PLUMBUM METALLICUM (Plb.) پلمبم میٹالکم
ARTERIOSCLEROSIS
MENTAL
Suitable to people that are ‘bon viveur’, have the best of everything. Materialistic. Amorous.
SLUGGISHNESS OF MENTAL FUNCTIONS.
SLOWNESS of perceiving external impressions, comprehension, answering.
WEAKNESS OF MEMORY – esp. for words, for expressing oneself.
Apathetic, boredom.
Fear of being poisoned.
Sadness with anxiety.
Desire to do self-destructive things.
PHYSICAL
SLOWING DOWN OF ALL FUNCTIONS.
Affects the TENDONS, muscles, nerves and spinal cord. Contraction of tendons and muscles, esp. flexor muscles of hand. Cannot abduct the finger. DUPUYTREN’S CONTRACTURE.
TREMBLING of muscles (hand, tongue, upper and lower limbs etc.).
Tremulous weakness, Parkinson’s disease, arteriosclerosis.
Emaciation of affected part. Atrophy of muscles. Sunken cheeks, face and eyes.
RETRACTION OF ABDOMEN, SENSATION AS IF ABDOMEN WAS DRAWN BY A STRING TO THE SPINE.
Radiating pains to all parts of body esp. stomach and abdomen.
Distinct blue line along the margin of gums.
CONSTIPATION – stools hard, lumpy, black like balls, like sheep’s dung.
Painful constriction of rectum.
MODALITIES
AGG.: fish.
AMEL.: pressure, rubbing,
DES.: fried food, salt, sweets, bread.
