(Tartrate of Antimony)
Has many symptoms in common with Antimonium crudum, but also many peculiar to itself.
Clinically, its therapeutic application has been confined largely to the
treatment of respiratory diseases, rattling of mucus with little
expectoration has been a guiding symptom. There is much drowsiness,
debility and sweat characteristic of the drug, which group should
always be more or less present, when the drug is prescribed. Gastric
affections of drunkards and gouty subjects. Cholera morbus.
Sensation of coldness in blood vessels. Bilharziasis. Homeopathic to
dysuria, strangury, hematuria, albuminuria, catarrh of bladder and urethra,
burning in rectum, bloody mucous stools, etc. Acts indirectly on the
parasites by stimulating the oxidizing action of the protective substance.
By-effects following injection for Bilharziasis. Chills and
contractures and pain in muscles. | ||
| Mind and Head.
Vertigo alternates with drowsiness. Great despondency. Fear of being alone.
Muttering, delirium, and stupor. Vertigo, with dullness and confusion.
Band-like feeling over forehead. Face pale and sunken. Child will not be
touched without whining. Headache as from a band compressing. [Nit-ac.] | ||
| Tongue.
Coated, pasty, thick white, with red edges. Red and dry, especially
in the center. Brown. | ||
| Face. Cold,
blue, pale; covered with cold sweat. Incessant quivering of chin and
lower jaw. [Gels.] | ||
| Stomach.
Difficult deglutition of liquids. Vomiting in any position, excepting lying
on right side. Nausea, retching, and vomiting, especially after
food, with deathly faintness and prostration. Thirst for cold water,
little and often, and desire for apples, fruits, and acids generally.
Nausea produces fear; with pressure in precordial region, followed by
headache with yawning and lachrymation and vomiting. | ||
| Abdomen.
Spasmodic cough, much flatus. Pressure in abdomen, especially on stooping
forward. Cholera morbus. Diarrhea in eruptive diseases. | ||
| Urine.
Burning in urethra during and after urinating. Last drops bloody with pain
in bladder. Urging increased. Catarrh of bladder and urethra. Stricture.
Orchitis. | ||
| Respiratory.
Hoarseness. Great rattling of mucus, but very little is
expectorated. Velvety feeling in chest. Burning sensation in chest,
which ascends to throat. Rapid, short, difficult breathing; seems as if he
would suffocate; must sit up. Emphysema of the aged. Coughing and gaping
consecutively. Bronchial tubes overloaded with mucus. Cough excited by
eating, with pain in chest and larynx. Edema and impending paralysis of
lungs. Much palpitation, with uncomfortable hot feeling. Pulse rapid,
weak, trembling. Dizziness, with cough. Dyspnea relieved by eructation.
Cough and dyspnea better lying on right side. | ||
| Back.
Violent pain in sacrolumbar region. Slightest effort to move may
cause retching and cold, clammy sweat. Sensation of heavy weight at the
coccyx, dragging downward all the time. Twitching of muscles; limbs
tremulous. | ||
| Skin.
Pustular eruption, leaving a bluish red mark. Smallpox.
Warts. | ||
| Fever.
Coldness, trembling, and chilliness. Intense heat. Copious perspiration.
Cold, clammy sweat, with great faintness. Intermittent fever with lethargic
condition. | ||
| Sleep. Great
drowsiness. On falling asleep electric-like shocks. Irresistible
inclination to sleep with nearly all complaints. | ||
| Modalities.
Worse, in evening; from lying down at night; from warmth; in damp
cold weather; from all sour things and milk. Better, from sitting
erect; from eructation and expectoration. | ||
| Relationship.
Antidote: Puls.; Sep. Compare: Kali-s.; Ip. | ||
| Dose. Second
and sixth trituration. The lower potencies sometimes aggravate. |