{"id":1151,"remedy_name":"Selenium Metallicum","remedy_type":"Homeopathic Remedy","alternative_names":[""],"miasm":"Psoric Miasm","temperament":"Hot","aggravation_time":"Night","keynote_indications":"Source: Derived from the element  Selenium, a non-metal in the chalcogen group, prepared for. homeopathic  use  through  trituration  and  serial  dilution  to  enhance  therapeutic  action  while. eliminating material toxicity, in accordance with homeopathic pharmacopeia standards. Traditional Context: Historically employed in homeopathy for  genitourinary, dermatological,. neurological, and psychological disorders , particularly those involving sexual dysfunction, hair. loss, and mental fatigue. It is noted for symptoms such as profound exhaustion, scalp eruptions, and. aggravation from heat, often worsened by warmth, sun exposure, or exertion, and ameliorated by. cool air, rest, or evening. Modern Context : Indicated for  genitourinary conditions  (e.g., erectile dysfunction, prostatitis),. dermatological conditions  (e.g., seborrheic dermatitis, alopecia),  neurological conditions  (e.g.,. peripheral  neuropathy,  chronic  fatigue  syndrome),  and  psychological  conditions (e.g.,  major. depressive disorder, generalized anxiety disorder). It suits patients with acute or chronic symptoms. characterized  by  sexual  weakness,  hair  loss,  mental  exhaustion,  burning  pains,  or  heat. sensitivity, typically exacerbated by warmth, sun exposure, exertion, or stress, and often seen in. individuals with debilitated, sensitive constitutions. The remedy is particularly relevant for those. with genitourinary or dermatological conditions, often presenting with symptoms like premature. ejaculation or scalp scaling, commonly observed in patients with erectile dysfunction, seborrheic. dermatitis, or chronic fatigue syndrome triggered by warmth, overexertion, or emotional stress.","modalities":"Worse from: Warmth  (weather,  rooms,  drinks),  sun  exposure,  exertion,  night,  stress,. mental effort, sweating, touch, rich foods, alcohol, hormonal changes, solitude.","symptoms_by_system":{"Mind":"Dullness of mind. Difficult comprehension, concentration. Mental labor fatigues. Total unfitness for any \nkind of work. Forgetful in work, but dreams of what he has forgotten. \nGreat forgetfulness when awake with distinct recollection during half sleep. Fails to understand what he hears \nor reads. Lack of enthusias m and of interest, indifference. Apathy. Talkative, when excited, stam mers, \npronounces some words incorrectly. Stutters. \nExtreme sadness. Depression in the morn ing, aggravated in the evening. Despair, mel ancholy. Aversion to \ncompany of intimate friends. Dread of society. Reveries of a religious and melancholy character. \nEasily irritated by noise, people and con versation. Easily antagonized. Irritability after sex. Confusion after \nemissions. Dipsomania before menses.  Erotic thoughts with impotence. Lasc ivious thoughts. Becomes \ndrunk easily. Dullness of mind. Difficult comprehension, concentration. Mental labor fatigues. Total unfitness for any \nkind of work. Forgetful in work, but dreams of what he has forgotten. \nGreat forgetfulness when awake with distinct recollection during half sleep. Fails to understand what he hears \nor reads. Lack of enthusias m and of interest, indifference. Apathy. Talkative, when excited, stam mers, \npronounces some words incorrectly. Stutters. \nExtreme sadness. Depression in the morn ing, aggravated in the evening. Despair, mel ancholy. Aversion to \ncompany of intimate friends. Dread of society. Reveries of a religious and melancholy character. \nEasily irritated by noise, people and con versation. Easily antagonized. Irritability after sex. Confusion after \nemissions. Dipsomania before menses.  