Cuprum Met.

Cuprum metallicum

Origin
Deposited worldwide in rocks, and mined in many countries, such as Chile. Copper has many uses and can be alloyed to form harder metals such as bronze.

Background
The first metal to be utilized for tools, and also an essential trace element in many foods, vital for maintaining a healthy body and for good bone growth.

Preparation
The metal is triturated with lactose sugar, then ground repeatedly until it forms a powder fine enough to be soluble in water. It is then filtered, diluted, and succussed.

Common Names
Copper.

COPPER Deposits of this reddish-brown mineral are found as massive or thin sheets of copper.

Key Symptoms

spasms and cramps; suppression of emotions; ailments that are triggered by suppression of rashes and discharges; person feels better for cold drinks

Copper's name is derived from the Greek Kupris, or Cyprus, after the island on which the ancient Greeks found the metal. Although used as late as the 1880s by doctors in ointments for healing wounds, coppersmiths have long known of copper's toxic nature. Chronic copper poisoning produces symptoms such as coughs, colic, diarrhea, and difficulty in assimilating food. Acute copper poisoning can cause convulsions, paralysis, and even death. These factors suggested to Hahnemann, who proved Cuprum met. in 1834, the remedy's strong affinity with similar symptoms.

Remedy Profile

Emotions tend to be both rigidly suppressed and intensely felt in those for whom Cuprum met. is best suited. Adolescents may suppress their sexual urges as being too strong to cope with, so that any later release of tension may appear extreme. Psychological contrasts can also be extreme, ranging from yielding to headstrong, or from closed-down mental dullness to destructive anger or even violent insanity.

Typical physical symptoms include a pale, drawn face, with blue lips and cold hands and feet. Symptoms may be violent, becoming worse if menstruation is late, or if any eruptions and bodily discharges are suppressed by medication, being chilled, or getting wet.

The remedy is associated primarily with problems of the nervous, respiratory, and digestive systems. Cramping, which may be extreme, may affect the fingers, toes, legs, and stomach. A common feature is exhaustion, perhaps following illness, lack of sleep, or exhausting mental strain.

Cramps, convulsions & epilepsy

Symptoms: The muscles feel knotted up, particularly in the legs, feet, and calves. Cramps and muscle spasms appear in the limbs, especially at night. They start with twitching and jerking in the toes, and then spread farther up the feet, ankles, and calves. Other symptoms are cold extremities, blue lips, and facial grimacing.

Muscle spasms may be marked in pregnancy and after childbirth. Extreme cramps or convulsions may occasionally be triggered. Young children may exhibit great anger or teething problems. Muscle spasms and convulsions linked to epilepsy may be violent, starting in the fingers and toes and spreading to the center of the body. There may be rashes and perspiration on the feet that is worse if suppressed—for example, by chilling the feet.

Symptoms better: For perspiring; for cold drinks.

Symptoms worse: For hot weather; at night; for touch; for suppressing emotions; for suppressing sweats and rashes.

Coughs & asthma

Symptoms: Long, spasmodic, violent coughing fits, possibly associated with whooping cough. Breathing is labored, rapid, and may seem to stop during coughing fits. The face may be pale, with blue lips and a metallic taste in the mouth.

Symptoms better: For perspiring; for cold drinks.

Symptoms worse: For hot weather; for cold air; for touch; for vomiting; for suppressing emotions.

Abdominal cramps

Symptoms: Spasmodic, often violent, colicky pain, possibly with nausea, vomiting, or diarrhea. The abdomen is hot, tender, and sore, and there is a blue line at the margin of the gums, and a metallic taste in the mouth. A gurgling sound on drinking may be due to a spasm of the esophagus. Exhaustion may follow, with loss of appetite. Cuprum met. is also used for nausea associated with cholera.

Symptoms better: For perspiring; for cold drinks.

Symptoms worse: For hot weather; for touch; for vomiting; for suppressing emotions.

Exhaustion

Symptoms: Fatigue following hard work, lack of sleep, or restless sleep. There may be cramps and headaches between the eyes. Exhaustion may also be the result of abdominal cramps and vomiting.

Symptoms better: For perspiring.

Symptoms worse: For hot weather; for emotional stress; for suppressing sweats and rashes; during pregnancy.

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