Argentum nitricum. [Arg-n]
A characteristic of this drug is that the head seems enormously large. There is much boring pain in the left frontal eminence. Thuja has a sensation as if a nail were driven into the frontal eminence. Ignatia and Coffea also have these sharp, nail-like pains. The pains under Argentum nitricum increase to such a degree that the patient seems as if she would lose her senses. Tying the head up tightly relieves the headache of this drug, it being the pressure that relieves. Epiphegus. Headaches brought on by over-exertion, shopping, excitement, etc. Pain worse on left side pressing on temple. Constant desire to expectorate with a viscid saliva. Pains relieved by rest and lying down.