Zinc, Zincum Metallicum

Zincum metallicum, the homeopathic preparation of metallic zinc, is derived from a bluish-white transition metal known for its corrosion resistance, essential biological role, and historical use in homeopathic materia medica.

Clinic

• About 1-2 cases out of every 100 patient needs this remedy

• If you don't know Zinc, you may prescribe Ars, Caust, Stram, Agar.(Agar vs. Zinc), (Ars vs. Zinc), (Caust vs. Zinc), (Stram vs. Zinc)
• It belongs to the Stram family.
• A vague fear with the theme of being arrested or a bounced check + Disturbed sleep (Full of Jerking). In this sense it resembles Bell, Cupr and Ign.

Zinc in brief

• Region: BRAIN AND NERVES: Occiput. Spine. Orbital region. Root of nose. Blood. Inner canthi.
• Agg: Mental EXHAUSTION, Suppressions, Noise, Touch, Wine, After being heated.
• Amel: Motion, Hard pressure, Warm open air, FREE DISCHARGES.
• Antidote: Tab
• Complementary: Puls
• Related: Ign, Kali-p, Lach, Pic-ac.

Irritability

• General irritability of the nervous system which ends in Jerking.
• CNS excitability threshold is reduced to all stimuli.(Noise, Touch, Heat)
• This irritability can be seen as objective anxiety and restlessness.
• He is completely restless and agitated in the office: Restlessness increases when sitting. (Restless feet)

Restless Sleep

• Disturbed sleep: Wakes up with the slightest stimulus. He does not refreshed after sleep.
• 90% of zincs have problems at the beginning of sleep, for example, their hands or feet jump, or they jump out of sleep in a panic, but the sleep gets better later on.
• Sometimes they don't wake up but their partner tells you that she has Jerking in her sleep.
• Other metals have this mode (Cupr, Plb) but this mode is much more common and stronger in Zinc.
• In severe forms, the patient may experience convulsions.

Restless leg syndrome

• Zinc's leg is out of his control and vibrates regularly with low amplitude and high frequency.
• He can't sit still and not move his legs. (Rhus-t ₳ Zinc)

Panic attacks

• Waiting for something bad to happen, restlessness can be seen in all aspects of his existence.

• Such a patient had already been Zinc constitutionally, and now under a long and intense pressure needs an acute remedy, which has the color of being arrested and wanted.

Suppressed eruption

• Eruptions which has a strong relationship with CNS
• Suppressed eruption agg is a good indicator for Zinc.

Jerking

• Jerkings; nightly. Spasm
• Sleep- Jerking remedy
• Automatic acts.
• Tremor

Headache

• Headache of varying intensity
• Pressive on vertex or root of nose into eyes
• Headache with weak vision
• Amel with warmth and agg hard pressure.
• Occiput; dragging, down back; as of a blow on, then weak legs; heat in.
• Crashing in head on falling to sleep.
• Painful Hair on vertex; bristles.

Other notes

• Hysteria which amel with menses
• Rolls head + Teeth grinding
• Awkward: Patient's fingers have difficulty doing delicate tasks (Arg-m, Nat-m, Kali-c, Caust)
  • Mind/ Awkward, tailoring, dressmaking in: Am-c, Am-m, Carb-v, Mag-c, Nat-m, Nux-v, Petr, Zinc
• Transverse pains. Shootings
• Descending paralysis.
• Squint: Eyes feel drawn together.