Cobaltum metallicum
Remedy of backache and sexual debility. Aching in small of back sitting or during stool. Worse from sitting. Seminal emissions with backache. Impotence. Legs weak. Bone pains.
Source
Prepared from metallic cobalt (Co), triturated and potentised.
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Keynote Symptoms
Backache sitting — the keynote modality. Aching in lumbar region worse from sitting, better from walking or standing. Seminal emissions with backache. Impotence. Legs weak and heavy. Bone pains. Headache from spinal weakness.
Mind & Emotional Symptoms
Dull from backache. Depressed.
General Symptoms
Back and sexual. Worse from sitting. Better from walking, standing.
Physical Symptoms
Back
Aching in small of back — worse sitting. Better walking, standing.
Male Genitalia
Emissions with backache. Impotence.
Extremities
Legs weak, heavy. Bone pains.
Modalities
Better From
Walking, standing
Worse From
Sitting
Constitutional Type
Backache from sitting types. Sexual debility.
Clinical Indications
Backache worse sitting, seminal emissions, impotence, leg weakness
Comparative Materia Medica
Zinc has backache with restless legs. Phosphoric acid has emissions with debility. Selenium has impotence with emissions.
Safety Information
Not established.
Cobalt is an essential trace element (part of vitamin B12). Excess causes cardiomyopathy (beer cobalt). Safe in potentised forms.
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