{"id":11927,"remedy_name":"Stannum Metallicum","remedy_type":"Homeopathic Remedy","alternative_names":[""],"miasm":"Tubercular Miasm","temperament":"Hot","aggravation_time":"Morning","keynote_indications":"Source: Derived from pure metallic tin (Stannum), prepared for homeopathic use through trituration. and serial dilution to enhance therapeutic action while eliminating material toxicity, in accordance. with homeopathic pharmacopeia standards. Traditional Context: Historically employed in homeopathy for  respiratory, neurological, and. psychological disorders, particularly those involving chronic cough, neuralgic pains, and profound. exhaustion. It is noted for symptoms such as weak, hollow cough, shooting pains, and aggravation. from talking, often worsened by talking, exertion, or warmth, and ameliorated by rest, lying down,. or cold applications. Modern  Context:  Indicated  for  respiratory  conditions (e.g.,  chronic  obstructive  pulmonary. disease,  tuberculosis),  neurological  conditions  (e.g.,  neuralgia,  peripheral  neuropathy),. psychological  conditions (e.g.,  major  depressive  disorder,  generalized  anxiety  disorder),  and. constitutional conditions (e.g., chronic fatigue syndrome, debility). It suits patients with acute or. chronic symptoms characterized by weak cough, neuralgic pains, exhaustion, sadness, or talking. sensitivity, typically exacerbated by talking, exertion, warmth, or emotional stress, and often seen. in individuals with debilitated, sensitive constitutions. The remedy is particularly relevant for those. with respiratory or neurological conditions, often presenting with symptoms like hollow cough or. shooting  pains,  commonly  observed  in  patients  with  chronic  obstructive  pulmonary  disease,. neuralgia, or major depressive disorder triggered by talking, exertion, or emotional stress.\nCOMMENTS - Hahnemann\u2019s Stann. proving appears in his Materia Medica Pura and in his Chronic Diseases. \nA number of worm symptoms appeared, including a sinking, empty, all -gone feeling, and diaphragmatic and \nabdominal pains. Tendency to exces- \nsive mucus secretions. Pale, sunken, sickly countenance with dark rings around the eyes. Convulsions. Hectic \nfever. \nCompressive and cramp -like pains. Cramps and spasms. Opisthotonic convul sions, thumbs are drawn in, \nparticularly in teething children, in children who masturbate, or who have worms. \nPains associated with the hypochondriac or hysterical men tal state. Pains begin lightly, increase gradually to \nthe highest point and then gradually decline, particularly in headaches, facial and dental neuralgias, abdominal \nand other pains. Diaphragmatic neuralgia. \nCharacteristic weakness, exhaustion of mind an d body. Nervous weakness with trembling. Neurasthenia. \nDepressed and hopeless with lung problems. Low spirited, despondent and without hope. Trembling of arms \nand legs, limbs as heavy as lead. Palpitations and anxiety occur from slightest exertion. \nThe ch est is so weak as to make talking impossible. Weakness in the throat in singers and speakers. \nWeakness and aching of the deltoid and arm, felt when using the voice. The patient will drop into a chair \ninstead of sitting down. Must sit down several times to rest while dressing in the morning. Weakness felt more \ngoing down stairs than on going up. Weak, empty, sinking sensation felt at the epigastrium.  \nCharacteristic respiratory or lung weak ness. Last -stage tuberculosis remedy, used historically tuberculosis \nepidemics. Last stages of respiratory illnesses heading to ward lung failure. Emphysema. Pneumonia. \nHoarseness, laryngitis, hollow voice. \nKeynote weakness in the lungs and breathing. Patient talks extremely weakly, must put ear to patient\u2019s mouth \nto hear. Weak, empty feeling in the chest, in tubercular conditions. Stitches in the chest. Shortness of breath \non exertion. \nDeep, hollow, shattering cough (Spong.). Deep, husky, hollow voice, better by hawking or expectorating \nmucus. Profuse expectoration, like a n egg white (Nai rn.), sweetish, salty, sour, putrid, musty, yellow -green \npus. Thick globs of green \nsputum. Coughs up green pus and globs of green mucus (Kali -b.). Yellow secretions, including sputa, \nleucorrhea and coating on the tongue. \nDyspepsia, with na usea and vomiting from the smell of cooking. Stomach pain compels the patient to walk \nabout for relief, yet the weakness is so great that he is soon compelled to rest. Colic, better by hard pressure, \nas by laying the child with its abdomen across the knee or on the point of the shoulder. \nMenses are early and profuse. Uterine and vaginal prolapse, worse during stool, especially during pressure. \nLabor pains are spasmodic and put the patient out of breath. The milk of nursing woman is changed and the \nchild rejects it. \nSexual excitement in both sexes. Emis sions with excessive prostration. Orgasm is easily produced, \n\u201cScratching arm produces an intolerable sensation of pleasure in genital organs which extends to uterus and \nproduces orgasm.