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Argentum metallicum (Arg-met.)

Argentum metallicum (Arg-met.) appears in the repertory in 377 rubrics. Of these, 39 are single-remedy rubrics in which only this remedy is listed, and 24 are small rubrics with at most two other remedies. The emphasis lies on Fear, Anxiety, and Delusions, followed by Voice, Speaking, and Gestures, Epilepsy, and the effects of Meditating. The picture emerges of a person whose thinking and speaking take on a life of their own and who finds it hard to rely on his own body.

Thinking That Tires and Slips Away

The head works, and it pays for it. Recorded are ailments from meditating and from contemplation, aggravation from meditating, the inability to think at all and only to feel, and loss of control over thoughts when sitting and meditating. A dullness "smoke in brain, as if from" and mental confusion from slight cause are added. This can be read as a mind that overexerts itself and loses the thread.

Talking and Silence

The rubrics on speech and voice are strikingly dense. Speech is rapid, the flow of speech alternates with sadness, and vice versa. The voice has gaps, the middle tones are missing; speaking aggravates, speaking causes anxiety. At the same time there is a shyness about talking of one's own illness, while there is a wish to confide only in a trusted person or the spouse. A group of single-remedy rubrics is directed at this closeness to the spouse: desire for the company of the husband or wife. One may see here a person who talks a great deal and yet trusts only one.

Fear, Anxiety, and Bodily Sensation

The fear concerns apoplexy with palpitation, jarring, and bumping into things when walking; delusions revolve around stroke, breaking and collapsing, and the head falling out of bed. The anxiety increases when walking outdoors if the clothing seems too tight, which is recorded as a single-remedy rubric: "Anguish – clothing too tight when walking in open air, sensation as if the". Added is the feeling of always being drunk. The body appears unsteady and endangered, the bearing fidgety.

Attack and Aftereffect

Several rubrics link mental states with convulsions: delirium, raving, and mania after an epileptic attack or after convulsions, an impulse to jump after the attack. The attack leaves behind an excitement that spends itself in the mind.

Attitude Toward Others

Individual rubrics draw an unusual attitude: "Accepting", not offended or insulted, credulous toward authority, indifferent to trifles only within certain limits, but merciless toward friends. The aftertaste of purity of intention belongs here. In this part the picture remains contradictory.

Summary

In the repertory, Argentum metallicum shows a person who is exhausted by thinking and speaking and yet cannot let go of them. Fear and anxiety settle around the body, around stroke and collapse, and the attacks of epilepsy resound in the mind. As a counterweight appears the need for a trusted counterpart.

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