Graphites

Common name: black lead.

Suited to women, inclined to obesity, who suffer from habitual constipation; with a history of delayed menstruation (A.).

Sexual desire diminished (Agn., Bar-C., Caust., Ferr., Helon., Hep., Lyc., Mag-C., Nat-M., Phos-Ac., Rhod., Sep., Sulph.) (K.).

"What Pulsatilla is at puberty, Graphites is at the climacteric" (A.).

CATAMENIA IS TOO SCANT AND TOO PALE (Alum., Cycl., Ferr., Kali-C., Nat-M., Puls., Sep.).

Soreness of the nipples (Arn., Bapt., Caust., Crot-T., Fluor-Ac., Lach., Lyc., Merc., Nit-Ac., Phel., Phyt., Sep., Sil., Sulph.).

Menses: too scanty, pale, late with violent colic; irregular; delayed from getting the feet wet (Puls.) (A.).

Morning sickness during menstruation (Am-C., Apoc., Calc., Cupr., Kali-C., Lach., Lyc., Phos., Puls., Sep., Sulph., Verat.) (G.).

Very weak and prostrated during menses (Alum., Ars., Bov., Carb-An., Caust., Cocc., Helon., Iod., Kali-C., Mag-C., Murx., Nux-V., Phos., Sec., Sep., Sulph., Uran., Verat.) (A.).

VERY PROFUSE LEUCORRHOEA; OCCURS IN GUSHES, DAY AND NIGHT, AND IS OFTEN EXCORIATING (G.).

The ovaries are very apt to be affected (Apis, Bell., Lach., Lyc., Merc., Nit-Ac., Puls., Sep.) (Hg.).

LEUCORRHOEA BEFORE AND AFTER THE MENSES (Before- Sep.; after- Kreos.).

Feeling as if the womb would press out of the vagina, with obstinate constipation, in fleshy women (Bt.).

Hard cicatrices remaining after mammary abscess, retarding the flow of milk; cancer of the breast, from old scars and repeated abscesses (A.).

DEEP CRACKS IN THE NIPPLES (Cast-Eq., Caust., Fluor-Ac., Hydr., Lyc., Merc-C., Phyt., Rat., Sep., Sil., Sulph.) (Bt.).

INDURATION OF THE OVARIES (Apis, Arg-M., Ars-I., Aur., Bar-I., Brom., Con., Iod., Lach., Pall., Sep., Ust.) (K.).

ITCHING OF THE FEMALE GENITALIA BEFORE MENSES (Merc., Sulph., Tarant., Zinc.) (K.).

DECIDED AVERSION TO COITION (in BOTH SEXES) (Agn., Caust., Kali-C., Lyc.; Nat-M., Petr., Phos., Psor., Rhod., Sulph.) (A.).

WEAKNESS OF THE SEXUAL POWERS (Agn., Calad., Con., Dig., Gels., Kali-P., Lyc., Nux-V., Phos., Phos-Ac., Sep., Sulph., Zinc.).

INCOMPLETE ERECTIONS DURING COITION (Camph., Con., Lyc., Phos-Ac., Phos., Sep., Sulph., Ther.) (K.).

Enjoyment absent during coition (Agar., Anac., Calad., Lyc., Nat-M., Plat., Sep.) (K.).

Sexual desire very strong (Anan., Bar-M., Calc., Calc-P., Cann-I., Canth., Con., Lyc., Lyss., Nux-V., Phos., Pic-Ac., Plat., Puls., Staph., Tub., Zinc.).

Moist eruptions on the male genitalia (Carb-V., Hep., Rhus-T.) (K.).

GLEET, WITH GLUEY DISCHARGE FROM THE URETHRA (K.).

Twitching and contortions of the limbs (Bell., Cupr., Kali-Br., Lach., Mag-P., Phos., Plb., Puls., Sep., Zinc.).

Drawing through the whole body with disposition to stretch the limbs.

Stiffness of the limbs (Bell., Cupr., Nux-V., Plb., Rhus-T.).

Sensation of trembling in the whole body with twitches in all the limbs (Gels., Kali-Br., Tarant., Zinc.).

The limbs go to sleep (Agar., Con., Gels., Kali-P., Nux-V., Phos.).

Contraction of the muscles (Am-C., Bell., Cupr., Nux-V., Sec.).

Rheumatic tearing, especially in such limbs as are affected with ulcers.

When walking in the open air many pains cease.

Disposition to catch cold and aggravation from getting cold (Hep., Kali-C., Sil.).

Pulsations in all the arteries from every motion.

Great debility without pain which induces to sigh.

Pains which are felt during sleep.

