Antimonium Arsenicosum ant-a.

Homœopathic Materia Medica

William Boericke · Homœopathic Materia Medica · 9th edition

Common name

Arsenite of Antimony

General

Found useful in emphysema with excessive dyspnœa 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 œdema of face.

Dose

Third trituration.

The Guiding Symptoms of Our Materia Medica

Constantine Hering · The Guiding Symptoms of Our Materia Medica · 1879–91

General

Arsenite of Antimony. (Sb 2 O 3 ) As O 5 + 3 p. c.
Prepared first by Papilland and Mousnier and introduced in the Old School practice under the name of antimonial granulations.
Proved by Isnard and Used by Payr in emphysema.

Inner head

Rush of blood to head.
Pain in forehead.
Pressure in temples.

Sight and eyes

Pain in orbits.
Inflammation of eyes.

Upper face

Œdema of face.

Appetite, thirst. desires, aversions

Loss of appetite.

Hiccough, belching, nausea and vomiting

Nausea.

Stools and rectum

Slight diarrhœa, without pain in abdomen.

Respiration

(OBS :) Excessive dyspnœa. θ Emphysema.

Heart, pulse and circulation

Pulse 90.

Lower limbs

Wandering pains along sciatic nerves.

Nerves

General sick feeling.
Sense of weakness.

Relations

Similar to : other antimony salts ; Ammon. carb. ; Arsen. ; Aurum ; Laches. ; Merc. sulph. ; Phosphor. ; Pulsat . (ischias, wandering pains) ; Sulphur .