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ABROTANUM [Abrot]
Southernwood; Old Man Tree; Boy! "o#e; "ad! "o#e$
%ntroduction
%n Abrotanum we ha#e a #aluable remedy o& mara!mic children$ %t ha! many !ymptom! in
common with Aethu!a cynapium' and many other! that !harply di&&erentiate the two dru(!$ %n
both we &ind e)treme wea*ne!!; inability to !tand' or e#en to hold the head erect$ But the
Abrotanum child' in!tead o& bein( unable to ta*e mil*' cra#e! bread boiled in mil*' to !ati!&y it!
(nawin( hun(er$ both dru(! ha#e' +Thin*in( di&&icult; lo!! o& comprehen!ion$
But the mental !ymptom! o& Aethu!a and Abrotanum help to di!tin(ui!h between them$ %n
Aethu!a' +,ool! Par!ley-' there i! con&u!ion' inability to thin*' almo!t idiocy$ Abrotanum ha!
al!o incapacity &or thou(ht; but may be e)tremely irritable' cro!!' ill.natured/ e#en #iolent and
inhuman/ would li*e to do !omethin( cruel$ No humanity$
Our idea o& Abrotanum' +"ad! "o#e-' i! a (reyi!h.(reen !hrubby plant' (rowin( 0u!t in!ide the
(arden (ate o& country cotta(e!$ %n pa!!in( in our out one in!tincti#ely cru!he! what 1ulpepper
de!cribe! a! +it! numerou! lea#e! di#ided into many &ine bri!tly !e(ment!' o& a &ine pale (reen
colour- in order to retain on one! &in(er! it! charmin( !cent$ Thi!' no doubt' (ained it the name
o& "ad! "o#e/ &or in all the centurie! it mu!t ha#e been pluc*ed by our lad! &or !hy pre!entation
to the maiden! o& their choice ; doubtle!! to be pre!!ed and !acredly pre!er#ed in many an
ancient Bible' a&ter the manner o& out country.&ol*' to re*indle' throu(hout li&e' it! !weet
memorie! o& youth and court!hip$
Abrotanum i! one o& our old 2n(li!h herbal remedie!$ %n 1U"P2PP2RS 2n(li!h Phy!ician 3it!
Pre&ace i! dated 45678' we read in re(ard to Abrotanum$
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+The !eed brui!ed' heated in warm water' and dran*' help! tho!e that are troubled with cramp!
or con#ul!ion! o& the the !inew!' and !ciatica' and brin(in( down women! cour!e!$ The !ame
ta*en in wine i! an antidote a(ain!t all poi!on!$ The bac*bone anointed with the oil cure! the
a(ue' it remo#e! in&lammation! in the eye!' i& part o& a roa!ted 9uince and a &ew crumb! o& bread be boiled and added$ Boiled with barley.meal' it remo#e! pimple! and wheal! &rom the &ace' or
other part! o& the body$
The !eed and the dried herb *ill! worm! in children; the herb brui!ed and applied draw! out
!plinter! and thorn! &rom the &le!h$ The a!he! min(led with old !alad oil' help! tho!e that are
bald' cau!in( the hair to (row a(ain on the head or beard$ A !tron( decoction o& the lea#e! i! a
(ood worm medicine' but i! di!a(reeable and nau!eou!$ The lea#e! are a (ood in(redient in
&omentation! &or ea!in( pain' di!per!in( !wellin(!' or !toppin( the pro(re!! o& (an(rene!$- :e
!pea*! o& it! &ine pale (reen colour' and plea!ant !mell$
B"A1 "2TT2R S<MPTOMS
=reat wea*ne!! and pro!tration with a *ind o& hectic &e#er/ with children' a&ter in&luen>a$
%tchin( chilblain! 3compare Nu)' A(aricu!8$
Pain&ul' in&lammatory rheumati!m be&ore the !wellin( commence!$
=out$ Pain&ul and in&lamed wri!t! and an*le 0oint!$
SOM2 NOTAB"2 S<MPTOMS
Sen!ation o& creepin( chill! alon( con#olution! o& brain$
Appetite #ery (reat; ra#enou!' while emaciatin($ 3Or' lo!! o& appetite$8
Sen!ation a! i& !tomach were han(in(' or !wimmin( in water' with a peculiar &eelin( o& coldne!!
and dullne!! to all irritant!$
A&ter !udden chec*in( o& diarrhoea' rheumati!m$
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Pile! appeared and became wor!e a! rheumatic pain! abated$
,re9uent de!ire to !tool' but little but blood pa!!ed$
?e!troy! worm!' e!pecially a!caride!$
Twitchin(' o#arian re(ion! ; pain! e)tend to bac*$
Suppre!!ed men!e!$
%n pleuri!y 3a&ter Acon$' and Bry$8 when a pre!!in( !en!ation remain! in a&&ected !ide' impedin(
&ree breathin($
:ectic &e#er' #ery wea*enin( 3mara!mu!8$
1ontraction o& the limb! &rom cramp!' or &ollowin( colic$
%n mara!mu!' the !*in i! &labby and han(! loo!e$
NAS: mention! Abrotanum !i) time! in hi! "eader!$ %t! chie& u!e!' &or him' are !ummed up a! /
Mara!mu!' mo!t pronounced in lower e)tremitie!' &rom malnutrition$
?iarrhoea$
?iarrhoea alternatin( with rheumati!m$
@e will 9uote the!e pa!!a(e! becau!e they (i#e #ery de&inite indication! a! re(ard! the u!e! o&
the remedy' and what i! !o important' hi! u!e&ul compari!on! with other remedie! o& li*e
condition! or !ymptom!$
%n re(ard to mara!mu!' he point! out that' wherea! Sanicula' Natrum mur$ and "ycopodium
emaciate &rom abo#e downward!' Abrotanum emaciate! &rom below' upward!$
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O& Nat$ mur$ he !ay!' No remedy i! more hun(ry' yet he lo!e! &le!h while eatin( well 3Acet$ a$'
Abrotanum' %odine' Sanicula and Tuberculinum8$
%n Nat$ mur$ emaciation i! mo!t noticeable in the nec*/ Abrotanum in the le(!$
%n the mara!mu! o& children we ha#e to choo!e amon( remedie! !uch a! Bar$ carb$' Silica'
Abrotanum' Nat$ m$' Sulphur' 1alc$ and %od$ Under all the!e remedie! we may &ind emaciation o&
the re!t o& the body' while the abdomen i! (reatly enlar(ed$ A(ain' under e#ery one o& them' the
child may ha#e a #oraciou! appetite; eat enou(h' but (row poor all the time$ %t i! a de&ecti#e
a!!imilation$
1ertain remedie! alternate !ymptom!' a! ali bi$ where rheumatic and dy!enteric !ymptom!
alternate$ Al!o Abrotanum$
Abrotanum ha! ra#enou! hun(er/ lo!in( &le!h while eatin( well 3%od$' Nat$ m$' Sanic$' Tub$8$
Mara!mu! o& the lower limb! only$
Abrotanum i! al!o a remedy o& boil!' o& rheumati!m/ o& (out; e!pecially o& wri!t! and an*le
0oint! 3Ruta8$
%t ha! a reputation &or hydrocele in children / thi! we ha#e rapidly cured' be&ore now' with
Rhododendron$
By &ar the be!t picture o& Abrotanum i! to be &ound in Allen! eynote!$
A1ON%TUM [Acon]
%ntroduction
+My heart i! di!9uieted within me/ and the &ear o& death i! &allen upon me$
+,ear&ulne!! and tremblin( are come upon me/ and an horrible dread hath o#erwhelmed me$-
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T:2 Sweet P!almi!t o& %!rael' the @arrior in(' who nearly three thou!and year! a(o !wept the
!trin(! o& all human emotion! and e)perience!/ who ha! in!pired a hundred (eneration! with
coura(e' reliance' con&idencerepentance/ who reached the !ublime!t hei(ht!' and &athomed the
depth! o& !u&&erin(' berea#ement' and remor!e' e#en he had hi! Aconite moment o& !olid'unrea!onin( ,2AR$
:i! word!' abo#e' are practically tho!e o& the pro#in(! o& Aconite$
2NT !ay!' +Aconite i! li*e a (reat !torm ; it come!' and !weep! o#er' and pa!!e! away$- +%t i!
a !hort.actin( remedy/ a #iolent poi!on in lar(e do!e!' either de!troyin( li&e' or pa!!in( away in
it! e&&ect! 9uite !oon' !o that i& the patient reco#er!' reco#ery i! not delayed$ There are no
chronic di!ea!e! &ollowin( it$
The #ery &ace o& Aconite e)pre!!e! ,2AR' and Aconite i! curati#e in ailment! &rom &ri(ht' mental'
or phy!ical' e#en to 0aundice; 0u!t a! 1hamomilla i! curati#e o& ailment!' e#en to 0aundice'
cau!ed by ra(e and an(er' or Staphi!a(ria o& ailment! cau!ed by real' or ima(inary' in!ult! and
(rie#ance!$
But the &ear! o& Aconite are more or le!! intan(ible$ The *nown' the de&inite' ha! no terror! &or
Aconite$ %t ha! not the &ear o& po#erty o& BR<ON%A' the &ear o& thunder o& P:OSP:ORUS' the
&ear o& do(! o& B2""A?ONNA' the &ear o& approach o& ARN%1A' the &ear when alone o&
Ar!enicum' Ar(entum nit$ But Aconite ha! the ,2AR O, ?2AT:' the &ear o& dar*ne!!' the &ear
o& bed' the &ear o& (ho!t!$ Aconite ha! not only the &ear o& death' but it predict! the #ery hour o&
death$ A! ent put! it' +%& a cloc* i! in the room' he will !ay that when the hand! reach a certain
point' he will be a corp!e$- %t i! Aconite who call! hi! &riend! around' and ta*e! lea#e o& them$
Aconite ha! thou(ht! o& death' the pre!entiment o& death' predict! the time o& death$ And !uch a
mental !tate' occurrin( in the cour!e o& any illne!!' or a&ter any !hoc*' &ri(ht or operation' call! &or Aconite$
Aconite i! a 9uic*. actin(' !uper&icial remedy' &or acute and mo!t di!tre!!in( condition!' when
the patient$ (ettin( Aconite' lie! down' rela)e!' and !leep!$ The !torm ha! pa!!ed$
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%t i! homoeopathy that can admini!ter to intan(ible' but torturin( di!tre!!$ And remember'
Aconite i! no dope' it i! merely promptly curati#e o& the condition! it ha! actually produced in
poi!onin(! and in pro#in(!$
?r$ 1lar*e once !aid' +%& e#er you come acro!! a boo* by :enry N$ =uern!ey' buy it$- And
=U2RNS2< ha! an illuminatin( article on Aconite$ :e !ay!/
+The (eniu! o& thi! hi(hly u!e&ul remedy i! throu(h the mental !phere' and it i! alway! important
to con!ider the mental !ymptom!$ Almo!t certainly thi! remedy !hould ne#er be (i#en in ca!e!
where the !ic*ne!! i! borne with calmne!! and patience$ %& Aconite i! e#en to be thou(ht o&' we
will &ind mental unea!ine!!' worry' or &ear' accompanyin( a mo!t tri&lin( ailment' !uch a!
in&lammation o& the eyelid!$ =reat and uncontrollable an(ui!h' an)iety' and (reat &ear' are
characteri!tic o& the Aconite di!ea!e$
+1omplaint! cau!ed by &ri(ht' and the &ear remain!$ 3Opium$8
+Predict! the e)pected day o& hi! death' i! #ery characteri!tic$
+%n the delirium i! unhappine!!' worry' de!pair' ra#in(' with e)pre!!ion o& &ear upon the
countenance' but there i! rarely uncon!ciou!ne!!$
+2a!y bleedin(' o& bri(ht' pure' red blood' attended by a (reat &ear o& death$
+Acti#e haemorrha(e! &rom any part o& the body' uterine or other' accompanied with &ear o&
death and ner#ou! e)citability$-
,ear o& death may be !o (reat' that people ha#e actually *illed them!el#e! &or &ear o& dyin( 3%
my!el& *new one !uch ca!e$8
Sha*e!peare !ay! that +There i! nothin( either (ood or bad' but thin*in( ma*e! it !o$- And with
Aconite' it i! lar(ely the thin*in( that ma*e! it !o$
%t i! the unreal' the intan(ible' that !tri*e terror into Aconite' and &ailin( Aconite' you may
almo!t ha#e to &a*e the cloc*' in order to !a#e li&e$
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ent !ay!' +The patient! mo!t in need o& Aconite are the !tron(' robu!t people$
+The patient !eem! threatened with !udden' #iolent death' but reco#ery i! 9uic*$ A (reat !torm'
and !oon o#er$-
Aconite i! the remedy o& cold' dry weather' li*e :epar' Nu) and a &ew other!; while cold' wet
weather a&&ect! !uch people a! need ?ulcamara' Rhu!' etc$
NAS: (i#e! Aconite a! one o& the (reate!t PA%N remedie!; hi! trio here bein( Aconite'
1hamomilla and 1o&&ea$
But the pain! o& 1hamomilla are accompanied by inten!e irritability' tho!e o& 1o&&ea by
e)citement' by +a !en!iti#ene!! o& the !*in beyond comprehen!ion-' and are curiou!ly
a((ra#ated by noi!e' while tho!e o& Aconite' a! !aid' are intolerable and accompanied by
an(ui!h and ,2AR$
A! ent put! it' Aconite +!cream! with pain$ Pain! li*e *ni#e!$ Some aw&ul thin( mu!t be upon
him' or he could not ha#e !uch dread&ul !u&&erin(!$ Predict! the day o& hi! death' a! a re!ult o&
the aw&ulne!! that !eem! to be o#erwhelmin( him$ And thi! mental picture i! alway! pre!ent' in
pneumonia; in in&lammation! o& the *idney!' o& the li#er' o& the bowel!' in any part o& the bodywhere Aconite i! u!e&ul$-
Na!h !ay!' +Aconite ha! (reat di!tre!! in the heart and che!t' while with Belladonna e#erythin(
!eem! to centre in the head$-
And he 9uote! :erin( a! to the Aconite &e#er$ +:eat' with thir!t; hard' &ull and &re9uent pul!e'
an)iou! impatience' unappea!able' be!ide him!el&' to!!in( about with a(ony$-
Aconite ha! been' perhap!' rather ne(lected in our day$ The old homoeopath! *new how to u!e
it$ But !omeone (a#e #ent to the un&ortunate platitude' which ha! been pa!!ed on' +By the time
you !ee the ca!e' it i! already too late &or Aconite$- Rubbi!h The Aconite condition may come
on at any moment' in any illne!!' a&ter !ur(ical inter&erence' when Aconite will re!tore !peedy
peace' and lea#e no a&ter.e&&ect!$
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Aconite ha! been !tyled the :omoeopathic "ancet/ &or it wa! Aconite' that &ini!hed
+bloodlettin(-' by the !i(nal relie& it (a#e in the on!et o& the mo!t in&lammatory condition!
3pleuri!y' pneumonia' etc$8 where' not to bleed wa! actually re(arded a! tantamount to murder$
Aconite i! an e)ample o& the u!ele!!ne!! o& (ettin( your *nowled(e o& dru(! &rom their e&&ect! on
animal!$ 1lar*e record! an attempt to de!troy an elephant' where a carrot wa! !craped out' and
enou(h aconitine to poi!on C'DDD men wa! put in$ The elephant ate it readily' but nothin(
happened' and three hour! later a lar(e do!e o& pru!!ic acid had to be admini!tered' which !oon
pro#ed &atal$
A! 1lar*e !ay!' +Aconite i! one o& the deadlie!t and mo!t rapidly actin( o& poi!on!' yet' throu(h
:ahnemann! di!co#erie!' it ha! been tran!&ormed into the be!t &riend o& the nur!ery$-
+Aconite i! the remedy o& the ro!y' chubby' plethoric baby'- !ay! ent$ And one #i!uali>e! a
!cenea !mall' healthy baby (irl' with hi(h &e#er' cryin( out and throwin( her!el& about in her
mother! arm!; an(ui!hed and unable to e)pre!! her trouble e)cept by bur!t! o& cryin(/ her
mother almo!t &rantic/+% dont want to lo!e her- And then' 0u!t a wee do!e o& !weet !u(ar
medicated with Aconite' the potency immaterial' and the !torm !oon o#er$
,or Aconite i! at it! mo!t indi!pen!able in hou!ehold! and in the nur!ery' &or !udden' !e#ere
e&&ect!' &ollowin( chill! and &ri(ht!' with re!tle!!ne!!' an)iety' &ear' and e)alted !en!ibility$
And thi! i! what :A:N2MANN !ay!$ +Aconite i! the &ir!t and main remedy' in minute do!e!' in
in&lammation! o& the windpipe 3croup' membranou! laryn(iti!8' in #ariou! *ind! o&
in&lammation! o& the throat and &auce!' a! al!o in the local acute in&lammation! o& all other
part!' particularly where' in addition to thir!t and 9uic* pul!e' there are pre!ent an)iou!
impatience' an unappea!able mental a(itation' and a(oni>in( to!!in( about$ %n the !election o&
Aconite a! a homoeopathic remedy particular attention !hould be paid to the !ymptom! o& the
di!po!ition' !o that they !hould be #ery !imilar$- :e pint! out that it i! al!o +an indi!pen!able
acce!!ory remedy e#en in the mo!t ob!tinate chronic a&&ection!' when the !y!tem re9uire! a
diminution o& the !o.called ten!ion o& the blood #e!!el!$-
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2l!ewhere' in Sir Eohn @eir! paper' +:omoeopathy' an 2)planation o& it! Principle!'- will be
&ound a ca!e' which i! worth repeatin( here$ +At 4D$7D p$m$ one ni(ht' % wa! called to !ee a man
!u&&erin( &rom urticariaanaphylactica&ter anti. tetanu! !erum$ :e wa! almo!t be!ide him!el&
with &ear and an)iety / #ery re!tle!!' couldnt *eep !till/ certain he wa! (oin( to die$ Thir!ty' &elthot' (reat &ear o& bein( alone$ Fery apprehen!i#e$ 2#erythin( had to be done at once$ Rheumatic
pain! intolerable/ !aid they were dri#in( him cra>y$
+:ere Aconite' in the 7Dth potency' (a#e almo!t in!tant relie&' and in &i&teen minute! the patient
wa! 9uite him!el& a(ain$ Thi! wa! one o& the mo!t dramatic thin(! % ha#e e#er !een$-
One could run on inde&initely with Aconite' it! wonder&ul !oothin( e&&ect in heart di!ea!e' where
an acute condition ha! !uper#ened' with palpitation' an(ui!h' and (reat di!tre!!$ Such a! with a
Bel(ian re&u(ee durin( the early day! o& @ar; a bad heart ca!e' with condition dan(erou!ly'
almo!t &atally a((ra#ated' while waitin( &or day! &or embar*ation' e)po!ed on the 9uay to cold'
e)hau!tion' and &ear; in idney di!ea!e' a! with a boy in ho!pital' with (eneral drop!y' better
e#ery time &or Aconite' then permanently bene&ited by Sulphurwhich i! the +chronic- o&
Aconite$ %t i! well to remember that' where Aconite i! too !uper&icial &or what ha! already
become chronic' Sulphur' it! +chronic- i! (enerally the remedy' in the !ame way that 1alcarea i!
the chronic o& Belladonna$ Then' a(ain' in in&lammation o& the bladder' in !uppre!!ed urine' ormen!e!; and endle!! other condition! re!ultin( &rom' or accompanied by' chill' !hoc*' &ri(ht'
&ear$
Aconite' remember' i! a #ery (reat ,2F2R remedy/ but i! only the &e#er remedy o& Aconite
&e#er!$ ent !ay!' +Ne#er (i#e Aconite in blood.poi!onin(' !uch a! we &ind in !carlet &e#er'
typhoid' etc$ @e &ind nothin( o& the #iolent !ymptom! o& Aconite in !uch condition!$ The ner#ou!
irritability o& Aconite i! ne#er pre!ent' but the oppo!ite; the !tupor' the la>ine!!' the purple !*in/
wherea! Aconite i! bri(ht.red$ Aconite ha! no !ymptom! li*e the !low type! o& continued &e#er!$
The Aconite &e#er i! (enerally one !hort' !harp attac*$ Some remedie! ha#e periodicitie!' or
wa#e!/ Aconite ha! no !uch thin($ The mo!t #iolent attac* o& &e#er will !ub!ide in a ni(ht i&
Aconite i! the remedy$-
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The !en!ation! o& the #ariou! dru(! are !u((e!ti#e and help&ul' a!' &or in!tance' Aconite tin(le!'
"ache!i! hammer!' Ar!enicum may !titch with hot needle!' Bryonia' ali carb$' and Spi(elia
!titch and !tab' the &ir!t and the la!t on mo#ement e!pecially; ali carb$ independently o&
mo#ement al!o' and !o on$
@e will conclude with e)tract! &rom the actual pro#in(! o& Aconite' (i#en in blac* type o&
:ahnemann' in Allen! 2ncyclopedia and in :erin(! =uidin( Symptom!; that i! to !ay'
!ymptom! a(ain and a(ain brou(ht out in healthy pro#er!' and a(ain and a(ain &ound curati#e
in the !ic* o& a li*e !ic*ne!!$
B"A1 "2TT2R S<MPTOMS 3:ahnemann and Allen8
Ni(htly ra(in( delirium$
Fariable humour' (ay' then de0ected$
:e did all thin(! hurriedly$
=reat #e)ation about tri&le!$
=reat an)iety/ (reat internal an)iety$
%ncon!olable an)iety$
2)tremely di!po!ed to be cro!!$
,ear o& approachin( death$
"amentable &ear! o& approachin( death$
Apprehen!ion / !adne!!/ !olicitude$
,ear o& !ome mi!&ortune happenin( to him$
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%ncon!olable an)iety and piteou! howlin(' with complaint! and reproache! about 3o&ten tri#ial8
e#il!$
2)ce!!i#e re!tle!!ne!! and to!!in( about &or hour!$
Fery re!tle!! ni(ht!$ Re!tle!! to!!in( in bed$
Palpitation o& the heart and (reat an)iety' increa!ed heat o& body' e!pecially in the &ace$ She i!
a! i& !tupe&ied &rom &lyin( redne!! in the &ace$
Un!teadine!! o& idea!/ i& !he want! to pur!ue a train o& thou(ht a !econd cha!e! thi! away'and a
third a(ain di!place! thi!' until !he become! 9uite con&u!ed$
@ant o& memory' a! i& what he had 0u!t done were a dream' and he can !carcely recall what it
wa!$
@ea*ne!! o& memory$
:2A? in &ront a! i& nailed up$
Pain in intolerable' dri#e! him cra>y$
,ullne!! and hea#ine!! in &orehead' a! i& an out.pre!!in( wei(ht lay there' and a! i& all would be
&orced out at the &orehead$
:eat in head$ Burnin( headache a! i& brain were a(itated by boilin( water$
,ullne!! in head$ Semilateral drawin( in head$
Throbbin( le&t !ide &orehead/ while !tron( beat! occur in the ri(ht !ide by &it!$
Ferti(o/ !ta((er! e!pecially to the ri(ht$
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Ferti(o with nau!ea' e!pecially ri!in( &rom !ittin($
Ferti(o wor!e !ha*in( head' whereby complete dar*ne!! come! be&ore the eye!$
?ilated pupil!$ Photophobia$
%n&lammation 2<2S with lachrymation' which cau!e! !o much pain and &ri(ht that he wi!he! &or
death$
%n&lammation o& eye!' e)tremely pain&ul$
=reat !en!iti#ene!! to NO%S2$
2P%STAG%S$
=reat !en!ibility o& ol&actory ner#e$
1reepin( pain in 1:22S$
Sen!ation o& the &ace (rowin( lar(e$
Penetratin( &ine !titche! in tip o& TON=U2$
Ton(ue !wollen$
?ryne!! o& mouth$
Burnin( in T:ROAT$
=reat thir!t$
2mpty eructation!$ Nau!ea$
Fomit! lumbrici$
%nclination to #omit' a! i& had eaten !omethin( di!(u!tin(ly !weet or (rea!y$
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Fiolent #omitin($
Pre!!i#e pain' STOMA1:' li*e a wei(ht$
Ten!i#e pre!!in( pain li*e a wei(ht in !tomach and hypochondria$
Swollen' di!tended AB?OM2N' li*e a!cite!$
,latulent colic in hypo(a!trium a! i& he had ta*en a &latu!. producin( pur(ati#e$
Burnin( in umbilical re(ion$
Sen!iti#ene!! o& abdomen to touch' a! &rom !li(ht peritoneal in&lammation$ Burnin( in abdomen$
1uttin( in inte!tine!$
=reat !wellin( o& abdomen which i! pain&ul to touch$
@hite STOO"$
Pain in rectum$ Shootin( and achin( in anu!$
An)iou! de!ire to urinate$
UR%N2 hot' dar*.coloured$
,etid breath$
Sen!iti#ene!! o& "AR<NG to touch$
:oar!ene!!$ :oar!e' dry' loud cou(h$
2)pectoration o& bri(ht red blood$ :aemopty!i!$
?i&&icult re!piration$
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S9uee>in( pain in che!t$
1reepin( pain in che!t$ Stitche! in che!t with cou(h$
An)iety about :2ART$ Palpitation and an)iety$
Pul!e contracted' &ull' power&ul' &ebrile' e)ceedin( 4DD beat! to minute$
Rheumatic pain nape o& N21/ only on mo#in($
Fiolent' !hootin(' di((in( pain le&t o& !pine$
Brui!ed pain in articulation o& lowe!t lumbar #ertebra with !acrum/ !acrum &eel! hac*ed o&&$
1ool !weat on PA"MS$
1reepin( pain in &in(er!$
1oldne!! o& &eet$
@ea*ne!! and la)ity o& the li(ament! o& all 0oint!$
<awn! o&ten without bein( !leepy$
"i(ht S"22P$
Fery re!tle!! ni(ht!/ to!!in( in bed$ 2)ce!!i#e re!tle!!ne!!$
An)iou! dream!/ wa*e! with a !tart$
1hill o& whole body' with hot &orehead/ hot ear lobe' and internal dry heat$
Sli(ht per!piration all o#er body$
Fery &ine !tin(in(' or !tin(in( burnin( pain in many part!' !*in$
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Redne!! and heat o& one' coldne!! and palene!! o& the other chee*$
Toward! e#enin(' burnin( heat in head and &ace' redne!! o& chee*! and out.pre!!in( headache$
Toward! e#enin(' dry heat in &ace with an)iety$
NOTAB"2 OR HU22R S<MPTOMS AN? %N?%1AT%ONS
1on!triction at throat$ Scratchin( and con!triction$ ?ryne!!' a! i& !omethin( had !truc* in
throat$
:e &re9uently pulled at the throat$
The abdomen !eemed a! i& &ull o& water$
Burnin( &eelin( &rom !tomach up throu(h oe!opha(u! to mouth$
@hite &aece! and red urine$
Sli(ht !en!ation o& !pla!hin( in bladder when urinatin($
Numb !en!ation' !mall o& bac* into le(!$
@hole body !en!iti#e to touch/ child will not allow it!el& to be mo#ed/ it whine! $
Mo!t o& the !ymptom! are accompanied by !hi#erin( and an)iety$
,ine pric*in(' a! &rom needle! here and there on body$
1on#ul!ion! o& teethin( children/ heat' !tartin(!' twitchin( o& !in(le mu!cle!$ 1hild (naw! it!
