Cuprum Nitricum


Cuprum Nitricum homeopathy medicine – drug proving symptoms from Encyclopedia of Pure Materia Medica by TF Allen, published in 1874. It has contributions from R Hughes, C Hering, C Dunham, and A Lippe….


Introduction

Nitrate of Copper, Cu2NO3, 6H2O. Blue, very deliquescent crystals, very soluble in alcohol.

Head

Headache (soon).

Eye

Protruding eyes.

Face

Face expressive of fearful distress. Bluish lips.

Mouth

Tongue enlarged and moist. Short and broken speech.

Stomach

Loss of appetite.

Respiratory organs

Cough (soon). Cough frequent, loose, easy, with expectoration of a stringy yellow fluid, coming by gulps, and so abundant that the patient had a vessel on either side of him. Respiratory sound feeble and dull, with a general moist, coarsely bubbling rale.

Breathing short, hurried, difficult.

Pulse

Pulse 98 small and regular.

General symptoms

Gradually increasing sense of oppression, obliging him to lie down.

Fever

Skin moist, almost cold, especially of the extremities, with subjective chilliness.

Aggravation

Symptoms aggravated at night.

TF Allen
Dr. Timothy Field Allen, M.D. ( 1837 - 1902)

Born in 1837in Westminster, Vermont. . He was an orthodox doctor who converted to homeopathy
Dr. Allen compiled the Encyclopedia of Pure Materia Medica over the course of 10 years.
In 1881 Allen published A Critical Revision of the Encyclopedia of Pure Materia Medica.