• Arsenicum Metallicum has burning pains, ameliorated by heat.

• Arsenicum Metallicum has extreme prostration and debility, out of proportion to the illness.

• Great anxiety and restlessness, driving it from place to place.

• Arsenicum Metallicum arouses latent syphilis.

• Its periodicity is very marked; symptoms recur every two and three weeks.

• A swollen feeling of parts.

• Weakness.

• A cadaverous odor.

• Emaciation, rapid and progressive.

• Marked thirst for small quantities of water, frequently.

• Great sensitiveness to cold.

• Aversion to being alone.

• Marked aggravation at night.

• Its complaints often begin on the right side.

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• Great anxiety and restlessness, cannot remain in one place.

• Fear of death, feels sure he will die.

• Irritability and peevishness.

• Despair of recovery.

• Suicidal thoughts, but fear prevents action.

• Mental restlessness with physical weakness.

• Meticulous and fastidious; everything must be in its place.

• Delusions of being poor, and of being poisoned.

• Avarice; miserly disposition.

• Apprehensive and suspicious.

• A weeping mood.

• Fear of being alone.

• Easily offended.

• Great anguish, especially at night.

• Its restlessness compels frequent change of position.

• Easily frightened.

• Difficulty concentrating.

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• The keynote is burning pain relieved by heat, often linked to organic change and chronic conditions.

• Profound prostration and debility, out of proportion to the apparent disease.

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• Headache up to eyes and into ears.

• Its headache is worse stooping and lying down.

• Burning headache relieved by cold applications.

• Its scalp is sensitive to touch.

• Its hair is dry and falling out.

• Œdematous swelling up to eyes.

• Burning pains in the eyes, relieved by cold applications.

• Photophobia.

• Lachrymation, acrid and burning.

• Ulceration of the cornea.

• Burning pains in the ears.

• Offensive discharge from the ears.

• Noises in the ears; ringing, buzzing.

• Watery, acrid discharge from the nose, excoriating the nostrils and upper lip.

• Its nose feels stopped up.

• Sneezing.

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• Burning and excoriating nasal discharge.

• Frequent sneezing.

• Nosebleeds.

• A pale, wan, and cachectic appearance.

• A swollen face.

• Neuralgia of the face, with burning pains.

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• Pale, earthy complexion.

• Swollen face.

• Neuralgic pains in the face.

• Dryness of the mouth and throat.

• Burning pain in the mouth.

• Aphthous ulcers in the mouth.

• Its gums bleed easily.

• Its teeth feel loose.

• Burning pain in the throat.

• Difficulty in swallowing.

• Ulcerated sore throat.

• Its taste is bitter or metallic.

• Asthma, worse at night, must sit up.

• Burning in the chest.

• A short, dry cough.

• Expectoration scanty, frothy, and sometimes bloody.

• Oppressed breathing.

• Rattling in the chest.

• Suffocative attacks.

• Pneumonia, with great prostration.

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• Palpitation of the heart, with anxiety and dyspnea.

• An irregular pulse.

• Angina pectoris, with burning pains.

• Burning pains in the chest.

• Oppression of the chest.

• Its cough is worse when lying down.

• Shortness of breath from slight exertion.

• Hydrothorax.

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• Vomiting and diarrhea simultaneously.

• Burning pains in the stomach and abdomen.

• Great thirst for small quantities of water, frequently.

• Its stomach is sensitive to touch.

• Nausea and vomiting after eating or drinking.

• Stools dark, offensive, and watery.

• Dysentery, with tenesmus and burning pains.

• Its food lies like a load in the stomach.

• Craving for acids and stimulants.

• Aversion to meat and cooked food.

• A distended and painful abdomen.

• Burning pains in the abdomen.

• Colic.

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• Tenesmus.

• Burning pains in the rectum.

• Involuntary stools.

• Prolapsus ani.

• Burning in the esophagus.

• Great weakness after stool.

• Hemorrhoids with burning pain.

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• Scanty, dark urine.

• Burning pains in the bladder and urethra.

• Albuminuria.

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• In males, it has impotence.

• In females, it has burning pains in the uterus.

• Leucorrhea, acrid and excoriating.

• Metrorrhagia.

• Urine passed frequently, with burning.

• Involuntary urination.

