Homoeopathy — Page 648
Stannum Metallicum 648 Another symptom of Stannum is that the chest feels weak. The patient feels easily exhausted even on talking as if the chest has lost its strength. The chest becomes weak and the lungs feel lifeless, as a result of which the patient cannot even talk. Some of these patients are chronic sufferers of these conditions. They must be treated with Stannum in high potency, to be repeated every two weeks or so for a few months. The patient will be found getting better surprisingly fast. Stannum is very helpful in the treatment of symptoms of tuberculosis of the lungs. Another symptom of Stannum is nausea , which can occur from the smell of food being cooked , as in Colchicum. The taste of the mouth becomes bitter. The stomach feels empty, accompanied by cramps (hunger pangs). The feeling of weakness is profound, especially in the chest. The patient finds it difficult to talk. He has dry cough , which gets worse on talking, laughing and singing. The patient always feels tired and feels progressive weakness. He is very sensitive to the change of weather. There is a tendency to palpitate and the heart starts beating fast even on slight exertion. The arms and legs quiver, feel heavy and have cramps. The thumbs get drawn towards the palms which is a prominent feature of Plumbum. In Stannum, typically, the patient feels exhausted even while descending the stairs, whereas normally in most illnesses, people feel difficulty in climbing the stairs. Muscles at the forearms and the hands feel tight and contracted while writing and typing. Spasmodic twitching of the fingers is its salient feature. In women, the periods are more frequent and more copious (menorrhagia). There is irritation inside the uterus and a feeling of downward sag. The discharge is pale yellow or whitish and watery, rendering the patient weaker. In Stannum, light touch aggravates the suffering, while the deep pressure or lying down on a hard surface offers relief. The symptoms aggravate gradually and subside equally slowly. The headache, however, subsides fast. Adjuvant: Pulsatilla Potency: 30 to 200