&i!t!/ &ret! ; crie! $
Fiolent chill!' dry heat$
A&ter a #iolent chill' dry heat with di&&icult breathin(' lancinatin( pain throu(h che!t$
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%n&lammatory &e#er! and in&lammation!' with heat' dry and !*in' #iolent thir!t' red &ace' or
alternate red and pale &ace; (roanin( and to!!in( about; !hortne!! o& breath; con(e!tion to
head$
Bad e&&ect! &rom !uppre!!ed !weat!' etc$
Pain intolerable$ Numbne!!/ tin(lin(!; &ormication!$
Mea!le!; dry bar*in( cou(h; pain&ul hoar!ene!!; cannot bear li(ht$
Ton(ue red$
"ocal con(e!tion! and in&lammation!$
Neuriti! with tin(lin($ =a!tric catarrh &rom chillin( !tomach with ice water when heated$ 3Ar!$8$
A2S1U"US :%PPO1ASTANUM [Ae!c]
Pa(e!/ 4 C
3:or!e 1he!tnut8$
%ntroduction
A! NAS: !ay!' +thi! i! one o& the remedie! that i! not !o remar*able &or it! wide ran(e o&
action' a! it i! &or po!iti#ene!! within it! ran(e-$
%t! !en!ation! are' hea#ine!! and lamene!!' e!pecially in the !acro.iliac re(ion!$ ,ullne!! tobur!tin( in &auce!' !tomach' bowel!' rectum and che!t/ &ullne!! in #ariou! part!' a! i& they
contained an undue amount o& bloodheart' lun(!' !tomach' brain' !*in$ And' a! ent
empha!i>e!' purplene!! o& con(e!ted part!$ :e !ay!/ +Ae!culu! i! a #enou! remedy' en(or(ed
and &ull' !ometime! to bur!tin($ Now there i! another &eature % want to brin( out$ <ou will notice
that where con(e!tion ta*e! place it i! purple' or blue in colour$ The remedy i! not acti#e in it!
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in&lammatory !tate' it i! !lu((i!h and pa!!i#e the heart i! labourin( and the #ein! are con(e!ted$
%t i! one o& the mo!t &re9uently indicated remedie! in the haemorrhoidal con!titution' a! it u!ed
to be called$-
@hile =U2RNS2< 3eynote!8 lay! hi! &in(er' a! u!ual' on the !pot when he !ay!/ +The (uidin(
thread directin( the u!e o& thi! remedy i! &ound in the rectum' haemorrhoidal #e!!el!' !acrum
and bac*$-
Popular u!e and ob!er#ation!' a! !o o&ten' point to it! remedial u!e!/ a! when :erin( tell! u!
+that it cau!e! prolap!u! ani in cattle which &eed on it-and we learn that +the nut! are carried
in the poc*et to a#oid' or to cure pile!-$
The blac* letter !ymptom! o& a dru(' i$e$ the !ymptom! out!tandin(ly cau!ed and cured by it' are
pretty !tron( pointer! to it! mo!t &re9uent and brilliant e)ploit! o& healin($ =lance down them/
+Rectum &eel! &ull/ !ore with burnin( and itchin(; &ull o& !mall !tic*!- 3a (reat characteri!tic o&
the dru(8$ Then the u!ually +blind- haemorrhoid!' protrudin(' achin(' burnin(' purpli!h' with
!hootin( pain! to !acrum and bac*$ And then the dull bac*ache that ma*e! wal*in( almo!t
impo!!ible' and i! a(ony' i& one !toop!' or ri!e! &rom !toopin($ 2#en the headache appear! to
a&&ect the !acrum and hip!; a(ain wor!e by wal*in(' and by !toopin( &orward!$
,or !uch bac*ache' one ha! al!o to con!ider 3inter alia8 A(aricu!$ %n the Repertory both ha#e
!acral pain in blac* type/ A(ar$ when !ittin(' Ae!c$ when ri!in( &rom !ittin(' when !toopin('
when wal*in(' and e)tendin( to hip!$ And Ae!c$ ta*e! al!o the !acro.iliac articulation!$ But
dont be cau(ht out by a !acro.iliac !ublu)ation' a&ter a &all' a twi!t' an aw*ward li&t' a
con&inement' an operation$ :ere Ae!culu!' or whate#er the dru( o& the !ymptom! may be' will
palliate' but it will not cure$ ?ont lo!e your &aith in the remedy o& li*e !ymptom!' becau!e it
cannot relea!e the catch'and let the 0oint !nap home$ :ahnemann warned u! one hundred year!a(o that mechanical le!ion! mu!t be mechanically treated$ They are not the pro#ince o&
medicine$ By mechanical read0u!tment! o& pel#i! a lar(e number o& ca!e! o& !ciatica may be
cured; till one i! apt to thin* all ca!e!; and then one come! alon(' where manipulation &ail!' and
!ome other operati#e procedure i! indicated' or !ome !imple remedy in which you had lo!t &aith
becau!e it did not cure what had been beyond it! pro#ince' come! in brilliantly$ Sciatica may
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ha#e many cau!e!/ one remember! well one ho!pital ca!e where a bul(e on the &emur in it!
upper third wa! di!co#ered and which G.ray dia(no!ed a! probably !arcoma' but which
practically di!appeared with o& all thin(! ,errum$ Thi! wa! pre!cribed' not on account o& the
bone condition' not becau!e o& the probable dia(no!i!' but becau!e o& !ome !illy little !ymptom!' peculiar to that patient with' whate#er mi(ht be the matter with him The ho!pital ca!e boo*!
!till contain the apparently !i(ni&icant picture!/ while the man !o &ar reco#ered that he wa!
called up &or war' and only e)empted on the !tren(th o& tho!e G.ray picture!; but he remained
well' to our *nowled(e' year! a&ter$
But we mu!t (et bac* to Ae!culu!' and here one remember! in war day! a #ery !u&&erin( nur!e'
who had attended a cold and humid &uneral' with the re!ult that !he did not *now how !he wa! to
(o on duty' becau!e o& the aw&ul pain in the lower part o& her bac* ; a pain that would not let her
!toop' or ri!e &rom !toopin($ The Repertory wa! a!*ed &or the remedyAe!culu!' and !he wa!
(i#en a do!e and !ent to lie down$ %n a couple o& hour! !he reappeared happy and ready &or
wor*' and one heard no more o& the bac*ache$ There are people who ha#e an idea that
:omoeopathy i! !low$ %! it %n !imple acute !ic*ne!! nothin( can be 9uic*er; only it mu!t be
:omoeopathy; i$e$ the !ymptom! in patient and dru( mo!t corre!pond$ The wor!t o& wor*in( by
law i!' that it wont wor* when it i!nt law =i#e it a &air chance i& you want to pull it o&&$ But one
mu!t allow that it i! !ometime! di&&icult$ But you will &ind that +the more you put into it' the more
you (et out-
By the way' one !hould contra!t Ae!culu! with Nitric acid$ Both a&&lict woe&ully' and
mar#ellou!ly com&ort rectum and anu!$
Ae!culu! ha! hi! rectum &ull o& !harp !tic*! 31ollin!onia al!o8; Nitric acid ha! a !plinter there'
pric*in( !harply durin( the pa!!a(e o& !tool$ Nitric acid endure! a(onie! durin( !tool' and &or
hour! a&ter !tool/ with Ae!c$ the pain !eem! to come on !ome hour! a&ter !tool$ Nit$ ac$ ha!
&i!!ure! and bleedin( pile!$ Ae!c$ the lar(e' purple protrudin( pile!' with perhap! the !awin(
*ni&e.pain that will not permit o& !tandin(' !ittin( or lyin(' but only *neelin($ 1uriou!
+per!onalitie!- the!e remedie! o& our! with their #ery de&inite and peculiar characteri!tic!' and
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where no one will do &or another/ a #ery complicated loc*' which only the one *ey o& many &ine
ward! will &it$ They ma*e :omoeopathy #ery ea!y' and #ery di&&icult' and #ery intere!tin($
But in Ae!c$ not only the !acral re(ion!' but the whole !pine i! wea*; ache! dully' and i! wor!e
&rom motion$
And not only the rectum but the whole di(e!ti#e tube' with li#er 3e#en to 0aundice8' ha! burnin(
di!tre!!' with !en!ation! o& &ullne!!' &latulency and colic*y pain; but probably a!!ociated with
rectal and haemorrhoidal !ymptom!$
And with the characteri!tic bac*ache there may be leucorrhoea' dar* yellow' thic* and !tic*y;
and Ae!c$ ha! cau!ed and cured mi!placement!' enlar(ement!' and induration o& the womb' with
(reat tenderne!!' heat' and throbbin($ But all thi! with lamene!! in the lower bac*' which (i#e!
out when wal*in($
:A"2 3New Remedie!8 write! o& Ae!culu!$+A #eritable polycre!t' ha#in( a wide ran(e o&
action' but li*e !ome other polycre!t! it ha! a central point o& action' &rom which radiate a !erie!
o& re&le) !ymptom!$
+Thi! central point o& action i! the li#er and portal !y!tem' and nine out o& e#ery ten o& it!
!ymptom! are due to thi! action$ % ha#e &ound it analo(ou! in it! e&&ect! to Aloe' 1ollin!onia' Nu)
#om$' Sulphur and Podophyllum$
+% ha#e been mo!t !ucce!!&ul with it in con(e!tion o the li#er' when accompanied by pile!$
%ndicated by the !ymptom!achin(' pinchin( pain! in the ri(ht hypochondrium' a((ra#ated by
wal*in($ The pain e)tend! up between the !houlder!$
+1on!tipation' with hard' dry' *notty !tool!' which are white$
+:aemorrhoid!' i& the &ollowin( !ymptom! are pre!ent' are promptly remo#ed by Ae!c$ The
tumour! are protrudin(' or internal' are u!ually purple' hard and #ery !ore 3not raw a! in Aloe!'
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but a brui!ed &eelin(8' with achin(' burnin(' rarely bleedin($ The rectal !ymptom! are
characteri!tic #ery di!a(reeable !en!ation! o& dryne!!' !orene!!' con!triction' &ullne!!' and a
&eelin( a! i& !tic*!' !plinter!' (ra#el or other &orei(n !ub!tance! had become lod(ed in the rectum
&ullne!!. protru!ion' with a de!ire to !train with' u!ually' ab!ence o& actual con!tipation$
+The pain! in the bac* which attend it! rectal !ymptom! are 9uite notable !ometime! !hootin( or
cuttin(' but u!ually con!i!t o& lamene!! a! i& !trained' e)tendin( to hip! or le(!' or an achin( and
wea*ne!! a((ra#ated by wal*in(' !toopin(' or any mo#ement$- ?r$:ale add!' +"a*e Rhu! it!
pain and !ti&&ne!! o&ten (o o&& a&ter continued motion$-
:e !ay! al!o' +?r$:art claim! to ha#e di!co#ered a *eynote in a !ymptom! not &ound in it!
patho(ene!i!.Throbbin( in abdominal and pel#ic ca#itie!; e!pecially the latter$-
And in Ae!c$ not only the pile!' but the #arice! and ulcer! are purple' or rather their
!urroundin(!; du!*y and purple$
2#en heart and che!t are not e)empt &rom the attention! o& Ae!culu!' and probably it! real ran(e
i! wider than we u!ually reali>e; &or :erin( (i#e! it in blac* type &or the- che!t complaint! o&
hor!e!-' hence it! !ame' !uppo!edly' hor!e.che!t. nut$ The pro#in(! !how it! action on the
lun(!.while Na!h ha! &ound it a !econd Ar!enicum in cory>a$ Thi! i! what he write!/
+% ha#e u!ed Ae!culu! with #ery (ood re!ult! in cory>a and !ore throat$ The cory>a i! #ery li*e
the Ar!enic cory>a$ thin' watery and burnin(; but what characteri>e! Ae!c$ here i! !en!ation o&
rawne!!; !en!iti#e to inhaled cold air$ %n the throat it ha! the !ame !en!ation o& rawne!!' both in
the acute &orm and al!o in chronic &ollicular pharyn(iti!' &or which it i! o&ten a (ood remedy$-
Thi! a(ain the pro#in(! !u((e!t' dryne!! o& po!terior nare! and throat' with !nee>in(' &ollowed
by !e#ere cory>a$ Stin(in( and burnin( in po!terior nare! and !o&t palate$ Pric*in(' &ormication'
burnin( and !tin(in( in &auce!; !hootin( in le&t !ide$ Fiolent burnin( in throat' with raw &eelin($
?ryne!! and rou(hne!! o& throat' a! &rom ta*in( cold$ ?ry' con!tricted &auce!$ ?ar* con(e!ted
&auce!' with &ull &eelin( and irritation$ 1atarrhal laryn(iti!; laryn) dry and !ti&&$
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But e#erywhere it will !how it! peculiar characteri!tic!. &ullne!! to bur!tin(.dull achin( bac*'
etc$ prohibit! mo#ement. and e#erywhere con(e!tion and purplene!!' and dryne!!' and burnin($
By the way' ent tell! u! that Ae!c$- i! a wonder&ul eye' remedy' e!pecially when the eye! ha#e
Ihaemorrhoid!/ i$e$ enlar(ed blood #e!!el!$ Redne!!' burnin( lachrymation' with enlar(ed
blood #e!!el!$ %ncrea!ed determination o& blood to the eye! al!o-$ And he point! out that in
common with all the remedie! o& #enou! plethora' Pul!atilla' etc$' the Ae!culu! patient &eel!
better +when !urrounded by cold air-$
B"A1 "2TT2R S<MPTOMS
R21TUM &eel! &ull / dryne!! and itchin($
Rectum &eel! &ull o& !mall !tic*! 3characteri!tic8$ 31oll$8
:ard dry !tool pa!!ed with di&&iculty' with dryne!! o& rectum and heat$
Stool &ollowed by rectal &ullne!!$
:aemorrhoid!' blind and pain&ul' rarely bleedin($
:aemorrhoid! pain&ul' burnin(' purpli!h; (enerally +blind-$
Pain in haemorrhoid! li*e a *ni&e' !awin( up and down/ could not !it' !tand or lie; only *neel$
+Some carry the nut! in their breeche! poc*et! a! a pre#enti#e$-
"2U1ORR:O2A with lamene!! in bac* acro!! !acro.iliac articulation!' with (reat &ati(ue
wal*in(; that part o& the bac* (i#e! out when wal*in( e#en a little way$
+1:2ST complaint! o& hor!e!$-
1on!tant dull BA1A1:2; wal*in( almo!t impo!!ible/ !carcely able to !toop' or to ri!e a&ter
!ittin($
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1on!tant headache a&&ectin( the !acrum and hip!' much wor!e by wal*in(' or !toopin( &orward!$
Paralytic &eelin( in arm!' le(! and !pine$
:ea#ine!! and lamene!!$
,ullne!! in #ariou! part!$
Mucou! membrane! dry' !wollen; burn and &eel raw$
=landular !wellin(! o& bone 3whate#er that may mean8$
By the way' people carry a hor!e che!tnut about in their clothin( - to cure rheumati!m-
A2T:USA 1<NAP%UM [Aeth]
Pa(e!/ 4 C
3,ool! Par!ley8$
%ntroduction
ON2 o& our minor' but #ery preciou! remedie!$ =enerally thou(ht o& a! a remedy o&
childhood/ o& babie! who cannot tolerate mil*/ o& !udden #omitin(/ o& water' copiou!; o&
(reeni!h phle(m/ o& wea*ne!! and drow!ine!! a&ter #omitin(.a&ter - &ear&ul #omitin(-' with or
without diarrhoea and e)treme colic$ Al!o a remedy o& +idiotic children-$
But it! #irtue! e)tend beyond the time! o& childhood$ %t wa! ?r$1lar*e! (reat remedy &or a &ormo& e)amination &un*' a! will be !een later' in a 9uotation &rom hi! ?ictionary$ The +&un*- that
Aethu!a bani!he! i! portrayed in it! pro#in(!/. +unable to read anythin(' a&ter o#er.ta)ation o&
the mental &acultie!-; +incapacity to thin*/ con&u!ed-; +cannot retain any idea-J +(reat
an)iety-; +:ead con&u!ed- brain &eel! bound up-$ %n other word!' the condition.we ha#e all
been throu(h it.when wor*in( to out limit &or an e)am' we &ind it i! u!ele!! to attempt &urther
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!tudy; a condition o& mental repletion with non.a!!imilation' when the (reate!t e&&ort! to wre!tle
with thin(! that may be demanded are a mere wa!te o& time/. they re&u!e to (o in/ and when the
only hope i! to lay a!ide boo*! and chance it' or. Aethu!a$ Another &orm o& e)amination &un*
a!*! &or Ar(entum nitricum$ :ere the condition i! not that o& +!talemate-' but o& acute an)iety'worry' and premonition o& &ailure$ The #ictim i! hurried; tormented with an)iety' and with ner#e!
un!trun($ %nten!e apprehen!ion.e#en to diarrhoea' be&ore the milde!t ordeal 3=el!$8$ Ar(entum
nitricum i! a remedy o& (reat mental !train and apprehen!ion/ Aethu!a o& !imple !en!e o&
incapacity' that i! a! we !ee it$ Aethu!a more #iolently up!et! the !tomach.with it! e)treme
#omitin(/ while Ar(entum nitricum bloat! the !tomach with &latulent dy!pep!ia/ a! i& it would
bur!t with wind$ Both ha#e diarrhoea' with (reen mucu!$ Ar(entum nitricum i! the remedy o&
cra#in( &or !weet! and !u(ar' which di!a(ree$ ent (i#e! a ca!e where a nur!in( in&ant (ot (reen
diarrhoea becau!e it! mother ate candy$ :e had pre!cribed 1hamomilla' Mercuriu!' and Ar!$'
with no relie&' till he &ound out about the candy$ A!*ed' at la!t' i& !he ate !weet thin(!' !u(ar' etc$'
!he !aid' no$ +why' ye!' you do'- !aid her hu!band$ +% brin( you home a pound o& candy e#ery
day$ @hat do you do with itK- +Oh' that! nothin('- !he !aid$ +But'- !ay! ent' +the baby did
not (et well until it (o Ar(entum nitricum and the mother !topped eatin( candy$- :e tell! u! that
9uite a number o& medicine! ha#e a cra#in( &or !weet!' but many o& them can eat !weet! with
impunity$ Aethu!a i! wor!e &rom co&&ee' and ha! a de!ire &or wine' but the mental !ymptom! are
increa!ed a&ter ta*in( it$
Aethu!a !hould al!o be remembered a! one o& the remedie! o& epilep!y$ @ith thi! dru(' in
con#ul!ion!' the eye! are turned down' thumb! clenched' &ace red' pupil! dilated; &oam at mouth;
0aw! loc*ed' etc$
And a thin( to be remembered in re(ard to the children it can help i! their (reat wea*ne!!; and
their inability to hold up the head 3Abrot$8$ All it! !ymptom! are apt to be wor!e at 7 to L a$m$
+Aethu!a cynapium in in&ant! that are red &ed e#ery time they cry$ ?raw! up the *nee! when
carried' in the !ame (eneral po!ition that the Medorrhinum a!!ume!' but Aethu!a patient! do not
!leep in the *nee.che!t po!ture' a! &ar a! % *now$ % came acro!! one ei(hteen.year.old (irl who
!lept in the *nee.che!t po!ture and &or whom Medorrhinum wa! the indicated remedy$ Thi! i! the
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only time in an adult that % ha#e &ound thi! particular !ymptom$ %t intere!ted me !o much that %
a!*ed her why !he !lept in that po!ition$ She !aid at time! !he had a &eelin( in the abdomen a! i&
there were ten thou!and worm! twi!tin( around in there and when !he too* the *nee.che!t
po!ition' the &eelin( immediately cea!ed$-.?R$UN?2R:%""' &rom a di!cu!!ion 9uoted in an old :omoeopathic Recorder 3U$S$A$8$
A""2N 3eynote!8' draw! attention to complete ab!ence o& thir!t$ And' not only the intolerance
o& mil*' but the (reat wea*ne!! o& children; e#en to idiocy$
NAS: point! out that/ +A2T:USA i! one o& our be!t remedie! &or #omitin( in children$ The mil*
come! up a! !oon a! !wallowed' by (reat e&&ort' a&ter which the child become! (reatly rela)ed
and drow!y; or i& the mil* !tay! down lon(er' it &inally come! up in #ery !our curd!' !o lar(e that
it would !eem almo!t impo!!ible the child could ha#e e0ected them$ %& thi! condition o& !tomach
i! not cured' the ca!e will (o on to cholera in&antum' with (reen watery or !limy !tool!' colic and
con#ul!ion!$ The con#ul!ion! are peculiar' in that the eye! turn downward!' in!tead o& up or
!ide.way!$ :e !ay! the !un*en &ace with line na!ali!' a !ur&ace o& pearly whitene!! on upper lip
bounded by a di!tinct line &rom outer na!al ori&ice to an(le! o& mouth$ Thi! !ymptom i! more
characteri!tic o& Aethu!a than o& any other remedy$ The ab!ence o& thir!t rule! &or Aethu!a
in!tead o& Ar!enicum$-
1"AR2 3?ictionary8 (i#e! ca!e! illu!tratin( the action o& Aethu!a' which ha! not recei#ed it!
name'- ,ool! par!ley- &or notin($ :e call! it indeed a medicine &or +&ool!-$ There i! (reat
wea*ne!! o& mind or body$ One #ery characteri!tic !ymptom i!/ %nability to thin* or &i) the
attention$ =uided by thi! !ymptom % once (a#e it to an under(raduate preparin( &or an
e)amination' with complete !ucce!!$ :e had been compelled to (i#e up hi! !tudie!' but wa! able
to re!ume them' and pa!!ed a brilliant e)amination$ To a little wai& in an orphan home who
!u&&ered with !e#ere headache! and inability to &i) hi! attention on hi! le!!on!' % !ent !in(le do!e!
o& Aethu!a' at rare inter#al!' with #ery (reat relie&$ The little boy a!*ed &or the medicine him!el&
!ub!e9uently on a return o& the old !ymptom!$
:e !ay!' the !ymptom! o& Aethu!a are particularly clearly de&ined' in &act #iolence i! one o& the
note! o& it! action. #iolent #omitin(' #iolent con#ul!ion!' #iolent pain!' #iolent delirium$ Then'
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idiocy; in !ome ca!e! alternatin( with &uror$ :e notice! the intolerance o& mil*$ The (reat
wea*ne!! and e)hau!tion a&ter #omitin(; the child i! !o e)hau!ted it &all! a!leep at once$
+:un(ry a&ter #omitin(-' i! a *eynote here$ Adult! complain o& a !en!ation' a! i& the !tomach
wa! turned up!ide down$
And a couple o& peculiar !ymptom!' we !eem to ha#e mi!!ed$
Ton(ue &eel! too lon($
Swellin( o& (land! round nec* li*e a !trin( o& bead!$ %n &e#er' there i! complete ab!ence o& thir!t'
thou(h there i! (reat heat$
B"A1 "2TT2R S<MPTOMS
A drawn condition' be(innin( at the ala na!i' and e)tendin( to the an(le o& the mouth' (a#e
the &ace an e)pre!!ion o& (reat an)iety and pain$
%ntolerance o& mil*/ the children throw up their mil* almo!t a! !oon a! !wallowed' curdled or not
curdled' in &rom ten to &i&teen minute!' by a !udden and #iolent #omitin(; then wea*ne!! ma*e!
them drow!y &or !ome minute!$
Fomitin( curdled mil*$
NOTAB"2 S<MPTOMS' %TA"%1%2? OR STRAN=2
"iable to tran!port! o& ra(e$ ,ury/ &ren>y$
%ma(ined !he !aw rat! run acro!! the room$
%ma(ined he !ee! do(! and cat!$
=reat an)iety and re!tle!!ne!!$
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,ret&ul and cro!! in open air/ better in room$
Aw*wardne!!/ di!content
Stupe&action' a! i& a barrier between hi! or(an! o& !en!e and e)ternal ob0ect!$
lie! !tretched out without con!ciou!ne!!$
Ferti(o with !leepine!!$ :e cannot *eep upri(ht$
Moi!t ton(ue' white.coated a&ter mil*$
Or' ton(ue &eel! too dry$ Or' copiou! !ali#ation$
Aphthae/ pun(ent heat in mouth and throat$ ?i&&iculty in !wallowin($
Ta!te/ !weet; in!ipid; bitter; !alt; o& onion!; o& chee!e$
Slow !peech/ !peech almo!t pre#ented$
%n&lamed aphthae and pu!tule! in throat/ condition almo!t de!perate$
%tchin( and !crapin( in oe!opha(u!$
%nability to !wallow$
:orrible #omitin($
1opiou! (reeni!h #omitin($
Fomit! bloody mucu!$
Tearin( pain' pit o& !tomach e)tendin( into oe!opha(u!$
1oldne!! o& abdomen' ob0ecti#e and !ub0ecti#e/ with coldne!! in lower e)tremitie!$
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Sen!ation o& pre!!ure a! o& a band round che!t$
Swellin( o& mammary (land$
Fiolent palpitation! o& heart; re!ound! in head$
?i!tre!!in( pain' occiput and nape o& nec*' e)tendin( down !pine$
A &eelin( a! i& pain in bac* would be ameliorated but !trai(htenin( and bendin( !ti&&ly
bac*ward!' a! in opi!thotono!$
Numbne!! o& arm!; hea#ine!!; wea*ne!!; cramp!/ contraction o& &in(er!$
,ormication re&erred to bone! o& lower limb$
Bloatin(/ whole body become! !wollen and li#id$
Fiolent epileptic !pa!m!' with clenched thumb!' red &ace' eyeball! turned down pupil! dilated'
in!en!ible' mil*y &oam &rom mouth' clenched teeth' !mall hard' &re9uent pul!e$
Spa!m! / delirium; !tupor$
Sti&&ne!! o& whole body$
%nability to hold head erect' or to !it up$
@hole body blui!h.blac*$
:e cannot bear to be unco#ered durin( the !weat$
A=AR%1US MUS1AR%US [A(ar]
Pa(e!/ 4 C
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%ntroduction
A(aricu!.Amanita 3the name under which it! !ymptom! appear in :erin(! =uidin(
Symptom!8.the ,ly A(aric 3or &un(u!8.the Bu( A(aric.the +&ou- &un(u! o& the ,rench' ha! it!
own peculiar place and #ery di!tincti#e !ymptom! in homoeopathic Materia Medica$ %t! pro#in(
by :ahnemann appeared in Stap&! Archi#e!' a contemporary periodical' with hi! pro#in(! o&
!ome other dru(!.notably P!orinum' o& which we ha#e' % belie#e' no tran!lation$ But that o&
A(aricu! i! to be &ound in Fol$ %% o& hi! 1hronic ?i!ea!e!$
:ere :ahnemann de!cribe! the &un(u! a! +!urmounted by a !carlet. coloured top' which i!
