Arsenicum album

Common name: white oxide of arsenic.

SYMPTOMS GENERALLY WORSE FROM 1 TO 2 P. M. OR 12 TO 2 A. M. (A.).

There is amelioration from heat of all complaints except headache, which is temporarily relieved by cold bathing (Nux-V., Spig.); burning pain relieved by heat (A.).

ANXIETY AND RESTLESSNESS VERY HIGHLY MARKED.

DELIRIUM TREMENS (Bell., Hyos., Stram.) (Br.).

FEAR, FRIGHT AND WORRY MORE MARKED THAN IN ANY REMEDY KNOWN.

DREAD OF DEATH AND YET A DISPOSITION TO SUICIDE (Aur., Hep., Nit-Ac., Nux-V.) (R.).

Despair; driving him from place to place for relief; weeps (R.).

Fear of being left alone (Kali-C., Phos.) (N.).

Hears voices and sees animals after having taken alcohol (N.).

Very great anguish and restlessness; cannot rest anywhere, moves from place to place; wants to go from one bed to another (N.).

Avarice (Bry., Calc., Calc-F., Cina, Coloc., Lyc., Meli., Nat-C., Puls., Sep.).

Hallucination of smell and sight (Br.)

Thinks it is useless to take medicine, is incurable, is surely going to die (A.).

Burning pains of an excruciating character (Apis, Anthr., Canth., Phos., Sec., Sulph.).

The discharges are usually thin, acrid and offensive (Kreos., Merc-C., Nit-Ac.) (R.).

Hæmaturia (Canth., Colch., Ham., Phos., Tereb.) (C.).

Albuminuria (Apis, Canth., Colch., Phos.) (C.).

Tearing pains in the limbs, worse during the night and while at rest, after previous powerful exertion, and only relieved by walking about and by external heat.

Face deathly pale; pale yellow, cachectic look; swollen, covered with cold sweat; hippocratic (N.).

EXCESSIVE EXHAUSTION, FROM LEAST EXERTION (A.).

FREQUENT SPELLS OF UNCONSCIOUSNESS (Bapt., Hyos., Ign., Merc-Cy., Nat-M., Phos.).

Periodical pains, with coldness, chills, debility and anxious despair.

Sudden sinking of strength highly prominent in the sphere of drug's curative usefulness.

WATERY CORYZA; DISCHARGE CAUSES BURNING; OR SMARTING OF NOSTRILS, AS IF SORE (All-C., Arum-T., Merc-C., Nat-M.) (N.).

Nose feels stopped up (Lyc.,Nux-V., Puls., Stict.) (Br.).

Bloatedness or emaciation (Nat-M., Phos., Sulph.).

Conjunctive inflamed; extreme redness and dryness of inner surface of lids; they rub painfully against the ball (Bor., Graph., Nat-M., Sep., Sulph.); burning pains (N.).

Eyelid swollen and œdematous, firmly closed and looks as if distended with air (N.).

THE LACHRYMAL DISCHARGES BURN AND EXCORIATE THE CHEEKS (N.).

Twitching of single parts of the body, when going to sleep.

Grinding of teeth while asleep (Bell., Bry., Calc., Cann-I., Cina, Hyos., Kali-P., Merc., Nat-P., Podo., Sant., Stram., Tub., Verat., Zinc.) (C.).

WATER TASTES BITTER (Calc-P., Chin-A.) (K.).

Violent burning on the tongue (C.).

VOMITING OF WHAT HAS BEEN EATEN OR DRUNKEN, OR OF BLACK MATTER WITH IT.

Sensation as if food lodged in the œsophagus (Bar-C., Calc., Caust., Chin., Dig., Gels., Kali-C., Puls.) (K.).

GURGLING IN THE ŒSOPHAGUS WHEN DRINKING (Cina, Cupr., Hell., Hydr-Ac., Laur.) (K.).

WATERY AND OFFENSIVE DIARRHŒA (Aloe, Bry., Chin., Kali-P., Podo., Sec., Sulph.).

Hæmorrhoids, with intense burning, relieved by heat (relieved by cold water-Aloe) (R.).

Phagedenic ulceration, constantly extending its breadth (Bt.).

ULCERS, TURNING BLACK, BURNING, WITH HIGH EDGES (Anthr.).

