# Stannum Metallicum ## Remedy Classification - **Type:** Homeopathic Remedy - **Miasm:** Tubercular Miasm - **Temperament:** Hot - **Aggravation Time:** Morning ## Keynote Indications Source: Derived from pure metallic tin (Stannum), 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 respiratory, neurological, and. psychological disorders, particularly those involving chronic cough, neuralgic pains, and profound. exhaustion. It is noted for symptoms such as weak, hollow cough, shooting pains, and aggravation. from talking, often worsened by talking, exertion, or warmth, and ameliorated by rest, lying down,. or cold applications. Modern Context: Indicated for respiratory conditions (e.g., chronic obstructive pulmonary. disease, tuberculosis), neurological conditions (e.g., neuralgia, peripheral neuropathy),. psychological conditions (e.g., major depressive disorder, generalized anxiety disorder), and. constitutional conditions (e.g., chronic fatigue syndrome, debility). It suits patients with acute or. chronic symptoms characterized by weak cough, neuralgic pains, exhaustion, sadness, or talking. sensitivity, typically exacerbated by talking, exertion, warmth, or emotional stress, and often seen. in individuals with debilitated, sensitive constitutions. The remedy is particularly relevant for those. with respiratory or neurological conditions, often presenting with symptoms like hollow cough or. shooting pains, commonly observed in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease,. neuralgia, or major depressive disorder triggered by talking, exertion, or emotional stress. ## Modalities (Aggravations / Ameliorations) Worse from: Talking, exertion, warmth (weather, rooms, drinks), lying on the right side,. morning, emotional stress, motion, touch, noise, evening, overexertion, warm drinks. ## Symptoms by System ### Mind - Depressed and hopeless with lung p roblems. - Low spirited, despondent and without hope, feels like crying all the time, but crying aggravates. - Anxious, nervous, sad, worse before menses. - Miserable. - Sad and discouraged. - Discontented with everything. - Uneasy, knows not what to do with himself. - Forgetful and absent -minded. - Forgetful on waking in morning. - Thinking makes her feel wretched. - Cannot get rid of an idea once fixed in her mind. - Taciturn and dislike to society. - Dread of seeing people. - Fear in a crowd. - Fear of men, during pregnancy. - Suspicious. - Aversion to certain persons (Nat-c.). - Child wants to be carried across shoulders. - Very sensitive as to what others say about her. - Changeable mood. - Sudden fits of passion. - Can’t answer questions from weakness. - Depressed and hopeless with lung p roblems. - Low spirited, despondent and without hope, feels like crying all the time, but crying aggravates. - Anxious, nervous, sad, worse before menses. - Miserable. - Sad and discouraged. - Discontented with everything. - Uneasy, knows not what to do with himself. - Forgetful and absent -minded. - Forgetful on waking in morning. - Thinking makes her feel wretched. - Cannot get rid of an idea once fixed in her mind. - Taciturn and dislike to society. - Dread of seeing people. - Fear in a crowd. - Fear of men, during pregnancy. - Suspicious. - Aversion to certain persons (Nat-c.). - Child wants to be carried across shoulders. - Very sensitive as to what others say about her. - Changeable mood. - Sudden fits of passion. - Can’t answer questions from weakness. ### Vertigo - Dizziness and weakness when descending. - Vertigo, all objects seem too far off. - Vertigo on sitting down, with loss of ideas. - COMMENTS - Hahnemann’s Stann. - proving appears in his Materia Medica Pura and in his Chronic Diseases. - A number of worm symptoms appeared, including a sinking, empty, all -gone feeling, and diaphragmatic and abdominal pains. - Tendency to exces- sive mucus secretions. - Pale, sunken, sickly countenance with dark rings around the eyes. - Convulsions. - Hectic fever. - Compressive and cramp -like pains. - Cramps and spasms. - Opisthotonic convul sions, thumbs are drawn in, particularly in teething children, in children who masturbate, or who have worms. - Pains associated with the hypochondriac or hysterical men tal state. - Pains begin lightly, increase gradually to the highest point and then gradually decline, particularly in headaches, facial and dental neuralgias, abdominal and other