Palladium


Dr. S.R. Phatak describes the clinically confirmed symptoms of the homeopathic remedy Palladium in his Concise Materia Medica, published in 1977….


Generalities

      This metal is closely associated with Platinum and gold. It affects the ovaries esp. the right; uterus and mind. Pains fleeting, transient. Weakness, aversion to exercise. Bruised soreness. Ailments from bad news.

Worse

      Emotions; lively; chagrin. Social functions. Standing. Exertion.

Better

      Touch. Pressure. Diversion. Rubbing. After; sleep, stools.

Mind

      Love of approbation; seeks the good opinion of others and attaches great importance to them. Easy prey to slights, real or imaginary; wounded pride and fancied neglect; sometimes finding vent in violent expressions. Depressing news worse all the symptoms. Time passes too slowly. Keeps up brightly in company, much exhausted afterwards.

Head

      Feels as if swung backwards and forwards. Headache across the top of head from ear to ear, better fixing attention on it.

Face

      Blue, sallow.

Throat

      As if crumbs of bread had lodged in; as if something hanging near hyoid bone. Glairy mucus from throat.

Abdomen

      Shooting pain from navel into breasts or pelvis; better after stools. Hollowness in groins. As if intestines were bitten off. Coughing, sneezing worse pain in abdomen. Stools; white, constipated.

Urinary

      Cutting pain in bladder better stool. Bladder feels full but little urine is passed.

Female

      Uterine prolapse or retroversion. Sub-acute pelvic peritonitis. Bearing down pains better rubbing. Cutting in uterus better after stool. Menstrual discharge while nursing. Glairy, yellow leucorrhoea before and after menses. Pelvis leaden heavy, worse standing. Ovarian pain better pressure. Abdomen feels sore, after menses and apprehension that something horrible will happen.

Back

      Tired feeling in small of back.

Extremities

      Fleeting neuralgic pains, in various parts of the body. Darting pains from toes to hips.

Skin

      Itching all over the body, after undressing.

Related

      Asaf; Platina

S.R. Phatak
A pioneer of Homoeopathy in Maharashtra, Dr Shankar Raghunath Phatak was born on 6th September, 1896. He did his MBBS from Grant Medical College, in 1924. Started his practice but somehow not satisfied with Allopathic Treatment.

He was convinced about Homoeopathy while going through Sir William Osler's writings on 'History of Medicine' so switched over to an entirely Homoeopathic Practice in 1932. He also started working on Homoeopathic literature along with his Practice.

He has contributed immensely to homoeopathic literature. He was an ardent follower of Dr Boger. His Repertory is based on Boger's ''A Synoptic key to Materia Medica'.