Vanadium
NATIONAL JOURNAL OF HOMOEOPATHY 1999 Sep / Oct VOL VIII NO 5.
Dr P I Tarkas
Dr Ajit Kulkarni
'Vanad
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Degenerant, malnourished, Tubercular Cancerous, Rheumatic, Adynamic |
Monogram:
- Malnutrition: resulting in anemia, neurasthenia, diabetes, tuberculosis, also chronic rheumatism; and
- Degenerative Conditions (Arg-n).
Softening: brain
Fatty: liver, heart, arterial coats (atheroma)
Sclerosis: arteries, brain, liver, posterior spinal cord
Addison's disease; pain along course of basilar artery, deep pigmented patches on forehead (liver), profound adynamia.
Disturbed metabolism
Cancer
Paralysis
Tremors
Hysteria, Epilepsy
Weakness, Emancipation, Tubercular wasting (AIDS)
Irritation: eyes, nose, throat, GI tract,
Make-Up: Malnourished laborers and old people
Mind: Melancholia, Hysteria
Head: Vertigo, Brow ague, < daytime
Eyes: Neuro-retinitis; blindness, Retinitis pigmentosa
Alimentary: GI irritation, Anorexia, acts as a tonic to digestive function (after gastro-enteritis); is "an energetic nutrition stimulator" (Alet, A/F)
Fatty liver: (Am-vanad.) Atheroma (Burnette)
Urinary: Albumin, casts.
Blood: sugar, uremia
Respiratory: Cough dry, irritating, paroxysmal; sometimes bloody expectoration. Cheyne stokes respiration (Sodium Vanadate). Early TB; as a tonic.
Chest: Weak heart action. Sensation as if heart was compressed; as if blood had no room in the aorta. Anxious pressure in the whole chest.
Physiologically its action is that of an oxygen carrier and a catalyser. Hence its use in wasting diseases. It increases amount of haemoglobin. Combines the oxygen (of RBC) with toxins and destroys their virulence. Also increases and stimulates phagocytes. Controls cholesterol synthesis also.
An oxidant stimulating organic combustion. A homoeopathic antioxidant.
Relations:
Compare: Acid-p, Arg-n, Ars-a, Ars-i, Aur-m, Lyc, Mang, Phos, Plb
Antidote To: Chromium
Complimentary: Bellis-p, Carc, Tub
Similar: Am-vanad, Ars-a, Phos