pains. - Diaphragmatic neuralgia. - Characteristic weakness, exhaustion of mind an d body. - Nervous weakness with trembling. - Neurasthenia. - Depressed and hopeless with lung problems. - Low spirited, despondent and without hope. - Trembling of arms and legs, limbs as heavy as lead. - Palpitations and anxiety occur from slightest exertion. - The ch est is so weak as to make talking impossible. - Weakness in the throat in singers and speakers. - Weakness and aching of the deltoid and arm, felt when using the voice. - The patient will drop into a chair instead of sitting down. - Must sit down several times to rest while dressing in the morning. - Weakness felt more going down stairs than on going up. - Weak, empty, sinking sensation felt at the epigastrium. - Characteristic respiratory or lung weak ness. - Last -stage tuberculosis remedy, used historically tuberculosis epidemics. - Last stages of respiratory illnesses heading to ward lung failure. - Emphysema. - Pneumonia. - Hoarseness, laryngitis, hollow voice. - Keynote weakness in the lungs and breathing. - Patient talks extremely weakly, must put ear to patient’s mouth to hear. - Weak, empty feeling in the chest, in tubercular conditions. - Stitches in the chest. - Shortness of breath on exertion. - Deep, hollow, shattering cough (Spong.). - Deep, husky, hollow voice, better by hawking or expectorating mucus. - Profuse expectoration, like a n egg white (Nai rn.), sweetish, salty, sour, putrid, musty, yellow -green pus. - Thick globs of green sputum. - Coughs up green pus and globs of green mucus (Kali -b.). - Yellow secretions, including sputa, leucorrhea and coating on the tongue. - Dyspepsia, with na usea and vomiting from the smell of cooking. - Stomach pain compels the patient to walk about for relief, yet the weakness is so great that he is soon compelled to rest. - Colic, better by hard pressure, as by laying the child with its abdomen across the knee or on the point of the shoulder. - Menses are early and profuse. - Uterine and vaginal prolapse, worse during stool, especially during pressure. - Labor pains are spasmodic and put the patient out of breath. - The milk of nursing woman is changed and the child rejects it. - Sexual excitement in both sexes. - Emis sions with excessive prostration. - Orgasm is easily produced, “Scratching arm produces an intolerable sensation of pleasure in genital organs which extends to uterus and produces orgasm.” Clinique quoted a typi cal case of a neural gia cured by Stann. - A man, 30, suffered for eight years off and on and for some months continuously with neuralgic headache. - Pain centered over one or the other eye (usually the right) and extended over whole or part of head and was at limes unbearable. - It began in the early morning (4 to 5 a.m.), increased gradually to noon, when it gradu ally declined to sunset, reappearing again the following morning. - Two doses of Stann. - cured in a fortnight. - Hering gave as cured by Stann. - “Monday co nstipation,” that is, constipation occurring on days following rest - days. - Stann. - has marked periodicity. - T. - H. - Urquhart cured an affection of the nails characterized by breaking and splitting, and a sequel of scurvy, with an application of Stannum oleate on a narrow flannel bandage. - All symptoms were cured in two months. - Alston obtained indirectly from “a woman of Leith in Scotland” this prescription of which he had witnessed the efficacy in a case of tapeworm: “Take an ounce and a half of Tin, (pewter metal) and grind it small to powder, mix it with sugar syrup and take, on a Friday before the change of the moon, one -half of it, the following day the half of the remainder and the Sunday following the rest, but on the Monday a purgative.” Alston also noted in his Materia Medica that he had seen hematemesis cured by this remedy. ### Head - Severe, painful constriction in forehead and temples. - Pressi ve and stupefying headache. - Migraine of cerebral origin, better by vomiting. - Aching in temples and forehead. - Pains worse motion, gradually increasing and decreasing. - Violent, glowing, beating pains, as if the head would burst with inward blows. - Jarring of walking resounds painfully in head. - Drawing pains in malar bones and orbits. - Ulceration of hole in lobe of ear. - Obstinate acute coryza and influenza with cough. - Severe, painful constriction in forehead and temples. - Pressi