Thallium metallicum
Remedy of alopecia and peripheral neuropathy. Complete hair loss — rapid, total alopecia. Peripheral neuritis. Effects of thallium poisoning. Trembling. Paraplegia.
Source
Prepared from metallic thallium (Tl), triturated.
Available Potencies
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Keynote Symptoms
Alopecia — rapid, total hair loss. The chief clinical indication. Peripheral neuropathy — painful, ascending. Trembling. Effects of thallium poisoning. Paraplegia. Ataxia. Used for alopecia when other remedies fail. Endocrine disturbance.
Mind & Emotional Symptoms
Depressed from hair loss. Confused from neuropathy.
General Symptoms
Hair and nerves. Worse from cold. Better from warmth.
Physical Symptoms
Head
Alopecia — rapid total hair loss. The keynote.
Extremities
Peripheral neuropathy — painful, ascending. Trembling. Paraplegia. Ataxia.
Modalities
Better From
Warmth
Worse From
Cold
Constitutional Type
Alopecia patients.
Clinical Indications
Alopecia (rapid total), peripheral neuropathy, trembling, thallium poisoning effects
Comparative Materia Medica
Fluoricum acidum has alopecia areata. Phosphorus has hair loss. Ustilago has hair loss with uterine hemorrhage.
Safety Information
Prussian blue (pharmacological for thallium poisoning).
Thallium is extremely toxic — "the poisoner's poison." Causes alopecia, peripheral neuropathy, GI symptoms, death. Used historically as rat poison. Use ONLY potentised forms above 12C.
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