{"id":18432,"remedy_name":"Cuprum Metallicum","remedy_type":"Homeopathic Remedy","alternative_names":[""],"miasm":"Tubercular Miasm","temperament":"Chilly","aggravation_time":"Night","keynote_indications":"Source:  Derived  from  metallic  copper  (Cuprum  metallicum),  a  naturally  occurring  element,. prepared  for  homeopathic  use  through  trituration,  serial  dilution,  and  succussion  to  eliminate. toxicity and enhance therapeutic action. Traditional  Context:  Historically  employed  in  homeopathy  for  neurological,  muscular,. respiratory, and psychological disorders , particularly those involving spasms, convulsions, and. emotional rigidity. It is noted for symptoms such as cramps, seizures, and suppressed emotions,. often aggravated by heat, touch, or emotional stress, and ameliorated by cold, pressure, or solitude. Modern Context: Indicated for neurological conditions (e.g., epilepsy, muscle spasms), muscular. conditions (e.g.,  cramps,  dystonia),  respiratory  conditions (e.g.,  asthma,  whooping  cough),. psychological  conditions (e.g.,  anxiety,  obsessive-compulsive  tendencies),  gastrointestinal. conditions (e.g., colic, nausea), and  systemic conditions  (e.g., fatigue, hypersensitivity). It suits. patients  with  acute  or  chronic  symptoms  characterized  by  spasmodic  tendencies,  muscular. rigidity, respiratory distress, or emotional suppression, typically exacerbated by heat, touch, or. emotional triggers, and often seen in individuals with neurological disorders, respiratory conditions,. or  stress-related  tension.  The  remedy  is  particularly  relevant  for  those  with  a  chilly,  intense. constitution,  often  presenting  with  physical  symptoms  like  convulsions  or  asthma  alongside. psychological symptoms like anxiety or rigidity, commonly observed in patients with epilepsy,. asthma, or obsessive-compulsive disorder.","modalities":"Worse from: Heat (weather, environments, drinks), touch, emotional stress, warm stuffy. rooms, night, exertion, lying down (in respiratory cases), dietary indiscretions (e.g., rich. foods,  alcohol),  sensory  stimuli  (e.g.,  noise,  light),  emotional  triggers,  cold  drafts  (in. muscular cases).","symptoms_by_system":{"Mind":"Nervous. Uneasy. Fixed ideas, mali cious and mor ose. Sullen, tricky, alternating yielding and head -\nstrong. Imitates, mim ics. Speaks in a whisper because of pain. Uses words not intended. Sense of losing \nconsciousness. \nAttacks of rage, wants to bite the bystand ers. Mania, bites, beats, tears the things . Delirium, cold sweat. \nPiercing shrieks. Weeps violently. Convulsive laughter. Fearful. Confu sion, afraid of everybody who \napproaches him. Loquacious, then melancholy with fear of death. Fear of society, shuns everybody. Abdomen \n- Tense, hot and tender t o touch. Neuralgia of abdominal viscera. Spasmodic movements of abdominal \nmuscles. Frightful colic  with contraction of the abdomen. Better pressure, worse raising arms. \nIntussusception, with fecal vomiting. Nervous. Uneasy. Fixed ideas, mali cious and mor ose. Sullen, tricky, alternating yielding and head -\nstrong. Imitates, mim ics. Speaks in a whisper because of pain. Uses words not intended. Sense of losing \nconsciousness. \nAttacks of rage, wants to bite the bystand ers. Mania, bites, beats, tears the things . Delirium, cold sweat. \nPiercing shrieks. Weeps violently. Convulsive laughter. Fearful. Confu sion, afraid of everybody who \napproaches him. Loquacious, then melancholy with fear of death. Fear of society, shuns everybody. Abdomen \n- Tense, hot and tender t o touch. Neuralgia of abdominal viscera. Spasmodic movements of abdominal \nmuscles. Frightful colic  with contraction of the abdomen. Better pressure, worse raising arms. \nIntussusception, with fecal vomiting.","Vertigo":"Giddiness accompanies many ailments, head falls forward  on chest. Vertigo with internal tremors, \nhead sinks forwards on the chest, better stool, lying down, worse looking up. \nCOMMENTS - Metallic copper is an anti -psoric remedy, working from within outwards. It is one of the most \nimportant remedies that relieve states arising from the \u201cstriking inward\u2019\u2019 of diseases or the failure of eruptions \nor discharge to appear. Suppressed discharges that lead to spasms and convulsions.  \nRelieve internal spasms which renders it appropriate to the collapse stage of cholera (Sulph.). Aprophylactic \neither when worn next the skin or when taken internally. \nMaliciousness and a desire to injure. Screaming with cerebral or mental symp toms. Loquaciousness. Violent \nhead pains that are worse over the left eye. Brain seems paralyzed. Over-sensitiveness of the skin, especially \nin the region of the stomach and fourth and fifth dorsal vertebrae. \nCramps, spasms, twitches, and convulsions. Twitches of little muscles spread into the major muscles and can \nultimately go into aconvulsion. Face  will turn blue, fingers and toes cramp, thumb will go into the hand and \nlock. B ack arches, neck goes back. Drawing in the fingers. Sudden and severe flexion and extension of the \nlimbs. \nCramps and convulsions in meningitis, cholera, whooping cough and spa smatic asthma. Spasms of the \nstomach that lead to nausea and vomiting. Severe spasms after a vexation or a fright (Op.). Vomiting, \nhiccoughs and spasms better by drinking cold water. \nWhooping cough. Violent, spasmodic coughing, worse cold air (Rumx.). Whee zing and spasm. Spasmodic \nbreathing with rattling in the chest. Asthma with bluish lips and spasms and constriction of the chest. \nConstriction pains with stress of asthma (Cact.). Constriction below the xiphoid process. Feels as if stuck with \nthe knife from the xiphoid to the back. \nCramps at puberty, better bathing in \nCuprum metallicum cold water. Convulsions during menses. Dysmenorrhea associated with cramps in the \nfingers, severe cramps and spasms In the uterus. Labor pains are so severe they start convu lsing. Or they \nfeel the labor pains and their hands and feet start cramping up or spasms outside the uterus. Sudden blindness \nduring labor. \nSenile gangrene with the toes and fingers due to poor circulation, with cramps and spasms in the fingers and \ntoes (Ars., Sec., Agar.). Chlorosis from abuse of iron. \nJ. C. McLaren noted \u201cCramps or spasms beginning in hands and feet, extending to belly.\u201d  \nGuernsey said that \u201ca slimy metallic taste in the mouth\u201d is one of the strongest indications for Cupr. (Rhus -t.). \n \n \nParalysis of the tongue, stammering (Caust., Merc.). Grinds teeth at night. Thirst for cold drinks and \nameliorated by cold drinks. Worse inhaling cold air. \nMackechnie made a brilliant cure of psoriasis in a young girl with Cupr. The leading features of its \nsymptomatology are cramps, convulsions, violent spasms, coming on from disappearance of pains, \ndischarges, eruptions, mental derangement. Patient screams with suppression of menses. Tonic spasms of \nthumbs. Eyeballs turn up. Opisthotonos. Tonic and clonic spasms. \nConvulsions during pregnancy. Puerperal convulsions which begin in the fingers or toes and spread all over \nthe body. Can also have a great restlessness between the attacks, either filling up the entire interval or only a \npart of the time. \nMossa regarded Cupr. as one of the rem edies for the effects of fright, and relates the case of a girl who after \na fright was affected by involuntary motions of left arm and leg developing into pronounced general chorea. \nCupr. brought about slow but decided recovery. \nAnother girl, 12, who had recovered from whooping cough got a kind of chorea from repeated frights on seeing \nan epileptic. To the muscular movements was added silly behavior including a heavy tongue, slow speech and \nunwieldy gait. Frightened at night. Greediness in eating and drinking. \nIgn., Stram., Sulph., did little good. She became ill -natured. Cupr. every four days cured completely in three \nmonths. \nMackechnie reported the case of a boy who became epileptic after being locked up in school. Very great \nimprovementfollowed the administration of Cupr. \nSchwencke cured a case of epilepsy of forty years' standing with Cupr. 6c after Bell, and Hyos. had done little \ngood. The patient was a man aged 45. The fits began suddenly towards morning with chewing motion of lower \njaw, gnashing of teeth, becomes upright and rigid in bed, shrieks, limbs convulsed. After giving way to violent \nanger, attacks become more severe, arms and legs were thrown outwards and trunk arched upward.  \nCupr. was given. For a time the attacks con tinued, but gradually improvement set in and in less than three \nmonths they ceased altogether. The \u201canger\u201d in this case and the \u201cill -humor\u201d in Mossa's are noteworthy as \nmaliciousness is an indication for Cupr. \nIn a second case cured by Schwencke, that of a man, 38, epileptic seven years, a pressive headache preceded \nthe attacks, ascending from nape to forehead, then there was profuse salivation, head turned to left, eyes \nclosed tongue in active motion in open mouth, trunk arched upward, slight spasms of rig ht arm outward. After \nthe attack, there was a dullness in the head and a feeling in the body as if beaten.  \nCupr. first removed the fits and then the dullness of the head.","Head":"Meningitis, cannot hold head erect or bores into the pillow. Pulls her hair. Shakes the head from side \nto side. Strange tingling, crawling in the vertex (sup pressed menses). Headache after epilepsy. Sensation as \nif water were poured over the head with headache. Empty feeling with pain. Purple, red swelling of head with \nconvulsions. Bruised pain in brain and eyes on turning them. Meningitis, cannot hold head erect or bores into the pillow. Pulls her hair. Shakes the head from side \nto side. Strange tingling, crawling in the vertex (sup pressed menses). Headache after epilepsy. Sensation as \nif water were poured over the head with headache. Empty feeling with pain. Purple, red swelling of head with \nconvulsions. Bruised pain in brain and eyes on turning them.","Eyes":"Aching over eyes. Fixed, staring, sunken, glistening, turned upwards. Eyeballs rotate quickly behind \nclosed lids or roll fro m side to side. Bruised pain in the orbits, worse moving the eyes. Lids spasmodically \nclosed, twitching of lids (left). Photophobia.","Face":"Distorted,pale bluish,  livid, sunken, pinched. Icy cold. Lips blue. Chewing mo tion of the lower jaw. \nLockjaw. Contraction of jaws with foam at mouth.","Mouth":"Strong metallic, slimy taste with flow of saliva. Froth from mouth. Grinds the teeth. Food tastes like \nclear water. Stammering speech, loss of speech. Paralysis of tongue. Firmly closed or open with tongue darting \nin and out like a snake in convulsions. \nNose - Stoppage of the nose. Sensation of violent congestion of blood to nose (Meli.). Violent, fluent coryza.","Throat":"Swelling of the glands of the neck. Spasms of throat. Unable to talk on account of spasms of throat. \nDryness of the throat, with thirst. Inflammation of the pharynx. Audible sound of drinking  \n(gurgling), while swallowing it. Intermittent aphonia in professional singers.","Chest":"Dyspnea  or  shortness  of  breath,  with  a  sensation  of  constriction  or  suffocation,. resembling asthma or bronchospasm, worse with heat, night, or emotional stress. Spasmodic cough, with violent, paroxysmal episodes, resembling whooping cough,. aggravated by warm rooms, lying down, or emotional triggers. Wheezing  or  chest  tightness,  with  a  tendency  to  mucus  production,  resembling. chronic bronchitis, worse with heat or exertion. Tendency  to  respiratory  hypersensitivity,  with  aggravation  from  warm,  stuffy. environments or emotional stress. Psychological:. Anxiety  or  nervousness,  with  a  sensation  of  inner  tension  or  impending  doom,. resembling  generalized  anxiety  disorder,  worse  with  heat,  touch,  or  emotional. triggers. Obsessive-compulsive  tendencies,  with  repetitive  thoughts  or  rigid  behaviors,. resembling obsessive-compulsive disorder, aggravated by emotional stress, isolation,. or night. Cuprum metallicum (Copper) 794. Emotional suppression or rigidity, with a tendency to bottle up feelings, resembling. adjustment disorder, worse with social interaction or