A CASE OF BRITTLE NAILS RELIEVED WITH GRAPHITES AND ANTIM CRUDE

Brittle nails

This is a case of brittle nails followed up with Graphites and Antimonium crum 200c in single dose.

GRAPHITES (graph.)

MIND:
    -   Blandness. Dullness. SLOWNESS.
    -   Timid, reserved.
    -   IRRESOLUTION. Insecurity. Anxiety about the consequences of the
        decision.
    -   Obstinate. Censorious.
    -   Discontented. Easily offended.
    -   Irritability about trifles.
    -   Changeable moods.
    -   Anxiety about future, salvation. Anxiety about trifles.
    -   TRIFLES SEEM IMPORTANT.
    -   Fear something will happen, of misfortune.
    -   Anxiety and fear < morning. Irritation, excitement, sleeplessness in
        evening.
    -   Sensitive to music. Weeping from music (Aur), especially organ.
    -   Depression.
    -   Aversion to mental work.
    -   Difficult concentration, mental exertion gives restlessness (Kali-p).
    -   Weakness of short-term memory, > for long past events.
    -   Absence of thoughts. Impressions don't penetrate. Hard to get
        information from them.
    -   Confusion with weeping and awkwardness , < before and during
        menses.
GENERALITIES:
    -   Chilly (can be warm).
    -   < Cold and overheating (heat of bed).
    -   < Morning on waking.
    -   < Menses.
    -   Left sided.
    -   OBESITY. Rapid emaciation in stomach diseases.
        Emaciation of affected parts (Plb).
    -   AILMENTS FROM SUPPRESSED ERUPTIONS, DISCHARGE.
    -   Discharges: thick, sticky, offensive.
    -   Sudden weakness. Cataleptic.
    -   Fissures.
    -   Numbness.
FOOD AND DRINKS:
    -   Desire: CHICKEN.
    -   Aversion: SALT, SWEETS, FISH, meat, warm food.            
VERTIGO:
    -   < Morning on waking; looking upward; rising from stooping.
HEAD:
    -   NUMBNESS OR EMPTY FEELING (Cocc, Plat).

    -   Headache: < left side, sunlight, while eating.
    -   ERUPTIONS < occiput. Psoriasis.
    -   Alopecia. Falling of hair at temples.
EYE:
    -   PHOTOPHOBIA (Nat-s), < sunlight.
    -   Conjunctivitis. BLEPHARITIS. Keratitis.
    -   Eruptions on lids. Fissures of canthi.
EAR:
    -   Otitis, < left. Chronic otorrhea, gluey, offensive.
    -   Noises, < night, left side.
    -   HEARING IMPAIRED, > BACKGROUND NOISE.
    -   Eruptions or cracks behind ear.
NOSE:
    -   Cracked nostrils.
    -   Frequent colds. Coryza before menses.
FACE:
    -   Cobweb sensation (Alum).
    -   Eruptions, esp. around mouth. Acne.
MOUTH:
    -   Fissures in corners of mouth, lips.
    -   Offensive breath, like smell of urine.
THROAT:
    -   Constant inclination to swallow.
STOMACH:
    -   Stomach complaints after suppressed eruptions.
    -   Ulcers. Cancer. Stomach disorders with rapid emaciation.
    -   Pain > eating, (warm) milk (Chel).
ABDOMEN:
    -   Ascites.
    -   Eruptions, esp. inguinal region.
RECTUM:
    -   Constipation < during menses, suppressed menses; instead of
        menses.
    -   Fissures (Nit-ac, Rat).
    -   Eruptions.
MALE GENITALIA:
    -   HIGH DESIRE OR LACK OF INTEREST, ENJOYMENT.
    -   Impotency. Ungovernable desire with poor results (Con, Gels, Lyc).
    -   Erections failing during coition (Lyc). Premature ejaculation.
    -   Hydrocele.
    -   Eruptions, herpes;spreading to thigh.
    -   Cracks.
FEMALE GENITALIA:
    -   HIGH DESIRE, nymphomania, OR LACK OF INTEREST.
    -   Enlargement and induration of ovaries.
    -   Uterine fibroids, cancer.
    -   Menarche late. Menses scanty, late, not appearing.
    -   Eruptions. Cracks.
    -   Leucorrhea profuse.
LARYNX/TRACHEA:
    -   Hoarseness during menses.
RESPIRATION:
    -   Dyspnea, from suppressed eruptions; > eating.
    -   Suffocative, wakes from sleep.
CHEST:
    -   Cancer of breasts, esp. old scar tissue.
    -   Sore, cracked nipples.
    -   Eruptions in axilla, under breasts.
EXTREMITIES:
    -   Swelling feet and toes during menses.
    -   CALLOSITIES of palms and soles (Ant-c, Ran-b).
    -   Cracks of fingertips.
    -   Eruptions < bend of elbows and knees.
    -   Numbness of forearms.
    -   NAILS: DISTORTED, BRITTLE, thick, hard.
    -   Ingrowing toe nails (Sil).
    -   Burning heat of foot soles, uncovers them.
    -   Rheumatic pains.
SKIN:
    -   FISSURES, where skin and mucus membrane joins.
    -   THICK, hard, dry, rough (Ant-c, Fl-ac).
    -   ERUPTIONS. Eczema. Herpes. Psoriasis.
        CRUSTS AND SCALES,
        OOZING HONEY-LIKE, THICK, YELLOW, STICKY
        FLUID, sometimes offensive.
    -   Itching < heat, during menses.
    -   KELOID (Fl-ac, Sil).
    -   Unhealthy.

Compl:     Arg-n, Ars, Caust, Ferr, Hep, Lyc, Sulph, Tab, Tub.

DD: Ant-c, Bar-c, Calc, Ferr, Olnd, Petr, Psor, Puls, Tell, Sulph.