Zincum Metallicum
Dewey, Essentials of Homœopathic Materia Medica, 1894, p. 219
Questions
Give the general action of Zincum. It acts as a tonic to peripheral motor and sentient nerves, but if small doses are continued a cachexia is produced, with prostration, impaired mental faculties, emaciation, etc.
What are three general characteristics of Zincum ?
1 . Twitching of muscles. 2. Aggravation from wine. 3. Formication or crawling on the skin. Give indications for Zincum in Spinal irritation. There is aching about the last dorsal or first lumbar vertebra, worse when sitting; there is burning along the spine and trembling of the limbs.
When is Zincum indicated in Scarlatina and other eruptive diseases ?
When the patient is very weak, too weak in fact to develop an eruption, and as a result there are often brain symptoms, such as meningitis, with sharp pains through the head.