Arsenicum Hydrogenisatum

Arseniuretted Hydrogen

by William Boericke — Pocket Manual of Homoeopathic Materia Medica & Repertory

The general action of Arsenic more accentuated. Anæmia. Anxiety; despair. Hœmaturia , with general blood disorganization. Hæmorrhages from mucous membranes. Urine suppressed, followed by vomiting. Prepuce and glans covered with pustules and round superficial ulcers. Collapse. Coldness; prostration. Sudden weakness and nausea. Skin becomes dark brown.

Head

Violent vertigo on going upstairs. Eyes sunken; broad, blue circles around. Violent sneezing. Nose cold. Must be wrapped up with warm cloths.

Mouth

Tongue enlarged; deep, irregular ulcer; nodular swelling. Mouth hot and dry; little thirst.

Dose

Third potency.

Arsenicum Hydrogenisatum across the other classic books

Arsenicum Hydrogenisatum appears in 4 of the 13 classic books on Similia. Each was written to do a different job — here is what each adds on this remedy, with the opening of its entry.

Allen TF — The raw proving record — symptoms as the provers reported them, unedited.
“Arsenetted hydrogen, Arsenious hydride or Arsine (AsH3 ). Preparation , Dissolve the freshly prepared gas in ice-cold distilled water. (Provings were made by inhaling the gas.) Authorities. Anxiety, he believes his death is near, and despairs of being better (during the vomiting; more courage afterward till the next…”
Clarke — The widest entry — sources, provings, clinical uses, relationships and antidotes in one place.
“Arseniuretted Hydrogen. As H 3 . Solution in distilled water. Collapse of cholera / Hiccough / Suppressed menses / Yellow fever Arsen. hydro. was used by Drysdale as a substitute for Arsenic in the collapse stage of cholera. The symptoms set in suddenly but develop slowly. In poisoning cases death often took place in…”
Hering — Graded symptoms, each weighted by how often provers and practice confirmed it.
“Arsenetted Hydrogen. AsH 3 . We had no provings of this very important combination until 1847, when C. Hg. prepared and proved it. What is given in Allen's Encyclopædia are accidental poisonings, which mostly prove fatal. The only clinical experiments have been made by Dr. Drysdale, in 1849, in the treatment of…”

Arsenicum Hydrogenisatum in Kent's Repertory

Kent's Repertory lists Arsenicum Hydrogenisatum in 246 rubrics. These are the ones where it carries the highest grade — the symptoms Kent treated as most characteristic. Most of them sit in EXTREMITIES (81), STOMACH (24), MOUTH (21), FACE (17), MIND (16).

FACE - EXPRESSION, - sickly
MALE GENITALIA - ERUPTIONS - Penis - pustules
MALE GENITALIA - ERUPTIONS - Penis - glans - vesicles
KIDNEYS - PAIN - urging to urinate,during
MALE GENITALIA - ERUPTIONS - Penis - glans
MALE GENITALIA - ERUPTIONS - Penis - prepuce
MALE GENITALIA - ULCERS - Penis - glans
URINE - COLOR, - black
KIDNEYS - PAIN - burning
MALE GENITALIA - ULCERS - Penis - prepuce
FACE - EXPRESSION, - old looking
FEVER - YELLOW fever
TEETH - PAIN, - warmth,external - amel.
GENERALITIES - COLLAPSE
KIDNEYS - SUPPRESSION of urine
FACE - DRAWN
MIND - STARTING,startled - sleep, - during
MIND - IMPATIENCE
MIND - STARTING,startled
NOSE - DISCHARGE, - excoriating

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