\u201d \nClinique quoted a typi cal case of a neural gia cured by Stann. A man, 30, suffered for eight years off and on \nand for some months continuously with neuralgic headache. Pain centered over one or the other eye (usually \nthe right) and extended over whole or part of head and was at limes unbearable. \nIt began in the early morning (4 to 5 a.m.), increased gradually to noon, when it gradu ally declined to sunset, \nreappearing again the following morning. Two doses of Stann. cured in a fortnight.  \nHering gave as cured by Stann. \u201cMonday co nstipation,\u201d that is, constipation occurring on days following rest -\ndays. Stann. has marked periodicity. \n \n \nT. H. Urquhart cured an affection of the nails characterized by breaking and splitting, and a sequel of scurvy, \nwith an application of Stannum oleate on a narrow flannel bandage. All symptoms were cured in two months.  \nAlston obtained indirectly from \u201ca woman of Leith in Scotland\u201d this prescription of which he had witnessed the \nefficacy in a case of tapeworm:  \u201cTake an ounce and a half of Tin, (pewter metal) and grind it small to powder, \nmix it with sugar syrup and take, on a Friday before the change of the moon, one -half of it, the following day \nthe half of the remainder and the Sunday following the rest, but on the Monday a purgative.\u201d  \nAlston also noted in his Materia Medica that he had seen hematemesis cured by this remedy.\nTemperature - Chill 10 a.m. with numb fingertips. Hectic fever. Burning palms and soles. Heat in evening, \nexhausting night sweats, towards the morning. Abdomen painfully distend ed and sensitive to touch. Incarceration of flatus. Cutting, pinching, \ncramp-like colic, around navel. Colic with hunger, diarrhea and a feeling of emptiness, exhausting, relieved \nby hard pressure. Colic in children, better by carrying them on shoulder. Sp asmodic pain in abdomen, \nhysterical. Increased hunger, which cannot be satisfied. Increased thirst. Bitter taste of all food. Bitter, herbaceous \ntaste of beer. Smell of cooking causes vo miting. Excessive weakness of digestion. Nausea and vomiting \nafter a meal.","modalities":"Worse from: Talking, exertion, warmth (weather, rooms, drinks), lying on the right side,. morning, emotional stress, motion, touch, noise, evening, overexertion, warm drinks.","symptoms_by_system":{"Mind":"Depressed and hopeless with lung p roblems. Low spirited, despondent and without hope, feels like \ncrying all the time, but crying aggravates. Anxious, nervous, sad, worse before menses. Miserable. Sad and \ndiscouraged. \nDiscontented with everything. Uneasy, knows not what to do with himself. Forgetful and absent -minded. \nForgetful on waking in morning. Thinking makes her feel wretched. Cannot get rid of an idea once fixed in her \nmind. \nTaciturn and dislike to society. Dread of seeing people. Fear in a crowd. Fear of men, during pregnancy. \nSuspicious. Aversion to certain persons (Nat-c.). Child wants to be carried across shoulders. Very sensitive as \nto what others say about her. Changeable mood. Sudden fits of passion. Can\u2019t answer questions from \nweakness. Depressed and hopeless with lung p roblems. Low spirited, despondent and without hope, feels like \ncrying all the time, but crying aggravates. Anxious, nervous, sad, worse before menses. Miserable. Sad and \ndiscouraged. \nDiscontented with everything. Uneasy, knows not what to do with himself. Forgetful and absent -minded. \nForgetful on waking in morning. Thinking makes her feel wretched. Cannot get rid of an idea once fixed in her \nmind. \nTaciturn and dislike to society. Dread of seeing people. Fear in a crowd. Fear of men, during pregnancy. \nSuspicious. Aversion to certain persons (Nat-c.). Child wants to be carried across shoulders. Very sensitive as \nto what others say about her. Changeable mood. Sudden fits of passion. Can\u2019t answer questions from \nweakness.","Vertigo":"Dizziness and weakness when descending. Vertigo, all objects seem too far off. Vertigo on sitting \ndown, with loss of ideas.","Head":"Severe, painful constriction in forehead and temples. Pressi ve and stupefying headache. Migraine of \ncerebral origin, better by vomiting. Aching in temples and forehead. Pains worse motion, gradually increasing \nand decreasing.  