Erotic thoughts with impotence. Lasc ivious thoughts. Becomes \ndrunk easily.","Vertigo":"Vertigo on lifting head, rising from a seat, raising himself in bed, moving about with nausea, vomiting. \nFaintness, worse for an hour after breakfast and dinner. \nCOMMENTS - The Sei. proving was con ducted by Hering. In London, Raeside repeated a complete proving \non sixteen provers and six controls in 1959-60, using the 6c, 12c, and 30c potencies. \nA leading feature of Sei. is the weak ness it causes, a weakness involving all parts of the body, easy fatigue \nfrom any labor, night watching, mental exertion and especially from hot weather. The hotter his body the \nweaker he is; strength rises as the sun sinks. \nIrresistible desire to lie down and sleep, strength leaves him suddenly, especially in hot weather. Sluggishness, \nwants to sleep from sheer exhaustion and is worse after. Cannot bear any nervous drain, hence worse after \nsex or seminal emissions. Impotence. Debility after fevers, infectious diseases. \nGreat emaciation of face, hands, legs, feet, affected parts and single parts. Pulsation in whole body, especially \nin abdomen after eating. Very great aversion to a draft of air, \neither warm, cold or damp. \nIrritability, headaches and other troubles following or worse by seminal emissions. Headaches are \naccompanied by profound melancholy and may be caused by indulgence in alcoholics or in tea, by hot weather, \nby over-study, and they are worse by strong odors.  Headaches may be periodical and are frequently located \nabove the left eye. \nChronic liver disorders. Sensitiveness of liver. Enlargement of liver with loss of appetite. In the morning, sharp \nstitching pain worse on any movement or pressure. \u201cFine rash over liver region.\u201d \nCoryza ending in diarrhea. Hungry at night, longing for spirituous liquors, an almost irresistible maniacal desire. \nAversion to salted food. Sensation as if a biting drop were forcing its way out of the urethra.  \nConstipation from weakness with impacted feces. Dribbling of semen after stool and after urination. Sufferings \nafter seminal emissions mental confusion, headache, almost paralytic weakness of spine, invol untary escape \nof prostatic fluid. \nItching in folds of skin, as between fingers and about joints, especially the ankle-joint (Sulph.). The itching may \noccur in small spots and be accompanied by tingling (showing involvement of the nervous system). \nClarke frequently relieved \u201cpsoriasis palmaris\u201d with Sei., which shows that it has a relation to syphilis. The \nscalp is affected with an eczematous eruption which oozes thin fluid after scratching. Hair falls off scalp and \nall parts of body. \nClarke cured with Sei. many cases of hoarseness, the special indications being hoarseness of singer s, \nappearing as soon as they begin to sing or after long use of the voice with frequent necessity to clear the throat \nfrom accumulation of clear, starchy mucus. Scrofulous and incipient tubercular laryngitis have been cured with \nSei.","Head":"Pain over left eye, worse walking in sun, strong odors and tea.  Nervous headaches. Headache \nfrom intellectual labor. Headache every afternoon. Headache after drinking lemonade, wine or tea. \nHeadache of alcoholics, headache after debauchery. Pain in the scalp as if hair were pulled out. Scalp feels \n \n \ntense. Does not want hair touched. Hair falls out from eyebrows, whiskers and genitals. Pain over left eye, worse walking in sun, strong odors and tea.  Nervous headaches. Headache \nfrom intellectual labor. Headache every afternoon. Headache after drinking lemonade, wine or tea. \nHeadache of alcoholics, headache after debauchery. Pain in the scalp as if hair were pulled out. Scalp feels \n \n \ntense. Does not want hair touched. Hair falls out from eyebrows, whiskers and genitals.","Eyes":"Blurred vision, with difficult accommodation. Myopia. Pains deep in orbits. Discharge of a thick, yellow \nsecretion, especially in the morning. Heavy, painful, burning, blood -shot with red marks on the eyelids. \nSpasmodic twitching of left eyeball. Itching vesicles on eyebrows and margins of lids. Styes. Blepharitis. Dacy- \nrocystitis. Falling off of eyebrows.","Ears":"Deafness from hardened