!tudded with whiti!h e)cre!cence!' and white lea&let!-$ :e !ay! it i! to be &ir!t triturated' then
dynami>ed in the u!ual way to' a! he !u((e!t!' the 7Dth potency$
One a!!ociate! A(aricu! e!pecially with chorea/ but it! notable twitchin(! and 0er*in(! are only
a !mall part o& it! dru( picture$ One remember! ?r$Blac*ley o& old in the "ondon :omoeopathic
:o!pital' who u!ed A(aricu! &or thin(! where' to one! pro&ound i(norance' it !eemed !tran(ely
inappropriate/ but he probably *new it! u!e! better than mo!t o& u!.,or in!tance' it !eemed a
curiou! dru( to (i#e &or pneumonia.and yet' thi! i! what 2NT !ay! about it/.
- A(aricu! i! a (reat medicine in che!t trouble!' thou(h !eldom thou(ht o&$ %t ha! cured what
!eemed to be con!umption$ 1atarrhal condition o& the che!t' with ni(ht !weat! and hi!tory o&
ner#ou! !ymptom!$ Fiolent cou(h in i!olated attac*! endin( in !nee>in($ 1on#ul!i#e cou(h' with
!weat! toward e#enin(' with &re9uent pul!e' e)pectoration o& pu!.li*e mucu!' wor!e in the
mornin(! and when lyin( on bac*$ Add to thi! the !ymptom! o& A(aricu! a! de!cribed' and
A(aricu! will ta*e hold o& that ca!e$ 1a!e! o& incipient phthi!i!$ %t clo!ely relate! to the
tubercular diathe!i!$
- % remember !tartin( out to pro#e Tuberculinum on an indi#idual % !u!pected would be
!en!iti#e to it &rom hi! hi!tory and !ymptom!$ The &ir!t do!e almo!t *illed him and' con!iderin(
the u!e that that !ub!tance i! put to in dia(no!in( the di!ea!e in cattle' it !eemed to !tir him up$
:e became emaciated and loo*ed a! i& he would die$ % let it alone' and watched and waited
patiently and the !ymptom! o& A(aricu! came up and e!tabli!hed the relation!hip between the!e
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two remedie!' and con&irmed :erin(! ob!er#ation o& the relation!hip o& A(aricu! to the
tubercular diathe!i!$ A(aricu! cured him and &attened him up$-
Amon( :2R%N=S !ymptom! are' +1he!t &eel! too narrow$ Oppre!!ion' con!triction o& che!t$
1on#ul!i#e cou(h with an)iou! !weat$ A&ter each cou(h #iolent !nee>in(; !ometime! !o rapidly
that he doe! not *now i& he cou(h! or !nee>e!$ %n&lammation o& the lun(!$ Tuberculou!
con!umption$-
Thi! poi!onou! &un(u! a&&ect! the di(e!ti#e or(an!$ Turmoil in abdomen.&ull o& colic; e#erythin(
&erment!$ :orribly o&&en!i#e &latu!$ Tympanitic abdomen$ Fiolent ur(in( to !tool$ Sen!ation a! i&
the rectum would bur!t.e#en a&ter !tool$ Strainin( a&ter !tool 3Merc$ cor$8$
A(aricu! ha! it! own !e#ere bac*ache' e!pecially !acral' and e!pecially wor!e when !ittin($ 3But
here loo* out &or a po!!ible mechanical cau!e.!acro.iliac !ublu)ation$8 One ha! !een it curati#e
in a di&&icult ca!e o& rheumati!m where the indication wa! +dia(onal pain!' a! le&t &orearm and
ri(ht thi(h' or ri(ht *nee and le&t hand-$ And here A(aricu! i! wor!e at re!t an !ittin(' and better
mo#in( about$
But much o& it! mali(nancy and it! bene&icence centre round the !pine and the ner#ou! !y!tem$
A! ent !ay!' +the mo!t !tri*in( thin(! runnin( throu(h thi! medicine are twitchin(! and
tremblin(!$ Eer*in( o& the mu!cle! and tremblin( o& the limb!$ The twitchin( o& the mu!cle!
become! !o e)ten!i#e that it i! a well de#eloped ca!e o& chorea$ ?i&&iculty in co.ordinatin( the
mo#ement! o& the mu!cle! o& the body$ %nco.ordination o& brain and !pinal cord$ 1lum!y motion!$
?rop! thin(!$ ,in(er! &ly !pa!modically open while holdin( thin(!$- ent !ay! +you may
!ometime! cure Brid(et in the *itchen' when the trouble i! that !he i! continually brea*in( di!he!
by lettin( them &all' with A(aricu! or Api!$- And he add! thi! di!tinction between the two dru(!'
that wherea! A(aricu! hu(! the &ire' Api! want! to (et out o& the *itchen
One remember! the cla!!ical de!cription o& the on!et o& chorea$ +The child (et! !colded &or
ma*in( &ace!/ then it (et! !mac*ed &or droppin( and brea*in( the cup! and !aucer!-; then at
la!t it dawn! on the mo!t unob!er#ant that it i! no ca!e o& ori(inal !in' but St$ Fitu! ?ance' and
the #ictim i! hurried away to the doctor who ta*e! the temperature' li!ten! to the heart' and
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order! +Bed- .and' i& a homoeopath' pre!cribe! A(aricu!' or whiche#er o& the!e 0er*y
medicine! mo!t re!emble!' in it! dru(. picture' the indi#idual !ymptom! o& thi! particular patient$
A! ent !ay!' +All remedie! are &ull o& &rea*!' and it i! the &i(urin( out o& the!e peculiaritie! that
enable! u! to do (ood pre!cribin($-
A(aricu! a&&ect! the heart al!o' with !titchin( pain!; with oppre!!ion o& heart' a! well a! lun(!;
with !hoc* and palpitation/ but !e#eral other remedie!' :yo!$.Stram$.My(ale. %(natia' and !o
on' cau!e e#en (reater 3choreaic8 di!tortion o& the &ace$
=U2RNS2< 3ey Note!8 !ay! o& A(aricu!$-Thi! remedy i! e)ceedin(ly rich in !ymptom! on
almo!t e#ery or(an and &unction o& the body$ % am alway! well rewarded in it! !tudy and u!e
when % &ind croppin( out' itchin(' redne!! and burnin( on any part o& the body' a! i& &ro!t.bitten;
or burnin( and itchin( o& internal part!$- @hile NAS:' who doe! not ha#e a (reat deal to !ay
about A(aricu!' while recordin( the tenderne!! o& !pinal column' e)tendin( into lower limb!'
and the twitchin(! o& eyelid!' &ace and e)tremitie! which cea!e durin( !leep' i! more ob!e!!ed
with the !*in !ymptom!$ +2ar!' &ace' no!e and !*in' red and itch a! i& &rom chilblain!$- :e !ay!
thi! itchin(' redne!! and burnin(' a! i& &rom bein( &ro>en' +may lead to the choice o& thi! dru( in
many di&&erent di!ea!e-$
And o& cour!e mo!t people *now A(aricu!' i& &or nothin( el!e' a! a remedy &or chilblain!$
A(aricu!' !u&&er! inten!ely &rom the cold' and it! chilblain! are terribly pain&ul when the hand!'
or &eet' are cold$ Pul!atilla chilblain!' on the contrary' +terri&y- 3a! they !ay o& cattle when the
&lie! are at them in the hot !un!hine8 when they (et warm$ The chilblain! o& A(aricu! are
dread&ully !ore when cold; tho!e o& Pul!atilla itch and burn to di!traction when hot$ The!e are
the remedie! that e!pecially occur to one &or chilblain! and Rue One remember! well the day!
o& rue ointment &or a nephew' who!e chilblain! were !o bad a! to con&ine him to bed &rom time totime durin( hi! !choolday!$ :i! mother' &indin( that nothin( but rue ointment helped' u!ed to
!pot o&& her annual appeal! &or &re!h !upplie!$
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But there i! rue ointment' and rue ointment$ %t wa! one o& our (ardener! who !upplied the
pharmacolo(y/.he alway! (rew rue in the (arden in order to ma*e an ointment &or the cow!
when their udder! were !ore$ And we !till (row rue' that ancient +Mithridate-; only one i! o&ten
too la>y to turn it into ointment.and mi!!e! it accordin(ly$ Rue !hould be prepared &rom the &re!h plant.alway!; and thi! i! the way o& it$ :eat lard till li9uid 3a tall !oup bottle i! e)cellent &or the
purpo!e8 and plun(e into thi! a (ood bunch o& &re!h rue with it! &lowerin( top! at their be!t$
"ea#e it to e)tract &or !ome hour! in a warm place' till the rue i! pale and the lard (reen and
!melly; then li&t up the bunch' and let it drain$ 1o#er the pot when the ointment i! cold and !olid$
%t i! u!e&ul application &or bunion!' &or !yno#iti! o& *nee.but here Ruta in potency will act a!
well' and i! not (rea!y.&or !ore!' &or chilblain!' &or bro*en chilblain!$ But in tho!e day! one had
not made the ac9uaintance o& A(aricu! and Pul!atilla in thi! connection' who!e action i! lon(er.
la!tin( and &ar more curati#e$
But the +Mad ,un(u!- o& cour!e a&&ect! the brain and !en!e!/.in the it! milder !ta(e! with ill.
humour' indi&&erence' doe! not want to wor*' or to an!wer 9ue!tion!/ when in &ull bla!t with
delirium.which *now! nobody.throw! thin(! at people.!in(! and tal*! but wont an!wer$ %t i! one
o& the medicine! o& delirium. e#en ra#in( delirium$ +%t i! u!ed by tribe! o& A!iatic !a#a(e! in the
&orm o& a real into)icatin( drin*$- %t i! !o li*e alcoholi!m that it ha! ta*en it! place a! one o& our
remedie! &or delirium tremen!$ And certainly Bo(er! ter!e de!cription o& A(aricu! !u((e!t! not
only chorea but into)ication'.+A(aricu! had irre(ular' uncertain and e)a((erated motion!/ he
reache! too &ar. !tep! too hi(h.thin(! with indi!tinct and 0er*y !peech$
B"A1 "2TT2R S<MPTOMS
?elirium tremen!$
?elirium with con!tant ra#in($
?ull' drawin( :2A?A1:2 in mornin(' e)tendin( into root o& no!e' with no!ebleed or thic*
mucou! di!char(e$
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:eadache! o& tho!e who are !ub0ect to chorea; or who readily become deliriou! in &e#er or with
pain; twitchin(! or (rimace!$
Redne!!' burnin( itchin( o& 2ARS' a! i& they had been &ro>en$
TON=U2 dry$
Fery drow!y a&ter dinner' 9uite unu!ual; he S"22PS #ery deeply and (et! awa*e with pain! in all
limb!$
Sudden con#ul!i#e 1OU=:S' 3388 &orenoon!' or durin( day$
Pain in "UMBAR R2=%ON AN? SA1RUM; and while !ittin(; pain' !ore achin(; bac* not
!en!iti#e to touch$
Burnin( itchin( on both :AN?S' a! i& &ro>en; part! hot' !wollen' red$
Tremblin( o& hand!$
Sti&&ne!! in &in(er! &rom (out$
Twitchin( o& (luteal mu!cle!$
Pain in bone! o& lower "2=S' !ometime! a! i& in the perio!teum$
Pain and in&lammation o& &ro!t.bitten toe!$
1hilblain!$
Tearin( in limb! 38 in re!t or !ittin(' 38 mo#in($
Pain! in limb! with lamene!! and numbne!!$
Uncertainty in wal*in(' tumblin( o#er e#erythin( in the way$
Twitchin(!; o& eyelid! and eyeball!; o& chee*!; in che!t po!teriorly/ in abdomen$
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%n#oluntary mo#ement! 3e!pecially with children8 while awa*e; cea!in( durin( !leep$
Spa!modic motion!' &rom !imple in#oluntary motion! and 0er*! o& !in(le mu!cle!' to a dancin( o&
whole body$ 1horea$
Paraly!i! o& upper and lower limb!$ %ncipient !o&tenin( o& !pinal marrow$
?urin( !leep' one doe! not notice any motion o& eye! whate#er in clonic !pa!m! o& eye!$
1hilblain!' &ro!t.bite' and all con!e9uence! o& e)po!ure to cold' particularly in &ace$
Shi#erin(! o#er body' run &rom abo#e downward$
Shudder!; with bitter #omitin( a&ter !upper$
Sweat when wal*in(' or with !li(hte!t e)ertion$
Pro&u!e !weat$
Burnin(' itchin(' redne!! and !wellin(' a! &rom &ro!t.bite!$
?run*ard!' e!pecially &or their headache!$
P21U"%AR OR %TA"%1 S<MPTOMS$
A(aricu! i! one o& the &ew remedie! o& dia(onal !ymptom!/ they may appear at the !ame time
on oppo!ite !ide! o& the body.but dia(onally$
1old !en!ation!/ icy cold &eelin( on !mall place' le&t che!t near !houlder.blade$
,ormication and burnin( in (luteal mu!cle!$
Neural(ic pain! a! thou(h !harp piece! o& ice touched the part! or a! i& cold needle! ran throu(h
the ner#e!$ 3Ar!$ hot needle!$8 %t !eem a! i& the whole body would dwindle to nothin($
%tchin( and burnin( all o#er with (reat di!tre!!$
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Ailanthu! =lando!a [Ail]
Pa(e!/ 4 C
Tree O& :ea#en
%N our old (arden at @y#enhoe' year! a(o' there were two ma(ni&icent Ailanthu! tree!' who!e
memory ha! helped to ri#et attention to thi! little.*nown' but in#aluable remedy$
%t! dramatic hi!tory' a! a medicine' i! only recorded' !o &ar a! we ha#e been able to di!co#er by
?r$ :u(he!' but !ince thi! !er#e! to impre!! on the mind what Ailanthu! i! (ood &or' and it!
peculiaritie! o& male#olence' i$e$ it! ma(ni&icent curati#e power in !ome de!perate ca!e! o& acute
di!ea!e' it i! worth repeatin($
?r$ :u(he! tell! u! that one o& our mo!t accompli!hed phy!ician! +!upplie! the &ir!t chapter-$
:i! own child wa! !ei>ed with all the !ymptom! o& early mali(nant !carlet &e#er; #omitin('
!e#ere headache' intolerance o& li(ht' di>>ine!!' hot red &ace' inability to !it up' rapid !mall
pul!e; drow!ine!!' yet (reat re!tle!!ne!!; much an)iety$ Two hour! later the drow!ine!! had
become in!en!ibility' with con!tant' mutterin( delirium' and the child did not reco(ni>e the
member! o& her &amily$ She wa! now co#ered' in patche!' with an eruption o& miliary ra!h' with
e&&lore!cence between it! point!' all o& a dar*' almo!t li#id colour; eruption more pro&u!e on
&orehead and &ace than el!ewhere$ The &ather (a#e hi! child up &or lo!t$ But in &ew hour! a
chan(e came about which (a#e a new a!pect to the ca!e$ 2n9uiry a!certained that !he had
lar(ely !uc*ed the 0uice o& the !tal*! o& the Ailanthu!$ The doctor end! hi! tale by !u((e!tin( that
we ha#e here a po!!ible aid in the &ir!t !ta(e' with !ymptom! o& cerebral into)ication$
The wa! written in 4Q5L/ but' publi!hed in a 0ournal little *nown' !eemed to ha#e made no
impre!!ion$ "ater' our ?r$ Pope' reali>in( the !i(ni&icance and #alue o& the!e &act!' called
attention to them' and hi! remar*! !oon bore &ruit/.&or ?r$ 1halmer!' in 4Q5Q' &ound him!el& in
the mid!t o& an epidemic o& mali(nant !carlatina$ New' at that time' to the u!e o& homoeopathic
remedie!' he wa! di!appointed at their action here$ :i! attention wa! called to Ailanthu!' and he
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procured !ome' and at once &ound he had the a(ent he needed$ The &e#er wa! characteri>ed by a
dar* coloured and partial eruption' and the con!tant e&&ect! o& the medicine were !hown in the
chan(e to a ra!h more bri(ht.hued and (eneral' with mar*ed diminution in the &re9uency o& the
pul!e' with more re(ularity and &irmne!!' and with re!toration to con!ciou!ne!!$ Other doctor!'later' who had had lar(e e)perience with the dru( in !carlatina'a corroborated the &a#orable
report! o& it! u!e$ But an au!tralian doctor !aid that he &ound in nece!!ary o& di!continue it when
the eruption be(an to &ade' or it mi(ht cau!e a pemphi(oid ra!h durin( and a&ter de!9uamation$
%t ha! al!o been !u((e!ted in ca!e! o& cerebral and !pinal con(e!tion$ %t! e&&ect on head and
mental &acultie! bein( #ery li*e the dull hea#y head with con&u!ion and incapacity &or labour'
&rom brain &a( or o#er worry; while the pain! in the bac*' all up the !pine' and the contracti#e
&eelin( in che!t and abdomen' with numbne!! and tin(lin( in upper and lower e)tremitie! are the
!ymptom! o& !pinal con(e!tion$
Ailanthu! i! al!o !u((e!ted' !ay! :u(he!' in bad ca!e! o& mea!le! where the ra!h &ail! to come
out' or recede! !uddenly' or i! li#id; in diphtheritic and other low &orm! o& !ore throat; and in
epidemic cerebro!pinal menin(iti!$
@e ha#e 9uoted at !ome len(th' thou(h endea#ourin( to conden!e$ becau!e o& the importance o&
the dru(' and the little that one can learn in re(ard to it! &a!cinatin( hi!tory el!ewhere$
Allen! 2ncyclopedia (i#e! a &ew pro#in(!' be!ide! tho!e o& the dramatic !ymptom! o& poi!onin(
ca!e which empha!i>e it! place in acute' mali(nant' deadly and rapid ca!e! o& di!ea!e$ The
li#idity o& the !canty eruption' that &ail! to appear a! i& !hould' the drow!ine!! and' !oon'
mutterin( delirium' with #omitin(' headache' intolerance o& li(ht' hot red &ace' rapid' !mall
pul!e; (reat re!tle!!ne!! and an)iety let u! !ee how the pro#in(! bear out what we in a le!!er
de(ree learn &rom the poi!onin($
Mental!$ =reat an)iety$ %nability to concentrate/ cannot add up a row o& &i(ure! correctly$ "o!!
o& memory; mental alienation$ Stupor' delirium' in!en!ibility' a&ter !uppre!!ed !carlatina$
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Totterin( (ait; !ta((erin(; (iddy' with nau!ea' retchin( and !ome #omitin($ The &i(ure! on the
led(er be(an to dance up and down on the column$ Apoplectic &ullne!! o& head$ 2lectrical thrill
!tart! &rom brain and (oe! to e)tremitie!$ Tin(lin( le&t arm and hand with dull headache$
Pupil! widely dilated$ Photophobia$
,ace and &orehead dar* maho(any' in !uppre!!ed !carlatina$
Ton(ue dry' parched' crac*ed$ 1o#ered with whiti!h coat' brown in centre; or moi!t and co#ered
with white &ur; tip and ed(e! li#id$
Thic*' oedematou!' and dry cho*y &eelin( in throat; may become chronic$
1on!tant e&&ort! to rai!e lump! o& mucu!$ Throat tender and !ore on !wallowin(' and on
admi!!ion o& air$ Parotid and thyroid (land! tender and enlar(ed$ Throat li#id and !wollen with
deep' an(ry.loo*in( ulceration!$ Ton!il! !tudded with ulcerated point!$
Nau!ea !imilar to that o& pre(nancy$
Tenderne!! o#er li#er/ tympanite!$ Burnin( in !tomach and bowel!$ ,eelin( o& in!ecurity' a! i& he
would be attac*ed by diarrhoea any minute$ ,re9uent watery de0ection!' e)pelled with (reat
&orce$ ?y!entery; &re9uent pain&ul !tool; little &aecal matter/ much bloody mucu!$
?eep e)hau!tin( cou(h' with a!thmatic e)pan!ion o& lun(!; e)ce!!i#e !orene!! and tenderne!! o&
lun(!$
The eruption i! de!cribed abo#e/ dar*' almo!t li#id; more pro&u!e on &orehead and &ace$
%ntolerable pain in the bac* o& nec*' in upper part o& bac*' and ri(ht hip.0oint$
%& odour (i#e! any indication' Ailanthu! !hould pro#e a (ood remedy in mali(nant puerperal
&e#er$
BO=2R ha! !ome blac*.type !ymptom! that empha!i>e point!; Rapid pro!tration$ Ad#ancin(
mali(nancy and !tupor$ ,oetor and !tupor$ ,ace and throat dar* and !welled$ ?eep ulcer! !tud
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the ton!il!$ 2ruption in dar* !par!e patche!$ Scarlatina !uppre!!ed$ A&&ect! e!pecially Blood'
Throat' S*in' Mind$
2NT !ay! / Thi! remedy i! e!pecially !uitable in low' >ymotic &orm! o& &e#er.diphtheria' !carlet
&e#er' blood poi!onin(; typhoid!' e!pecially where characteri>ed by capillary con(e!tion! in
!pot!.red' mottled !pot!$ Mali(nant !carlet &e#er; where the re(ular ra!h doe! not come out' but
red !pot! appear; bleedin( &rom (um! and no!e' and dread&ul tume&action o& throat$ ,ace i!
purple' be!otted; eye! con(e!ted.e#en bleedin( &rom eye!$ Stupe&action/ Stupid and bemu!ed$
Throat oedematou! with purple patche!$ Blood decompo!in( rapidly$ Bli!ter! may &rom at &in(er.
tip! and other part! o& body$ ,oetid odour! &rom mouth and no!e$ @hen a ca!e !uddenly a!!ume!
thi! pro!tration' with rapid heart' &oetid' purple or blue patche!' blood poi!onin( i! (oin( on$ A
remittent or a diphtheria may !uddenly ta*e on thi! &orm$
1annot concentrate; cannot an!wer correctly; !emi.con!ciou! with (reat an)iety; &inally'
complete uncon!ciou!ne!!$ %n 9uite number o& !uch ca!e in Broo*lyn' many patient! were !a#ed
by it$ %t !eemed able to chan(e the character o& the mali(nant &orm o& !carlet &e#er into a mild
*ind$
%t ha! been ob!er#ed in addition' that hair &all! out; &la!he! o& li(ht play be&ore the eye! on
clo!in( lid! at ni(ht countenance indicate! much di!tre!!$ ,ace dar* a! maho(any; purple'
pu&&ed' be!otted$ Thi! remedy corre!pond! to mo!t mali(nant type!$ @ith the!e >ymotic !tate!
there i! pain at the bac* o& the nec* and head' no matter what the name o& the di!ea!e
i!$
,eelin( o& a rat runnin( up the le( occurred in one o& my pro#er!$
ent !ay! a(ain/ +@hen you (o to the bed o& !carlet &e#er' you !hould not call to mind the name!
o& the medicine! you ha#e heard recommended &or !carlet &e#er$ "et the appearance o& the
patient brin( to mind !uch remedie! a! appear li*e thi! patient' re(ardle!! o& whether they ha#e
been a!!ociated with !carlet &e#er or not$
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+<ou may !ee what loo*! li*e an Aconite ra!h' but there i! !uch !canty >ymo!i! in the nature o&
Aconite' that it i! no lon(er thou(ht o&$ Belladonna i! not !uitable' &or the Bell$ ra!h i! !hiny and
!mooth$ Pul!atilla ha! a mea!ly ra!h with o&ten a low &orm o& &e#er' but not !o low a! the typhoid
!tate$ %n the pro!tration' wor!e a&ter !leep' (eneral !tupor and delirium' almo!t at a (lance you !ee "ache!i!; the type o& !uch &orm! o& di!ea!e$ Or in !carlet &e#er where the child *eep! pic*in(
the !*in &rom lip! and no!e' lie! pale and e)hau!ted' no ra!h to !pea* o&' and urine nearly
!uppre!!ed.and in a moment you thin* o& Arum triph$ Or' purple appearance' horrible &oetor'
!ore throat' and the child cannot (et water enou(h' want! a !tream runnin( down it! throat all
the time' an you may !a&ely tru!t to Pho!phoru!$ There i! alway! !omethin( to tell the !tory' i&
you will only li!ten' !tudy and wait lon( enou(h$-
3@e ma*e no apolo(y &or repetition!$ They !er#e to impre!! unu!ual &act! and !ymptom! on the
mind' and ma*e pre!cribin( ea!ier$8
$ A""%UM 12PA [All.c]
Pa(e!/ 4 C
Onion$
%ntroduction
@2 all *now what happen! when we cut a raw onion and e)perience it! emanation!' or when
one happen! to rub one! eye! with a hand that ha! been in contact with it! cut !ur&ace$ No!e
tin(le!/ eye! water pro&u!ely' and all the !ymptom! o& an acute catarrh in!tantly appear$
There&ore Allium cepa i! one o& our #ery be!t and mo!t &re9uently indicated remedie! &or an
early' more or le!! !uper&icial' cold$ =et it in while !ymptom! a(ree' and you will ha#e !a#ed your!el&$
2NT (i#e! u! the PART%1U"ARS O, T:2 1OR<A$ +Snee>in( which come with increa!in(
&re9uency$ @atery di!char(e drip! &rom the no!e con!tantly; burn! li*e &ire' and e)coriate! upper
lip and win(! o& the no!e' till there i! redne!! and rawne!!$ Notice 3he !ay!8 that the &luid &rom
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the no!e i! e)coriatin(' and the &luid the eye! bland$ But when we come to !tudy 2uphra!ia' we
will &ind 0u!t the oppo!ite.0u!t !uch a watery di!char(e &rom the no!e' and 0u!t !uch copiou!
lachrymation/ but the lachrymation here i! acrid' and the di!char(e &rom the no!e bland$ The
na!al di!char(e o& 1epa &airly eat! the hair o&& the upper lip$ There i! !o much con(e!tion thatthe patient ha! a !en!ation o& &ullne!! in the no!e' with throbbin( and burnin(' !ometime!
no!ebleed$ Pain throu(h 0aw!' in &ace' e)tendin( into the head$ ,rontal and occipital headache!.