fatigue. Tendency  to  emotional  hypersensitivity,  with  aggravation  during  physical  or. spasmodic flare-ups. Gastrointestinal:. Colic or abdominal cramps, with sharp, spasmodic pain, resembling irritable bowel. syndrome  or  gastroenteritis,  worse  with  heat,  dietary  indiscretions,  or  emotional. stress. Nausea or vomiting, with a metallic taste or aversion to food, resembling cyclic. vomiting syndrome, aggravated by warm drinks, exertion, or emotional triggers. Diarrhea or constipation, with spasmodic bowel movements, resembling functional. gastrointestinal disorders, worse with heat or fatigue. Tendency to digestive hypersensitivity, with aggravation from emotional or physical. stress. Systemic:. Fatigue  or  weakness,  with  a  sensation  of  heaviness,  resembling  chronic  fatigue. syndrome or post-viral exhaustion, worse after exertion, heat, or emotional stress. Hypersensitivity to external stimuli (e.g., touch, heat, noise), resembling sensory. processing disorder, aggravated by warm environments or fatigue. Chills or coldness, with aggravation in warm, stuffy conditions and a desire for cold. drinks or air. Tendency  to  systemic  irritability,  with  aggravation  in  neurological  or  spasmodic. states.","Stomach & Abdomen":"Painful crampy pressure in epi gastrium, worse touch and movement. Lies on stomach and jerks \nthe buttocks up (col ic, convulsions). Whendrinking, thefluid descends with gurgling sound  (Laur.). As if \nsomething bitter we re in stomach. Hiccough, before vomiting, convulsions, spasms or asthma. Pronounced \nnausea. Periodical attacks of vomiting. Vomiting, violent tormenting with agonizing colic, diarrhea, shrieks or \nconvulsions, better cold drinks. Vomits always on waking up in morning, on least motion. \nTemperature - Chilly. Icy coldness of skin. Sweat, cold, clammy, at night, sour smell ing after convulsions. Desire for cold drinks, which ameliorate. Milk causes belching. Food tastes sweetish, or metallic, acid, \nor salt, watery. Desire for cold food in preference to hot.","Urinary & Genital":"Cramps in calves prevents sex. especially in old or nervous young men. Menses too late, protracted. Men ses absent due to suppression of foot sweat. Violent cramps in \nabdomen extending into the chest before or during menses, or from suppressions of the menses ,or from \nsuppressed fo ot sweats (Sil.). Convulsions before menses. Puerperal convulsions with open mouth and \nopisthotonos. After- pains. especially in women who had borne many children. Ebullition of blood, and \npalpitations. Chlorosis.","Extremities":"Cramps in calves, soles, and palms. Jerking, twitching of muscles in hands and feet. Clonic spasms, \nbeginning in fingers and toes. Clenching of thumbs in palms. Joints contracted. Great weariness of limbs. \nKnees double up involuntary when walking, bringing him do wn. Ankles painfully heavy. Ankylosis of shoulder \njoint. Coldness of hands. Epilepsy, aura begins in knees, feel as if broken.  \nLiver - Cirrhosis of liver.","Neck & Back":"Paralysis of all the muscles up to the neck. Sensation of heaviness in the axillary glands. Swelling of \nthe glands of the neck. Hyperesthesia of spinal column. Backache top of sacrum.  \nCausations - Ailments from emotions, anger, fright, suppressions, loss of sleep, mentally and bodily over -\nwork. Chorea from fright. Getting wet causes epileptic attacks.","Skin":"Fatigue  or  weakness,  with  a  sensation  of  heaviness,  resembling  chronic  fatigue. syndrome or post-viral exhaustion, worse after exertion, heat, or emotional stress. Hypersensitivity to external stimuli (e.g., touch, heat, noise), resembling sensory. processing disorder, aggravated by warm environments or fatigue. Chills or coldness, with aggravation in warm, stuffy conditions and a desire for cold. drinks or air. Tendency  to  systemic  irritability,  with  aggravation  in  neurological  or  spasmodic. states.","Sleep":"Lethargic sleep. Profound sleep, with shocks in the body and starting in the limbs. Constant rumbli ng \nin abdomen during sleep."},"schema_version":"1.0","api_provider":"Allahshafi"}