VANADIUM METALLICUM

The Metal


  • Its action is that of an oxygen carrier and a catalyzer, hence its use in wasting diseases. 
  • Increases amount of hemoglobin, also combines its oxygen with toxins and destroys their virulence. 
  • Also increases and stimulates phagocytes. 
  • A remedy in degenerative conditions of the liver and arteries. 
  • Anorexia and symptoms of gastro intestinal irritation; albumen, casts and blood in urine. 
  • Tremors; vertigo; hysteria and melancholia; neuro-retinitis and blindness. 
  • Anemia, emaciation. 
  • Cough dry, irritating and paroxysmal, sometimes with hemorrhages. 
  • Irritation of nose, eyes and throat. 
  • Tuberculosis, chronic rheumatism, diabetes. 
  • Acts as a tonic to digestive function and in early tuberculosis. 
  • Arterio-sclerosis, sensation as if heart was compressed, as if blood had no room in the aorta. 
  • Anxious pressure on whole chest. 
  • Fatty heart. 
  • Degenerative states, has brain softening. 
  • Atheroma of arteries of brain and liver. 
  • Compare: 
    • Ars; Phos. 
    • Ammon vanad (fatty degeneration of liver).

Dose

  • 6-12 potency. 
  • The best form is Vanadiate of Soda, 2 mg daily, by mouth.