Palladium


Palladium signs and symptoms of the homeopathy medicine from the Dictionary of Practical Materia Medica by J.H. Clarke. Find out for which conditions and symptoms Palladium is used…


      Palladium. The Metal. Pd. (A.W. 106.5). Trituration.

Clinical

Constipation. Egotism. Eyelids, margins, blisters on. Headache. Hysteria. Leucorrhoea. Ovaries, affections of. Sciatica. Sexual power, diminished. Uterus, affections of, prolapse of. Warts.

Characteristics

*Palladium, one of the rare metals, was first separated from native *Platinum by Wollaston in 1803, and was named after the planet Pallas, which had been discovered just before that time by Olbers. Hearing, who made the first provings in 1850, says: “If we classify the Sulfides according to their solubility in dilute acids, *Pallad. Must be placed with *Argentum, *Rhodium, *Ruthenium, and *Osmium, and *Platina remains with the less soluble *Mercury, Aurum, and *Iridium. *Platinum and *Palladium, both proved in dust form, showed such similarity in their effects that the question arose whether corresponding *differences might be found. These data can only be furnished by frequent use of *Pallad. in practice.” Clinical experience has done much to distinguish between these two remedies, related as closely in their effects on the human organism as they are closely related in nature. The chief characteristic of *Pallad. is affections of the right ovary attended with pains which are better by pressure. Skinner cured with *Pallad. A young lady who had excessive pain in the right ovary during the menses. The only relief she could get was by inducing her sister to sit on that region. This better by pressure distinguishes the pain of *Pallad. from the similar ovarian of *Platina Lippe was the first to turn the provings to account, and the mental symptoms provided his best guides. The chief characteristic of *Pallad. in the mental sphere is “Love of approbation,” which lays its victim an easy prey to slights real or imaginary, and easily gives place to a state of “wounded pride and fancied neglect,” irritability which often finds vent in violent expressions. Such a patient is better in society, and worse after the party or entertainment. This state of mind (which differs from the hauteur of *Platina), when found associated with uterine and ovarian disorders, will surely indicate *Pallad. There is much uterine bearing down, and even prolapse. Many head symptoms were noted, and this has been confirmed:”Headache across top of head from one ear to the other. “According to Hering the pains of *Pallad. are fleeting and transient and hard to describe. *Peculiar symptoms are: As if he had grown taller. As if something horrible would happen. As if she were going crazy. As if she could not touch anything. As if head were swung from behind forward. As if brain were being shaken. As if a weight were lying on brain, and were pushed from occiput to forehead. Pressure on head as from finger-tips. As if something hanging in throat near hyoid bone, or a crumb had lodged there. Crawling in abdomen. As if intestines strangulated. As if air-bubbles pressed forcibly through intestines and passed upward. As if an animal were snapping and biting off small portions inside abdomen. As if testicles were bruised. As if parts of groins would tear. As if viscera had gone from flanks. As if bladder was filled. As if uterus would prolapse. As if neck becoming stiff. As if hand shattered. As if heads of femurs were forced out of their sockets and expanded. The symptoms are: better By touch (Headache). better By pressure (pains in kidney and ovary). better By rubbing (pain in ovary, burning spot on right cheek bone). Warmth better sciatica, colic (hot cloths). Undressing causes itching all over body. Cold worse sciatica. Open air better stitches in chest, lameness in arm. Rest better. Motion worse. Lying on left side better abdominal symptoms. Walking better stitches in chest. Every step causes pain in groin. Keeping thigh flexed better pain in groin. Worse After exertion. Worse After social excitement, concerts, etc. better After sleep. Expiration causes pushing forward of weight in head. Cutting pains in uterus are better after stool. Coughing and sneezing worse pain in abdomen. Menses come on at full moon (two weeks late, being due at new moon).

Relations

*Antidoted by: Chi. (diarrhoea), Gloninum and Belladonna (headache). *Complementary: Platina *Compare: Irid., Osm., Platina (natural allies). Right ovary, Ap., Graphites, Podophyllum, Platina Left ovary, Argentum met. (feeling as if left ovary growing enormously large), Lachesis (Lachesis Worse pressure), Lilium t., Actea r., Sul. Tired backache, Helonias Hysteria, introverted state of mind, Tarent. Crumb in throat, Hepar Pain in spleen, Cean. (Pallad. at menses).

SYMPTOMS.

