Homeopathic Materia Medica

A Dictionary of Practical Materia Medica, John Henry Clarke

Chloride of Manganese. MnCl2. Solution in water.

Clinical.─Ankles, painful; weak. Bone pains. Borborygmus. Constipation. Eructations. Rheumatism.

Characteristics.─Mang. mur. was proved by Lembke. The few symptoms obtained were manifested chiefly in the cranial bones, stomach, left shoulder, right knee, and ankles. The stomach pains were < by external pressure.

SYMPTOMS.

2. Head.─Vertigo and reeling when walking in open air, < looking down, on descending or stooping (an old symptom revived).─Boring in r. cranial bones; tearing in r, occipital bone.

6. Face.─Pressive pain in r. jaw-joint.

11. Stomach.─Eructations of air (sour).─Pressure in stomach < by external pressure.

12. Abdomen.─Frequent rumbling.

13. Stool.─Stool harder and scantier than usual.

22. Upper Limbs.─Violent pain in front part of l. shoulder-joint, < by pressure, rolling arm about its axis, and by any motion of arm.─Pain in articulation of l. thumb.

23. Lower Limbs.─Drawing pain with weary feeling in r. thigh while sitting.─Violent drawing pain inner side r. knee.─Pressure in r. knee extending into leg; a bruised sensation remains in ankles; afterwards same pain in l. ankle.─Pressure and drawing in ankle and ankle bones.─Pressure in l. foot.