• Ovarian pain, especially on the right side.

• Its menses are too early and profuse.

• Weakness and trembling of the limbs.

• Burning pains in the extremities, relieved by heat.

• Numbness and tingling in the extremities.

• Œdematous swelling of the feet and ankles.

• Coldness of the extremities.

• Its back feels weak and painful.

• Sciatica, with burning pains.

• Its joints feel stiff and painful.

• Its skin is dry, scaly, and cold.

• Eruptions with burning, itching, and swelling.

• Urticaria, worse from scratching.

• Ulcers with a burning sensation.

• Eczema.

• Restless sleep.

• Sleeplessness after midnight.

• Anxious dreams, often of death or danger.

• Nightmares.

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• Burning pain in the limbs, relieved by heat.

• Numbness and tingling in the hands and feet.

• Edema of the lower extremities.

• Ulcers on the legs.

• Heaviness and stiffness of the limbs.

• Cramps in calves.

• Allium cepa, Carbo vegetabilis, China, Ipecacuanha, Rhus toxicodendron.

• China, Hepar sulphuricum, Ipecacuanha, Nux vomica, Opium, Sambucus nigra.

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• China, Hepar Sulphuris Calcareum, Ipecacuanha, Opium, Veratrum album.

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• Arsenicum Metallicum is useful in cases of poisoning from spoiled food.

• Arsenicum Metallicum is suited to the chronically ill and those with a low vitality.

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• Great exhaustion with slight exertion.

• Emaciation and anemia.

• Marked periodicity of symptoms.

• Tendency to malignancy and ulceration.

• Marked sensitivity to cold.

• Symptoms often appear on the left side of the body.

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• Weakness of the life force.

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• with bodily weakness.

• Despair of recovery; hopelessness.

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• , especially in the evening.

• Apprehensive and suspicious.

• Easily offended.

• Delusions of being poisoned or persecuted.

• Lack of concentration and poor memory.

• Avarice, hoarding tendencies.

• Anguish, driving him out of bed.

• Feels forsaken.

• Vertigo with nausea.

• Scalp sensitive to touch.

• Photophobia.

• Ulceration of the cornea.

• Discharging otitis media with burning pains.

• Dryness of the throat.

• Ulceration of the throat.

• Asthma, worse at night, relieved by sitting up and bending forward.

• Shortness of breath with anxiety.

• Cough, dry and hacking, with burning in the chest.

• Pulmonary edema.

• Wheezing respiration.

• Suffocative attacks at night.

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• Palpitations with anxiety and restlessness.

• Angina pectoris with burning pain.

• Irregular heartbeat.

• Weakness of the heart muscle.

• Oppression of the chest.

• Hydrothorax.

• Vomiting of food and bile.

• Great thirst for small amounts of cold water.

• Gastric ulcers.

• Craving acids and coffee.

• Aversion to meat and milk.

• Burning pain in the abdomen.

• Ascites.

• Sensitive to pressure.

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• Diarrhea, watery and offensive, with burning in the anus.

• Involuntary stools.

• Prolapsus of the rectum.

• Stools black as pitch.

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• Albuminuria.

• Chronic nephritis.

• Retention of urine.

• Impotence.

• Burning pain in the testes.

• Swelling of the prostate.

• Leucorrhea, acrid and offensive, with burning and itching.

• Metrorrhagia.

• Uterine cancer.

• Menses too early and profuse.

• Weakness in the small of the back.

• Eczema.

• Ulcers, indolent and painful.

• Psoriasis.

• Urticaria with burning and itching.

• Carbuncles with bluish surroundings.

• Sleeplessness after midnight.

• Anxious dreams of death and disease.

• Nightmares.

• Cold, damp weather. At night. After midnight. Lying down. Exertion. Suppressed eruptions. Becoming cold. During rest. Cold food and drinks.

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• Warmth, warm drinks. Motion. Sitting up. Bending forward. Company (paradoxically, despite fear of being alone). Hot applications.

• Carbo vegetabilis, Iodium, Phosphorus, Sulphur.

• Arsenicum album (acute, anxiety driven), Phosphorus (burning, but less anxiety), Carbo vegetabilis (coldness, collapse), Secale cornutum (burning pains, gangrene), Anthracinum (malignant ulcers).