!o !e#ere that the eye! cannot !tand li(ht$
:e (i#e! another pha!e o& the medicine/ +@hy it be(in! on the le&t !ide and (oe! o#er to the
ri(ht' % do not *now' but it u!ually doe! thi!$ Stu&&in( up o& the !ide o& the no!e; watery' acrid
di!char(e &rom le&t !ide o& no!e.in another twenty.&our hour! the ri(ht !ide i! in#aded$ Pro&u!e
na!al di!char(e$ 1old! a&ter damp cold wind!$ ,luent cory>a with headache; tear! &rom eye!;
want o& appetite' cou(h and tremblin( o& hand!; &eel! hot and thir!ty; wor!e e#enin(! and
indoor!; better in open air$ 2#ery year in Au(u!t' mornin( cory>a with #iolent !nee>in(; #ery
!en!iti#e to the odour o& &lower! and !*in o& peache!$ Thi! i! one &orm o& hay &e#er cured by
Allium cepa$ %t will wipe out an attac* o& hay &e#er in a &ew day! when !ymptom! a(ree$-
O& hay &e#er he !ay! &urther' +%t i! really an e)plo!ion o& chronic di!ea!e$ %t may be wiped out in
one !ea!on by a !hort actin( remedy' only to return the ne)t 0u!t the !ame' and perhap! anotherremedy will be re9uired$ A! !oon a! the hay &e#er i! !topped you mu!t be(in with con!titutional
treatment$ There will be !ymptom!' i& you *now how to hunt &or them' that di&&er alto(ether &rom
the acute attac*$
%t i! di&&icult to &ind a con!titutional remedy when the hay &e#er i! at it! hei(ht$
+The in&lammation !oon !pread! to ear!' throat and laryn)$ The old mother u!ed to put onion on
the body! ear when it had earache$ %n hou!ehold! where a medicine ca!e i! *ept' Pul!atilla i!the !tandard remedy &or earache' and only occa!ionally ha! a doctor to be !ent &or$ Pul!atilla
will cure earache in almo!t all !en!iti#e children who cry piti&ully$ But tho!e who are !nappi!h'
who are ne#er !uite' who will throw away !omethin( they ha#e a!*ed &or and !lap the nur!e in
the &ace' mu!t ha#e 1hamomilla$ @ith Pul!atilla' and Allium cepa you can cure the ma0ority o&
earache! in children$
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:e al!o !ay!' +@e all *now what a &latulent #e(etable the onion i!' it i! a wonder&ul medicine &or
babie! with colic$ 1uttin(' tearin( pain! draw the poor little thin( almo!t double $ %t !cream!
with the #iolent cuttin( pain! in the lower abdomen$- A(ain +A wonder&ul remedy &or whoopin(
cou(h' with indi(e!tion' #omitin( and &latulence$ ,latu! o&&en!i#e; doubled up with the colic ital!o cure! a ra((ed' !en!iti#e anu!' with bleedin(' in in&ant!$-
+Fiolent' rapid in&lammation! o& laryn)$ Sen!ation a! i& !omethin( were torn loo!e' or a! i& a
hoo* were dra((in( up throu(h laryn) with e#ery cou(h$ %n whoopin( cou(h the child !ha*e!
and !hudder!' and you can !ee it dread! and cou(h becau!e o& the tearin( pain in laryn)$ 1epa
ha! a reputation &or croupy cou(h$ The old lady bind! onion on the throat o& the child with
croup$ Another a&&ection o#er which thi! remedy ha! mar#ellou! power i! traumatic neuriti! in a
!tump a&ter amputation$ Pain! almo!t unbearable' rapidly e)hau!tin( the !tren(th o& the
patient$-
:$1$A""2N in hi! in#aluable eynote! o& "eadin( Remedie!' (i#e! a &ew more #aluable hint!' a!
to the !cienti&ic u!e! o& Allium cepa.homoeopathically prepared and potenti>ed onion$ +%T i! a
(reat eye medicine' where eye! burn' !mart a! &rom !mo*e' are watery and !u&&u!ed' capillarie!
in0ected and e)ce!!i#e lachrymation$- :e !ay!' +U!e&ul &or na!al polypu!; &or catarrhal
laryn(iti!' where cou(h compel! patient to (ra!p laryn); !eem! a! i& cou(h would tear it$ Neural(ic pain! li*e a lon( thread' in &ace' nec*' che!t' head$
+Panariti!; with red !trea*! up arm; pain! dri#e to de!pair in child.bed$-
+Sore and raw !pot! on &eet' e!pecially heel' &rom &riction$- :e 9uote! ?io!coride!' +2&&icaciou!
when &eet are rubbed !ore-$
1"AR2 u!ed to !ay' +@hen e#er you &ind a boo* by :$N$=U2RNS2<' buy it$- :e had the
(reate!t re!pect &or hi! *nowled(e and acumen a! re(ard! our Materia Medica$ So we will turn
up &or po!!ible &urther #aluable hint! in re(ard to the onion a! a remedy' to =uern!ey$ @e will
not repeat' only attempt to add more to the curiou! and characteri!tic !ymptom!$
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:e !tart!' +1atarrhal condition! mo!t decidedly lead the way to the u!e&ul employment o& thi!
remedy$ All catarrhal !ymptom! and pain! are' a! a rule' wor!e in the e#enin($ "achrymation
and runnin( &rom the no!e' wor!e in a warm room$ 1ou(h! are wor!e in cold air$ +,ear that the
pain! will become unbearable pain in temple!' a((ra#ated by win*in($ 2ye!$ Fery muchlachrymation and cory>a$ Paraly!i! le&t.hal& o& &ace; al!o o& limb! o& the !ame !ide/ copiou! &low
o& urine$
+:aw*in( o& lumpy mucu! &rom po!terior nare!' !ometime! tou(h and di&&icult to detach$ Pain in
throat a! i& one had !wallowed too lar(e a !ub!tance' the pain e)tend! into the ri(ht ear$
+Stron( cra#in( &or raw onion!$ 1annot ta*e any other nouri!hment$ Nau!ea &rom !tomach up
into throat$ Belchin( and rumblin( and pu&&in( up o& abdomen$
+Pain! li#er re(ion$ Fiolent pain! le&t hypo(a!trium' with ur(in( to urinate' urine !caldin($
+Patient in&late! the lun(!' rai!e! up' (i#e! a hearty !nee>e$
+1hilly crawl! run down the bac*; e!pecially at ni(ht' with &re9uent urination$-
Old 1U"P2PP2R' !ome 7DD year! a(o' wrote o& onion!/ +They are wholly &latulent' or windy'
and pro#o*e appetite' increa!e thir!t' ea!e the bowel!' pro#o*e the cour!e!' help the bite! o& mad
do(! and o& other #enomou! creature!' u!ed with honey and rue *ill worm! in children$ Roa!ted
under the ember!' and eaten with honey' or !u(ar and oil' they much conduce to help an
in#eterate cou(h' and e)pectorate tou(h phle(m$- 3And here come! a little bit o& :omoeopathy$8
+The 0uice' !nu&&ed up the no!tril!' pur(e! the head' and help! the lethar(y/ yet o&ten eaten i!
!aid to procure pain! in the head$- :e tell! u! that the 0uice i! (ood &or !cald! and burn!$ +U!edwith #ine(ar it ta*e! away all blemi!he!' !pot! and mar*! on the !*in; and dropped into the ear!'
ea!e! the pain! and noi!e in them$ Applied al!o with &i(! beaten to(ether' help! to ripen and
brea* impo!thume! 3boil!8 and other !ore!$ Onion brui!ed' with the addition o& a little !alt' and
laid on &re!h burn!' draw! out the &ire and pre#ent! them bli!terin($
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A"UM%NA [Alum]
Pa(e!/ 4 C 7
3Pure Aluminium O)ide8$
%ntroduction
@2 ha#e been a!*ed &or a dru( picture o& Alumina$ People are much intere!ted in thi! metal
and it! compound!' becau!e o& it! e)ten!i#e u!e' not that it can be cheaply produced' a! a !tron('
li(ht' heat.de&yin( materia &or dome!tic coo*in( pot!$ %n &act' we are told that it i! almo!t
impo!!ible' in the!e day!' to procure anythin( el!e$ A (reat contro#er!y ha! been ra(in(
intermittently in re(ard to the!e u!e&ul coo*in( uten!il!$ The public ha! e#en been o&&icially in
re(ard to their harmle!!ne!!/. by tho!e who ha#e not our e)act *nowled(e o& the !ymptom! o&
any poi!onin(' or the !mallne!! o& the do!e that may' in !en!iti#e!' (i#e ri!e to !ymptom!$
Occa!ional in(e!tion! o& any deleteriou! !ub!tance may be practically harmle!!.ea!ily dealt with
by the or(ani!m and o#ercome' wherea! con!tant !mall poi!onin(! mu!t tell on health/.in the
way that'a! we are told' the !malle!t 9uantity o& lead in drin*in( water may produce a pro&oundanaemia$ A! a matter o& &act' i& there were no dan(er in the u!e o& aluminium &or coo*in(
purpo!e!' why !hould purcha!er! be warned that !oda mu!t not be u!ed in clean!in( themK and
why !hould be a!!ured that there i! &ar le!! dan(er in the employment o& the more e)pen!i#e
aluminium !aucepan!' made o& purer material$ %& there were no dan(er' could there be le!!$
@ell' anyway' aluminium become! intere!tin( to u! all now that we are ab!orbin( it' mo!t o& u!'
all day lon( and e#ery day$ %t i! not needed in our ma*e.up' and i!' at be!t' a &orei(n body$ %& we
ha#e been wi!e' and di!carded aluminium &or any coo*in( purpo!e in our home!' yet in place!
away &rom home' where "ondon! million! (et at lea!t co&&ee and li(ht &ood! at mid.day and in
the tea hour' they are e)po!ed to the dan(er o& mil* boiled in aluminium !aucepan! and to e((!
contaminated in the !ame way$ 1uriou!ly enou(h' ca!e! ha#e been reported where per!on! ha#e
declared that they could not eat e((!; that they &ound e((! ab!olutely poi!onou!/ and yet' when
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indicated to +#enture on an e((- coo*ed in iron or enamel' it ha! pro#ed to be per&ectly
di(e!tible$
One had an idea that aluminophobia wa! 0u!t a &ad about which tire!ome per!on! were alway!
writin( and ma*in( a &u!!$ But one! !ceptici!m wa! &ir!t !ha*en a couple o& year! a(e' when a
#ery le#el.headed doctor de!cribed the curiou! condition o& her preciou! puppy' dyin( at three.
and.a.hal& month! old o& what no one' e#en a #ery eminent +#et$-' could dia(no!e$ She had been
doin( hi! coo*in( her!el& in the be!t aluminium !aucepan procurable' and in a &ew day! he
be(an to #omit p$c$ A&ter a month o& ince!!ant #omitin(' he wa! emaciated' and a&ter !i) wee*!
he could not !tand$ :e wa! +a dread&ul !i(ht-' and #omited e#en a&ter a drin* o& water$ She wa!
(oin( to ha#e him +put to !leep- when the po!t brou(ht a pamphlet on aluminium poi!onin( in
do(!$ She (ot an enamel !aucepan' and the do( at once impro#ed and ne#er loo*ed bac*$ A
&riend! do( wa! !u&&erin( in the !ame way!' and her do(.and hu!band.both impro#ed in health
when aluminium wa! bani!hed &rom the *itchen$
But all per!on! do not !eem to !u&&er e9ually &rom aluminium$ @hyK ?oubtle!! becau!e what we
call idio!yncra!y' &or want o& wider or more particular *nowled(e' come! in here$ One man i!
poi!oned by !trawberrie!.by mu!hroom!.by date!/ a thou!and are not$ +One man! meat i!
another man! poi!on-/.i! it not in pro#erb! that the collecti#e e)perience o& man*ind i!embodiedK Probably it i! an indi#idual 9ue!tion o& certain condition! o& blood' o& !ecretion!.o&
&ood or drin* in(e!ted' that ma*e &or poi!onou! compound! o& aluminium in certain per!on!$
A rather alarmin( ca!e o& !uppo!ed aluminium poi!onin( i! (i#en in an American medical
0ournal.mi!laid at the moment' but doubly intere!tin( becau!e o& a !imilar ca!e 0u!t now in one!
pri#ate practice$ %t wa! mali(nant di!ea!e o& oe!opha(u!' which cleared up when aluminium
coo*in( #e!!el! were di!carded %! there' in the pro#in(! o& Alumina' anythin( !u((e!ti#e hereK
@e will 9uote &rom Allen! encyclopedia o& Pure Materia Medica/ +Sen!e o& con!triction &rom
the oe!opha(u! down to the !tomach e#ery time he !wallow a mor!el o& &ood$ 1ontraction o& the
oe!opha(u!$ Fiolent' pre!!i#e pain' a! i& a portion o& the oe!opha(u! were contracted or
compre!!ed in them middle o& the che!t' e!pecially durin( de(lutition' but al!o when not
!wallowin(' with oppre!!ion o& the che!t$ Spa!modically pre!!i#e pain in middle o& che!t' on
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!wallowin( &ood and drin*$- One would point out that in the!e ca!e! it i! the lower end o& the
oe!opha(u! that i! the !ite o& the ma!!' and there&ore con!triction.+the middle o& the che!t-$
A(ain to 9uote Allen' a compound o& Alumina' Alum 3a double !ulphate o& aluminium and
pota!!ium8 i! re!pon!ible &or the &ollowin(' 9uoted &rom :u&eland/
+Alum cau!e! induration and !cirrhu! uteri' i& continually u!ed &or copiou! men!truation and
haemorrha(e!$-
2#idently Alum may be one o& the irritant! o& ti!!ue! on which cancer (ra&t! it!el&$
Alumina' o& cour!e' i! one o& our (reate!t remedie! in con!tipation'.that i!' o& the peculiar &orm
o& con!tipation it induce!/ +in de!ire &or !tool; and.no power to !train at !tool' howe#er !o&t-$
:ere one ha! u!ed it &rom time to time with (reat !ucce!!$ And &rom what one ha! ob!er#ed o& the
e&&ect! o& Alumina' one opine! that the almo!t uni#er!al u!e o& aluminium coo*in( #e!!el! mu!t
be worth thou!and! a year to the chemi!t! who !ell la)ati#e! and pur(ati#e! (alore to the public$
A! !aid' idio!yncra!y no doubt come! in/ but whate#er el!e the aluminium !alt! may do in the
way o& #itiatin( health' inter&erence with the normal bowel &unction i! certainly one$ No power to
!train e#en &or a !o&t !tool; and no de!ire &or !tool.&or a wee* or two' e#en/ and a! one ha!
ob!er#ed' the hold.up !eem! to be in the nei(hbourhood o& the !plenic &le)ure' or the upper part
o& the de!cendin( colon$
But not only here' but in many part! o& the body$ Alumina i! a remedy o& pare!i! and paraly!i!$ %n
it! pto!i! o& eyelid!' one thin*! o& 1au!ticum$ A(ain in it! paralytic e&&ect! on inte!tine!' one
thin*! o& Plumbum' to which' by it! !imilarity o& !ymptom!' it !tand! in the relation o& antidote$
But it! piti&ul' increa!in(' and chronic condition o& wea*ne!! and hea#ine!! o& the lower limb!
e!pecially' ma*e the dru( #ery intere!tin($ %t wea*en! ali*e mentally and phy!ically$ %n the!e
day! when national &itne!! i! the ideal o& the moment' a po!!ible con!tant !ource o&
deterioration' mental and phy!ical' doe! not appeal to one a! particularly help&ul$
Apparently' a! u!ual' the crude poi!on i! antidoted' by it! potencie! 3CDD' etc$8$
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%n re(ard to it! appetite!/ Alumina i! down a! one o& the dru(! that cra#e! indi(e!tible thin(!;
!late pencil!' earth' chal*' clay' white ra(!' charcoal' clo#e!' acid!' co&&ee and tea. (round!' dry
rice$ Be!ide! it! a#er!ion to potatoe!' which (reatly di!a(ree; it ha! a#er!ion to meat' which ha!
no ta!te; to beer; and a lon(in( &or &ruit! and #e(etable!.barrin( potatoe!$ %t i! wor!e al!o &romall irritatin( thin(!' li*e !alt' #ine(ar' pepper; (et! a !ore throat &rom eatin( onion!; (et! ea!ily
drun*en &rom the wea*e!t !pirituou! drin*!; and i! wor!e &rom tobacco !mo*e$ 1on!iderin( it!
dryne!! and irritation o& mucou! membrane!' one can under!tand !ome o& the!e thin(!$
B"A1 "2TT2R S<MPTOMS
2ye! in&lamed; itchin( at inner canthu!; a((lutination at ni(ht' lachrymation by day$
Burnin(; dryne!!; !martin($
<ellow halo round the candle$
2yelid! thic*ened' dry' burnin($
Redne!! o& no!e$
Point o& no!e crac*ed$
%n#oluntary !pa!modic twitchin( o& lower 0aw/ with haemorrha(e o& bowel!' and dar* o&&en!i#e
!tool!$
%n e#enin(' dryne!! o& throat' which induce! &re9uent clearin( o& throat$
@or!e &rom eatin( potatoe!$
Painter! colic$
%nacti#ity o& rectum; e#en the !o&t !tool need! (reat !trainin($
Rectum !eem! paraly!ed$
No de!ire &or' and no ability to pa!! !tool till there i! a lar(e accumulation$
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Stool!/ hard' *notty' co#ered with mucu!; li*e !heep! dun(' with cuttin( in anu!' &ollowed by
blood; li*e pipe.!tem!$
So&t and thin !tool' pa!!in( with di&&iculty$
Se#ere haemorrha(e &rom bowel!' with &low o& urine$
?iarrhoea whene#er !he urinate!$
2#acuation o& a !mall 9uantity o& hard &aece!' with pre!!ure and a !en!ation o& e)coriation in the
rectum$
Urine #oided when !trainin( at !tool; or cannot pa!! urine without !trainin($
1on!tipation o& !uc*lin(!$
1ontinual$ dry' hac*in( cou(h' with #omitin( and arre!t o& breathin(; with &re9uent !nee>in($
2#ery mornin( a lon( attac* o& dry cou(h' end! with di&&icult rai!in( o& a little white mucu!$
=reat hea#ine!! in lower limb!; he can !carcely dra( them$
=reat wearine!! o& the le(! when !ittin($
,aint and tired; mu!t !it down$
SOM2 %TA"%1 AN? 1UR%OUS S<MPTOMS
Seein( blood on a *ni&e' had horrid idea! o& *illin( her!el&' thou(h !he abhor! the idea$
31omp$ Ar!$' Nat$ !ulph$' Thu0a$8
=reat dread o& death' with thou(ht! o& !uicide$
,ear o& lo!in( hi! rea!on$
Unea!ine!!' e#enin(' a! i& e#il impendin($
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@eep! con!tantly' without wi!hin( it$'
Sneer! at e#erythin($ Pee#i!hne!!$ =rumble!$
%ntolerable ennui/ no di!po!ition &or any *ind o& wor*$
:eadache; #iolent !titche! in brain; !tab!; a! with a *ni&e$
:eadache' a! i& hair pulled$
Ferti(o$
%nability to wal*' e)cept with eye! open and in daytime$
1loudine!! and drun*en &eelin(' alternatin( with pain in *idney!$
2a!ily made drun*' by wea*e!t !pirituou! drin*$
See! &iery !pot!; white !tar!$
Ob0ect! appear yellow$
A! i& loo*in( throu(h a &o(' or &eather!$
%tchin(' corner! o& eye! and o& lid!$
Upper lid! !eem to han( down' a! i& paraly!ed' e!pecially the le&t$ 31au!t$' Sep$' etc$8
2ar! hot and red/ e!pecially e#enin(!$
%t !eem! a! i&' in ri(ht ear' he had an entirely di&&erent #oice$
S*in o& &ace ten!e' e#en round eye!' a! i& the white o& an e(( had dried upon it$
Stitche! in throat on !wallowin(; !omethin( pointed !eem! to !tic* in throat$
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Sen!e o& con!triction' oe!opha(u! down to !tomach' e#ery time he !wallow a mor!el o& &ood$
Fiolent pre!!i#e pain' a! i& part o& oe!opha(u! were contracted or compre!!ed in middle o& che!t$
Rabid hun(er; or' a#er!ion to &ood; no de!ire to eat$
No ta!te in &ood; or e#erythin( ta!te! li*e !traw or !ha#in(!$
Rancid eructation!; pyro!i!; waterbra!h$
@or!e a&ter potatoe!; a loathin( which ma*e! him !hi#er$
1rawlin( at pit o& !tomach' a! &rom a worm$
1rawlin( in rectum a! &rom worm!$
?roppin( o& blood' or a !tream o& blood durin(' or a&ter e#acuation$
3Alumina! characteri!tic con!tipation i! (i#en el!ewhere8$
And' can only urinate when !trainin( &or !tool$ 1an only pa!! !tool when !tandin(' i! one o& it!
curiou! !ymptom!$
Oppre!!ion' che!t; con!triction round che!t$
Twitchin( and in#oluntary mo#ement! o& limb! and &in(er!$
:ea#ine!! o& le(!' can hardly li&t them$
:ea#ine!! in &eet' with (reat la!!itude o& le(!$
Pain in !ole o& &oot' on !teppin( on it' a! i& it were too !o&t and !wollen$
"a!!itude/ (reat; o& whole body; !low' totterin( (ait; e)ce!!i#ely &aint and tired; (reat &ati(ue'
e!pecially upon tal*in($
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?i&&erent teacher! empha!i>e one point' or another' in re(ard to a dru(' and in accordance with
their own e)perience o& it! utility/ we endea#our to cull the e)perience o& many$
:U=:2S !ay!/ +%n mucou! membrane!' the characteri!tic &eature! !eem! to be dryne!! with
more or le!! irritation/ in morbid !en!iti#ene!! o& na!al mucou! membrane to cold; in chronic
dry catarrh o& con0uncti#ae' e#en when (ranular; in chronic pharyn(iti!' where membrane loo*!
dry' red' (la>ed; in dry' hac*in( cou(h! &rom pharyn(eal or laryn(eal irritation; in dy!pep!ia
&rom de&iciency o& (a!tric 0uice; in con!tipation &rom lac* o& inte!tinal !ecretion$ :a! al!o cured
a &re9uent de!ire to urinate durin( the ni(ht$ 1hronic a&&ection! o& old people' or dry' thin
per!on!$- :e !ay!' ?unham recommend! it &or #iolent cou(h e)cited by an elon(ated u#ula$
=U2RNS2< / +Peculiaritie! about rectum and !tool a&&ord hint! to the u!e o& thi! remedy$
%nacti#ity o& the rectum' re9uirin( (reat !trainin( to e#acuate e#en a !o&t !tool$ No de!ire &or
!tool &or day!' !ometime! a wee*' until there i! a lar(e accumulation' and e#en then e#acuation
!eem! only a&ter (reat e&&ort$ 2#en i& the accumulated !tool be #ery !o&t' the !ame e&&ort i!
re9uired to pa!! it$ One mu!t !train at !tool in order to urinate$ @e !ee thi! in dy!entery' typhu!'
and in many other di!order!' when Alumina will be #ery li*ely the remedy$
,ARR%N=TON !ay!/ +Alumina ha! been u!ed in ner#ou! a&&ection! o& a #ery (ra#e character$
Boennin(hau!en u!ed the metal Aluminium &or the &ollowin( !ymptom! in that dreaded di!ea!e'
locomotor ata)ia/ &re9uent di>>ine!!; ob0ect turn in a circle; pto!i!; diplopia or !trabi!mu!;
inability to wal* in the dar* or with the eye! clo!ed without !ta((erin(; &eel! a! i& wal*in( on
cu!hion!$ ,ormication' or !en!ation o& creepin( a! &rom ant! in the bac* and le(!$ The nate! (o
to !leep when wal*in($ A &eelin( in &ace a! thou(h it wa! co#ered with cobweb!' or a! & white o&
e(( had dried upon it$ Pain in the bac*' a! thou(h a hot iron were thru!t into the !pine$ The!e
are the !ymptom! indicatin( Alumina' and the!e are the !ymptom! which led Boennin(hau!en to
Alumina' and enabled him to cure &our ca!e! o& the di!ea!e$
:ypochondriacal men' with la!!itude and indi&&erence to labour or to wor*$ An hour !eem! to
them hal& a day$ Pee#i!h and &ret&ul' here ri#alin( Nu) and Bry$
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+Alumina act! on !*in 0u!t a! it doe! on mucou! membrane!; produce! dryne!! and har!hne!!;
indicated in rou(h dry eruption! which crac*' and may bleed' but not o&ten.but which itch and
burn intolerably' and are wor!e in the warmth o& the bed$
+,eelin( o& con!triction alon( oe!opha(u! when !wallowin( &ood$ Alway! wor!e &rom potatoe!
i! a (ood indication &or Alum$ There i! a#er!ion to meat' and a cra#in( &or indi(e!tible
!ub!tance!$
+There are di!ea!e! o& the blood to which it i! applicable$ Anaemia' chloro!i!' e!pecially in
youn( (irl! at puberty$ Men!e! pale and !canty$ Abnormal cra#in( &or indi(e!tible article!' !uch
a! !late pencil!' chal*' whitewa!h$ "eucorrhoea may be pro&u!e' e#en runnin( down to the &eet
3"uet$8$-
,arrin(ton al!o !ay!' +Alumina act! be!t in !pare a(ed per!on!' rather wrin*led and dried.up
loo*in(; and in (irl! at puberty' e!pecially i& chlorotic$ Al!o in delicate children' e!pecially tho!e
who ha#e been arti&icially &ed' i$e$ nouri!hed by the many #arietie! o& baby &ood! with which the
mar*et i! (lutted$ Such children are wea* and wrin*led; nutrition i! decidedly de&ecti#e$ Bowel!
inacti#e.3with the characteri!tic con!tipation a! de!cribed8$ The child too may !u&&er' when
teethin(' &rom !trabi!mu!; &rom wea*ne!! o& internal rectu! o& a&&ected eye$-
A! !o &re9uently' we mu!t a!* 2NT to ma*e Alumina li#e &or u!' in hi! (raphic manner$ ,rom
him we be!t (et it! mental !ymptom!$-%t a&&ect! intellect; con&u!e! intelli(ence; !o that patient i!
unable to ma*e a deci!ion$ Eud(ment i! di!turbed$ Unable to reali>e; thin(! the *now! !eem to
him to be unreal- 3&or unreality' compare Med$8$ ent 9uote! :ahnemann' in 1hronic ?i!ea!e!'
a! (i#in( the be!t e)pre!!ion o& Alumina mentality that occur! anywhere$ +@hen he !ay!
anythin(' he &eel! a! i& another per!on had !aid it; when he !ee! anythin(' a! i& another per!on
had !een it' or a! i& he could tran!&er him!el& into another and only then could !ee$- Thecon!ciou!ne!! o& per!onal identity i! con&u!ed$ :e i! da>ed; ma*e! mi!ta*e! in writin( and
!pea*in(; u!e! word! not intended$
+Then' another pha!e; (et! into a hurry$ Nothin( mo#e! &a!t enou(h; time !eem! !low'
e#erythin( delayed$
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+Then' impul!e!/ when he !ee! !harp in!trument! or blood' impul!e! ri!e within him' and he
!hudder! becau!e o& the!e impul!e!$ An in!trument that could be u!ed &or murder or &or *illin(
cau!e! the!e impul!e!$ %mpul!e to *ill her!el&$
+Thin*! !urely he i! (oin( to lo!e hi! rea!on$ Thin*! about thi! &ren>y and hurry and con&u!ion
o& mind; how he hardly *now! hi! own name' and how &ret&ul he i!' and &inally thin*! he i! (oin(
cra>y$-
2,,21TS ON S2NS%T%F2S O, A"UM%N%UM 2MANAT%ONS
Practical' anyway' thi! radiator.li(ht' bri(ht' and (a#e out unu!ual heat$ <et' a&ter a bit' the
room did not &eel (ood; one wa! (lad to turn it o&&$ @:<K Aluminium pot! were taboo/ but the
aluminium or aluminium plated radiator wa! not !u!pect$
Ne)t.that wa! happenin(K A curiou! #erti(o; when eye! !uddenly went out o& &ocu!' and one had
to halt' at ri!* o& &allin(; or' when typin(' one had to wait &or normal #i!ion' and the abrupt end
o& what one called +#i!ual #erti(o-; or when' !eein( oddly' one would di!co#er a yellow.(rey
cloud acro!! ri(ht.eye #i!ion coupled with alarmin( in!tability$ An umbrella &or a prop' wa! a
(ood.!end; while 0u!t to touch ob0ect! in a room' wa! rea!!urin($
At la!t' it dawned perhap! aluminium !ymptom!K.and Materia Medica an!wered$ +<e!-.!oon
con&irmed by the &act that' the radiator! !a#a(ely !ma!hed' the trouble rapidly di!appeared$ And
when a once.time nur!e came to a!* help becau!e !he wa! becomin( paraly!ed' the !ymptom!
