Homoeopathy — Page 490
Manganum Aceticum 490 When the face is pale, listless and without natural glow, Manganum can play an important role in treating the condition. Boils associated with fever can also be treated with Manganum. Manganum is also useful in the treatment of all sorts of stomach disorders , especially if there is complete loss of appetite (as in anorexia ). This remedy restores the appetite. The abdominal pain of Manganum gets relieved on bending over as in Colocynth. In Manganum, the patient definitely suffers from a stomach upset of one sort or the other. He will either be constipated or have diarrhoea or dysentery. The digestive system is never completely normal. Hot flushes due to the menopause or simply due to anaemia are treatable with Sulphur, Graphites and Lachesis, though Manganum is also a good remedy. Manganum also prevents against the fatty degeneration of the liver. It is also useful in the treatment of jaundice and stones in the gall bladder. The patient feels light dragging pain below the navel. A severe pain is suggestive of Plumbum. The constant hawking needed to clear the throat can benefit from Manganum. This symptom is also noted in other remedies such as Wythia, Argentum Met, Silicea and Phosphorus, etc. The cough in Manganum, like its other symptoms, subsides on lying down. Conversely in Hyoscyamus the patient starts coughing on lying down. This symptom is more common in young girls of a sensitive nature. In Argentum Metallicum also, the cough subsides on lying down. A cough which becomes severe on talking and laughing responds better to Phosphorus than Manganum. Manganum helps restore the strength of patients who are progressively getting weaker. In Manganum, the symptoms become worse in cold and humid weather as well as during the calm before a storm. Antidotes: Coffea, Mercury Potency: 30 to 200