COBALTUM METALLICUM


Homeopathy medicine Cobaltum Metallicum from William Boericke’s Pocket manual of homoeopathic materia medica, comprising the characteristic and guiding symptoms of all remedies, published in 1906…


The Metal Cobalt
(COBALTUM)

Adapted to neurasthenic spinal states. Sexual disturbances. Fatigue, agitation, and bone pains, worse in morning.

Mind.–All mental excitement increases suffering. Constant interchange of mental moods.

Head.–Aches; worse, bending head forward. Itching of hairy scalp and beard.

Teeth.–Feel too long. Pain in teeth. Cracks across tongue. Coated white (Ant cr).

Abdomen.–Shooting in liver. Pain in spleen.

Rectum.–Constant dropping of blood from the anus, no blood from the stools.

Male.–Pain in right testicle; better, urinating. Emissions without erection. Impotence. Backache in lumbar region and weak legs. Lewd dreams. Pain in end of urethra; greenish discharge; brown spots on genitals and abdomen.

Back.–Pain in back and sacrum; worse while sitting; better, walking or lying. Weakness in legs and backache after emissions.

Extremities.–Aching in wrist-joints. Shooting into thighs from liver. Weak knees. Trembling in limbs. Tingling in feet. Foot-sweat, mostly between toes.

Sleep.–Unrefreshing; disturbed by lewd dreams.

Skin.–Dry and pimply. Pimples about nates, chin, hairy scalp.

Relationship.–Compare: Cannab. Ind; Sepia; Zinc; Agnus; Selen.

Dose.–Sixth to thirtieth potency.

William Boericke
William Boericke, M.D., was born in Austria, in 1849. He graduated from Hahnemann Medical College in 1880 and was later co-owner of the renowned homeopathic pharmaceutical firm of Boericke & Tafel, in Philadelphia. Dr. Boericke was one of the incorporators of the Hahnemann College of San Francisco, and served as professor of Materia Medica and Therapeutics. He was a member of the California State Homeopathic Society, and of the American Institute of Homeopathy. He was also the founder of the California Homeopath, which he established in 1882. Dr. Boericke was one of the board of trustees of Hahnemann Hospital College. He authored the well known Pocket Manual of Materia Medica.