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Antimonium Arsenicosum

Arsenite of Antimony
5 sectionsBoericke · 2Clarke · 3

At a glance

Cardinal features · auto-extracted from Boericke · Clarke
  • emphysema with excessive dyspnoea
  • with exudation

Essence

Prologue
Boericke

Arsenite of Antimony

  • Found useful in emphysema with excessive dyspnoea and cough, much mucous secretion.
  • Worse on eating and lying down.
  • Catarrhal pneumonia associated with influenza.
  • Myocarditis and cardiac weakness.
  • Pleurisy, especially of left side, with exudation and pericarditis, with effusion.
  • Sense of weakness.
  • Inflammation of eyes and oedema of face.
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Keynotes

Characteristics
Clarke
  • Antim.
  • ars.
  • is said to affect preferably upper left lung.
  • Emphysema where the

dyspnoea is excessive. Haarer is the chief authority for this drug. Mattes, who used it after him,

says it is equally effective in right-side cases in old pneumonias and catarrhal pneumonias in

children; in old pleuritic effusions, and in pericardial exudations. The cough is < by eating, and

on lying down. Wandering pains in sciatic nerves. It has caused inflammation of the eyes and

cedema of the face.

Clinical

Clinical
Clarke
  • Catarrhal pneumonia.
  • Emphysema.
  • Ophthalmia.
  • Pericarditis.
  • Phthisis.
  • Pleurisy.

Pneumonia. Sciatica.

Relations

Relations
Clarke
  • Compare: Other antimony salts, Ars.
  • , Aur.
  • , Laches.
  • , Puls.
  • (wandering pains), Sul.

Posology

Dose
Boericke

Third trituration.

Classical Posology

Acute
  • 30C or 200C · repeat every 1–4 h depending on intensity
  • Stop on improvement · reassess in 24–48 h
  • For sensitive / elderly / paediatric: prefer LM1 or 30C
Constitutional
  • 200C or 1M single dose · wait 4 weeks
  • Alternative: LM1 daily × 10 days · ascend on retest
  • Hering's-Law follow-up adapts the next script
Citations: Organon §246 (interval / repetition) · §161 (plussed water) · §282 (LM ascension) · Kent on selection · Vithoulkas on second prescription. Open Repertify for the case-specific dose with the rule cited inline.
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