(Sulphide of Antimony)
For homeopathic employment, the mental symptoms,
and those of the gastric sphere, determine its choice. Excessive
irritability and fretfulness, together with a thickly coated white
tongue, are true guiding symptoms to many forms of disease calling for
this remedy. All the conditions are aggravated by heat and cold
bathing. Cannot bear heat of sun. Tendency to grow fat. An absence of
pain, where it could be expected, is noticeable. Gout with gastric
symptoms. | ||
| Mind. Much
concerned about his fate. Cross and contradictive; whatever is done fails
to give satisfaction. Sulky; does not wish to speak. Peevish; vexed without
cause. Child cannot bear to be touched or looked at. Angry at every
little attention. Sentimental mood. | ||
| Head. Aching,
worse in vertex, on ascending, from bathing, from disordered
stomach, especially from eating candy or drinking acid wines.
Suppressed eruptions. Heaviness in forehead, with vertigo; nausea, and
nosebleed. Headache with great loss of hair. | ||
| Eyes. Dull,
sunken, red, itch, inflamed, agglutinated. Canthi raw and fissured.
Chronic blepharitis. Pustules on cornea and lids. | ||
| Ears. Redness;
swelling; pain in eustachian tube. Ringing and deafness. Moist eruption
around ear. | ||
| Nose. Nostrils
chapped and covered with crusts. Eczema of nostrils, sore,
cracked, and scurfy. | ||
| Face. Pimples,
pustules, and boils on face. Yellow crusted eruption on cheeks and
chin. Sallow and haggard. | ||
| Mouth.
Cracks in corners of mouth. Dry lips. Saltish saliva. Much slimy
mucus. Tongue coated thick white, as if whitewashed. Gums detach
from teeth; bleed easily. Toothache in hollow teeth. Rawness of palate,
with expectoration of much mucus. Canker sores. Pappy taste. No
thirst. Subacute eczema about mouth. | ||
| Throat. Much
thick yellowish mucus from posterior nares. Hawking in open air.
Laryngitis. Rough voice from over use. | ||
| Stomach.
Loss of appetite. Desire for acids, pickles. Thirst in evening and
night. Eructation tasting of the ingesta. Heartburn, nausea,
vomiting. After nursing, the child vomits its milk in curds, and refuses to
nurse afterwards, and is very cross. Gastric and intestinal complaints from
bread and pastry, acids, sour wine, cold bathing, overheating, hot weather.
Constant belching. Gouty metastasis to stomach and bowels. Sweetish
water brash. Bloating after eating. | ||
| Stool. Anal
itching. Diarrhea alternates with constipation, especially in old
people. Diarrhea after acids, sour wine, baths, over eating; slimy,
flatulent stools. Mucous piles, continued oozing of mucus. Hard
lumps mixed with watery discharge. Catarrhal proctitis. Stools composed
entirely of mucus. | ||
| Urine.
Frequent, with burning, and backache; turbid and foul odor. | ||
| Male. Eruption
on scrotum and about genitals. Impotence. Atrophy of penis and
testicles. | ||
| Female.
Excited; parts itch. Before menses, toothache; menses too early and
profuse. Menses suppressed from cold bathing, with feeling of pressure in
pelvis and tenderness in ovarian region. Leucorrhea watery; acrid,
lumpy. | ||
| Respiratory.
Cough worse coming into warm room, with burning sensation in chest,
itching of chest, oppression. Loss of voice from becoming
overheated. Voice harsh and badly pitched. | ||
| Back. Itching
and pain of neck and back. | ||
| Extremities.
Twitching of muscles. Jerks in arms. Arthritic pain in fingers.
Nails brittle; grow out of shape. Horny warts on hands and soles. Weakness
and shaking of hands in writing followed by offensive flatulence. Feet
very tender; covered with large horny places. Inflamed corns. Pain in
heels. | ||
| Skin. Eczema
with gastric derangements. Pimples, vesicles, and pustules. Sensitive to
cold bathing. Thick, hard, honey colored scabs. Urticaria;
measle-like eruption. Itching when warm in bed. Dry skin. Warts. [Thuj.; Caust.] Dry gangrene.
Scaly, pustular eruption with burning and itching, worse at
night. | ||
| Sleep.
Continual drowsiness in old people. | ||
| Fever. Chilly
even in warm room. Intermittent with disgust, nausea, vomiting,
eructations, coated tongue, diarrhea. Hot sweat. | ||
| Modalities.
Worse, in evening, from heat, acids, wine, water, and washing. Wet
poultices. Better, in open air, during rest. Moist
warmth. | ||
| Relationship.
Compare: Puls.; Ip.; Sulph. Complementary: Sulph. Antidote: Hep. | ||
| Dose. Third to
sixth potency. |