ve and stupefying headache. - Migraine of cerebral origin, better by vomiting. - Aching in temples and forehead. - Pains worse motion, gradually increasing and decreasing. - Violent, glowing, beating pains, as if the head would burst with inward blows. - Jarring of walking resounds painfully in head. - Drawing pains in malar bones and orbits. - Ulceration of hole in lobe of ear. - Obstinate acute coryza and influenza with cough. ### Eyes - Sunken, dull, clouded eyes. - Pupils contracted. - Eyes sore. - Itching, smarting and burning sensation in eyes. - Great sensitiveness to light during headache. - Jerking and quivering of eyes. - Burning lancinations in lids. - Agglutination of eyelids at night. - Pustular swelling of left inner canthus. - Blenorrhea. - Ptosis. - Styes. ### Ears - Cracking, shrieking noise in ear when blowing nose. - Tinkling, ringing in ears, particularly the left. - Earache with drawing tearings. - Ulceration of holes pierced for earrings. ### Face - Face pale, sickly -looking, flushing easily on exertion. - One cheek hot and red. - Painful swelling of submaxillary glands. - Swelling of cheeks and upper jaw. - Spasm in jaw. - Prosopalgia, pains inc rease and de - crease gradually. - Drawing pains in malar bones. - Malar neuralgia, at menses. ### Mouth - Sweet, sour, bitter taste, for all food except water. - Fetid exh alation from mouth. - Flow of acid saliva. - Tickling at the root of the tongue. - Tongue coated with a yellowish mucus. - Tongue red or yellow. - Difficult, weak speech, occasioned by weakness. - Nose - Oversensitive to smells. - Heaviness and sensation of obstruction. - Stuffed feeling and heaviness high up in nostrils. - Burning sensation in nose. - Dry coryza on one side only. - Obstinate coryza and influ enza with cough. - Nosebleed on moving, on rising from bed. - Perspiration - Heat in evening, exhausting night sweats, towards the morning. - Perspi ration at 4 a.m. - Debilitating perspiration, principally on forehead and nape of neck. - Sweat smelling musty or offensive. ### Throat - Throat dry and stings. - Sore throat, as from an internal swelling. - Rawness in larynx. - Cutting in pharynx and esophagus on swallowing. - Nausea in throat. - Adhesive mucus, difficult to detach, efforts to detach cause nausea. - Voice deep, hollow, hoarse, better hawking mucus. - Hoarseness with weakness of voice. - Laryngitis. ### Chest - Weak, hollow cough, with a sensation of emptiness or exhaustion, resembling. - chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, worse with talking, exertion, warmth, or. - lying on the right side, often with profuse, sweetish expectoration or dyspnea. - Chest weakness or oppression, with a tendency to heaviness or soreness, resembling. - tuberculosis, aggravated by talking, motion, or warmth, often with wheezing or. - rattling in the chest. - Recurrent respiratory infections, with a sensation of irritation or burning, resembling. - bronchiectasis, worse with talking, morning, or warmth, often with hoarseness or. - throat dryness. - Tendency to respiratory hypersensitivity, with aggravation in talking or warm states. - Neurological:. - Neuralgic pains, with a sensation of shooting, burning, or tearing, resembling. - trigeminal neuralgia or peripheral neuropathy, worse with talking, touch, warmth, or. - motion, often in the face, limbs, or chest. - Muscle weakness or tremors, with a tendency to heaviness or fatigue, resembling. - myasthenia gravis, aggravated by talking, exertion, or warmth, often with twitching. - or numbness. - Headaches or migraines, with a sensation of pressure or bursting, resembling tension. - headache, worse with talking, exertion, or warmth, often with vertigo or sensitivity to. - noise. - Tendency to neurological hypersensitivity, with aggravation in talking or warm. - states. - Psychological:. - Sadness or despair, with a sensation of hopelessness or melancholy, resembling. - major depressive disorder, worse with talking, emotional stress, exertion, or evening,. - often with tearfulness or isolation. - Anxiety or nervousness, with a tendency to worry or restlessness, resembling. - generalized anxiety disorder, aggravated by talking, warmth, or emotional stress,. - often with palpitations or insomnia. - Mental fatigue or irritability, with a sensation of dullness or agitation, resembling. - adjustment disorder, worse with talking, overexertion, or