wax. Ear stopped.","Face":"Great emaciation of face and hands. Twitching in muscles of face. Greasy, shining skin of face. Upper \nlip cracked. Comedones.","Mouth":"Sweetish taste. Bitter taste in the mouth. Extreme dryness of the mouth. Tongue loaded with a thick \nwhite coating in morning. Burning at the tip of the tongue. Pain under root o f tongue. Pain in the left molars, \nwhich spreads to all the teeth. Bleeding gums and ulcerations in the mouth. Stammering speech, articulates \nwith great difficulty. \nNeck - Glands of neck large and hard. Cramp in neck. Rigidity of muscles of neck and nape, which hinders \nhead being turned. \nNose - Sinusitis. Atrophic rhinitis. Coryza, ending in diarrhea. Fluent coryza in evening. Yellow, thick, \ngelatinous mucus in nose. Full of thick glairy mucous. Complete chronic obstruction of nose. Nasal itching with \nthe need to scratch the inside of the nose. Inclination to bore fingers in the nose. Sense of smell diminished at \ntimes. Smells a repulsive odor like garlic.","Throat":"Chronic laryngitis. Voice hoarse and husky, as soon as he begins to sing, talk or read, affected by \neven cold. Voice rattles. Nodes on vocal cords. Incipient tubercular laryngitis. Throat dry, painful on waking, \nespecially on the left side with extreme thirst. Cough in the morning, e xpectoration of a bloody mucus. Much \nclear, starchy mucus (Stann.). Laryngeal cough. Hawking and raising transparent lumps of mucus every \nmorning.","Chest":"Constrictive or stinging pain behind the sternum and in the upper left thoracic region . Pains in right \nside, around under last ribs, especially on inspiration, extending to region of kidneys. \nConstitutions - Suited to blondes and persons of light complexion. Pulse very accelerated. Arterial pulsation, especially in the abdominal aorta, preventing him from \nsleeping. Pain in the heart region. Rhythmic anomalies. Syphilitic aortitis.  \nKidneys - Frequent urination with urgent need to urinate. Sensation in the tip of urethra, as if a biting drop \nwere forcing its way out. Red, itching irritation at the tip of the penis. Urine dark red, thick, scanty, gritty with \ndeposits. Dribbling of urine  after urination and after stool. Involuntary dribbling, when walking. Urination \npredominantly at night. Nocturnal bedwetting. Weak feeling in the chest. Frequent efforts to breathe deeply like sighing. Difficulty breathing when \nwalking in open air. Respiration obstructed at night, when lying down, by pains. Dry hacking cough, worse in \nthe morning. Hawking up of mucus and of small clots of blood. Hawks up clear mucus in the morning. Frequent \nnecessity to clear the throat in singers. Tubercular laryngitis.","Stomach & Abdomen":"After eating, pulsation all over, especially abdomen. Pressure in stomach as if cramp would occur. \nCramp in stomach. Belching. Hiccough and belchings after smflking. Inclination to vomit. Feels very sick after \n \n \nsleep. Nausea, vertigo, thirsty for cold water, general weakness one hour after eating.  \nTeeth - Teeth covered with mucus. Toothache from tea. Toothache with feeling of coldness, better taking cold \nwater and cold air into mouth. Toothache which compels use of toothpick until the blood comes. Boring in \nmolars. The teeth become free of mucus, hard and smooth and crack when rubbed.  \nTemperature - Chilliness, followed by hot flushes. Constant alternation of heat and cold. Sweating from the \narmpits and genital region. Burning heat, extending over the skin. Perspiration from least exertion. Perspiration \nas soon as he sleeps, day or night. Tendency to profuse perspirat ion when walking or during an afternoon \nsleep. Perspiration on chest, genitals and under axilla, which leaves yellow or white spots on linen and stiffens \nit. External heat with burning in skin and only in single spots. Sensation of abdominal distention on the left side, ameliorated by pressure, ag gravated by going \nto stool or by coughing. Left abdominal hyperesthesia, spreading towards the