Arsenite of Antimony
by William Boericke — Pocket Manual of Homoeopathic Materia Medica & Repertory
Found useful in emphysema with excessive dyspnœa and cough, much mucous secretion. Worse on eating and lying down. Catarrhal pneumonia associated with influenza. Myocarditis and cardiac weakness. Pleurisy, especially of left side, with exudation and pericarditis, with effusion. Sense of weakness. Inflammation of eyes and œdema of face.
Third trituration.
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Antimonium Arsenicosum 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.
“Arsenite of antimony. Formula , (Sb2O3 ) AsO5 + 3 p. c. (For chemical preparation, see All. Hom. Zeit., 79, 76) Preparation , Triturations. Authority. Isnard (A. H. Z., 79, 76, Review of Therap. Andw. des Arsen.) took daily increasing doses of .01 to 0.10 of centigramme; symptoms began on the sixth day. Congestion of…”
“Arseniate of Antimony. (Sb 2 O 3 ) As O 5 + 3 p.c. Trituration. Catarrhal pneumonia / Emphysema / Ophthalmia / Pericarditis / Phthisis / Pleurisy / Pneumonia / Sciatica Antim. ars. is said to affect preferably upper left lung. Emphysema where the dyspnœa is excessive. Haarer is the chief authority for this drug…”
“Arsenite of Antimony. (Sb 2 O 3 ) As O 5 + 3 p. c. Prepared first by Papilland and Mousnier and introduced in the Old School practice under the name of antimonial granulations. Proved by Isnard and Used by Payr in emphysema. Rush of blood to head. Pain in forehead. Pressure in temples. Pain in orbits. Inflammation of…”
Kent's Repertory lists Antimonium Arsenicosum in 7 rubrics. These are the ones where it carries the highest grade — the symptoms Kent treated as most characteristic.
