Antimonium Sulphuratum Auratum
By Constantine Hering โ The Guiding Symptoms of our Materia Medica
Golden Sulphuret of Antimony. Sb 2 S 5 .
Introduced by Glauber, 1654, and abused as a purgative and an emetic.
Proved by Mayrhoffer, in 1845 ; published by Buchner, in 1874.
MIND [1]
Apprehensiveness with heaviness in precordium.
INNER HEAD [3]
Pressive headache.
Burning in head. ฮธ Eye complaints.
OUTER HEAD [4]
Reddish swelling behind right ear, leaving a redness and scurfiness.
SIGHT AND EYES [5]
Amaurosis, in beginning.
Spots on cornea.
Iris protruding through cornea.
SMELL AND NOSE [7]
Bleeding from nose on washing.
Increased mucus from nose and throat.
INNER MOUTH [12]
Pasty mouth and taste in morning.
PALATE AND THROAT [13]
Burning and heat in fauces.
Mucus from throat becomes offensive to smell.
Pressure in throat as if a plug stuck in it.
Scratching, rough feeling in throat in morning.
APPETITE, THIRST. DESIRES, AVERSIONS [14]
Loss of appetite ; almost a loathing of food.
SCROBICULUM AND STOMACH [17]
Pressure and fulness in stomach.
ABDOMEN AND LOINS [19]
Pressure, tension and fulness in abdomen ; umbilical region sensitive.
STOOLS AND RECTUM [20]
Passage of much flatus with sudden urging, followed by a stool solid at first, then bright yellow and pasty ; afterwards violent colic and rumbling around navel.
Constipation ; feces hard and passed with difficulty.
URINARY ORGANS [21]
Urine increased, dark red.
MALE SEXUAL ORGANS [22]
Pustular eruption on scrotum after much itching.
VOICE AND LARYNX. TRACHEA AND BRONCHIA [25]
Accumulation of tough mucus in bronchi and larynx.
Increased mucous secretion with fulness in bronchi, and full, hard breathing.
RESPIRATION [26]
Respiration difficult.
COUGH [27]
Dry, hard cough, no expectoration.
Increased mucous sputum, mixed with blood, of a sweetish taste.
INNER CHEST AND LUNGS [28]
Passive congestion of upper lobe of left lung, with dry, hard cough.
HEART, PULSE AND CIRCULATION [29]
Heaviness in precordium and apprehensiveness.
UPPER LIMBS [32]
Arms heavy in morning.
Boring and tearing in arms and hand joints.
Swelling of fingers.
LIMBS IN GENERAL [34]
Itching on hands and feet.
NERVES [36]
Malaise, fatigue and lassitude with nausea.
SLEEP [37]
Deep sleep.
Sleep dreamy ; wakes after midnight with dull headache ; with restlessness and sexual desire.
Awoke suddenly with heavy, confused head, pressure in stomach, difficult breathing, fulness of bronchi, restless tossing ; skin active, with slight warmth and even sweat.
Sleep dreamy with sudden waking after midnight, gouty and rheumatic pains increased.
TIME [38]
Morning : pasty taste in mouth ; scratching in throat ; arms feel heavy.
After midnight : awakens with dull headache ; restless ; sexual desire increased ; gouty and rheumatic pains <.
TEMPERATURE AND WEATHER [39]
Washing causes nosebleed.
LOCALITY AND DIRECTION [42]
Right : swelling behind ear.
Left : upper lobe of lung congested.
SENSATIONS [43]
As if a plug stuck in throat.
Boring : in arms and hand joints.
Tearing : in arms and hand joints.
Violent colic.
Pressive pain : in head.
Burning : in head ; in fauces.
Pressure : in stomach ; in abdomen.
Fulness : in stomach ; in abdomen ; in bronchi.
Heaviness in precordium.
Itching : on scrotum ; on hands and feet.
SKIN [46]
Dry, elevated pustules on inner surface of thighs.
RELATIONS [48]
Similar to : Antimonies (family relation) ; Aurum (chest) ; Arsen. ; Ferrum ; Merc. sulph. ; Sulphur ; Amm. carb . (nosebleed after washing).