left kidney area. Violent shoot -\nings in spleen when walking. Pulsation all over the body especially in abdomen after eating which hinders \nsleep. Thirstless. Anorexia in morning with white-coated tongue. Hunger at night. Craves stimulants, brandy, \ntea etc. Desire for alcoholic drinks. Aversion to salty food. Worse from tea, sugar, salt, lemonade, wine. \nSweetish, disagreeable taste after smoking.","Urinary & Genital":"Irritability after sex. Loss of sexual power-with lascivious fancies. Lascivious but impotent. Increases \ndesire, decreases ability. Sexual weakness. On attempting sex, penis relaxes. Easy loss of semen during \nsex with feeble erection, but long continued voluptuous thrill during stools. Semen watery, odorless. Drib bling \nof semen during sleep. Prostatitis, prostatic adenoma. Oozing of prostatic fluid during sleep, while sitting, \nwalking and at stool. Hydrocele. Chronic gleet. Bedwetting, chronic urethritis. Papillomas on the penis. Rare menses. Menses early, scanty, p ainful. Menses painful on the first day. Awakened by pain of \nmenses. Menses copious and dark. Menses delayed about eight days. Throbbing in abdomen during \npregnancy, worse eating.","Extremities":"Pains in all the limbs, as if caused by a chill. Legs feel weak, with fear of paralysis after typhus. Sudden \nleft sciatic pain leaves soreness behind. Itching pimples on buttocks and thighs, near the scrotum. The knees \ncrack when they are bent. Cramps in calves and soles. Flat ulcers on lower legs. Itching in feet, especially \naround ankles in evening. Blisters on toes. Emaciat ion of hands, of legs. Dry, scaly eruption on palms with \nitching, having syphilitic base. Psoriasis of palms. Painful hang -nails. Scabies-like pimples on hand. Tearing \nin hands at night with cracking in wrists. Itching at wrist in palms, itching vesicles o n and between fingers. \nMiliaria in forearm. \nLiver - Chronic liver affections. Pain in the liver, especially on taking an inspira tion, extending to the kidney \nregion with sensibility to external pressure. Enlarged with fine rash over liver region.","Neck & Back":"The back becomes almost paralytic after a temporary illness. Paralytic pain in small of back, better \nlying on abdomen. Sensation of para lysis in loins. Pain as from lameness in small of back in morn ing. Hard \nswelling on back. Severe pain in the coccyx, aggravated when sitting, ameliorated by walking. Pain through \nleft side of neck and down back of left leg. \nBones - Osteoporosis during men opause. Inflammation of the bones and cartilages in the young adult, \nattacking the knee, then the elbow and the hip. Bones fragile. \nBreasts - More or less acute pain, prickling or dull aching in the left or right breast.  \nCausations - Bad effects from exces s of tobacco or tea. Ill effects of debauchery, alcohol, sugar, salt, \nlemonade, loss of vital fluids, masturbation, sexual excess, over-study. Walking, exertion.","Skin":"Seborrhea, comedones with an oily surface of the skin. Oily. Frequent tingling in circumscribed parts \nof skin with great provocation to scratch. Red rash on region of liver. Miliary eruption. Vesicular eruption \nbetween fingers (Rhus - t., Anae.). Dry, scaly eruption in palms with itching. Itching about the ankles and \nfolds of skin, between fingers. Acne. Prolonged oozing from parts which have been scratched. Flat ulcers.  \nLoss of hair from the head, armpits, pubic region and eyebrows. Hair falls off head, whiskers and other parts. \nAlopecia.","Sleep":"Sleep prevented by pulsation in all vessels,  worse abdomen. Sleepless until midnight, awakens \nearly and always same hour. Insomnia, following alcoholism, infectious diseases, heart diseases. Disposition \nto sleep early in evening with imperfect sleep and frequent waking during night. Jerks in body when going to \nsleep. Erotic dreams. Dreams of fire, murders, robbers, quarrels and unnatural cruelty. Waking early in morning \nand always at same hour."},"schema_version":"1.0","api_provider":"Allahshafi"}