Beryllium-metallicum
NATIONAL JOURNAL OF HOMOEOPATHY 1993 Nov / Dec Vol II NO 6.
Dr Dhari
Dr Tarkas.
` Beryl.
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Disturbed Phosphorus metabolism through
disturbed phosphatase activity. Pictures, in part Phos.
Very acute or delayed onset. Frequent relapses; Very long drawnout recovery: very slow
resolution. (All metals are sluggish & weak).
Weakness, exhaustion, soon tired.
Emaciation with sub-febrile state and progressive.
Oedema.
Sarcoid: in axillary glands, liver, spleen, lungs, skin, bones (sarcoma).
Sarcoidosis (of bones).
Various growths: granuloma; papilloma; osteosarcoma; gumma (syphilitic, tubercular,
soporotrichosic); lipomas; cysts. Nodosities, localized in inter-digital articulations.
Granulomatous: exposed tissues; focal lesions in lungs and liver.
Fainting: from cardiac insufficiency (Lach); hysterical
Urinary lithiasis state. Renal calculus with hypercalcaemia.
Make-up: Allergic. Tubercular. Lithic. Cancerous.
Head: Frontal headache; throbbing. Worse in heat, getting up, least movement, jar (e.g. coughing), light, excitement, better: fresh air, lying on painful side. Occipital pain radiating to mastoid. Shocks in, Vertigo.
Eyes: Conjunctivitis with photophobia. Catarrhal conjunctivitis. Follicular conjunctivitis.
Nose: Fullness. Thin, acrid coryza; fullness better in open air, aggravated in a warm room. Contusion like pain within nose. Rhinitis (acute, chronic); sinusitis; spasmodic (= hay fever).
Face: Pallor or cyanosis (from crude). Lips dry, cracked, small ulcers on.
Mouth: Dryness. Small ulcerations on lips & tip of tongue. Stomatitis. Gingivitis. Palatal vault has a glassy look. Lichen planus of mouth.
Throat: Pharyngitis. Better by cold drinks (Lach); eating. Sore throat, with ulcers on tip of tongue, constant desire to swallow, swollen glands, deep cough, itchy papules on skin. Red glazed appearance. Painful burning. Must hem and hawk.
Stomach: Capricious appetite; easy satiety (Lyc), but soon hungry again. Anorexia, vomiting, emaciation. Nausea at sight or smell of food, car-riding; better lying down or eating (however). Travel sickness. Gastritis. (ulcer, cancer, stenosis). Tight sensation in epigastrium, agg. inspiration. Fullness before meals; (Diaphragmatic hernia).
Abdomen: Meteorism, painful, worse by inspiring. Cholecystitis, Lithiasic or Non-Lithiasic. Fibrocystic disease of Pancreas. Chronic Pancreatitis. (Hepatic insufficiency).
Urinary: Renal calculus with hypercalcaemia. (Diabetes),
Respiratory: Dyspnoea: on smallest exertion, out of proportion to the physical signs. "Never seen such dyspnoea & such tough expectoration" - Griggs. Laryngismus stridulus; inflammation chronic, tubercular; polypi or papillomata larynx.
Cough: from irritation behind sternum (or pain here). Cannot cough (deep) enough, yet little expectoration. Rattling cough better in warm room, worse bending backwards, smoke. Suffocating croupy cough, sticky mucus, and intense pain behind sternum. From bursting of fluorescent tube nearby; earlier symptoms were like influenza for which Gels, Rhus-t, Bry were ineffective. Cough of lung cancer. Dry, deep, painful cough.
Expectoration: sweet; tough; not rusty; blood-streaked; Constriction of chest from exertion, inspiration. Burning or knife like pains behind sternum. Bronchitis. Bronchiolitis. Tracheobronchitis. Bronchiectasis. Emphysema. Cardiac asthma.
Pneumonia: Influenza-pneumonia or pneumonia after measles
or pertussis. Chronic interstitial pneumonia. Atypical and viral pneumonia.
Pneumoconiosis.
X-ray shows: "snow-storm" like picture as in miliary T B or intense
infiltration. Multiple areas of soft tissue infiltration, later leaving a nodular
appearance (tubercles). Images of tuberculosis or of sarcoidosis.
Heart: Palpitations, and sensation of thoracic constriction. Angina Pectoris; Arrhythmias. Rheumatic myocarditis. Senile heart. Burning retro-sternal pain.
Back: Stitching pains in mid-dorsal and lumbar areas worse lying down, beginning of motion (Rhus-t), bending head forward. Cold sensation in dorso-lumbar and gluteal regions. Osteophytic lumbar rheumatism.
Locomotor: Weakness and lameness of limbs. Pains as if sprained of arm. Blue hands. Clubbed fingers. Osteoarthritis.
Skin: Cutaneous and subcutaneous granulations with formation of fistulas. Sarcoid. Ulceration of skin, leading to subacute granulomata (from poisoning). Papillomas. Small hard papulae, nodular, surrounded by areas of (nodular) erythema (poisoning). Itching papulae worse warmth of bed, scratching. Papulovesicular dermatitis. Contact dermatitis. Polymorphous dermatitis. Oozing secretions and fissures. Eczema. Lichen planus; in mouth.
Thermic: Lowered temperature (from poisoning). Feverish horripilation. Chilly, worse from exertion; warmth; in bed at night; Beginning of influenza, symptoms like Rhus-t.
Differential Diagnosis:
Bryonia: Aggravation by movement, dry and
painful cough.
Lachesis: Swooning, out of cardiac weakness, suffocation, dry
cough, tearing.
Relationship: Compare Barytas, Calcareas, Kali-c, Lach, Lyc, Phos.