!he detailed were with curiou! e)actitude tho!e one had !potted a! !ymptom! o& aluminium
emanation!$ @a! !he u!in( one o& tho!e radiator!K @ell' the hou!emaid where !he wa! nur!in(
had been lea#in( one o& the!e radiator! on in her bedroom all day durin( thi! bitter weather$
And !o the poor !oul departed reprie#ed and happy$
One yearn! to !ay to the many one meet!' wal*in( wearily with the help o& an umbrella' +Pardon
me' but ha#e you (ot one o& tho!e !plendid aluminium radiator!K-$
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AMMON%UM 1ARBON%1UM [Am.c]
Pa(e!/ 4 C 7
%ntroduction
%t wa! one o& ?r$ <ounan! +:int!- e!pecially applicable to.day in the !omewhat tryin(
condition! in which we e)i!t' which drew one! attention to Ammonium carb$ &or the cou(h that
may be le&t by %n&luen>a; which !hould yield to Bryonia' but may &ail to do
!o$
:e !ay!$ +Since my own e)perience with Ammonium.carbonicum % ha#e u!ed in many ca!e!'
e!pecially tho!e o& children' with much !ucce!!$ %t ha! cured the cou(h o& %n&luen>a when
e#erythin( el!e ha! &ailed' and % ha#e more than once not &ound it nece!!ary to (i#e a !econd
do!e$-
Ammon$ carb$ i! a remedy o& !e#ere' i& not de!perate' condition!; one o& #ery (reat #alue' but
where' ha#in( no per!onal e)perience' we !hall call upon !ome o& our be!t pre!criber! to paint
it! ?ru( picture &or u!$ On &ir!t tryin( to en#i!a(e it' it !eemed a bit #a(ue and colourle!!/ but a!
one per!e#ered' it (rew in lumino!ity' till it a!!umed de&inite and unmi!ta*able proportion!/
while it! #ery #a(uene!! and want o& de&inition a! re(ard! !ymptom!' !eem to ha#e led to it!
!ucce!!&ul pre!cribin($ %t! !alient &eature! are / want o& ener(y' power' !tren(th' tone$ Typical
Ammon$ carb$ i! wea*' tired' played out' mind and body/ !ometime! without a !in(le apparent or
di!ea!e to account &or the condition / or it may come in at the end o& !eriou! and 3with out it!
!timulu!8 &atal illne!!e!$
@hen one !tudie! a little.re(arded dru(' it i! a!toni!hin( how o&ten the #ery patient who need! it'appear! on the !cene; or how one remember! 0u!t the #ery patient' o& lon( a(o' who mi(ht ha#e
bene&ited by it$ ,or in!tance !omebody' ill &or month!' (enerally in bed' with what i! dia(no!ed
3!o her people !ay8 +heart &ailure-- de(enerated heart-a healthy and ener(etic middle. a(ed
woman' put! up the Ammonium carb$ condition' and ou(ht to cure rapidly$ She i! +ab!olutely in
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de!pair and cannot (o on li*e thi!-and i!' a! i! !o o&ten the ca!e' comin( to !ee whether
:omoeopathy can a(ain !core one o& it! triumph!$ %t !hould
Ammonium carb$ i! one o& :ahnemann! remedie!; !ee hi! 1hronic ?i!ea!e!$ :e &ound it u!e&ul
where the mental condition wa! one o& &ear&ulne!!' di!obedience' want o& docility' loathin( o&
li&e/ unea!ine!!' an)iety' wea*ne!!$
1hronic headache' a! i& !omethin( would (et out at the &orehead; hammerin( headache$
Burnin( or coldne!! in eye!$ One o& the remedie! o& cataract$
%tchin( in ear' in no!e$ Pu!tule! and boil! on no!e' and no!e. bleed e!pecially on wa!hin(' in
a$m$ 3all the authoritie! ma*e a point o& thi! !ymptom8$
"oo!ene!! o& teeth$ Sore' raw throat$
Rawne!! and burnin(' oe!opha(u!' a&ter a meal; headache and nau!ea a&ter a meal$ =iddine!!
durin( a meal' uncon9uerable de!ire to eat !u(ar$ Plenty o& !tomach !ymptom! include pain'
heartburn' pain in !tomach when !tretchin( one!el&$
Shortne!! o& breath/ a!thma' cou(hwith hoar!ene!!' the body bein( warm$ 1ou(h &rom tic*lin(
in throat/ by day / by ni(ht; !titche! in !mall o& bac* when cou(hin($ Burnin( in che!t/ !titche!
in che!t$
=oitre$
Pain in wri!t 0oint where !prained lon( a(o$ @art!$ Burnin( !titche! and tearin( in corn!$
?row!y by day/ !leeple!! by ni(ht$ :eat in head with cold &eet$
The!e are merely :ahnemannian e)tract!' !howin( to !ome e)tent the ran(e o& dru( action o&
Ammon$ carb$ By the way' the !alt i! triturated' and then the potencie! are run up$ :ahnemann
al!o !ay!/
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+Thi! dru( i! e!pecially !uitable to adynamic' wea*' ner#ou!' #enou! or lymphatic con!titution!/
to indi#idual! o& a torpid phle(matic' melancholy temperament' to people leadin( a !edentary
li&e' and to the &emale or(ani!m; in per!on! who are ea!ily impre!!ed' but react !li(htly and &or a
!hort time; when there i! la)ity o& &ibre' di!po!ition to lymphatic accumulation' accumulation o&mucu! and &at; and to ner#ou! a&&ection!$
+%t i! remar*able that ammonium !hould be u!e&ul a(ain!t a tendency to (an(rene' and that
cancerou! and morti&yin( ulcer! !hould e#ol#e a lar(e 9uantity o& ammonium/ that ammonium
!hould play an important part in the a&&ection! o& the !e)ual or(an! o& the &emale and that a
con!iderable 9uantity o& ammonium !hould be e#ol#ed throu(h the !*in durin( men!truation;
and' la!tly' that ammonium !hould relie#e the !ymptom! o& poi!onin( by &un(i' and that
ammonium !hould be a characteri!tic con!tituent o& the!e (rowth!$ %t i! well *nown that a
!imilar relation e)i!t! between the itch and !ulphur/ that the itch #e!icle !mell! o& !ulphur' and
that !ulphur i! a !peci&ic a(ain!t the itch$-
One notice! that many o& the !ymptom! o& Ammon$ carb$ are wor!e while' or a&ter eatin(/ +the
!tomach &eel! o#er.loaded &or hour! a&ter eatin($- %t i! wor!e &or cold' wet weather/ &or wa!hin(
3Sulph$8 ; durin( men!e!$ %t i! better in dry weather; when lyin( on the pain&ul !ide' or on the
abdomen$
Amon( other trial!' it ha! itchin( at anu!' and haemorrhoid! which bleed and protrude$
%t a&&ect! e!pecially the ri(ht !ide/ and it! bad hour i! 7 a$
m$
All the re!t one (et!' empha!i>ed' in the &ollowin( e)tract! and 9uotation!$
B"A1' "2TT2R S<MPTOMS
Sen!e o& oppre!!i#e &ullne!!' pu!hin( a! i& ,OR2:2A? would bur!t$
No!ebleed / when wa!hin( hand! or &ace in a$ m$ NOS2 bleed! &rom le&t no!tril$
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Stoppa(e' no!e' mo!tly at ni(ht / mu!t breathe throu(h mouth$
A (ood deal o& hun(er and appetite$ Rabid :UN=2R/ yet !he i! immediately !atiated a&ter
ha#in( eaten little$
:eat in the &ace' durin( and a&ter dinner$
Hualmi!hne!!$
One o& the be!t remedie! in emphy!ema$
1ou(h at ni(ht/ e#ery mornin( at 7 a$m$ ; dry cou(h &rom tic*lin( o& throat' a! o& du!t$
An(ina pectori!$
Ri(ht ARM appeared to wei(h a hundredwei(ht' and to be without !tren(th$
Spa!m in ri(ht arm' which drew it bac*ward!$
Panaritium/ &in(er in&lamed; deep.!eated perio!teal pain$
Better &or e)ternal pre!!ure/ headache better/ con!tricti#e pain in !tomach better/ pain in bowel!
better$
Body red' a! i& co#ered with !carlatina
Mali(nant !carlatina with !omnolence' etc$
Body &eel! brui!ed$
NAS:' 9uotin( =uern!ey' !ay!/ ?elicate women who &aint ea!ily and want !mellin( !alt! around
them mo!t o& the time$ @ea*; with de&icient reaction; (enerally o& the lymphatic temperament$
@ant !timulant!' e!pecially !uch a! act throu(h ol&actory ner#e! Ammonia' 1amphor' Mu!*'
Alcohol' etc$ A (ood remedy to e)cite reaction in the &ir!t on!et o& !uch a !uddenly pro!tratin(
di!ea!e a! cerebro.!pinal menin(iti!$ =ood &or dry' !tu&&ed cory>a' acute or chronic; patient i!
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wor!e at ni(ht' ha! to breathe with mouth open$ Fery u!e&ul in !carlatina' body #ery red' almo!t
blui!h red' and the throat !eem! the centre where the &orce o& the di!ea!e !eem! to be e)pended
in mali(nant inten!ity$ The eruption i! &aintly de#eloped' &rom inability' owin( to wea*ne!!' o&
#itality to *eep it on the !ur&ace 3inc8$ Ailanthu! i! al!o comparable here$
@e will cull al!o &rom ,ARR%N=TON.!*etchily$
Fital power! are wea*ened$ :aemorrha(e! o& a dar* &luid blood appear$ There i! de(eneration
o& blood ti!!ue$ Mu!cle! become !o&t and &labby' teeth loo!en and decay' and (um! recede and
ulcerate$
%t! !ymptom! in uraemia are #ery important' and are not only characteri!tic in uraemia' but in
any other di!ea!e in which thi! remedy may be indicated/ a! in !carlatina' al!o in heart di!ea!e$
They are/ !omnolence or drow!ine!! with rattlin( o& lar(e bubble! in lun(!; (ra!pin( at &loc*!;
blui!h or purpli!h hue o& lip! &rom lac* o& o)y(en in blood' and browni!h colour o& ton(ue$ %t!
neare!t analo(ue here i! Antimonium tart$ 3Arnica al!o' in typhoid !tate!$8
@ith much !ymptom! remember Ammon$ carb$ &or oedema o& lun(! and emphy!ema$
To be remembered al!o &or poi!onin( by charcoal &ume!$
%t i! u!e&ul in the be(innin( o& cerebro.!pinal menin(iti!/ when patient i! !tric*en by the #iolence
o& the poi!on' and &all! into a !tupid' non.reacti#e !tate$ :e i! cold' and the body !ur&ace i!
cyanotic$ Pul!e wea*$ %n 0u!t !uch ca!e! Ammonium carb$ will brin( about reaction$
U!e&ul a(ain in dilatation o& heart$ Patient !u&&er! (oin( up !tair!' or up hill/ !u&&er! intolerably
in a hot room$ There i! o&ten a cou(h with bloody !putum$ Palpitation' dy!pnoea and retraction
o& epi(a!trium$ Perhap! cyano!i!$
%n pneumonia with (reat debility' with !ymptom! pointin( to a heart clot$
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%ndicated in chronic bronchiti!' with atony o& bronchial tube!' &a#ourin( emphy!ema$ 1opiou!
accumulation o& mucu! in lun(!' dilatation o& bronchial tube!' and oedema pulmonum$ :e i!
wea*' !lu((i!h in mo#ement!' cou(h! continually' rai!e! with di&&iculty or not at all$ May be
drow!y' deliriou!' mutterin($
Then' !carlatina 3all the author! !pea* o& thi!8$ %t i! rather a mali(nant type$ Throat !wollen
internally and e)ternally (land! enlar(ed' blui!h or dar* red !wellin( o& ton!il!$ %n addition to
!wellin( o& cer#ical lymphatic!' in&lammation o& the cellular ti!!ue!$
Then the characteri!tic ob!tructed no!e' particularly at ni(ht$ The child !tart! &rom !leep a! i&
!motherin(;or ha! to lie with it! mouth wide open' to breathe$ 2nlar(ement o&ten o& the ri(ht
parotid (land$ "i*e Api!/ but Api! ha! more oedema' &or in!tance' o& the u#ula$
"a!tly' to epitomi>e 2NT$ +%& we were practi!in( in the old. &a!hioned way and con!idered the
wonder&ully #olatile nature o& Ammonium carb$ in !ome o& it! &orm!' we would only loo* upon it
a! an a(ent to relie#e &aintne!!$ and u!e it in the &orm o& hart!horn to com&ort old maid! and
!ome other women$ But it i! a deep.actin(' con!titutional medicine' an antip!oric$ %t e&&ect! a
rapid blood chan(e!/ it di!turb! the whole economy$ %t! &luid! are all acrid$ The acrid !ali#a
e)coriate! the lip!' !o that they crac* in corner! and middle' and become raw' dry' !cabby$
2yelid! &e!ter and become dry and crac*ed &rom the e)coriatin( &luid!$ The !tool i! acrid and
e)coriate!$ There i! rawne!! &rom acrid men!trual di!char(e and leucorrhoea$ @here#er there i!
an ulcer the &luid! that oo>e e)coriate the part! around$
%t bleed! blac* blood' o&ten &luid' that will not coa(ulate$ S*in mottled' intermin(led with (reat
pallor$
%t ha! #iolent action on the heart/ there i! #iolent' audible pul!ation' wor!e &or e#ery motion$
Stran(e that the ancient! *new that Ammon$ carb$ would o#ercome di&&icult breathin( &rom
cardiac attac*!$ 3@hen indicated' the !in(le do!e' #ery hi(h' i! enou(h$8 :e !ay!' the ancient!
u!ed Ammon$ carb$ in the low &rom o& pneumonia/ it had a homoeopathic relation to !ome o& the
ca!e!$ Once in a while they would cure the aw&ul !ta(e o& pro!tration with heart &ailure at the
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end o& pneumonia' and becau!e they relie#ed !uch a one' it wa! e!tabli!hed a! a remedy &or all
&uture u!e$
%t ha! a !tate analo(ou! to blood poi!onin( 3a! in ery!ipela!' and mali(nant !carlet &e#er8' with
pro!tration and (reat dy!pnoea' a! i& heart were (i#in( out/ with patchy !ur&ace' du!*y and pu&&y
&ace$
2n&eebled wea* heart/ ab!ence o& !ymptom! / lac* o& re!pon!e to remedie!$ Patient ha! to lie in
bed and do nothin(' &or palpitation and di&&icult breathin( on motion$
Such a ca!e' he !ay!' &urni!hed me much amu!ement &or a year and a hal&$ There wa! a woman'
who an!wered thi! de!cription$ :er !tate wa! one o& peculiar wea*ne!! with dy!pnoea and
palpitation on motion$ % had been treatin( her' but had not &ully !tudied the ca!e' and a! !he did
not pro(re!!' !he wa! put under an able neurolo(i!t &or a +re!t cure-$ She wa! to be well in !i)
wee*!' but a!' then' !he wa! wor!e than e#er' a heart !peciali!t wa! called in to e)amine her$ The
heart wa! not #i(orou!' but there wa! no or(anic a&&ection$ Then a lun( !peciali!t' and all *ind!
o& other !peciali!t!' to in#e!ti(ate &ully all her or(an!/ but there wa! nothin( the matter with
them ; yet the poor woman could not wal* becau!e o& her !u&&erin(! and palpitatin( heart$ A&ter
three month!' !teadily &ailin(' ?r$ ent wa! called to !ee her a(ain$ The ca!e wa! e)tremely
#a(ue' with nothin( but tho!e &ew !ymptom!$ +,inally % !ettled on Ammon$ carb$' and !he ha!
been on thi! remedy &or ei(hteen month!/ one do!e helpin( her &rom !i) wee*! to two month!$
She now climb! mountain!' and doe! e#erythin( !he want to do$ Thi! !how! how deeply thi!
remedy act!$-
2)hau!tion' e#ery M$ P$ An attac* li*e cholera comin( the &ir!t day o& each M$ P$ There may be
e)hau!tion with #omitin(' coldne!!' bluene!!' !in*in( dy!pnoea$ 3Ferat$8
%t! a!thma ha! thi! peculiarity' wor!e in a warm room' till !u&&ocate!; a! i& he would die &or want
o& breath$ <et the headache and bodily complaint! are wor!e &rom cold$
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Bone! ache/ ache a! i& they would brea*$ Teeth ache #iolently &rom chan(e o& weather' or o&
temperature in the mouth$ :air &all! out; nail! become yellowi!h; (um! receded &rom teeth and
bleed/ !corbutic' or !cro&ulou! con!titution$
:y!teria/ ner#ou! women carry a bottle o& ammonia han(in( to their chain$ A (reat !imilarity
between the !ymptom! o& thi! dru( and !na*e poi!onin(!where it ha! a (reat reputation$
Many complaint! &rom bathin($
%n diphtheria and che!t trouble!' wor!e a&ter !leep$ 3Fery li*e "ach$ in many o& it! !ymptom!$8
Seem! a! i& all her inner part! were raw and !ore$
,ull o& catarrhal !ymptom! and cou(h; rattlin( o& mucu! all throu(h che!t$ Oppre!!ion o&
breathin($ A catarrhal dy!pnoea$ :ypo!tatic con(e!tion o& lun(!/ che!t &illin( up with mucu!
di&&icult to e)pel$ 1oldne!!' pro!tration and wea*ne!! o& che!t$
@or!e 7 a$ m$; wa*e! with cold !weat and di&&icult breathin($ Almo!t pul!ele!!$ ,ace pale and
cold$
+:eart &ailure$ Patient (ot on well' then the heart &ailed$- :ere Ammon$ carb$' (i#en in time'
would !a#e li&e
ANA1AR?%UM OR%2NTA"2 [Anac]
Pa(e!/ 4 C
Mar*in( Nut$
%ntroduction
T:2 indication! &or Anacardium are !o !tri*in( and !o de&inite that it !eem! hardly
nece!!ary to ?ru( picture it$
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But' a word o& warnin($ @e once complained to a #ery wi!e and learned homoeopathic chemi!t
that Anacardium' in !ome di(e!ti#e trouble!' had &ailed to wor*$ O& cour!e there may ha#e been
one o& two rea!on! &or thi!/ the dru( may ha#e been wron(ly pre!cribed' or it may not ha#e been
a (ood preparation$ The old man wa! too polite to !u((e!t any but the !econd alternati#e' and he proceeded to e)plain$ :e !aid' the dar* 0uice &rom which it deri#e! it! name i! not in the nut but
in the hu!*$ @herea! i(norant per!on! put tincture! on the mar*et made &rom the nut it!el&;
u!ele!! &or medicinal purpo!e!$ A !ucce!!or o& that !ame chemi!t with whom we were di!cu!!in(
the point the other day' !ent u! two !ample! Anacardium O which lie be&ore u! a! we write/ the
potent preparation nearly blac*/ the reputed Anacardium' a pale brown$ So once a(ain we
reiterate the warnin(/=et your homoeopathic remedie! &rom homoeopathic chemi!t! who *now
what they are !ellin(' and do not pic* up cheap' ill.prepared' perhap! #itiated dru(!' 0u!t
anywhere$ To (et re!ult!' remedie! mu!t be made &rom the medicinal part! o& a plant' (rown in it!
own habitat' culled at it! be!t' and prepared and pre!er#ed without contamination$ @e are
ab!olutely at the mercy o& our chemi!t!; and we are #ery (rate&ul to them$
Anacardium i! be!t *nown &or it! peculiar and e)treme mental !ymptom!/ it! lo!! o& memory / it!
!en!e! o& duality and duality and unreality 3the latter ma*e! one thin* o& Medorrhinum8; it!
per#er!ion!' bla!phemou! and cruel/ it! illu!ion!' delu!ion!' and &ear!; it! peculiar !en!ation!
bur!tin(' bindin(' plu((in($ @e will call on #ariou! out!tandin( pre!criber! to de!cribe the
manner in which they ha#e &ound it u!e&ul' and the indication! on which they ha#e come to rely$
But' &ir!t' Anacardium' one o& :ahnemann! dru(!' i! to be &ound in Fol$ %% o& hi! 1hronic
?i!ea!e!$ :ere we read' that +1a!par :o&&man ha! called the 1on&ectio anacardina !eu
!apientium 3celebrated a! a di!tin(ui!hed remedy a(ain!t wea*ne!! o& mind' memory and the
!en!e!8 a 1on&ection o& &ool!/ becau!e many had lo!t their memory and had become mad on
account o& u!in( it too o&ten and incon!iderately$- +:ence it wa! only the improper and too
&re9uent u!e o& Anacardium that made it hurt&ul'- a! :ahnemann point! out$ +%& applied
correctly it became curati#e$- %n other word!' 0u!t another illu!tration o& hi! di!co#ery/ +That
which can cau!e' can cure and' in order to cure' !ee* out that which can cau!e$-
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:ahnemann tell! u! that thi! i! one o& the dru(! that come &rom the Arab!$ :e !ay!/ +Thi!
power&ul dru(' to(ether with other! o& which the ancient! a#ailed them!el#e! with (reat bene&it'
had been completely &or(otten &or the la!t thou!and year!$- And he identi&ie! and de!cribe! it
thu!/ +Between the e)ternal blac*' !hinin(' heart.!haped' hard !hell' and the !weet *ernel whichi! co#ered with a brown reddi!h thin !*in' there i! a thic*ly' blac*i!h 0uice contained in a cellular
ti!!ue with which the %ndian! mar* their linen in a indelible manner' and which i! !o !harp that
mole! may be etched away by mean! o& it$ A wron( Anacardium Ioccidentale i! *idney.!haped'-
he !ay!$
B"A1 "2TT2R S<MPTOMS
=reat wea*ne!! o& M2MOR<$
"o!! o& memory$
%rre!i!tible de!ire to cur!e and !wear$
:ypochondria!i!$
@hen wal*in( he &elt an)iou!' a! i& !omeone were pur!uin( him/ he !u!pected e#erythin( around
him$
:e i! !eparated &rom the whole world/ ha! no con&idence in him!el&; de!pair! o& bein( able to do
that which i! re9uired o& him$ @ea*ne!! o& all the !en!e!$
Pain :2A?' relie#ed entirely when eatin( / wor!e durin( motion and wor*$
=a!tric and ner#ou! headache!$
?ull pre!!ure a! &rom a plu(' le&t #erte)$
F%S%ON indi!tinct$
?ull pre!!ure a! &rom a plu(' upper border ri(ht orbit$
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,lat' o&&en!i#e ta!te in MOUT:$
Symptom! di!appear durin( dinner' but be(in anew a&ter two hour!$
Pain about NAF2" a! i& a blunt plu( were !9uee>ed into inte!tine!$
=reat and ur(ent de!ire &or !tool' pa!!e! without e#acuation$
Rectum powerle!!' with !en!ation a! i& plu((ed up$
?ull pre!!ure a! &rom a plu( in ri(ht !ide 1:2ST$
1ramp cal#e! when wal*in($
Sen!ation a! o& a hoop or band round the part$
1UR%OUS OR %TA"%1 S<MPTOMS
Recollection! only come a&ter the time he i! in need o& them$
:a! a de#il in hi! ear' whi!perin( bla!phemou! word!$
2#erythin( percei#ed ha! no reality$
Thin*! he i! double/ that mind and body are !eparated/ that a !tran(er i! at hi! !ide/ that
!tran(e &orm! accompany him$
:er hu!band i! not her hu!band/ her child not her child$
Scream! loudly/ !wear!/ thin*! him!el& a demon$
1ontradiction between rea!on and will/ ha! two will!' one commandin( to do what the other
&orbid!$
%n one ear a de#il' in the other an an(el prompt! him to do murder' or act! o& bene#olence$
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1owardice$
Ta*e! e#erythin( in bad part and become! #iolent$
Sen!ation o& ob!truction a! &rom a plu( in ear$
Abdomen &eel! a! i& it would bur!t when cou(hin($ ?ull pre!!ure li*e a plu( in ri(ht che!t$
Two 9uic*ly !ucceedin( !titche!' pierce throu(h and throu(h the heart at ni(ht$
Sleepine!! a&ter cou(hin($
"e(! !ti&&' a! i& banda(ed/ ten!e' a! i& too !hort$
@a#e.li*e twitche! here and there in le(!$
Pre!!in( or penetratin( pain a! &rom a plu( in di&&erent part!$
,re9uent tene!mu! durin( the day &or many day!' without hi! e#er bein( able to e)pel anythin($
Any part which he lea#e! unmo#ed' immediately (oe! to !leep$
=U2RNS2< !ay!/+There are &ew remedie! in the entire Materia Medica ha#in( Iimpaired
memory J a! !o mar*ed a characteri!tic$ %n re!torin( the memory' it o&ten cure! the patient o& all
other trouble!$-
,or(et! e#erythin(/ con!ciou!ne!! o& thi! ta*e! away the appetite$
,eel! bla!phemou! word! con!tantly !u((e!ted' with de!ire to cur!e and !wear$
,i)ed idea!/ that he i! double/ that there i! no reality in anythin(/ all a dream / mind and body
!eparated/ a !tran(er at hi! !ide' one to the ri(ht' the other to the le&t/ her hu!band i! not her
hu!band' or her child her child i! bein( pur!ued/ !u!pect! e#eryone/ con!tantly e)pectin(
trouble$
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Two di&&erent in&luence! e)erted on him at the !ame time' the one to do murder' the other to do
(ood$
,re9uently !cream! loudly' a! i& to call !omeone$
Ob0ect! appear too &ar o&&$
All the !ymptom! di!appear while eatin(' returnin( a&terward!$
3Then the ubi9uitou! plu( !en!ation!' and the !en!ation! o& a hoop or band round part!$8
2NT empha!i>e! the &ollowin( point!/,ull o& !tran(e notion! and idea!$ ,eeble mind' to
complete imbecility$ ?i!turbed by e#erythin(/ cur!in($ %n continuou! contro#er!y with him!el&/
contro#er!y between two will!' two impul!e!$ :allucination!/ a demon !it! on one !houlder an
an(le on the other$ 1ontradiction between will and rea!on$
+% ha#e learned much &rom Anac$' Aurum and Ar(entum' o& the !tran(e action o& medicine! on
the human mind$ By thi! mean! we (et at &act! and lay !ide many hypothe!i!$-
Nothin( real/ all !eem! in a dream$ ,i)ed idea!/ that he i! double/ that a !tran(er i! by hi! !ide$
One moment he !ee! a thin( and under!tand! it and another moment he doe! not under!tand it$
One moment !ee! it i! her child and another that it i! not$ One moment thin*! it i! !o' and ne)t
moment ha! enou(h rea!on le&t to *now that it i! not !o$ ?elu!ion i! an ad#anced !ta(e o&
illu!ion$ %n the repertory we ha#e the !ame remedie!' o&ten' &or illu!ion and delu!ion; it i! a
matter o& (rade$ :e !ee! demon!' and at &ir!t he *now! &rom hi! intelli(ence that a demon i! not
there' but later he want! to dri#e him out$
,ear! e#erythin( and e#erybody / he i! pur!ued/ e)pect! enemie!/ internal an)iety/ no peace$ All
moral &eelin( i! ta*en out o& him$ :e &eel! cruel$ 1an do bodily in0ury without &eelin($ 1ruel'
maliciou!' wic*ed$ Suitable in reli(iou! mania when the con&lict between e)ternal and internal
will i! *ept up$ +S*in!- li*e Rhu!$ Tetanu!$ 2pilep!y$
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NAS: !ay!/Anacardium orientale i! a #ery #aluable remedy' not (enerally appreciated by our
!chool$ %t ou(ht o&ten to be u!ed in that hydra.headed complaint called dy!pep!ia' &or which Nu)
i! !o indi!criminately u!ed$ And he !tre!!e! that Anac$ ha! a pain in !tomach only when the
!tomach i! empty' and i! relie#ed by eatin(' while Nu) i! relie#ed a&ter the proce!! o& di(e!tion i!o#er$ Nu) i! at it! wor!t two or three hour! a&ter meal!' but only till di(e!tion i! accompli!hed'
then come! relie&/ wherea! with Anac$ thi! i! the time when the !u&&erin( i! wor!t$ Na!h &ound
almo!t a! many Anac$ a! Nu) ca!e!/ and &ound the CDDth here more e&&icaciou! than the lower
potencie!$ +The potency here a! well a! el!ewhere and with all remedie! ha! more to do with
!ucce!! in curin( than !ome ima(ine$-
%n re(ard to !tool' he !ay!' Nu) ha! the de!ire' but with irre(ular or o#eraction$ Anac$ ha! the
de!ire' with not !u&&icient action to carry it out$ Then Anac$ ha! a !en!e o& lump or plu( in anu!