GANGRENE (Canth., Carb-Ac., Kali-P., Lach., Phos., Plb., Rhus-T., Sec., Sil.).

Burns (Canth., Sulph.).

Nettlerash or urticaria, caused by eating shell-fish. Wheals attended with burning, itching and restlessness (L.).

Bad effects, like croup, from repercussion of nettlerash or hives (L.).

Leprosy: yellow or white spots; tubercular swelling in the nose; burning ulcers at the ends of the fingers, at the toes, soles of feet, navel and cheek; raised up tubercles; hyperæsthesia and anæsthesia alternating (Alum., Anac., Hydrocot., Lach., Phos.) (L.).

Bran-like, dry, scaly eruptions, with itching and burning; the latter increased by scratching and followed by bleeding (Hr.).

Skin: dry and scaly; cold, blue and wrinkled; with cold, clammy perspiration; like parchment; white and pasty; black vesicles and burning pain (A.).

Bad effects from decayed food or animal matter, whether by inoculation, olfaction or ingestion (A.).

General anasarca, with white, waxy paleness of the face and great debility (Bt.).

Diarrhœa is renewed after eating or drinking (Aloe, Crot-T., Nat-M.) (G.).

Diarrhœa of a cadaverous smell, scenting the whole atmosphere of the room (Ra.).

Great thirst for cold water (Bry., Nat-M., Phos., Sec., Sulph.) (A.).

Drinks often, but little at a time (A.).

ASTHMA, WITH CONSTRICTION OF THE CHEST AND ANGUISH, AGGRAVATED BY MOTION; WORSE EVENINGS (Phos.) (Bt.).

CANNOT LIE DOWN, FOR FEAR OF SUFFOCATION; HIGHEST DEGREE OF DYSPNŒA (G.).

GREAT ENERVATION AFTER STOOL (Aloe, Phos., Verat.) (Hm.).

Intense burning sensation, like coals of fire, in the abdomen (Carb-V.) (Bt.).

Sensation as if a stone was in the stomach (Bry., Nux-V., Puls.) (Bt.).

Violent vomiting of ingesta, serous liquids with flakes, also brown or black substances, with violent burning pains in the stomach and watery diarrhœa, accompanied with cramps of the abdominal muscles and extremities (Ra.)

Stomach disordered, after eating ice-cream or fruit (Ipec., Phos.) (Hr.).

The stomach does not seem to assimilate cold water; it is wanted, but cannot drink it (Ra.).

Desire for pungent things, acids, acid fruits, milk, and coffee (K.).

COMPLAINTS RETURN ANNUALLY (Carb-V., Lach., Sulph., Thuj.). (A,).

Retention of urine after confinement (Arn., Caust., Hyos., Op., Sec.) (K.).

Cholera Asiatica; intense vomiting and purging; intense thirst; the surface of the body is as cold as ice, but internally, the patient feels as if full of fire (F.).

Arsenic should be thought of in ailments from chewing tobacco, alcoholism, sea-bathing, sausage poisoning, dissecting wounds, anthrax poison and stings of venomous insects.

AGGRAVATION: Periodically at night; after midnight (from 1 to 2 A. M.); on entering a cold place; from cold food or drinks; from rapid walking; from the use of milk; from cold; and when lying on the affected side, with the head low.

AMELIORATION: From external heat; when moving about: from warmth; from hot drinks; and from hot food.

RELATIONSHIP. COMPLEMENTARY: All-S., Anthr., Carb-V., Phos., Pyrog., Rhus-T., Sec., and Thuj.

ANTIDOTES: Camph., Carb-V., Chin., Chin-S., Ferr., Hep., Iod., Ipec., Lach., Nux-V., Samb., Tab., and Verat. To large doses: Sesquioxide of Iron, Hydrated Peroxide of Iron, or Precipitated Carbonate of Iron; juice of sugar cane or honey water; lime water in copious draughts; emetics of Sulphate of Zinc.; Carbonate of Potash and Magnesia, shaken in oil; infusion of astringent substances; and large quantities of diluent drinks.

ARSENICUM ANTIDOTES: Carb-V., Chin., Ferr., Graph., Iod., Ipec., Lach., Merc., Nux-V., and Verat. Also lead poisoning and evil effects of alcohol.