warmth, often with. - difficulty concentrating or mood swings. - Tendency to psychological hypersensitivity, with aggravation in talking or stressed. - states. - Constitutional:. - Profound exhaustion or debility, with a sensation of weakness or collapse,. - resembling chronic fatigue syndrome, worse with talking, exertion, warmth, or. - morning, often with cold sweats or faintness. - Stannum metallicum (Tin) 1842. - General sensitivity or fragility, with a tendency to easy fatigue or susceptibility,. - resembling post-viral fatigue syndrome, aggravated by talking, warmth, or emotional. - stress, often with weight loss or pallor. - Sensation of internal trembling or emptiness, with a tendency to low vitality or. - burnout, resembling neurasthenia, worse with talking, exertion, or warmth, often. - with chills or flushing. - Tendency to constitutional hypersensitivity, with aggravation in talking or warm. - states. ### Stomach & Abdomen - Pain better pressure, but sore to touch. - Sensation of emptiness in stomach. - Uneasy feeling. - Smell of cooking causes nausea and vomiting. - Bitter taste. - Vomit ing, violent of blood of bile, early in the morning with odor of ingesta. - Teeth - Sensation of elongation and looseness in teeth. - Toothache after a meal with jerki ng pain and heat in the face. - Ulcer on gums with swelling of cheeks. - Temperature - Chill 10 a.m. - with numb fingertips. - Hectic fever. - Burning palms and soles. - Heat in evening, exhausting night sweats, towards the morning. - Abdomen painfully distend ed and sensitive to touch. - Incarceration of flatus. - Cutting, pinching, cramp-like colic, around navel. - Colic with hunger, diarrhea and a feeling of emptiness, exhausting, relieved by hard pressure. - Colic in children, better by carrying them on shoulder. - Sp asmodic pain in abdomen, hysterical. - Increased hunger, which cannot be satisfied. - Increased thirst. - Bitter taste of all food. - Bitter, herbaceous taste of beer. - Smell of cooking causes vo miting. - Excessive weakness of digestion. - Nausea and vomiting after a meal. ### Urinary & Genital - Increased sexual desire. - Voluptuous feeling in genitals ending in emission, which exhausts. - Frequent pollutions with excessive prostration. - Strong body odor during menses. - Menses early andprofuse. - Bearing -down sensation. - Gushing leucorrhea, yellowwhite or transparent mucus, with much debility. - Pr olapse uterus and vagina, worse stools. - Prolapse with weak, sink ing feeling in stomach (Sep.). - Uterine symptoms with a weak, drawn sensation in the chest. - Pain in vagina upward and back to spine. - Scratching of distant parts (of arms) produce an intolerab le sensation of pleasure in genital organs producing orgasm. - Increased sexual desire, early orgasm. ### Extremities - Paralytic weakness, drops things. - Limbs suddenly give out when attempting to sit down. - Tremulous knees. - Swelling of the hands and ankles. - Spasmodic twitching of muscles of forearm and hand. - Cramps in hands, cannot let go the broom. - Fingers jerk when holding pen. - Typist’s paraly sis. - Contraction of fingers, retraction of thumbs. - Neuritis. - Aching in deltoid from reading. - Liver - Pressure and burning sensation in hepatic region. - Weak liver, poor digestion. - Bitter and sour taste. ### Neck & Back - Stitches in back, small of back, and into limbs. - Opisthotonos. - Weakness of the muscles of the nape of the neck. - Breasts - A child leaves the breast of its mother and will not nurse (Sil.). - Causations - Ill effects of emotions, fright, masturbation, dentition, using voice. ### Skin - Itching, burning, shootings over skin of whole body. - Itching pimples on face, sore to touch or on washing. - Chilblains. - Flaws in nails. - Painful hangnails. ### Sleep - Nocturnal agitation and many vivid dreams, anxious or lascivious. - Moaning, weeping and plaintive lamentations while sleeping. - Sleeps with one leg drawn up, the other stretched out. ### Generalities - As if all objects were too far off. - As if she would faint. - As if forehead were shattered. - As if forehead would be pressed inward. - Tickling as from soreness in trachea. - Inclination to hawk as if mucus were in chest. - Chest, as if eviscerated, as if internally constricted. - As of a heavy load in affected arm and side of chest. - Epigastric region as if beaten. - As if limbs beaten. - As if sweat would break out.