which ou(ht to come away/ which doe! not appear in Nu)$
Anacardium' mar*in( nut'
Plu((ed !en!ation!' eye! to (ut$
Anacardium' here! your (uide$
Plu( within' ti(ht band out!ide$
Mentally two will! oppo!e'
@hich to obey he ne#er *now!$
Thin* o& Anacardium where
Patient want! to cur!e and !wear/
Should he ne#er cea!e to pray'
=i#e Stramonium ri(ht away$
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Mar*in( nut will potent be'
To re!tore lo!t memory$
Anacardium #ie! with Nu)
%n dy!pep!ia/ here! the cru)
Pain till &ood! di(e!ted' !eeK
Spell! Tinct$ Nuci! #omicae/
Pain when !tomach! emptytut
1ure him with the mar*in( nut$
ANT%MON%UM 1RU?UM [Ant.c]
Pa(e!/ 4 C 7
Stibium Sulphuratum ni(rum$
%ntroduction
:A:N2MANN !ay! it i! &ound in nature' in the !hape o& blac* parallel needle!' ha#in( a
metallic lu!tre; i! compo!ed o& twenty.ei(ht part! o& !ulphur and one hundred part! o& antimony$
The di&&erent trituration! are prepared accordin( to the method which ha! been already pointed
out$ The !malle!t do!e' he !ay!' i! !u&&icient to produce the de!ired e&&ect' in chronic di!ea!e!$ :e !ay!/
Antimony i! u!e&ul when the &ollowin( !ymptom! are indicated/
A child cannot bear to be touched or loo*ed at$
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Ru!h o& blood to the head; trouble!ome itchin( on head/ with &allin( o&& o& hair$
Redne!! and in&lammation o& the eyelid!$ Sore no!tril!/ heat and itchin( o& chee*$ Pain in hollow
teeth$
1hronic lo!! o& appetite/ eructation! ta!tin( o& in(e!ta$
Nau!ea' loathin(' di!po!ition to #omit con!e9uent upon a !poiled !tomach' etc$' etc$
One ha!' perhap! un&ortunately' a certain limited number o& remedie! that ha#e become !uch
&riend! that they are alway! at hand' tenderin( their !er#ice!; while a ho!t o& other! remain mere
name! and need to be laboriou!ly loo*ed up$ Ant$ crud$ ha!' with u!' remained more or le!! in
the latter cate(ory$ %ndeed' one! idea! o& the Ant$ crud$ per!onality re!ol#e them!el#e! into
thi!/=reedy' &at' !entimental' with !ore corner! to mouth' and crippled &eet$
But the dru( ou(ht to be con!idered in ca!e! o& +rheumatic in&lammation o& mu!cle!$ %n arthritic
a&&ection!' with !wellin( and nodo!itie!$ %n rheumatic contraction o& mu!cle!' with cur#ature o&
limb!/ 3EA:R8$ Then' to(ether with it! !entimentality' it ha! the irre!i!tible de!ire to tal* in
rhyme!' or to repeat #er!e!/ and with it! +ec!tatic lo#e-' it i! !aid to be u!e&ul &or the bad e&&ect!
o& di!appointed a&&ection! 3Nat$ mur$' 1alc$ pho!$8$ Allen! eynote! tell u! that it! !ymptom!chan(e locality' or (o &rom one !ide o& the body to the other$ 31ompare "ach$' &rom le&t to ri(ht/
"yc$' &rom ri(ht to le&t/ or "ac$ can$ when they cro!! and then (o bac*$ One ha! #eri&ied thi! in
the diphtheria o& a "yc$ ca!e/ and 3a(ain curati#ely8 with "ac$ can$ in o#arian pain$8$
B"A1 "2TT2R S<MPTOMS
Allen' :erin(; al!o :ahnemann! !tre!!ed !ymptom! in hi! 1hronic ?i!ea!e!' where no blac*
type i! (i#e$
Pee#i!h$ Sul*y$ "oathin( o& li&e$
1hild &ret&ul and pee#i!h' turn! away and crie! when touched$
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:2A?A1:2/ a&ter bathin(; &rom deran(in( !tomach; alcoholic drin*!; a&ter a chill; !uppre!!ed
eruption!; &rom a cold$
2<2S/ !orene!! o& outer canthi$
Redne!! and in&lammation o& eyelid!$
1hronic blepharophthalmia o& children$
Sore' crac*ed and cru!ty NOSTR%"S$
Suppuratin( and lon( la!tin( eruption on 1:22S$
Toothache' in hollow T22T:/ pain !ometime! penetrate! into head$ @or!e at ni(ht' a&ter eatin(
and &rom cold water/ touchin( tooth with ton(ue cau!e! pain a! i& ner#e were torn/ better
wal*in( in open air$
=nawin( pain in cariou! teeth; a&ter e#ery meal$
TON=U2 coated; thic* white; mil*y white' yellow$
@hite ton(ue$
"ip! dry$ 1rac*! in the corner! o& mouth' pain&ul li*e !ore!$
=um! detach &rom teeth and bleed ea!ily$
STOMA1:/ #iolent thir!t' with dryne!! o& lip!$
Thir!t in the e#enin( with de!ire to drin*$
=ulpin( up o& &ood' ta!tin( o& the in(e!ta$
Fomitin( a&ter !our urine$
A&ter #ine(ar or acid wine' loo!e !tool!$
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1on!tant di!char(e o& wind' up and down' immediately reproduced' &or year!; 3cured ca!e8$
Belchin( with ta!te o& what ha! been eaten$
"oathin(' nau!ea and de!ire to #omit$
=a!tric !ymptom! predominate/ di!(u!t &or drin* and &ood' bitter mouth and #omit$
Fomitin($
Stomach wea*$ 2a!ily di!turbed di(e!tion$
=a!tric catarrh/ white ton(ue/ nau!ea and #omitin($
Fery li9uid STOO"S$
?iarrhoea/ watery with undi(e!ted &ood/ watery with little hard lump!$ @or!e &rom #ine(ar
acid!!our wine; o#erheatin( ; a&ter cold bathin(; at ni(ht and early mornin($
?iarrhoea o& old people$
Alternate diarrhoea and con!tipation o& old people$
?i&&icult' hard !tool/ &aece! too lar(e$
2lderly people with diarrhoea' all at once (et co!ti#e$
Mucou! pile!' pric*in(' burnin(; continuou! mucou! di!char(e' !tainin( yellow$ Sometime! ichor
oo>e! out$
1OU=:/ &ir!t attac* i! alway! mo!t !e#ere' !ub!e9uent one! wea*er and wea*er; 3whoopin(
cou(h8$
Pain in che!t with heat$
Blenorrhoea pulmonum' or phthi!i! muco!a$
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Se#ere continual itchin( on che!t the whole day$
Fiolent itchin( on BA1$
Arthritic pain in ,%N=2RS$
?rawin( pain! in &in(er! and their 0oint!$
?rawin( pain in the le&t hip.0oint$
"ar(e horny place! on !ole!' clo!e to toe!$
=reat !en!iti#ene!! o& !ole! when wal*in($
=reat S"22P%N2SS durin( the day' mo!tly &orenoon$
2)hau!ted in warm weather$
1annot bear :2AT o& !un$
@or!e o#erheatin( near the &ire$
A&ter o#erheatin(' diarrhoea$
Sen!iti#e to 1O"?/ to inhalin( cold air/ a&ter ta*in( cold$
Pertu!!i!' wor!e cold wa!hin($
1old bathin(/ cau!e! #iolent headache/ cold in head; (a!tric catarrh; diarrhoea; !uppre!!ed
men!e!$
,2F2R/ heat attended by !weat$
Fiolent chill without thir!t; heat with thir!t &ollowed by !weat$
A&ter the !weat i! o#er' heat and thir!t return$
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=a!tric &e#er!$
Mucou! membrane! (enerally a&&ected$
:orny e)cre!cence!$
Mea!le!.li*e eruption!/ or mea!le! delayed/ #omitin( durin( mea!le!$
%TA"%1' OR NOTAB"2' OR HU22R S<MPTOMS
?ecided di!po!ition to !hoot him!el&' to no other *ind o& !uicide$ Thi! &orced him to lea#e hi!
bed' otherwi!e he wa! unable to (et rid o& it$
1ontinual condition o& ideal lo#e and ec!tatic lon(in( &or !ome ideal bein(' which &illed hi!
&ancy; more when wal*in( in the pure open air than when in a room$
%rritated !tate o& mind/ &eelin( o& (rie&$ The !ound o& bell!' or the !i(ht o& that which !urround!
him' mo#e! him to tear!$
,eelin( o& emptine!! in the head' or headache a! i& &orehead would bur!t/ &elt into)icated$
Small' &lat' tender tubercle! on !calp' with crawlin( !en!ation$
Roarin( in ear!$ Fiolent din in ear!' a! i& !omeone were beatin( a(ain!t the door o& the hou!e$
A *ind o& dea&ne!! in ri(ht ear' a! i& a lea&let were placed be&ore the tympanum$
1ory>a with !ore cru!ty no!tril!$ Both no!tril! chapped and co#ered with cru!t!$
No!ebleed$
No!e pain&ul' a! &rom in!pirin( cold air or acrid #apour!$
1rac*! in corner! o& mouth' pain&ul li*e !ore!$
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Burnin(' !tin(in(' a! &rom a red.hot !par* on chin and upper lip$ On touchin( it' hand !eem! to
mo#e o#er !ore place!$
?ryne!! o& mouth/ rawne!! o& palate$
Much !alti!h !ali#a in mouth$
Fiolent thir!t with dryne!! o& lip!$
:iccou(h$ Nau!ea with #erti(o$
Fiolent #omitin(' with attac*! o& an)iety$
Terrible #omitin( which nothin( can !top$
,ear&ul #omitin( with con#ul!ion!$
Fiolent #omitin( and diarrhoea' with e)ce!!i#e an(ui!h$
Pain in !tomach' a! &rom e)ce!!i#e &ullne!!' without &ullne!!$
Pain in !tomach a! a&ter too much eatin(' with di!tended' but not hard' abdomen$
Burnin( at pit o& !tomach li*e heartburn' with (ood appetite$
Burnin(' !pa!modic pain' pit o& !tomach' dro#e him to de!pair' and to the re!olution o& drownin(
him!el&$
"ord rumblin( in abdomen' which i! much di!tended$
Protru!ion o& rectum durin( !tool$ 2)pul!ion o& blac* blood$
Stool &ir!t natural' then !e#eral !mall loo!e e#acuation!' then a !mall but hard e#acuation with
#iolent !trainin($
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Fiolent !pa!m! in laryn) and pharyn)' a! i& throat were &illed with a plu(' which become!
alternately thic*er and thinner' with a &eelin( o& !orene!!$
Su&&ocatin( catarrh$ 3?eath &rom !u&&ocatin( catarrh' &rom a &ew (rain! o& antimony$8
,eelin( a! i& limb! were enlar(ed$
,in(er.nail! did not (row a! &ormerly/ pain&ully !en!iti#e beneath the nail!$
Blui!h !pot! on thi(h!$ Blui!h !pot! on tibiae$
Morti&ication o& &oot/ it i! 9uite blac*$ %ntolerable burnin(' lancinatin( pain in a morti&yin( &oot'
it bein( in!en!ible to touch or the pric* o& a pin$
:er &oot !o hea#y !he cannot li&t it$
%cy cold &eet$
"ar(e horny place! on !*in o& !ole! o& &eet' with pain li*e corn! which returned a&ter ha#in( been
cut out$
=reat !en!iti#ene!! o& !ole! o& &eet$
%mmen!e !wellin( o& whole body$ ?rop!ical !wellin( o& body$
=ettin( &at/ or' 2maciation had e)hau!tion$
Apople)y with !uch a pro&u!e &low o& !ali#a' that he e)pelled a lar(e 9uantity o& watery &oam
&rom no!e and mouth$
=reat !leepine!! by day$ At p$m$ o#erwhelmed with !leep$
NAS: draw! attention to the thic* mil*y.white coatin( on the ton(ue which may occur in many
complaint!$
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To the deran(ement! &rom o#erloadin( the !tomach' e!pecially with &at &ood / nau!ea$
To the cru!hed &in(er.nail!' which (row in !plit! li*e wart! and with horny !pot!/
To the corn! and callo!itie! on !ole!' with e)ce!!i#e tenderne!!' !o that he can only wal* with
pain and !u&&erin(/
To the alternate con!tipation and diarrhoea in old people' e!pecially with the characteri!tic
3white8 ton(ue$
1hild cannot bear to be touched or loo*ed at/ &ret&ul' cro!!$
:e !ay! many remedie! ha#e white ton(ue' but thi! one lead! them all/ thic*ly coated' white'
white a! mil* ton(ue$ 3@e ha#e once !een a ton(ue not coated' but 9uite white$ So &ar a! memory
!er#e!' it wa! Ant$ crud$ that 9uic*ly cured$8
%t i! a (reat !tomach remedy di!order! that ari!e &rom o#ereatin( (a!tric deran(ement! o& recent
date$ The !u&&erer &eel! he mu!t throw up be&ore there will be any relie&$ A &ew pellet! o& Ant$
crud$ on the ton(ue will o&ten !ettle the bu!ine!!' !a#e the lo!! o& a meal and all &urther
!u&&erin($
Then the peculiar !tool!' partly !olid and partly &luid$ And the &orm o& diarrhoea o&tene!t with
old people which alternate! with con!tipation' where Antimonium crud$ i! the only remedy$ The
peculiar mental !ymptom!the (reate!t !adne!! and woe&ul mood/ the !entimental mood in the
moonli(ht; ec!tatic lo#e$
+1hild cannot bear to be touched or loo*ed ata (em- Na!h !ay! that o&ten in ca!e! o& (a!tric
or remittent &e#er he ha! been led to the u!e o& Ant$ crud$ by thi! condition o& the mind$
The cro!! child' not li*e 1ham$ which want! to be carried and !oothed' but which will !cream
and cry and !how temper at e#ery little attention$ :ere the &e#er i! apt to run hi(her at ni(ht'
and the white ton(ue i! almo!t alway! pre!ent$
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:e notice! the &in(er.nail! (rowin( in !plit!' with horny !pot!/ and the toe.nail! that (row out o&
!hape' or !hri#el up and do not (row at all$ And the #ery tender corn! and callo!itie!$ 3:ere one
remember! a ca!e cured by Ant$ crud$8 :e !ay! !ome o& the wor!t ca!e! o& chronic rheumati!m
ha#e been cured by Ant$ crud$' (uided by the e)treme tenderne!! o& the !ole! o& the &eet$ :ornye)cre!cence! anywhere on the !*in ma*e one thin* o& Ant$ crud$
Thi! remedy i! mo!t o&ten needed in the e)treme! o& li&e' in children and old people$
:e draw! attention to it! a((ra#ation! &rom heat o& !un/ al!o &rom radiate heat o& &ire; and al!o
to it! a((ra#ation! &rom cold bathin($ :e !ay! that' when a ca!e o& lon( !tandin( come!' datin(
the be(innin( o& the trouble &rom !wimmin( or &allin( into the water' we thin* o& Ant$ crud$' and
e)amine &or &urther indication!$ 3N$ B$Burnett! (reat remedy here wa! Belli! per$8
:U=:2S' Pharmacodynamic!' (i#e! a #ery brie& account o& thi! dru(/ but he 9uote! ?r$ 1lotar
Muller in re(ard to it! e)traordinary e&&icacy in a&&ection! o& the !*in/ +% ha#e rea!on to thin*
that Antimonium crudum i! an in#aluable remedy where pimple!' pu!tule!' poc*! or &uruncular
ele#ation! ari!e primarily or !econdarily' e!pecially when at the !ame time there i! !e#ere
continued pric*in( itchin( o& the !*in' and a&ter rubbin( tenderne!! and !orene!!$ 2!pecially
when !uch phenomena occur on the &ace or (enital!$
%n re(ard to it! +horny place! on the !*in o& the !ole! o& the &eet-' he 9uote! a recorded ca!e
where one o& twenty year! !tandin( in#ol#in( the entire !ole' and #ery !en!iti#e' wa! !oon cured
by the dru($
2NT point! out that all the !ymptom! !eem to centre about the !tomach$ No matter what the
complaint' the !tomach ta*e! part in
it$
%t produce! a #ery !eriou! !tate o& mind' and ab!ence o& the de!ire to li#e$ +@hen % hear a patient
!ay' IOh' doctor' i& % could only die % do not li*e !uch a ca!e$- The pro!tration i! !imilar to
Ar!enicum' but Ar!$ ha! o#erwhelmin( &ear o& death' while thi! medicine ha! loathin( o& li&e$
The!e o#er.e)citable' inten!e' ner#ou!' hy!terical youn( (irl! and women are o#ercome by
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mellow li(ht! !uch a! &low throu(h !tained (la!! window!' or by the mellow li(ht &rom the moon
in the e#enin(/ that i! what i! meant by +Sentimental mood in the moonli(ht-$
@or!e cold' damp weather/ cold bathin($ <et many o& the !ymptom! come on in the !un! ray!'
and &rom the heat o& an open (rate$ A child with whoopin( cou(h will cou(h more a&ter loo*in(
into the &ire$ 1on!tant nau!ea/ !tomach &eel! too &ull' a! i& he had eaten too much' when he ha!
not eaten at all/ &eel! di!tended when the abdomen i! &lat$ =outy per!on! where the nodule! on
&in(er! and 0oint! become painle!! and the !tomach and inte!tine! become di!tended and pain&ul$
S*in ulcerated/ a tendency to (row wart!' callo!itie!' bad nail! and bad hair$ The thic*ened !*in
on !ole! o& &eet are #ery !ore to wal* upon' becau!e o& their numerou! centre! o& little corn!$
@art! on hand!/ nail! brittle' blac*' can hardly be cut$
P$ S$?r$ Schwart> o& 1ali&ornia write! me that Antimonium crud$ i! +an almo!t !peci&ic in
Rheumatoid arthriti!-
ANT%MON%UM TARTAR%1UM [Ant.t]
Pa(e!/ 4 C 7 L
Tartar emetic$
%ntroduction
:2R%N= !ay! o& thi! dru(' +An in#ention o& the alchemi!t!' #ery popular with them'
&orbidden by the ,rench Academy' &inally introduced and much u!ed and much abu!ed by the
Old School$-
Old School' ,arrin(ton !ay!' doe! not ma*e much play in the!e day! with Tartar emetic/ and he
i! borne out by it! pre!ent day teachin(!' &or we are told 3:ale @hite8 that +many year! a(o an
ointment' o& Tartar emetic wa! applied a! a counter irritant/ but it cau!e! too much pain and i!
now !eldom u!ed-$ That Tartar emetic +cannot be recommended a! an emetic' it! action i! !low
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and it! (eneral depre!!ion (reat$ %t !hould ne#er be (i#en to produce pur(ation-$ %t i! al!o
pronounced +an unde!irable e)pectorant-$ But thi! i! 9uali&ied$- The only ca!e! in which it i!
permi!!ible are tho!e in which an emetic i! re9uired &or laryn(iti!' bronchiti!' or !ome other
acute in&lammatory condition o& the re!piratory tract &or then it! depre!!ant action on thecirculation may perhap! be bene&icial' but u!ually %pecacuanha i! pre&erable$
,or it! u!e! in the ner#ou! and mu!cular !y!tem!' +it ha! now been abandoned-/ and +it i!
much le!! u!ed in medicine than &ormerly-$
Thu! Old School' with it! crude method! and crude do!a(e' &ail! to reali>e the preciou! li&e.
!a#er! at it! command' and lea#e! practical and curati#e medicine to the di!ciple! o&
:ahnemann$
+Ant$ tart$- wa! pro#ed by :ahnemann and !ome o& hi! !tudent!/ but hi! pro#in(! were only
publi!hed in Stap&! Archi#e!/in our :o!pital "ibrary/ but one doe! not 0oy&ully (rub in the old
=erman boo*!' when one can (et the de!ired matter in other' later' 2n(li!h wor*!$ :i! pro#in( o&
cour!e appear! in Allen' :erin(' etc$
:erin( 3=uidin( Symptom!8 +ma*e! u!e- al!o +o& the ma!terly mono(raph o& ?r$ R$ :enc*e
34QL8 who collected all poi!onin(!' pro#in(! and cure!-$
%n the hand! o& homoeopath! Antimonium tartaricum i! a #ery preciou! and indi!pen!able
remedy and ha! !a#ed innumerable li#e!/ the li#e! o& in&ant! and !mall children e!pecially' dyin(
o& bronchiti! and broncho.pneumonia' cyano!ed and almo!t moribund; and' at the other end o&
li&e' o& old people' with che!t &ull o& rattle! and whee>e!' with lun(! &illin( up' and no power to
rai!e the phle(m$ One o& our early recollection! wa! o& a baby brother (a!pin(' with blue lip!
and nail!/ a mother! di!tre!!; how !he too* the matter out o& the doctor! hand!' and !lipped
into the baby! mouth a &ew o& the little !weet thin(! !o powerle!!' !eemin(lyand yet !o
power&ul where they &ill the picture/ and then the allopathic doctor! !urpri!e at hi! ne)t #i!it
a&ter which he only loo*ed on' while !he pre!cribed$
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nowin( the "aw o& :ealin(' one could do 9uite (ood curati#e wor*' i& put to it' with an
allopathic materia medica/ (oin(' howe#er' by the rule o& contrarie! when it come! to it!
deduction! and teachin(!' and lea#in( it! !u((e!tion! and warnin(! !e#erely alone$ They do not
apply
Old School call! Tartar emetic a power&ul irritant o& the !*in$ @e u!e that action' and (i#e the
dru( internally &or 0u!t !uch power&ul irritation! o& the !*in a! it can e)cite$ One ha! !een o#er
and o#er a(ain' &or in!tance' how a do!e or two o& Ant$ tart$ cm ha! cured impeti(o conta(io!a
in a &ew day!' without any e)ternal application whate#er' e)cept a little plain !tarch powder to
+!lop it up-$ One remember! a (rown.up brother and two little !i!ter! who appeared at +out.
patient!- with e)ten!i#e patche! o& the in&ection' e#en e)tendin(' in one ca!e' to the nec*$ Ant$
tart$ cm' a! u!ual' !u&&iced$ Pu!tular eruption! here' o& cour!e' it i! one o& our mo!t u!e&ul
remedie! in !mall. po)$ Amon( our (reat remedie! in pu!tular eruption! are Ant$ tart$' 1icuta'
Rhu!' Thu0a' and e!pecially FariolinumBurnett! (reat remedy in herpe!' by the waybut' each
and all' only accordin( a! the re!t o& the !ymptom! a(ree$ @e !hall !ee' a(ain and a(ain
empha!i>ed' how Ant$ tart$ come! in &or (a!tric and inte!tinal condition!' and it! ma(ni&icent u!e
in che!t trouble!' and mo!t e!pecially in the broncho.pneumonia! and pneumonia! o& little
children$ :ere' with u!' the lar(e mortality o& the old !chool i! almo!t obliterated$
:U=:2S !ay!' -Pharmacodynamic!$- +The be!t *nown action o& Tartar emeticthat to which
it owe! it namei! it! power o& producin( nau!ea and #omitin($ The nau!ea which it cau!e! i!
#ery inten!e and lon( la!tin(-/ and he reproduce! a u!e&ul little dru(.picture/
+The &ace i! pale' the !*in cool' moi!t and rela)ed' the pul!e &eeble' &re9uent and o&ten irre(ular'
the !ali#a &low! copiou!ly' and &eelin(! are u!ually e)perienced o& (a!tric unea!ine!!' lan(uor'
and unu!ual wea*ne!!' which are' !ometime!' in the hi(he!t de(ree di!tre!!in(; !o much !o a!' i&
lon( continued' to render the patient utterly pro!trate in body and mind' and indi&&erent to all
thin(! around him' e#en to li&e it!el&$ To the!e !hould be added uni#er!al mu!cular rela)ation$-
:u(he! 9uote! 3in do(! poi!oned by Ant$ tart$8- the lun(! were alway! more or le!! a&&ected/
oran(e.red or #iolet throu(hout/ de!titute o& crepitation' (or(ed with blood' and in !ome part!
hepati>ed$ "epelletier independently con&irmed the!e ob!er#ation! and nai#ely remar*ed' IOne
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would ima(ine that' admittin( it! action in man to be !imilar' &ar &rom bein( u!e&ul' it!
admini!tration would be particularly perniciou! in pneumonia; but it i! not !o' &or' in!tead o&
&a#ourin( en(or(ement o& the lun(' it promote! it! re!olution$-
,ARR%N=TON point! the characteri!tic!' and (i#e! #aluable tip! in re(ard to thi! dru($
+:ead con&u!ed/ warmth o& &orehead and con&u!ed &eelin(' a! i& the patient ou(ht to !leep 3in
pa!!i#e con(e!tion o& brain8$ %& the patient i! a child we notice an unwillin(ne!! to be loo*ed at
or touched$ %& you per!i!t in your unwelcome attention' it will ha#e a con#ul!ion$
+On awa*in( &rom !leep the child !eem! !tupid' and i! !o e)ce!!i#ely irritable that he howl! i&
one !imply loo*! at him$
+Suppre!!ed eruption! with the!e head !ymptom! and (reat di&&iculty in breathin($ ,ace blui!h
or purple' the child become! more drow!y and twitche!$ There i! rattlin( breathin($ The!e
!ymptom! that % ha#e mentioned accompany two (rand !et! o& phenomena &or which Ant$ tart$
may be u!e&ul' namely pulmonary and (a!tro.enteric a&&ection!
