ARGENTUM NITRICUM
Common
Name: Nitrate of Silver
Mental:
Extreme anxiety about
health, fear of death, Hypochondriacal.
IMPULSIVENESS. He reacts with much intensity and cannot control himself. Mind is stuck on certain ideas, cannot control or stop these ideas
from occurring. Patient may be sitting on a balcony when the idea comes to his
mind, “What would happen if I were to jump off?”
FEARS heights, crowds,
crossing bridges, narrow/closed places, being alone, fainting (lac-c, lach.).
Extroverted, expresses
her feelings.
Anticipation anxiety leading to diarrhea, frequent urination.
Impulse to
kill
When sick
he may develop an irrational idea that he will die at some particular hour of
the day
Physical:
Heat
aggravates.
Desires
sweets, sugar, salt.
Aggravation
from sweets ( ign., graph).
Diarrhea;
after eating candy or sugar;
Eructations loud and gas like a machine gun.
Severe
distension accompany most gastric ailments.
Acute granular
conjunctivitis in one spot; scarlet-red, like raw beef.
Sensation of a splinter in throat when swallowing
Chilly
when uncovered, yet feels smothered if wrapped up;
Aggravation: from heat, sweets and unusual mental exertion.