Pain during change of weather (Nat-S., Rhod., Rhus-T.).

Varices, with stinging tension and itching.

Swelling and induration of the glands (Calc., Iod., Merc., Sil.).

Hard swelling with stinging.

SUFFOCATION, AFTER MIDNIGHT, AMELIORATED BY EATING (B.).

Rushes of blood to the head (Lach.) (B.).

Flatulency (Carb-V., Lyc., Nux-M., Nux-V., Puls.).

Incarcerated flatulency (Carb-V., Lyc., Mag-P., Sulph.).

SOUR ERUCTATIONS (Calc., Carb-V., Chin., Ign., Iris, Kali-B., Kali-S., Lith., Lyc., Mag-C., Nat-C., Nat-M., Nat-P., Nux-V., Phos., Rob., Sulph., Sulph-Ac.).

AVERSION TO FISH, MEAT, SWEETS, WARM AND SALT FOOD (K.).

NAUSEA FROM TAKING SWEETS (Arg-N., Ipec.) (K.).

PAIN IN THE STOMACH AMELIORATED AFTER EATING (Anac., Brom., Chel., Cina, Ign., Iod., Kali-B., Mag-M., Nat-C., Petr., Phos., Raph., Verat.) (K.).

Gastric ulcers (Arg-N., Ars., Hydr., Kali-B., Kreos., Lyc., Merc-C., Phos.).

CONSTIPATION (Alum., Bry., Chel., Mag-M., Nat-M., Nux-V., Op., Phos., Sep., Sil., Sulph.)

Diarrhœa, often caused by suppressed eruptions (Psor.) (A.).

The stool has a sour odour (Calc., Hep., Mag-C., Merc., Rheum, Sulph.).

LUMPY STOOLS, UNITED BY MUCOUS THREADS (C.).

Stools: dark-coloured, half-digested, of an intolerable odour (C.).

Mucus remaining in the anus after stool (Ant-C.) (C.).

CONSTIPATION: LARGE, DIFFICULT, KNOTTY STOOLS (G.).

Itching in the anus (Alum., Ars., Calc., Cina, Merc., Sulph.) (C.).

ANAL FISSURE (Nit-Ac.) (C.).

Urinary discharge too scanty (Apis, Bell., Canth., Merc., Sep.).

Urine has also a sour smell (Ambr., Benz-Ac., Calc., Chel., Hep., Merc., Nat-C., Petr., Sep.).

HUMMING IN THE EARS (Chin., Puls., Sep.).

HEARS BETTER WHEN IN A NOISE, WHEN RIDING IN A CAR OR CARRIAGE OR WHEN THERE IS A RUMBLING SOUND (Nit-Ac.) (A.).

Eruptions upon the ears (Tell.).

Eczema of eyelids; eruption moist and fissured; eyelids red and margins covered with scales or crusts (Alum., Bor., Nat-M., Sulph.) (A.).

Dryness of the skin, with crippled nails.

Every injury suppurates (Hep., Sulph.) (A.).

Old cicatrices break open again (A.).

ERYSIPELAS (Apis, Ars., Bor., Canth., Hep., Rhus-T., Sulph.).

Wandering or recurrent erysipelas (B.).

ECZEMATOUS ERUPTIONS WITH GLUTINOUS DISCHARGE (Calc., Carb-S., Nat-M., Sulph.) (K.).

Eczematous affections markedly benefited.

Offensive perspiration (Ars., Merc., Petr., Sil., Sulph.).

Rhagades (Ant-C., Calc., Carb-S., Kreos., Nat-M., Nit-Ac., Petr., Sars., Sep., Sulph.).

Cracks or fissures in ends of fingers, nipples, labial commissures; between the toes (A.).

NAILS GROW THICK, CRACKED, OUT OF SHAPE (N.).

Sad and despondent; inclined to weep; thinks of nothing but death (Aur., Nit-Ac.) (N.).

Music makes her weep (A.).

Excessive cautiousness; timid, hesitates; unable to decide about anything (Puls.) (A.).

Anxiety about the future.

Forgetfulness; chooses wrong words in speaking or writing.

AGGRAVATION: At night; during and after menstruation; from music; from day-light; from suppressed menstruation; and from becoming cold.

AMELIORATION: When riding in a carriage; when in a noise; after eating; in the dark; and from eructation.

RELATIONSHIP: Complementary: Caust., Hep. and Lyc.

Graphites follows well after: Lyc. and Puls.; and after Calc. in obesity of women; follows Sulph. well in cutaneous diseases; and after Sep. in gushing leucorrhœa.

Similar to: Lyc. and Puls. in menstrual troubles.