Argentum nitricum
Silver Nitrate
Key Characteristics
Hurried, anxious, impulsive; fears heights, projecting buildings; diarrhea from anticipation; craving sweets; splinter-like pains.
Commonly used in these styles
Prescribing approaches where this remedy is frequently selected.
Not yet associated with specific prescribing styles.
Typical Potencies & Dosing
Common potency scales and dosing guidance for acute and chronic use.
30c to 1m
Potency Scale
30c to 1m
Acute Dosing
30C every few hours for acute anticipation anxiety, diarrhea from anticipation, or fears of heights; 200C in severe, well-established pictures.
Chronic Dosing
200C to 1M as a single constitutional dose at long intervals for chronic anticipation anxiety, fears, or digestive complaints; repeat only after a clear return of symptoms.
Notes
Hurried, anxious, impulsive, and fears heights confirm. Craving sweets and splinter-like pains are strong confirmatories. Wait between doses — Argentum nit acts deeply.
Dosing Guidance
Potency scale and acute / chronic dosing notes drawn from the primary literature.
Potency Scale
30C, 200C, 1M
Acute
30C every 1-2 hours for acute anticipatory anxiety, diarrhoea, or headache; reduce as symptoms ease.
Chronic
200C weekly for chronic anxiety with anticipatory dread, phobias, or GI complaints; 1M under supervision.
Notes
Marked by hurriedness, anticipatory anxiety, splinter-like pains, and desire for sweets. Better in cool air and after eating; worse in heat.
Miasmatic Affinity
The chronic miasm — inherited disease pattern — most associated with this remedy.
Constitutional Type
The constitutional profile — physical and emotional temperament — this remedy is most suited to.
Nervous
Materia Medica
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Hurried, anxious, impulsive; fears heights, projecting buildings; irritable, hasty; anxious, fears death; weeps easily; slow; forgetful; hypochondriasis; worse warmth; better cold; obstinate; conscientious; desire to be alone; suicidal; desperate; diarrhea from anticipation; craving sweets; splinter-like pains; fearful; time passes too slowly.
Headache, one-sided; worse warmth; better cold; head heavy; falling hair; dandruff; vertigo; scalp sensitive; sweating; sweating on head; worse from anticipation; occipital; congestive; boring; sneezing; left-sided; band sensation; wants to be tied; vertigo from heights.
Eyes red, inflamed; photophobia; lachrymation; styes; conjunctivitis; ulcers on cornea; dim sight; worse warmth; better cold; hypersensitive; hemorrhages; burning; sensitive to light; offensive; styes on lids; twitching; sneezing; splinter-like; left-sided; ophthalmia neonatorum.
Remedy Relationships
Complementary, follow-up, inimical, and antidotal remedies linked to Argentum nitricum.
- Complementary
- Follows well
- Compare
- Inimical
- Antidote
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