Argentum Nitricum


Homeopathy medicine Argentum Nitricum from William D. Gentry ‘s Rubrical and Regional Text Book of Homeopathic Materia Medica, comprising the characteristic symptoms of homeopathic remedies from drug provings, published in 1890….


1. Burning during and after micturition (Cantharis); urethra feels sore, as if swollen (Can-sat.), with feeling as if last drop remained.

3 Incontinence of urine night or day.

5 Urine passes unconsciously and uninterruptedly (Caust)

7 Bleeding from urethra (in gonorrhoea). (See section on Male Sexual Organs.)

9 Inability to pass urine in a projecting stream.

11 Oozing of thick, white mucus at night.

13 Urging to urinate; urine passes freely and easily.

15 Stitches in lower portion of urethra (Nitr-ac.).

17 Cutting from urethra to anus when passing last drop of urine (Thuja).

19 Ulcerative pain between acts of micturition (Prun-s.).

21 Quick urging to urinate; flow copious and clear (Apoc, Phos- ac.).

23 Inflammation, with pain in urethra (Can-sat, Cub, Merc-cor, Thuja), with gonorrhoea, priapism, dysuria, bloody urine and fever (Petros.).

25 Ulcerative pain in middle of urethra, as from a splinter.

27 Burning in urethra during micturition (Can-sat.), with swollen feeling and difficulty in passing last part of urine.

29 Stream of urine spreads asunder.

31 Burning during and after micturition, at times amounting to a stabbing pain (Nitr-ac.)

33 Itching and tickling in urethra after micturition.

35 Scanty emission of dark, yellow urine.

37 Pain in urethra as if swollen and ulcerated.

39 Sugar in urine, with much flatulence and indigestion.

41 Urging to urinate, but is scanty and difficult to pass.

43 Acute pain about kidneys, extending down ureters to bladder; worse from slightest touch or motion, even deep inspiration.

45 Albuminuria, with epithelial casts in urine.

47 Sensitiveness in urethra near meatus.

49 Urine :-

(a) Dark, red; deposits red crystals of uric acid.

(b) Highly colored; scanty; discharged in drops.

(c) With sugar; with flatulence and indigestion.

(d) With epithelial casts and albumen.

William Daniel Gentry
William Daniel Gentry. (1836-1922) was the author of Concordance Repertory of the Materia Medica and The Rubical and Regional Textbook.