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The Soul of Remedies: Argentum metallicum

July 18, 2019 • Add Comment • by Rajan Sankaran

Written by Rajan Sankaran

Dr. Rajan Sankaran shares his remedy picture of Argentum metallicum. Intellectual performance
through speech, singing and writing are keys to the Argentum identity.

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Argentum (Silver) belongs to the second line of metals in the Periodic Table, where it lies between copper
and gold. Like other metal remedies, Argentum metallicum sees his survival in performance and defence.
The metals of the second line are concerned with show. Silver is a showy metal, a shiny metal, a showpiece
of human society. A good orator is called silver-tongued. Funnily enough Argentum metallicum has the
symptom: “Tongue has a silver coating”. It is said “Silence is golden, speech is silver”. Silver is not the
noble one but always the showy one.

There is a strong intellectual component in Argentum metallicum. Kent says it singles out mainly the
intellectual faculty, it scarcely affects the emotion. The Argentum metallicum situation is one where the
person has to perform intellectually and express himself through speech, singing, writing, etc., and also has
to defend himself by intellect, speech and words. In Argentum metallicum, one of the most important

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argue and fight very strongly and hard, not only for himself but also for others. He has the ability to
convince others and win over the opposition with intellect; hence, the Argentum metallicum person would
make a very good lawyer or salesman.

He sees himself as a weak person internally who will be attacked and finished unless he defends himself
strongly, often intellectually. The situational Materia Medica of Argentum metallicum is that he has been
forced by his parents to perform, to be a performer, to demonstrate his intellect, his skill, his talents, his
brain power. The parent expects the child to show the world how talented he is and the child feels this as the
condition for acceptance by his parents. Given this kind of expectation, the person tries his best – talks,
sings, preaches. But at a point, he cannot do it any longer and collapses: the voice is lost, power is gone, he
can’t live up to the expectation any longer. So, he alternates (like Aurum alternates between “I am highly
moral” and “I am highly immoral and have sinned away the day of grace”) between “I am a high
performer” and “I am not good enough, I can’t perform anymore, I am useless”. Either his intellect is highly
developed or he can’t remember, is confused, has loss of mental power. Everything in Argentum metallicum
is about mental power. The child is expected to have high mental power and to demonstrate it, show it,
express it. Constant need to show by using his mental power, and by speech.

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When he feels forced to perform, there is both anger and fright; it shares this with Argentum nitricum which
has anxiety before performance. In anger there is rage and when provoked he can react with striking; it has
the symptoms cough from anger or jerking from anger. He can go out of control, he loses his balance and

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He develops vocal cord nodules, and can hardly sing or speak. His cartilages and condyles become thick
and so he cannot move freely; the limbs feel powerless, become tired and weak, emaciated, he loses his
mental power and becomes almost insane. The organs that he requires for performance and show are the
ones chiefly affected. Writer’s cramp is also an expression of an ailing Argentum metallicum. In this failed
state, he has no control over his mind, voice or movement, and even does unaccountable things.

Argentum metallicum make good public speakers, clergymen, preachers – persons who lecture using logic
and intellect, rather than what they really felt or experienced. Musicians, singers, writers, novelists are also
required to do the same, use their intellect and showing off their talent of expression or expertise. They
argue well, because they rationally and logically analyze things, and also present their arguments
articulately. Being good speakers, they are often quoted. One might consider as examples Winston
Churchill and Norman Vincent Peale.

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There are two opposite sides in Argentum metallicum. On the one hand he has great inclination to talk, his
mind is very clear and he argues with facility, is inclined to laughter and loquacity, and on the other hand
you have the opposite: “In society is indisposed to talk”. Also, you have the symptom: “Paralytic
weakness”, or “Much inclined to move, feels as if she had more power”.

He can experience himself as very small and sometimes feels pursued by something huge. Here it can be
compared to Argentum nitricum. Argentum metallicum bears a close resemblance to Medorrhinum,
Palladium and Lachesis.

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With Medorrhinum it shares the feeling of inner weakness, which he is trying to cover up with egotism.
Both have anticipatory anxiety as in stage fright. Both Palladium and Argentum metallicum have showiness
and longing for the good opinion of others. It shares with Lachesis its emphasis on speech and
communication and its egotism. The difference between the two is that Argentum metallicum is
concentrated exclusively in the field of intellect whereas Lachesis is a jack of all trades.

As an observation, I have seen that Argentum metallicum either has great love for gold or total contempt for
it, sometimes referring to it disparagingly as the “Yellow Metal”.

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Physical symptoms:

Electric shocks.
Convulsions.
Cramps.

It also has thickening of the cartilages and symptoms that are deep and penetrating. The closely related
remedies are Alumina, Mercurius, Selenium and other metals. All these remedies have in common deep,
penetrating processes with sudden acute exacerbations, violent impulses and manifestations.

Rubrics:

Loquacity.
Loquacity: changing quickly from one subject to the other
Talk, indisposed to, desire to be silent, taciturn
Exertion, from mental, aggravates

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Prostration of mind
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Ideas, abundant, clearness of mind
Work, mental, impossible

Kent:

Hawk, disposition to.

If you would like to learn more about Dr. Sankaran’s work, courses and lectures please visit:
http://www.onlinehmp.com

To read about the philosophical approach to developing these remedy pictures, see Dr. Sankaran’s
introduction to Soul of Remedies:

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About the author

Rajan Sankaran
Rajan Sankaran, MD (Hom), is reputed to be a clear and original thinker and is best known for his path breaking concepts in
Homoeopathy. His understanding of ‘disease as a delusion’ followed by his discovery of newer miasms, classification of diseased
states into kingdoms and the seven levels of experience, brought in much more clarity into understanding diseased states. The
Sensation method has now evolved into a more comprehensive and synergistic approach, which strongly advocates to encompass
and integrate the old, classical and traditional approaches with the latest advances.

Dr. Sankaran heads ‘the other song—International Academy of Advanced Homoeopathy’, in Mumbai. This academy primarily
focuses on imparting advanced clinical training to students and practitioners, integrated with a homoeopathic healing centre. Also
he has his own personal clinic at Juhu area of Mumbai, India. He is also the President of Synergy Homeopathic, which is
dedicated to the development of reliable, comprehensive homeopathic software and teaching tools. www.theothersong.com
www.sankaransclinic.com www.synergyhomeopathic.com

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