,or children' in#aluable in di!ea!e! o& the che!t' when the cou(h i! pro#o*ed whene#er the child
(et! an(ry' which i! #ery o&ten$ 2atin( brin(! on the cou(h' which culminate! in #omitin( o&mucu! and &ood$
+A nur!in( in&ant !uddenly let! (o o& the nipple and crie! a! i& out o& breath' and !eem! better
when held upri(ht and carried about$ Now' thi! i! the be(innin( o& capillary bronchiti!$ There
are &ine crepitant rale! all throu(h the che!t$ Ant$ tart$ here nip! the whole di!ea!e in the bud and
!a#e! the child much !u&&erin($ Another &orm o& cou(h mar*ed whee>in( when child breathe!$
The cou(h !ound! loo!e' and yet the child (row! drow!y$ %t! head i! hot and bathed in !weat$ The
cou(h (row! le!! and le!! &re9uent$ The pul!e i! wea*$ Symptom! o& cyano!i! appear$ The
9uic*er' in the!e ca!e!' you (i#e Ant$ tart$' the better &or your patient$
+Ant$ tart$ i! al!o indicated in the a&&ection o& old people and particularly in orthopnoea' or
threatenin( paraly!i! o& the lun(! in the a(ed$ <ou hear loud rattlin( o& phle(m in the che!t yet
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the patient cannot (et up the phle(m$ 3:ere Baryta carb$ i! complementary' and may !u&&ice
when the other only partly relie#e!$8
+%n thi! threatenin( paraly!i! o& the lun(! you mu!t compare Antimonium tartaricum with
!e#eral other dru(!/ with "ache!i!' which ha! a((ra#ation when arou!in( &rom !leep; with ali
hydriodicum' e!pecially where there i! oedema pulmonum and a (reat deal o& rattlin( o& mucu!
in the che!t$ @hat little !putum i! rai!ed i! &rothy and (reeni!h' and loo*! li*e !oap!ud!$
+1arbo #e($ al!o !uit! the!e ca!e!' but here the rattlin( i! accompanied by cold breath and by
coldne!! o& the lower e)tremitie! &rom the &eet to the *nee!$
+Mo!chu! in paraly!i! o& the lun(!' when there i! loud rattlin( o& mucu! and the patient i!
re!tle!!$ 2!pecially a&ter typhoid &e#er$ The pul!e (row! le!! and le!! !tron( and &inally the
patient (oe! into a !yncope$ 3Ant$ carb$8
+Ant$ tart$ produce! a per&ect picture o& pleuro.pneumonia$ Portion! o& the lun(! are paraly!ed$
,ine Rale! are heard' e#en o#er the hepati>ed portion!$ =reat oppre!!ion o& breathin('
e!pecially toward! mornin($ The patient mu!t !it up in order to breathe$
+Pu!tule! #ery nearly identical with tho!e o& !mall.po)$
+?i!ea!e! o& inte!tinal tract$ Fery li*e Feratrum/ only here Feratrum ha! more cold !weat on
&orehead' Ant$ tart$ more drow!ine!!$-
NAS:' a! u!ual' !um! up the action o& Ant$ tart$ in a &ew word! o& #ital import$
+=reat accumulation o& mucu! in air pa!!a(e!' with coar!e rattlin( and inability to e)pectorate;
impendin( paraly!i! o& lun(!$
+,ace #ery pale or cyanotic &rom uno)idi>ed blood$
+=reat coma or !leepine!! in mo!t complaint!$
+Fomitin(; inten!e nau!ea' with pro!tration; (eneral coldne!!' cold !weat! and !leepine!!$
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+Tremblin(/ internal; head and hand!$
+Thic* eruption! li*e poc*!' o&ten pu!tular; a! lar(e a! a pea$
+Relie& &rom e)pectoration$
+Both end! o& li&e' childhood and old a(e$
+1hild clin(! to tho!e around; want! to be carried; crie! and whine! i& anyone touche! it; will
not let you &eel the pul!e$
+Nau!ea a! inten!e a! that o& %pecac$' but le!! per!i!tent' and with Ant$ tart$ there i! relie& a&ter
#omitin($-
And Na!h !ay!' +%& Antimonium tart$ po!!e!!ed only the one power o& curin(' that it doe! upon
the re!piratory or(an!' it would be indi!pen!able$ No matter what the name o& the trouble'
whether it be bronchiti!' pneumonia' whoopin( cou(h or a!thma' i& there i! a (reat accumulation
o& mucu! with coar!e rattlin(' or &illin( up with it' but' at the !ame time' there !eem to be
inability to rai!e it' but' at the !ame time' Tartar emetic i! the &ir!t remedy to be thou(ht o&$ Thi!
i! true in all a(e! and con!titution!' but particularly !o in children and old people-$
+There i! one !ymptom that i! #ery apt to be pre!ent in the!e ca!e!' i$e$ (reat drow!ine!!'
!ometime! amountin( to coma$-
+%n pneumonia' both Tartar emetic and Opium may ha#e (reat !leepine!!' but there i! no need
&or any con&u!ion here a! to choice &or in Opium the &ace i! dar* red or purple' and there may be
!i(hin( or !tertorou! re!piration$ @ith Tartar emetic the &ace i! alway! pale' or cyanotic' with no
redne!!' and the breathin( i! not !tertorou!$-
:e al!o !ay!' +Antimonium tart$ i! al!o one o& our be!t remedie! &or hepati>ation o& lun(!
remainin( a&ter pneumonia$ There i! dullne!! on percu!!ion' and lac*' or ab!ence o& re!piratory
murmur!' and the patient continue! pale' wea*' and !leepy$-
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2NT (i#e! a wonder&ul picture o& Ant$ tart$ @e will 9uote' conden!in($ :e !ay!' +About the &ir!t
thin( we S22 in an Ant$ tart$ patient i! e)pre!!ed in the &ace$ The &ace i! pale and !ic*ly the
no!e drawn and !un*enthe eye! are !un*en with dar* rin(! around themthe lip! are pale and
!hri#elledthe no!tril! dilated and &lappin(' with a dar* !ooty appearance in!ide them$ Thee)pre!!ion i! that o& !u&&erin($ The atmo!phere in the room i! pun(ent it ma*e! you &eel that
death i! there$-
:e !ay!' +@e &ind thi! !tate and appearance in catarrhal patient!' in bro*en down con!titution!'
in &eeble children' in old people/ in catarrhal condition! o& trachea and bronchial tube!$ And we
:2AR coar!e rattlin( and bubblin(! in the che!t coar!e' li*e the Ideath rattle$ The che!t i!
!teadily &illin( up with mucu!$ At &ir!t he may be able to throw it out' but &inally he i! !u&&ocatin(
&rom the &illin( up o& mucu! and the inability o& che!t and lun(! to throw it out$ %t i! a paralytic
condition o& the lun(!$ The &ir!t &ew day! o& the !ic*ne!! will not point to Ant$ tart$ So lon( a!
reaction i! (ood and !tren(th hold! up you will not !ee thi! hippocratic countenance!in*in(
and coldne!!' and cold !weat$ <ou will not hear thi! rattlin( in the che!t' becau!e the!e
!ymptom! are !ymptom! that indicate a pa!!i#e condition$ Antimonium tart$ ha! wea*ne!! and
lac* o& reaction$-
:e contra!t! it with %pecac$ which may come in &or the &ir!t period$ :e !ay!' +%pecac$ ha! !omeo& thi! coar!e rattlin(' but it i! attended with (reat e)pul!i#e power o& the lun(!$ Ant$ tart$ ha!
the coar!e rattlin( that come! a&ter many day!$ %t ha!' li*e %pecac$' the cou(hin( and (a((in(
and retchin(' but only in the later !ta(e o& (reat rela)ation' pro!tration and coldne!!$ @hen you
hear him cou(h you are impre!!ed with the idea that there mu!t be !ome pro&ound wea*ne!! in
hi! lun( power$ The lun(! ha#e lo!t the power to produce an e)pul!i#e action with deep
in!piration$ :ere the che!t i! &ull o& mucu! and it rattle!/ the cou(h i! a rattlin( cou(h'' but the
mucu! doe! not come up' or only in !uch 9uantity a! doe! not relie#e$ :i! che!t i! &ull o& mucu!'
and he i! really pa!!in( away' dyin( &rom carbonic acid poi!onin( due to lac* o& e)pul!i#e
power$
:e !ay!' +Unli*e Aconite' Bell$ and Bry$' which come down with #iolence' the #ery oppo!ite i!
pre!ent in Ant$ tart$' where you ha#e little &e#er' cold !weat' coldne!!' rela)ation' hippocratic
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a!pect$ Mo!t o& the!e !e#ere ca!e! o& bronchiti! and pneumonia die in the Ant$ tart$ !tate$ %n #ery
old people who ha#e had catarrh o& the che!t &or year!' where e#ery !harp cold !pell brin(! on
catarrh o& the che!t with thic* white mucu! dy!pnoea. .mu!t !it up and be &annedcannot lie
down becau!e o& the di&&icult breathin( and &illin( up o& the che!t' Ant$ tart$ will ea!e him o#er anumber o& the!e attac*! be&ore he die!$ I@hen the e)pectoration i! yellow' Ammoniacum will pull
him throu(h' and Ant$ tart$ when it i! white' and attended with pro!tration' !weat' coldne!!'
pallor and bluene!! o& the &ace$-
ent !ay! &urther' +:e doe! not want to be meddled with or di!turbed$ 2#erythin( i! a burden$
The child when !ic* doe!nt want to be touched' or tal*ed to' or loo*ed at$ @ant! to be let alone$
The in&ant i! alway! *eepin( up a piti&ul whinin( and moanin($ Alway! in a bad humour' that i!'
e)tremely irritable when di!turbed$-
Note that with Ant$ Tart$ the !putum i! @:%T2$
+%n mo!t complaint! thi! remedy i! thir!tle!!$ =enerally in the!e attac*! o& dy!pnoea the &riend!
o& the patient will !tand around with a #ery !tron( de!ire to do !omethin(' i& it i! only to hand a
(la!! o& water$ Thi! patient i! irritated by bein( o&&ered a !wallow o& water$ :e i! di!turbed and
!how! hi! annoyance$ The child will ma*e an o&&ended (runt when o&&ered water$ Thir!tle!!ne!!
with all the!e bronchial trouble!' with copiou! di!char(e o& mucu! and (reat rattlin( in the che!t$
+?e!ire &or acid! and !our &ruit' and they ma*e him !ic*$ Stomach trouble! &rom #ine(ar' !our
thin(!' !our wine' !our &ruit$ A#er!ion to mil* and e#ery other *ind o& nouri!hment' but mil*
e!pecially ma*e! the patient !ic*' cau!in( nau!ea and #omitin($
+@ith the !tomach !ymptom! and bowel !ymptom! there i! thi! con!tant nau!ea' but it i! more
than a nau!ea' it i! a deadly loathin( o& e#ery *ind o& &ood and nouri!hment' a nau!ea with the
&eelin( that i& he too* anythin( into the !tomach he would die; not merely an a#er!ion to &ood'
not merely a common nau!ea that precede! #omitin(' but a deadly loathin( o& &ood$ ind.
hearted people #ery o&ten want him to ta*e !omethin(' &or perhap! he ha! not ta*en any &ood all
day' or all ni(ht; but the thou(ht o& &ood only ma*e! him breathe wor!e' increa!e! the dy!pnoea'
increa!e! hi! nau!ea' hi! loathin( and hi! !u&&erin($-
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%n the !ame way that e)pectoration i! di&&icult with Ant$ tart$ #omitin(-i! not an ea!y matter with
thi! remedy$ %t i! not merely to open the mouth and empty the !tomach o& it! content!$ The
#omitin( i! more or le!! !pa!modic$ IFiolent retchin($ =a((in( and retchin( and !trainin( to
#omit$ Su&&ocation' (a((in(' throu(h (reat torture$ The !tomach !eem! to ta*e on a con#ul!i#eaction' and it i! with the (reate!t di&&iculty' a&ter many o& the!e (reat e&&ort!' that a little come!
up' and then a little more' and thi! i! *ept up$ IFomitin( o& anythin( that ha! been ta*en into the
!tomach' with 9uantitie! o& mucu!$ Thic*' white' ropy mucu!' !ometime! with blood$ Old (outy
patient!' old drun*ard!' old bro*en.down con!titution!$ %n children al!o that ha#e bro*en.down
con!titution!' a! i& they had (rown old$ The!e ta*e cold in the che!t' with (reat rattlin( o& mucu!'
and re9uire thi! remedy$ All the &orm! o& Antimony ha#e that drop!ical tendency' rela)ation and
wea*ne!!' Ant$ tart$ i! &ull o& it$-$
P21U"%AR AN? 1:ARA1T2R%ST%1 S<MPTOMS
Piti&ul whinin( and cryin( be&ore and durin( the attac*!' or paro)y!m!' whate#er they may
be$ ?e!pair o& reco#ery$
A child cou(h! when an(ry$ 3%mportant !ymptom i! whoopin( cou(h' etc$8 1ou(h! and yawn!
alternately$
%n pneumonia' when the ed(e! o& eyelid! are co#ered with mucu!/ al!o' eye! in&lamed' !tarin('
dull' hal&.open' or one clo!ed$ See! only a! throu(h a thic* #eil$
No!tril! &lap 3"yc$8$
,ace a per&ect picture o& an)iety and de!pair$ 1old' di!torted' pale' with blui!h !pot!' bathed in
cold !weat' li#id$ ,ace. mu!cle! twitch$
Sic*ly' !un*en pale blui!h or twitchin( &ace' co#ered with cold !weat$
Ton(ue co#ered with a thic*' white' pa!ty coat; open' parched upper lip drawn up; or ton(ue
#ery red; in !trea*!; or dry down middle; brown' dry$
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1ra#e! apple!' &ruit!' acid!' cold drin*!' re&re!hin( thin(!$ A#er!ion to mil*$ Thir!tle!!ne!!' or
inten!e thir!t$ 1ontinuou! an)iou! nau!ea with (reat e&&ort to #omit' and !weat on &orehead$ The
!malle!t 9uantity o& drin* i! #omited' with ea(er de!ire &or more$ Nau!ea with (reat &aintne!!$
@a#e! o& nau!ea with wea*ne!! and cold !weat$
Fiolent pain in abdomen; !eem! !tu&&ed &ull o& !tone!' but it doe! not &eel hard$
1hild at birth pale' breathle!!' (a!pin(' althou(h the cord &eebly pul!ate!$
Rapid' !hort' di&&icult and an)iou! re!piration;!eem! a! i& he would !u&&ocate without !ittin(
erect the whole ni(ht; !pell may come on at 7 a$ m$ 3or L a$ m$8 and ha! to !it up$ =reat rattlin(
o& mucu! in the bronchia' e!pecially 0u!t below the laryn)' li*e a little cup&ul about to run o#er'
but #ery little i! e)pectorated$
Fery drow!y' (reat !hortne!! o& breath' bronchial tube! o#er. loaded with mucu!$
Somnolency/ wanin( con!ciou!ne!! on clo!in( eye!$
@ea*' drow!y' lac*in( in reaction$
Re!piration #ery une9ual' now !horter' now lon(er' wor!e lyin(' le!!ened when carried about in
an upri(ht po!ition$ (a!pin( &or breath at the be(innin( o& e#ery cou(hin( !pell$ Noi!y'
whi!tlin(' purrin(' bellowin(' or !awin( re!piration; with (reat rattlin( o& mucu! a! i& the child
would !u&&ocate' alway! relie#ed by !pittin( or #omitin( the mucu!$ 1ou(h e)cited by eatin($
%n the di&&iculty o& breathin(' &ace may be pale' dar* red' blue lip!' hot and !weaty head'
mu!cular twitchin($
1ou(h/ compel! one to !it up/ it !eem! loo!e and rattlin(' but no e)pectoration/ with (reat pain
in che!t or laryn)' crie! &ro help and (ra!p! at laryn)$
Sputa blood.!trea*ed' ru!t coloured' adherin( li*e (lue$
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O2dema o& lun(!$ %mpendin( paraly!i! o& lun(!$ 2mphy!ema$
Much palpitation/ with uncom&ortable warm' or hot &eelin( proceedin( &rom heart$
%n croup' o&ten we &ind nec* !tretched out' and head bent bac*$
A chie& characteri!tic o& thi! remedy on the !*in i! to produce pu!tular eruption$
B"A1 "2TT2R S<MPTOMS 3:erin( and Allen8
BA? :UMOUR$
The child want! to be carried 31ham$8 crie! i& anyone touche! it; will not let you &eel the pul!e$
?im' !wimmin( eye!$
Pallor$' Pale !un*en &ace$
Rheumatic toothache o& intermittin( type$
?urin( dentition' catarrhal hyperaemia$
Ton(ue #ery red' dry in the middle$
Ton(ue red in !trea*!'
Ton(ue co#ered with chic*' white' pa!ty coat'
Much mucu! in throat with !hort breathin($
?i!(u!t &or &ood' &re9uent nau!ea and relie& by #omitin($
Belchin( which relie#e!$
Nau!ea cau!e! (reat an)iety$
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1ontinuou! an)iou! nau!ea'!trainin( to #omit' with !weat on the &orehead$
Nau!ea' #omitin( and lo!! o& appetite$ Fomit! with (reat e&&ort$
Ab!ence o& thir!t the whole day$
Fomitin(' &ollowed by (reat lan(uor' drow!ine!!' loadin(' and de!ire &or coolin( thin(!$
=reat precordial an)iety with #omitin( o& mucu! and bile$
Sharp cuttin( colic be&ore !tool$
1hild at birth pale' breathle!!' (a!pin('thou(h the cord !till pul!ate!$
The mucu! rattle! in the che!t$
Rattlin( ori(inate! in the upper bronchi and can be heard at a (reat di!tance$
Much rattlin( o& mucu! in trachea; cannot (et it up$
Shortne!! o& breath &rom !uppre!!ed e)pectoration'e!pecially i& drow!y$
Une9ual breath' now !horter' then lon(er' much more &re9uent when lyin($ Better when child i!
carried upri(ht$
Re!piration with (reat rattlin( o& mucu!$
Su&&ocated and oppre!!ed about 7 a$m$' mu!t !it up to (et air; better a&ter cou(h and
e)pectation$
1ou(h compel! the patient to !it up' i! moi!t and rattlin(' but without e)pectoration$
@hen the child cou(h! there appear! to be a lar(e collection o& mucu! in the bronchial tube!'
and it !eem! a! i& much would be e)pectorated' but nothin( come! up$
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1ou(hin( and (apin( con!ecuti#ely' particularly children' with cryin( or do>in(' and twitchin(
o& the &ace$
Pro&u!e mucu! with &eeble 2)pul!i#e power 3bronchiti! in in&ant! and old people8
Pro&u!e mucu! !puta'ea!ily e)pectorated$
1ou(h (row! le!! &re9uent' patient !how! !i(n! o& /-carboni>ed blood-
Rattlin( o& phle(m on che!t' better when carried in an upri(ht po!ition' wor!e lyin( down; with
oppre!!ion$
%n&lammation o& re!piratory mucou! membrane$
Sputa blood.!trea*ed'ru!t coloured' adherin( li*e (lue to the #e!!el$
Atelecta!i!' with !ymptom! o& a!phy)ia belon(in( to the remedy;l with oedema o& unhepati>ed
portion! o& the lun(!; breathin( laboured'or orthopnoea' mucou! rale!$
Oedema o& lun(!$ 2mphy!ema$ %mpendin( paraly!i! o& lun(!$
=rippe/ acute pneumonia; broncho.pneumonia; pleuro pneumonia$
Pul!e hard' &ull' !tron( !ometime! tremblin(; #ery much accelerated with e#ery motion$
Pul!e rapid' wea*' tremblin(
=reat re!tle!!ne!!$ To!!e! with an)iety$
Pro!tration and collap!e$
Fiolent pain in lumbo.!acral re(ion' the !li(hte!t e&&ort to mo#e cau!e! retchin( and cold
clammy !weat$
Tremblin( o& hand!$
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=reat !leepine!!; irre!i!tible inclination to !leep' with nearly all a&&ection!$
1oma
Or' (reat !leeple!!ne!!$
@or!e at ni(ht and !leeple!!$
@armth a((ra#ate!; e#en (ettin( warm in bed$
S*in co#ered with a runnin(' !tic*y !weat$
The ti!!ue! it a&&ect!$
1ollection o& !yno#ia in 0oint!$
Mucou! membrane!/ catarrhal in&lammation!; con0uncti#iti!; (a!triti!' enteriti!; laryn(iti!'
tracheiti!' bronchiti!' e)tendin( e#en into the air.cell!' cy!titi!$
Pu!tular eruption!; on con0uncti#a' &ace' mouth and &auce!' oe!opha(u!' !tomach' 0e0unum'
(enital!
Fariola/ bac*ache' headache' cou(h and cru!hin( wei(ht on che!t be&ore or at the be(innin( o&
the erupti#e !ta(e; diarrhoea' etc$
Al!o when the eruption &ail!$
1he!t' anterior !ur&ace o& upper arm!' wri!t!' abdomen and inner !ide thin(! co#ered with
clo!ely !et' bri(ht.red' !mall' conical' hard pu!tule!' with an in&lamed' letter.li*e ba!e itchin(
intolerably$
Pu!tular eruption lea#e! blui!h.red mar*! on &ace' et$
Thic* eruption li*e poc*!' o&ten pu!tular' a! lar(e a! a pea$
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NOTAB"2 OR P21U"%AR S<MPTOMS' @:%1: APP2AR %N %TA"%1S
,uriou! delirium$'
The child will not allow it!el& to be touched without whinin( and cryin(' :owl! i& loo*ed at$
,lic*erin( be&ore eye!/.A lady' #ery ill with bronchiti! 3a! one remember! well &rom lon( a(o8'
wa! (i#en Ant.tart$' !e#eral do!e!' low'which !he proceeded to pro#e with curiou!' mo!t
di!tre!!in( &la!he! o& ni(ht' +@hat! thatK There' a(ain- They' in her wea* and !u&&erin( !tate'
ab!olutely terri&ied her$ The dru( wa! di!continued' and no more wa! heard o& the &la!he!$
!par*! be&ore eye!$
1on#ul!i#e twitchin(! in almo!t e#ery mu!cle o& &ace$
Swallowin( almo!t impo!!ible$
=reat de!ire &or apple!$
Fomit! till he become! &aint$
Nau!ea' then yawnin( and pro&u!e lachrymation' &ollowed by #omitin($
Abdomen !eem! to be !tu&&ed &ull o& !tone!' thou(h he ha! eaten nothin( and it doe! not &eel
hard$
Fiolent pre!!ure in abdomen' a! &rom !tone!' a! i& &ull; much wor!e !ittin( and !toopin($ 31oloc
i! 38 !toopin( and pre!!ure$8
Seem! a! i& he would !u&&ocate' in bed$ 1annot (et air$ obli(ed to !it up the whole ni(ht$
About 7 a$m$ !u&&ocated and impre!!ed' had to !it up to (et air; only a&ter cou(h and
e)pectoration !he became better$]
?y!pnoea/ had to be !upported in a !ittin( po!ition in bed$
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1old hand!/ icy.cold &in(er tip!$
,eet (o to !leep immediately a&ter !ittin( !hown each time$
:ad !carcely &allen a!leep when !ei>ed with electric !hoc*! and 0er*! 3which came &rom
abdomen8$
1old !weat all o#er body$
2&&ect! o& #accination'when Thu0a &ail!' and Silica i! not indicated$
%& the u!e o& Ant.tart$ wa! continued a&ter it and produced an eruption li*e !mall.po)'the pu!tule!
(ot lar(e' &ull o& pu!' deepened in the centre and became con&luent/ with (reat pain; cru!t! were
&ormed' lea#in( deep !car!$
%n pre!cribin( Ant.tart$' then' loo*' &or drow!ine!!.nau!ea. irritability that hat! to be touched or
loo*ed at/ u!ually thir!tle!!ne!!/ and in +che!t!-' breathin(' e)pectoratin(' lyin( down' almo!t
impo!!ible$ One !ee! how in#aluable it i! &or de!perate condition!' and how with 1arbo #e($' it
i! one o& the +la!t (a!p- remedie!$
AP%S [Api!]
