Copper
Minerals are important for your body to stay healthy. Your body uses minerals for many different jobs, including keeping your bones, muscles, heart, and brain working properly. Minerals are also important for making enzymes and hormones.
There are two kinds of minerals: macrominerals and trace minerals. You need larger amounts of macrominerals. They include calcium, phosphorus, magnesium, sodium, potassium, chloride and sulfur. You only need small amounts of trace minerals. They include iron, manganese, copper, iodine, zinc, cobalt, fluoride and selenium.
Most people get the amount of minerals they need by eating a wide variety of foods. In some cases, your doctor may recommend a mineral supplement. People who have certain health problems or take some medicines may need to get less of one of the minerals. For example, people with chronic kidney disease need to limit foods that are high in potassium.
Copper FDA Approved Drugs
Physician's Materia Medica on Copper
Intestinal antiseptic; prescribed in diarrhea either iodiop athic or that attending typhoid fever. Dose, 0.00006 to 0.0025 Grm. (1-1000 to 1-25 gr.).1
Antiseptic, astringent; in minute doses, tonic; in large doses, emetic. Prescribed in chronic diarrhea, and as an antidotal emetic in phosphorus poisoning. Dose, 0.008 to 0.06 Grm. (% to 1 gr.); as an emetic, 0.3 Grm. (5 grs.) repeated in 15 minutes if necessary.1
Physician's Therapeutics Memoranda on Copper
In simple acute Conjunctivitis, boric acid, 10 grs. to the oz.’ in camphor water, or sodium... / ...zinc sulph ate, 1 to 2 grs. to the oz. In chronic conjunctivitis, solution of tannin H in glycerin and camphor water, 10 grs. to the oz., boric acid, copper sulphate, lapis divinus in dilute solution; touching with alum crystal; applications several times a day of hot water containing a little salt.... / ...with use of Iodosyl if ulcerations of cornea occur.1
The disease is one of non-assimilation, the remedies, 1st general tonics and nutrients; cod liver oil. quinine, copper arsenite, syrup ferrous iodide, Haemo-Mangan; 2d Bone lood; phosphorus. glycero phosphates, hypophosphites, lacto-phosphates, Eupeptic Hypophos phites, N., B. & Co. Thyroid extract and suprarenal extract have given good results. Improve hygienic condition of patient and prescribe massage and passive exercise when this is practicable.1
Apply solutions of borax or potassium chlorate; sodium sulphite. in powder; Antiseptine or Alkal-Antiseptine, full strength; carbolat ed oil; in obstinate cases, touch the spots with copper sulphate or with lunar caustic. Give attention to the patient’s general health.1