Violent, glowing, beating pains, as if the head would burst with inward blows. Jarring of \nwalking resounds painfully in head. Drawing pains in malar bones and orbits. Ulceration of hole in lobe of ear. \nObstinate acute coryza and influenza with cough. Severe, painful constriction in forehead and temples. Pressi ve and stupefying headache. Migraine of \ncerebral origin, better by vomiting. Aching in temples and forehead. Pains worse motion, gradually increasing \nand decreasing.  Violent, glowing, beating pains, as if the head would burst with inward blows. Jarring of \nwalking resounds painfully in head. Drawing pains in malar bones and orbits. Ulceration of hole in lobe of ear. \nObstinate acute coryza and influenza with cough.","Eyes":"Sunken, dull, clouded eyes. Pupils contracted. Eyes sore. Itching, smarting and burning sensation in \n \n \neyes. Great sensitiveness to light during headache. Jerking and quivering of eyes. Burning lancinations in lids. \nAgglutination of eyelids at night. Pustular swelling of left inner canthus. Blenorrhea. Ptosis. Styes.","Ears":"Cracking, shrieking noise in ear when blowing nose. Tinkling, ringing in ears, particularly the left. \nEarache with drawing tearings. Ulceration of holes pierced for earrings.","Face":"Face pale, sickly -looking, flushing easily on exertion. One cheek hot and red. Painful swelling of \nsubmaxillary glands. Swelling of cheeks and upper jaw. Spasm in jaw. Prosopalgia, pains inc rease and de -\ncrease gradually. Drawing pains in malar bones. Malar neuralgia, at menses.","Mouth":"Sweet, sour, bitter taste, for all food except water. Fetid exh alation from mouth. Flow of acid saliva. \nTickling at the root of the tongue. Tongue coated with a yellowish mucus. Tongue red or yellow. Difficult, weak \nspeech, occasioned by weakness. \nNose - Oversensitive to smells. Heaviness and sensation of obstruction.  Stuffed feeling and heaviness high \nup in nostrils. Burning sensation in nose. Dry coryza on one side only. Obstinate coryza and influ enza with \ncough. Nosebleed on moving, on rising from bed. \nPerspiration - Heat in evening, exhausting night sweats,  towards the morning. Perspi ration at 4 a.m. \nDebilitating perspiration, principally on forehead and nape of neck. Sweat smelling musty or offensive.","Throat":"Throat dry and stings. Sore throat, as from an internal swelling. Rawness in larynx. Cutting in pharynx \nand esophagus on swallowing. Nausea in throat. Adhesive mucus, difficult to detach, efforts to detach cause \nnausea. Voice deep, hollow, hoarse, better hawking mucus. Hoarseness with weakness of voice. Laryngitis.","Chest":"Weak,  hollow  cough,  with  a  sensation  of  emptiness  or  exhaustion,  resembling. chronic  obstructive  pulmonary  disease,  worse  with  talking,  exertion,  warmth,  or. lying on the right side, often with profuse, sweetish expectoration or dyspnea. Chest weakness or oppression, with a tendency to heaviness or soreness, resembling. tuberculosis,  aggravated  by  talking,  motion,  or  warmth,  often  with  wheezing  or. rattling in the chest. Recurrent respiratory infections, with a sensation of irritation or burning, resembling. bronchiectasis, worse with talking, morning, or warmth, often with hoarseness or. throat dryness. Tendency to respiratory hypersensitivity, with aggravation in talking or warm states. Neurological:. Neuralgic  pains,  with  a  sensation  of  shooting,  burning,  or  tearing,  resembling. trigeminal neuralgia or peripheral neuropathy, worse with talking, touch, warmth, or. motion, often in the face, limbs, or chest. Muscle weakness or tremors, with a tendency to heaviness or fatigue, resembling. myasthenia gravis, aggravated by talking, exertion, or warmth, often with twitching. or numbness. Headaches or migraines, with a sensation of pressure or bursting, resembling tension. headache, worse with