Mind

Extremely fatigued evening, feels mentally “gone.” _ Greatly inclined to use strong language and violent expressions. Found of the good opinion of others, also too much weight is laid on their judgment, therefore very excited in society, and her complaints are worse next day. Better In company, wants to be flattered. Easily wounded pride. Imagines herself neglected. Great inclination to weep. Depressing news worse all symptoms. Mental agitation, especially from society, or musical entertainments, or excited conversation, or motion, worse the pain in right ovary. Excited and impatient (from headache). Time passes too slowly.

Head

Is so tired that he reels on coming into a room. Sensation as if head were swung from behind forward, as if brain were being shaken. Painful dulness in head with darting to and fro in left side of it. Headache across top of head from one ear to the other. Headache: worse in afternoon, had to lie down, inability to sleep, with pulsations over whole body, worse or better after sleep. Headache causing irritability and impatience. Sensation as if a weight lying on center of brain, each expiration causes sensation as if the weight were pushed from occiput to forehead. Morning headache with weakness in back. Sensation of roughness on forehead and slight itching. Itching on sides of head.

Eyes

Dull, heavy pain in and behind left eye, in evening, after walking. Pustule under right eyelids, worse by touch. Pain in right eye, temple, and ear. Pain around left eye, extending beyond right eyebrow, while walking at 11 a.m. Sensation of dryness on the edges of the lids. Small watery blisters on edges of lower lids. Dryness and itching of eyes in evening, which is not better by rubbing. Blue half-circles under eyes.

Nose

Burning in nose with coryza, evening. When sneezing or coughing, pain in abdomen. Blood pustule right cheek, near wing of nose. Painful pustule on point of nose, bleeds long after being squeezed.

Face

Itching pimples in the face on the nose, behind the ears, back of right and left zygoma, in whiskers. Growth of whiskers more slow. Soreness and painfulness of the right corner of mouth. Pain in right and left lower jaw.

Teeth

Sensation as if upper incisors projecting. Left upper and outer incisor sensitive, and feels like a foreign body.

Mouth

Tongue red in the middle (morning). Burning sensation on surface of tongue near tip. Much tough mucus in mouth and slimy taste.

Throat

Accumulation of tough mucus in throat, with slimy taste, which returns after rinsing out the mouth. Frequent hawking of small solid lumps, which he must swallow. Dryness in throat and on tongue, without thirst. Tickling (or sticking) as if a crumb of bread had lodged in throat. Sensation when swallowing as if something hanging near hyoid bone.

Stomach

No desire for beer. At dinner, and after coffee, headache. Nausea, tasteless eructations, which do not better.

Abdomen

Pain and soreness in liver. Pain in left hypochondrium, better by eructations. Pain in region of spleen. Crawling sensation in abdomen. Sensation as if the intestines were entangled and twisted in different directions. Stitches in left side near hip- bone but more inward, in intervals peculiar pain as if air bubbles pressed forcibly through intestines and passed upward, sometimes as if an animal tearing off small portions from inside, stitches extend to right side next day. Sensation in flanks as if viscera gone. Violent colic in abdomen, more on the right side, growing worse under continuous eructations, can only endure the pain when lying on left side, worse from sneezing, coughing, and urinating, and in afternoon, returning next day in afternoon, with cold hands and feet, continuous chilliness, and passing of urine like blood mixed with water, after going to bed cramps in legs, which prevent her from moving in bed, better by external heat (hot cloths). Shooting pains from navel to pelvis. (Soreness and shaking pain from navel to breasts.) _ Swelling and hardness in right side of abdomen (ovary). Sharp pains, as darts with a knife, low down in abdomen, better after stool. Distended abdomen from flatulency. Every step hurts in left groin. Sensation as if something in groin would tear.

Stool and Anus

Frequent soft stool. Diarrhoea with very little pain, night and day, cured by Chi. Stool in afternoon or evening instead of morning. Dull stitches felt at approach of a stool, dull aching twitches left side of rectum, morning. Dull pains in rectum, as from too long retained stool, but without urging, at noon. Knife- like pains in uterus are better after stool. Constipation, stools hard, frequently whitish (like chalk).

John Henry Clarke
John Henry Clarke MD (1853 – November 24, 1931 was a prominent English classical homeopath. Dr. Clarke was a busy practitioner. As a physician he not only had his own clinic in Piccadilly, London, but he also was a consultant at the London Homeopathic Hospital and researched into new remedies — nosodes. For many years, he was the editor of The Homeopathic World. He wrote many books, his best known were Dictionary of Practical Materia Medica and Repertory of Materia Medica