air. Those who are allergic to lead
will develop an allergy as soon as th ey enter a room treated with lead-
containing paint. They will develop severe abdominal pain as if the
a severe type of abdominal pain will benefit from Plumbum.
A special symptom of Plumbum is related to the gums i.e., a blue line
passage of time.
Plumbum is the best treatment for muscular spasms . Besides this,
if the hand becomes paralysed resulting in wrist drop (which may
be due to an excessive use of the hand for writing), and the patient has
the basic symptoms of Plumbum, th en Plumbum acts extraordinarily
fast against this condition.
questioned, the patient either responds after a pause or just repeats the
question. Plumbum is ideal for the treatment of delayed response.
Sometimes while deeply lost in his thoughts, a person may not listen
to a lightly utte red question, but will become aware of the question a
wakes him up. Then he will ask what the matter was. Although a
delayed response should not only be taken as a sign of Plumbum
ailment, nevertheless, a Plumbum pa tient always reacts slowly. In
fact, his perception of pain is also very slow and dela yed. Therefore,
there is always a danger that by the time such a patient comes to
realise the pain, he may have alre ady been seriously hurt. Luckily,
only full-fledged Plumbum patients exhibit this symptom. A
Plumbum patient understands the matter, but it takes time to register
transmitting the pain message. Sometimes, this slowly progressive
becomes numb. The feet and othe r parts of the body may gradually
become insensitive and lifeless. When the disease progresses further,
the patient becomes physically weak and is ultimately reduced to
looking like a skeleton covered with loose skin.
A special symptom of Plumbum is that the painful part of the body
ultimately becomes wasted . This symptom is also found in other
kinds of paralyses. Fevers causing paralysis, such as typhoid etc.,
weaken the affected part but this weakness is not due to the pain.
associated with it. However, in Plumbum, there is always some pain
in the part that is paralysed. In such a situation, immediate treatment
with Plumbum should be started. Plum bum is also very useful in the
treatment of sciatica . If other symptoms of it are also present then
one must always treat the patient w ith Plumbum first. Whenever the
Plumbum will be found to be an effective treatment.
very famous, i.e. Plumbum and Curare. Curare is an extremely
in the beginning of the disease, it immediately produces a positive
paralysis. By the grace of God, many chronic patients of polio have
paralysis. Although homoeopathic doc tors do not usually use it for
provided it is alternated with Sulphur.
are hard, rounded and difficult to be excreted. Often, ulcers form in
the rectum. The rectum may need to be evacuated digitally or with
fibres in the wall of the intestines become paralysed and lose the
strength to push the faecal matter on wards. This paralytic condition
over a long period. Full results of the treatment show up in about
fifteen days of the treatment. Th ose diseases that develop slowly,
must respond to the treatment relatively slowly. However, sometimes
the homoeopathic treatment may produce immediate response, e.g. the
the same poison. In Plumbum, due to the paralysis of the bladder
wall, the patient loses stre ngth to void urine, re sulting in retention of
urine. Urine continues to collect in the bladder and then excreted drop
by drop (retention with overflow). This is not related to the prostate;
rather the condition is due to the paralysis of the bladder wall. The
symptoms of the two diseases (bladder weakness and enlarged
prostate) are obviously different. Ur inary stoppage is not necessarily
child, then Causticum happens to be the most ideal treatment. If this
Plumbum also can be effective if the kidneys stop functioning due to
sudden shock. Plumbum stirs up the kidney function.
One symptom of Plumbum is that wh atever kind of food is taken, it
In Plumbum, the vomited material is either dark in colour or
greenish and is sometimes mixed w ith blood. The function of the
heavy. The belly button becomes retracted.
Plumbum is famous for the gradually progressive weakness of the
dose should be increased graduall y. In progressive muscular
dystrophy, the neurons in the central pa rt of the brain responsible for
cure for this disease. The patien ts slowly become more and more
weak and often die before attaining the prime of their youth. Even if
they remain alive, their life is very miserable. Progressive muscular
dystrophy being a hereditary disease, sometimes all the children may
be affected. No definite cure ha s yet been found for the disease.
However, the patients obtain some relief with homoeopathic
treatment.
and dishonesty . If this is true, then it should be used freely
throughout the world!
diseases associated with loss of albumin and sugar in the urine .
Plumbum improves the function of the kidney tubules and helps retain
both the albumin and the sugar.
The symptoms of Plumbum also resemble those of Opium. In
result in cerebral haemorrhage. The face becomes congested with
onset of the symptoms proves very useful. It is also necessary to treat
the patient of Plumbum with high doses of Plumbum. Both Opium
and Plumbum show their effects at the same time. Dr. Kent states that
the treatment should first be star ted with Opium and later Plumbum
should be added to the treatment. This is correct be cause the initial
symptoms of the disease resemble those of Opium.
but Alumina is also famous for the treatment of this condition.
treated with Plumbum. A lightni ng type of undulating pain is a
symptom of Plumbum, which is also found in Causticum and
Often, blisters develop between the toes of the feet . Besides
Plumbum, Sulphur is also very useful for such boils. If gangrene
develops in the fingers or toes, or knots form in the feet, then also
Plumbum will be effective if the patient is of the constitution of
Plumbum.
Plumbum is also very good for the treatment of the swelling of the
glands beneath the tongue (sublingu al salivary glands). The tendency
towards severe body jolts and locking of the jaw , the paralysis of
(oesophagus), resulting in the entry of the food into the air passage
and choking due to water or food entering the windpipe or nose, are
related to paralysis are also found in Plumbum.
Sometimes, the severe abdominal colic rel ated to Plumbum leads
to a tendency towards delirium. The patient feels as if a painful ball
may suddenly become unconscious and blinded. The face becomes
pale, the cheeks wrinkle, and the skin becomes greasy and shiny with
the formation of dark brown spots.
while they ameliorate with local pressure