talking, exertion, or warmth, often with vertigo or sensitivity to. noise. Tendency  to  neurological  hypersensitivity,  with  aggravation  in  talking  or  warm. states. Psychological:. Sadness  or  despair,  with  a  sensation  of  hopelessness  or  melancholy,  resembling. major depressive disorder, worse with talking, emotional stress, exertion, or evening,. often with tearfulness or isolation. Anxiety  or  nervousness,  with  a  tendency  to  worry  or  restlessness,  resembling. generalized anxiety disorder, aggravated by talking, warmth, or emotional stress,. often with palpitations or insomnia. Mental fatigue or irritability, with a sensation of dullness or agitation, resembling. adjustment  disorder,  worse  with  talking,  overexertion,  or  warmth,  often  with. difficulty concentrating or mood swings. Tendency to psychological hypersensitivity, with aggravation in talking or stressed. states. Constitutional:. Profound  exhaustion  or  debility,  with  a  sensation  of  weakness  or  collapse,. resembling  chronic  fatigue  syndrome,  worse  with  talking,  exertion,  warmth,  or. morning, often with cold sweats or faintness. Stannum metallicum (Tin) 1842. General sensitivity or fragility, with a tendency to easy fatigue or susceptibility,. resembling post-viral fatigue syndrome, aggravated by talking, warmth, or emotional. stress, often with weight loss or pallor. Sensation of internal trembling or emptiness, with a tendency to low vitality or. burnout, resembling neurasthenia, worse with talking, exertion, or warmth, often. with chills or flushing. Tendency  to  constitutional  hypersensitivity,  with  aggravation  in  talking  or  warm. states.\nBreasts - A child leaves the breast of its mother and will not nurse (Sil.). \nCausations - Ill effects of emotions, fright, masturbation, dentition, using voice.","Stomach & Abdomen":"Pain better pressure, but sore to touch. Sensation of emptiness in stomach. Uneasy feeling. \nSmell of cooking causes nausea and vomiting. Bitter taste. Vomit ing, violent of blood of bile, early in the \nmorning with odor of ingesta. \nTeeth - Sensation of elongation and looseness in teeth. Toothache after a meal with jerki ng pain and heat in \nthe face. Ulcer on gums with swelling of cheeks.","Urinary & Genital":"Increased sexual desire. Voluptuous feeling in genitals ending in emission, which exhausts. Frequent \npollutions with excessive prostration. Strong body odor during menses. Menses early andprofuse. Bearing -down sensation. Gushing \nleucorrhea, yellowwhite or transparent mucus, with much debility. Pr olapse uterus and vagina, worse stools. \nProlapse with weak, sink \ning feeling in stomach (Sep.). Uterine symptoms with a weak, drawn sensation in the chest. Pain in vagina \nupward and back to spine. Scratching of distant parts (of arms) produce an intolerab le sensation of pleasure \nin genital organs producing orgasm. Increased sexual desire, early orgasm.","Extremities":"Paralytic weakness, drops things. Limbs suddenly give out when attempting to sit down. Tremulous \nknees. Swelling of the hands and ankles. Spasmodic twitching of muscles of forearm and hand. Cramps in \nhands, cannot let go the broom. Fingers jerk when holding pen. Typist\u2019s paraly sis. Contraction of fingers, \nretraction of thumbs. Neuritis. Aching in deltoid from reading. \nLiver - Pressure and burning sensation in hepatic region. Weak liver, poor digestion. Bitter and sour taste.","Neck & Back":"Stitches in back, small of back, and into limbs. Opisthotonos. Weakness of the muscles of the nape of \nthe neck.","Skin":"Itching, burning, shootings over skin of whole body. Itching pimples on face, sore to touch or on washing. \nChilblains. Flaws in nails. Painful hangnails.","Sleep":"Nocturnal agitation and many vivid dreams, anxious or lascivious. Moaning, weeping and plaintive \n \n \nlamentations while sleeping. Sleeps with one leg drawn up, the other stretched out.","Generalities":"As if all objects were too far off. As if she would faint. As if forehead were shattered. As if forehead \nwould be pressed inward. Tickling as from soreness in trachea. Inclination to hawk as if mucus were in chest. \nChest, as if eviscerated, as if internally constricted. As of a heavy load in affected arm and side of chest. \nEpigastric region as if beaten. As if limbs beaten. As if sweat would break out."},"schema_version":"1.0","api_provider":"Allahshafi"}