Pa(e!/ 4 C 7
%ntroduction
3%t wa! comin( acro!! the &ollowin( that determined the choice o& Api! &or our pre!ent dru(
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+%n 4QL' the attention o& the writer wa! &ir!t directed to Api! melli&ica a! a remedial a(ent by
the &ollowin( uni9ue cure$
+A lad'a(ed about 4C year!'had been a&&licted &or !e#eral month! with a!cite! and hydrothora)$
:e had been treated &or !ome three month! by allopathic phy!ician! &ir!t &or dy!entery'&ollowed
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by a!cite!' and a&terward! &or !e#eral month! by a :omoeopathic phy!ician$ No permanent
bene&it re!ulted &rom either mode o& medication' and the !ymptom! &inally came !o ur(ent that %
wa! called in con!ultation'and tappin( wa! at once re!orted to in to order to !a#e the patient
&rom imminent dan(er$ Appropriate :omoeopathic remedie! were a(ain pre!cribed but withoutarre!tin( the onward cour!e o& the malady$ The patient commenced to &ill up a(ain with (reat
rapidity$ The !ecretion o& urine wa! nearly !u!pended'the !*in wa! dry and hot' pul!e rapid and
wea*'re!piration !hort and di&&icult ' (reat tenderne!! o& the abdomen' dryne!! o& the mouth and
throat' thir!t' e)ce!!i#e re!tle!!ne!! and an)iety' !hort irritatin( cou(h' and an almo!t entire
inability to !leep$
+At thi! !ta(e o& the ca!e a !trollin( %ndian woman.one o& the &ew !ur#i#or! o& the Narra(an!ett
tribe' !u((e!ted to the &amily the u!e o& a honey bee e#ery ni(ht and mornin($ She enclo!ed the
bee! in a co#ered tin pail'and placed them in a heated o#en until they we *illed'and then a&ter
powderin( them' admini!tered one in !yrup e#ery ni(ht and mornin($ A&ter the lap!e o& about
twenty. &our hour! the !*in became le!! hot and !o&ter' the re!piration le!! di&&icult and more
&ree'the pul!e !lower and more de#eloped$' and there wa! a decided increa!e in the 9uantity o&
urine$ ,rom thi! time the !ymptom! continued !teadily to impro#e' the drop!ical e&&u!ion
dimini!hed day by day' until at the e)piration o& a &ew wee*!' the patient wa! entirely cured$
+Thi! wa! the &ir!t cure o& drop!y by Api! which wa! e#er reported$ ,rom thi! empirical &act.thi!
u!e in morbi!' % percei#ed that the pro&e!!ion wa! a! yet unac9uainted with a power&ul remedial
a(ent' and accordin(ly commenced a !erie! o& pro#in(! and clinical trial! with it$-
?r$2$2$ MAR1< and other!/ 2lement! o& a New Materia Medica' p$LLC$
And ent !ay!' +%t i! 9ueer how old women *now'lon( be&ore Api! wa! pro#ed'that when the
little new.born baby did not pa!! it! water they could &ind a cure by (oin( out to the bee.hi#eand catchin( a &ew bee!'o#er which they poured hot water' and o& which they (a#e the baby a
tea!poon&ul;$ Some dome!tic thin(! li*e that ha#e been *nown amon( &amilie! and amon(
nur!e!'and it i! con!i!tent' becau!e it i! it 0u!t li*e what we (i#e Api! &or$-
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Some o& our mo!t #aluable medicine! ha#e come &rom dome!tic u!e' &rom herbali!tic lore' &rom
accidental poi!onin(!' &rom ob!er#in( the e&&ect! o& bite! and !tin(! o& poi!onou! reptile! and
in!ect!' &rom tradition! o& country.&ol* and !a#a(e!$
But :omoeopathy leap! at *nowled(e in any &orm' and by te!tin( or +pro#in(- the poi!onou!
material 3&or it mu!t be remembered that all medicine! are poi!on!'and all poi!on! can be u!ed
a! remedial a(ent!8 it ma*e! them'one by one' !cienti&ic' by di!clo!in( their true u!e!'and the
e)act !ymptom! on which they can be pre!cribed with con&idence$
There are di&&erent preparation! o& Api!' +there i! but one ri(ht one-' !ay! :erin($ %t i! +the
pure poi!on obtained by (ra!pin( the bee with a !mall &orcep!'and catchin( the minute drop o&
#iru! !u!pended &rom the point o& the !ittin( in a #ial or watch (la!!$ Thi! i! potenti>ed-.
accordin( to direction!$ :e !ay! the &orei(n matter and impuritie!$
%t i! =uern!ey' ent and Na!h who (i#e #aluable picture! o& Api!$
=U2RNS2< !ay!'* +/The PA%NS are li*e bee.!tin(!' with the thir!t and the burnin( &ollowin($
Scanty urine$ Shrill'!udden piercin( !cream! while !leepin( or wa*in(' &orm in#aluable *eynote!
to the u!e o& thi! remedy$-
:2R%N=S de!cription i!' +redne!! and !wellin(' with !tin(in( and burnin( pain!.in eye!.
eyelid!.ear! &ace.lip!.ton(ue.throat. anu!.te!ticle!-' with relie& &rom cold' and a((ra#ation &rom
heat$
Api! ha! #ery de&inite !ymptom!'and i! #ery de&inite in the ti!!ue! it a&&ect!'m and in the way in
which it a&&ect! them$
%t a&&ect!'a! 2NT point! out ' the co#erin(! o& the body/ not only the !*in and the mucou!membrane!'m but al!o the co#erin(! o& oran(e!.the menin(e! o& the brain.the pericardium; and
alway! in the !ame way'with !wellin(!'drop!ical condition!' and it! own peculiar !tin(in( and
burnin( pain!$ The!e !harp !tin(in( pain! o&ten e)port a !hrie*' a! the crie cerebral o&
menin(iti!$ And e#erywhere where there i! the Api! !wellin(' oedema' !tin(in( and burnin('there
i! the Api! a((ra#ation &rom heat/ a((ra#ation &rom a hot room' a((ra#ation &rom the heat o&
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the &ire' a((ra#ation &rom a hot room'a((ra#ation &rom the heat o& the &ire' a((ra#ation &rom a
hot bath$ ent !ay!' +in brain trouble!' i& you put an Api! patient with con(e!tion o& the brain
into a hot bath he will (o into con#ul!ion!'and con!e9uently you !ee that warm bathin( i! not
alway! J(ood &or &it!$ %t i! tau(ht in Old School te)t.boo*! !o much that the old women andnur!e! *now that a hot bath i! (ood &or &it!' and be&ore you (et there 0u!t a! li*e a! not you will
ha#e a dead baby$ Thi! con(e!tion o& the brain' with little twitchin(! and threatenin(
con#ul!ion!' ma*e! them put the baby in a hot bath' and it i! in an aw&ul !tate when you (et
there$ %& the baby need! Opium or Api! in con(e!tion o& the &it! become wor!e by bathin( in hot
water$ %n the nur!e ha! been doin( that *ind o& bu!ine!! you ha#e learned the remedy a! !oon a!
you enter the hou!e' &or !he will !ay the child ha! been wor!e e#er !ince the warm bath' ha!
become pale a! a (ho!t and !he wa! a&raid he wa! (oin( to die$ There you ha#e con#ul!ion! &ar
wor!e &rom heat' pointin( e!pecially to Opium and Api!$-
ent !ay!' +Api! i! &ull o& drop!y'red ra!h' eruption!' urticaria' ery!ipela! in all the!e there i!
!tin(in( and burnin( li*e coal! o& &ire' at time!'and !tin(in( a! i& needle! or !mall !plinter! were
!tic*in( in$-
The complaint! o& Api! are attended with more or le!! #iolence and rapidity$- And ent
de!cribe! the /-e&&ect o& a bee !tin( on a !en!iti#e$- Many people are !tun( with !mall e&&ect/ but a !en!iti#e-come! down with nau!ea and an)iety that ma*e him &eel that he i! dyin('and in
about ten minute! he i! co#ered with urticaria &rom head to &oot$ :e !tin(! and burn! and want!
to be bathed in cold water/ he &ear! that he will die i& !omethin( i! not done to miti(ate hi!
dread&ul !u&&erin(!; roll! and to!!e! a! it he would tear him!el& to piece!$ % ha#e been all that
come on a&ter Api!$ The antidote &or that i! 1arbolic acid no matter how hi(h you ha#e the
Potency$ % ha#e !een 1arbolic acid admini!tered in that !tate' and the patient de!cribed the
!en!ation o& the 1arbolic acid (oin( down hi! throat a! a coolin( com&ort$ :e !ay!' I@hy doctor'
% can &eel that do!e (o to the end! o& my &in(er!$- 3O& cour!e ent here !pea*! o& potenti>ed
1arbolic acid the crude acid would be +a remedy wor!e than the di!ea!e-8
Api! i! T:%RST"2SS' e!pecially in drop!y and &e#er$
:ere i! a recent in!tance o& how Api! act! in !*in trouble!$
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@$S$' in#alided home !ome time a(o' a&ter 47 year! in the tropic! with much malaria and much
9uinine 35D (r!$ a day8 came in September la!t &or an eruption all o#er the la!t three wee*!$
2)ce!!i#e itchin(;wor!e at ni(ht; wor!e &rom warmth; +it itche! and !tin(! a! i& lyin( in a bed o&
nettle!-$ :e (ot Api! cm$
:e wrote later$ +The outer !*in came o&& where#er it wa! a&&ected in white powdery &orm$ The
new !*in i! 9uite clear$' %n &act the cure i! practically complete$ %t too* a de&inite turn a&ter the
Api! do!e!$-
Api! i! a (reat throat medicine$ A medicine &or diphtheria$ But' alway!' with the Api!
!wellin('oedema' a((ra#ation &rom heat' and burnin( and !tin(in( pain!/ 3or' Na!h !ay!'
painle!!ne!!$8
Na!h de!cribe! the Api! throat/ +%n tho!e inten!ely #iolent and rapid ca!e! o& diphtheria in
which the whole throat &ill! ri(ht up with oedematou! !wellin(' the u#ula han(in( down li*e a
tran!parent !ac &illed with water' and the patient i! in imminent dan(er o& death by !u&&ocation
&rom actual clo!ure o& throat and laryn)' there i! not remedy li*e Api!$- And he (i#e! a ca!e &rom
hi! early e)perience!$
+A number o& year! a(o % called to @at*in! =len' N$<$ in con!ultation in a #ery bad ca!e o&
diphtheria$ One had already died in the &amily and &our lay dead in the place that day$ O#er &orty
ca!e! had died in the place and there wa! an e)odu! doin( on &or &ear$ :er attendin( phy!ician'
a noble' white.haired old man'and withal a (ood and able man' !aid'when % loo*ed up to him
and remar*ed % wa! rather youn( to coun!el him/ J?octor' % am on my attac*ed$ the patient wa!
two room! away &rom u!'but % could hear her di&&icult breathin( e#en then$ Api! wa!
comparati#ely a new remedy then &or that di!ea!e'but a! % loo*ed into her Throat !aw Api! in a
moment' and a &ew 9ue!tion! con&irmed it$ % told the doctor what % thou(ht and a!*ed him i& hehad tried it$ :e !aid' JNo' he had not thou(ht o& it' but it wa! a power&ul blood poi!on; try it$ %t
cured the ca!e'and not one ca!e that too* thi! remedy the remedy &rom the be(innin( and
per!i!tently'died$ %t wa! the remedy &or the (enu! epidemic!$-
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But Api! a&&ect! the mind al!o$ The Api! patient i! !ad tear&ul$ ?epre!!ed' with con!tant weepin($
No !leep &rom worryin($ Fery irritable; and 3with "ache!i!'and Nu)8 !u!piciou! and 0ealou!$
@holly 0oyle!! and indi&&erent$ But in all thi!' i! wor!e &rom heat.hot room!.both bath$ ,ear o&
death$ ,ear o& apople)y$
Then Api! ha! hyperae!the!ia amon( it! peculiaritie!/ +wor!e &rom touch.e#en the hair-$' !ay!
Na!h$
And here i! a tip o& Na!h! / %n in&lammation! and &e#er' when their i! alternate dry heat' then
!weatin(' thin* o& Api!$
:omoeopathy i! +!low- !ay people o& little under!tandin($ SlowK. Surely only to be e)pected in
!ome chronic ca!e! with year! o& ine&&icient' or wron( treatment behind them$ Such ca!e!' e#en
&or :ahnemann' mi(ht need a couple o& year! in order to cure; or mi(ht ha#e become
incurable/.when the utmo!t to be hoped &or'!o &ar a! our pre!ent *nowled(e (oe!' mu!t be
palliation$ But in acute wor*' what about thi!.recently to hand- @e all *now that one &or the the
pla(ue! o& 2(ypt' in our day' i! ophthalmia$ =o there' i& you want to !tudy the de!truction o&
eye!' and the #ariou! cau!e! that contribute$ $ @ell' a year a(o' a once. mi!!ionary3now third.
year !tudent o& medicine8 went bac* to 2(ypt in the pau!e in !chool.wor* which occur! in late
!ummer and early autumn$ One o& her eye! (ot in&ection' and to the terror o& the medical
mi!!ionarie! de#eloped trachoma$ They !craped the in!ide o& the lid! and' with the aid o& a
competent ophthalmolo(i!t +treated- the condition'and i! !lowly yielded' lea#in( the eye
undama(ed$ But !he wa! told to e)pect recurrence!.which duly *ept their appointment$ @hen
attac* No$7 !tarted'!he happened to be in the hou!e o& a homoeopathic doctor who wa! not
concerned with treatment' but cure; and accordin(ly the Repertory wa! a!*ed &or the dru( that
met the !ymptom!$ %t wor*ed out to AP%S'and !he (ot Api! cm that e#enin(' Ne)t mornin( !he
wa! 0ubilant;the terror had practically !ub!ided; and by ni(ht the eye wa! well$ At that time !he
wa! 0u!t !tartin( a(ain &or 2(ypt'$and wa! pro#ided with plenty o& Api! cm &or the eye! !he mi(ht
&ind there$ Re!ultK Simple ama>ement.and !he' the not yet 9uali&ied' wa! allowed to treat all the
eye! in one ?i!pen!ary.real bad eye!.becau!e' a&ter one do!e o& the Api!' a(ain and a(ain they
cleared up in twenty.&our hour!$
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Other curiou! !ymptom! that belon( to Api! are' anu! wide open'with in#oluntary diarrhoea$
3Pho! al!o ha!'anu! open' &rom which oo>e! thin !tool8$ %n Api!' /-the !tool! occur with e#ery
motion o& the body' a! i& the anu! were con!tantly open$-
Then it! curiou! !en!ation! o& ten!ion' or ti(htne!!/.a&raid to cou(h' becau!e !omethin( will
bur!t' or be torn away$ A&raid to !train at !tood$' becau!e !omethin( will brea*$
:ere are Allen! bac* type !ymptom!/
Ferti(o and headache$
2yelid! much !wollen' red and oedematou!$
No thir!t'with heat$
Sen!ation o& rawne!! in anu!'with diarrhoea$
The !tool! occur with e#ery motion o& the body' a! i& the anu! were con!tantly open$
Sen!ation in the toe! and &oot a! i& too lar(e' !wollen and !ti&&$
Mo!t e)treme !leepine!!$
1lo!ed room! are per&ectly intolerable$
:eadache in warm room$
2nou(h ha! been !aid to !u((e!t that whene#er and where#er you ha#e !wellin(.oedema.relie&
&rom cold.a((ra#ation &rom heat. burnin( and !tin(in( pain!' con!ider AP%S$
:oney.bee.AP%S.it! #irtue! we !in($
,or all manner o& pain! that burn and !tin($
@ith bad a((ra#ation! &rom all *ind! o& heat$
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@ith pu&&in(! and !wellin(! and ten!ion/.repeat'
Till you#e (ot it by heart' that the Bee i! the thin($
,or all manner o& pain! that BURN and ST%N=$
Then the Bee &or e&&u!ion!.the Bee !tand! &ir!t
,or drop!ie! and &e#er! with ab!ence o& thir!t/.
Oedema o& limb!' or o& trun*' or o& throat;
2&&u!ion!'oedema o& membrane!/. youll; note$
That it! action on *idney! i! (reat' and youll !ee
That you#e !cored when the urine! increa!e by the Bee$
Then the +crie cerebral-.at the thrill o& that +crie-
<oull in!tantly hurry in 9ue!t o& the Bee/
Or' when !wellin(! and ten!ion! and !ti&&ne!!e! rule$
Say! !hell +bur!t- when !he cou(h!' or when !trainin( at !tool$
By the way' youll &ind Api! a wonder&ul thin($
%n o#arian di!ea!e' where pain! burn and !tin($
AR=2NTUM N%TR%1UM [Ar(.n]
Pa(e!/ 4 C 7
%ntroduction
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?RU=S elicit 9ueer and characteri!tic !ymptom!'mental and phy!ical'&rom their pro#er!/
and when the!e match the 9ueer and characteri!tic !ymptom!'mental and phy!ical' o& !ic*
per!on!' they cure$ The nearer the corre!pondence'the more certain the cure$
Ar(entum nitride'.!il#er nitrate.i! the +de#il! !tone- or +hell. !tone- o& Old School' which ha!
not much u!e &or it' e)cept a! "unar cau!tic; becau!e in allopathic do!e!' or when accidentally
!wallowed durin( the proce!! o& cauteri>in( the throat'it ha! turned people permanently blue.a
condition *nown a! +ar(yria$- @ith u! it i! a mo!t preciou! remedy'and no other can ta*e it!
place$
The earlier pro#in( o& Ar(entum nitricum' (i#en in Allen! 2ncyclopedia are' a! we !hall !ee
chie&ly concerned with it! phy!ical !ymptom!'which are #ery de&inite and !u((e!ti#e' and ha#e
led to !plendid curati#e wor* in !tomach condition!'etc$ But other pro#in(!'(i#en in :erin(!
=uidin( Symptom!'brin( out it! intere!tin( and uni9ue mental peculiaritie!; and the!e are our
mo!t preciou! indication! &or it! u!e$
Remedie!' a! we :omoeopath! learn to reali>e them' !tep &orth a! per!onalitie!$ They haunt u! in
Jbu! and tram'and con&ront u! in our patient!$ they become creature! o& temperament!. mental
and phy!ical$ They ha#e li*e! and di!li*e!'cra#in(! and a#er!ion!/ Sen!iti#ene!! to meteoric
condition!'a! well a! to human intercour!e and en#ironment$ @e reali>e their terror!' real or
ima(inary.their !tran(e ob!e!!ion!$ And in mea!ure a! thi! i! !o'we are able to apply them with
!ucce!! &or the relie& o& per!on! o& li*e idio!yncra!ie! and di!tre!!e!$
Sil#er nitrate i! a remedy o& #ery #i#id per!onality' 9uite unli*e all other!$ %t ha! !uch !tran(e
wea*ne!!e! and !el&. tormentin(!.and *nowin( it !o well' and ha#in( e)perienced it !plendid
power to help' it may !eem a !tran(e thin( to !ay'but one re(ard! it with !omethin( li*e
a&&ection$
Old School ha! no conception o& the wonder&ul power to !tren(then and to com&ort' o& thi!
remedy$ %t! mental and intellectual di!tre!!e! are (reat$
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"et 2NT' in hi! #i#id way'detail &or u! !ome o& the mental inwardne!! o& Ar($ nit$ which we
mu!t conden!e$ :e de!cribe!' +di!turbance! in memory.di!turbance! in rea!on$- :e !ay!' +Ar($
nit i! irrational/ die! !tran(e thin(!'and come! to !tran(e conclu!ion!/ doe! &ooli!h thin(!$
+:e i! tormented by the in&lowin( o& trouble!ome thou(ht!' which torment him till he i! in a
hurry and &id(et'and he (oe! out and wal*! and wal*! and the &a!ter he wal*! the &a!ter he
thin(! he mu!t wal*'and he wal*! till &ati(ued$ :e ha! an impul!e that he i! (oin( to ha#e a &it.or
that he i! (oin( to ha#e a !ic*ne!!$ A !tran(e thou(ht come! into hi! mind that i& he (oe! pa!t a
certain corner o& the !treet he will create a !en!ation perhap! &all down in a &it/ and to a#oid that
he will (o round the bloc*$ :e a#oid! (oin( round that corner' &or &ear he will do !omethin(
!tran(e$
+There i! an in&lowin( o& !tran(e thou(ht! into hi! mind$ %n cro!!in( a brid(e'or hi(h place.the
thou(ht that he mi(ht *ill him!el&.or 0ump o&&' or what i& he !hould 0ump o&&/ and !ometime! the
actual impul!e come! to 0ump o&& that brid(e into the water$ @hen loo*in( out o& a hi(h window'
the thou(ht come! into hi! head'what an aw&ul thin( it would be to 0ump out o& that window; and
!ometime! the impul!e come! to actually 0ump out$
+There i! a &ear o& death.the o#er.an)iou! !tate that death i! near 3Acon8$ @hen loo*in( &orward
to !omethin( he ha! to do' or ha! promi!ed to do' or in e)pectoration o& thin(!' he i! an)iou!$
@hen about to meet an en(a(ement'he i! an)iou!$ Brea*! into a !weat with an)iety when (oin(
to a weddin(.to the opera.to church'the an)iety i! attended with &ear.e#en to diarrhoea 3=el!$8
+So we ha#e a wonder&ully 9ueer medicine$
+Mental e)hau!tion'headache!'ner#ou! e)citement and tremblin('and or(anic trouble! o& heart
and li#er; in bu!ine!! men'!tudent!' brain wor*er!'in tho!e !ub0ect to lon( e)citement' in actor!
who ha#e *ept up a lon( time the e)citement o& appearin( well in public$
+"i*e Pul!atilla' Ar($ nit want! cold air' cold drin*!'cold thin(!$ Su&&ocate! in a warm room$
1annot (o to church or the opera' mid!t !tand at home$ ?read! a crowd' dread! certain place!$
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+And then the phy!ical !ide$ ,ull o& ulceration.e!pecially in internal part!' and mucou!
membrane!$ ent !ay! thi! tendency to ulcerate !eem! rather !tran(e; peculiar that it !hould
ha#e in it! patho(ene!i! !uch a tendency'when the Old School ha! been u!in( it to cauteri>e
ulcer!'and yet it heal! them up$ %t ha! cured prolon(ed and almo!t in#eterate ulceration o& the !tomach' when there ha! been #omitin( o& blood$
?o not &or(et that thi! medicine i! one o& the mo!t &latulent medicine! in the boo*!$ :e i!
di!tended to burnin(; (et! !carcely and relie& &rom pa!!in( &latu! or eructation!$
+?e!ire! !u(ar/ &eel! he mu!t ha#e it and it ma*e! him !ic*$ :e cannot di(e!t it; it act! li*e
phy!ic and brin(! on diarrhoea$ So mar*ed i! the a((ra#ation &rom !u(ar that the nur!in( in&ant
will (et a (reen diarrhoea i& the mother eat! candy$- ent (i#e! a ca!e where nothin( helped the
baby- till he &und out that the mother ate candy.her hu!band brou(ht her home a pound o&
candy e#ery day$ The baby did not (et well till it (ot Ar($ nit$' and the mother !topped eatin(
candy$
+Ar($' nit$ ha! the mo!t inten!e eye !ymptom!/ catarrhal$ ulcerati#e; to opacitie! o& cornea$ But
all'$ wor!e &or heat and relie#ed by cold$ Pro&u!e purulent di!char(e &rom lid!$-
NAS: 9uote! Allen and Norton in re(ard to eye!$ +The (reate!t !er#ice that Ar(entum nitricum
per&orm! i! in purulent ophthalmia$ @ith a lar(e e)perience in both ho!pital and pri#ate
practice' we ha#e not lo!t o& a !in(le eye &rom thi! di!ea!e' and e#ery one ha! been treated with
internal remedie!' mo!t o& them with Ar(entum nitricum o& a hi(h potency' 7Dth or CDDth$ @e
ha#e witne!!ed the mo!t inten!e chemo!i!' with !tran(ulated to (et ha>y and loo*in( a! thou(h it
would !lou(h' !ub!ide rapidly under Ar(entum nitricum internally$ The !ub0ecti#e !ymptom! are
almo!t none$ Their #ery ab!ence'with the pro&u!e purulent di!char(e' and the !wollen lid! &rom a
collection o& pu! in the eye' or !wellin( o& the !ub.con0uncti#al ti!!ue o& the lid! them!el#e!'indicate! the dru($- 3One may !ay that !uch a ca!e' in a child'durin( the 44L.4Q@ar' with Ar($
nit$CDD and bathin( the eye with normal !aline'wa! ama>in(ly better the ne)t day' and !oon well$
Thi! wa! impre!!ed on one! memory'!ince eye ca!e! ha#e !eldom come one! way8$
AR=2NTUM N%TR%1UM [Ar(.n]
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Ar($ nit ha! !ome peculiar phy!ical !ymptom!/Stic* in the throat !en!ation 3:epar'etc$ 8
!imultaneou! #omitin( and pur(in(. +(u!hin( both way! - li*e Ar!enicum$
All the!e thin(!' Ar(entum nitricum ha! cau!ed' and can3and ha!8 cured$
Now &or more o& the phy!ical !ymptom! ' e)tracted &rom allen! 2ncyclopedia$
+An)iety which ma*e! him wal* rapidly$
Ferti(o$
Ferti(o ' (eneral debility o& limb! and tremblin($
:eadache relie#ed by bindin( !omethin( ti(htly round head$
Ophthalmia/ better cool open air' intolerable inward room$
Ophthalmia with inten!e pain!$
=rey !pot! and bodie! in !hape o& !erpent! mo#e be&ore #i!ion$
The canthi are red a! blood/The caruncula lachrymal! i! !wollen$ Stand! out o& the corner o& the
eye li*e a lump o& red &le!h; clu!ter! o& inten!ely red #e!!el! e)tend &rom the inner canthu! to the
cornea$
The con0uncti#a i! puc*ered and inter!titial di!tended$ Fani!hin( o& !li(ht$ Mu!t con!tantly wipe
o&& the mucu! which ob!truct! #i!ion$
Sic*ly appearance$ Appearance o& old a(e$
Pain in teeth/wor!e when chewin(.eatin( !our thin(!.cold thin(!$
Pain&ul red tip to ton(ue$
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Rawne!! throat$ Rawne!! and !orene!!$
Thic* tenaciou! mucu! in throat$
Sen!ation a! i& a !plinter were lod(ed in throat when !wallowin($
U#ula and &auce! dar* red$
%rre!i!tible de!ire &or !u(ar$
Fiolent belchin(!$
Nau!ea a&ter eatin($
1on!tant nau!ea'and &re9uent e&&ort! to #omit$
Fomitin( and diarrhea with #iolent colic*y pain$
?e!ire to #omit' with !en!ation a! i& head were in a #ice$
Fiolent cardial(ia$
A&ter yawnin(' !en!ation a! i& !tomach would bur!t$ @ind pre!!e! upward!$
Pain&ul !wellin( in pit o& !tomach with (reat an)iety$
Abdomen !wollen and di!tended'with much &latulence$
A !li(ht colic wa*e! him &rom unea!y !lumber!' and he ha! !i)teen e#acuation! o& (reeni!h' #ery
&oetid mucu!' with a 9uantity o& noi!y &latu!$
,our e#acuation! o& (reen mucu!' with retchin(' #omitin( o& mucu!$
3A&ter ha#in( eaten !u(ar (reedily in the e#enin(' he wa! attac*ed with8 !canty' watery
diarrhoea about midni(ht' accompanied with &latulent colic'and much noi!y &latulence durin(
the e#acuation$
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Fiolent diarrhea' li*e !pinach &la*e!$
Palpitation and irre(ular action o& heart$
Sta((erin( and paralytic hea#ine!! o& lower limb!$
Ri(idity in cal#e!/(reat debility and wearine!! in cal#e!' can !carcely wal*$
Tremulou! wea*ne!!$ Tremblin( and tremulou! !en!ation$
1on#ul!ion!$
Peculiar di!coloration o& !*in'&rom (rey.blue' #iolet or bron>e. coloured tin(e! to the real blac*$
S*in brown'ten!e'hard$
A! !aid' Ar($ nit i! one o& the (reat remedie! &or the terror! o& anticipation$ %t ha! 2)amination
&un*$ %t! ner#ou!ne!! in anticipation o& a comin( ordeal will (o a! &ar a! diarrhoea.
3=el!emium8$One o& our doctor! ma*e! (reat play with hi! +/,un* Pill!-.Ar($ Nit$ The
Anticipation remedie! are rather !cattered throu(h ent! repertory' but we ha#e collected the
&ollowin(' which !hould be in!erted a! rubric$
AR=.N%T$' Ar!$' 1arbo #e($' =2"S$' "yc$' Med$' Plb$'Pho!$ a$' S%"$
Ar( nit$ ha! al!o clau!trophobia$ @ant! the end !eat in a pew/ to be near the door in church or
theatre need! an ea!y e!cape$ /2#en in the !treet the !li(ht o& hi(h hou!e! alway! made him
(iddy and cau!ed him to !ta((er/ it !eemed a! i& the hou!e! on both !ide! would approach and
cru!h him$- Ar(.nit cannot loo* down.and cannot loo* up$
:ere are !ome cured !ymptom!$ @hen wal*in( become! &aint with an)iety' which ma*e! him
wal* &a!ter$- O&ten wa*e! hi! wi&e or child' to ha#e !omeone to tal* to$- +,ear! to be alon('
becau!e he thin*! he will die$- - @hen wal*in( become! &aint with an)iety' which ma*e! him
wal* the &a!ter$- +@hen wal*in('&ear! he will ha#e a &it' or die' which ma*e! him !well' &a!ter$-
+?i!tre!!in( idea that all hi! underta*in( mu!t and would &ail$- +?oe! not wor* thin*in( it will
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do him harm' or that he i! not able to !tand it$- +,ear!'m i& pa!!in( a certain corner or buildin(
that he will drop down and create and !en!ation; i! relie#ed by (oin( in another direction$ -
A poor little !chool (irl o& !i) in !uch terror! o& anticipation that' when the !chool bell ran(' !he
put her head in her hand!' and #omited$ Ar(entum nit$ &ini!hed that trouble promptly and
entirely' and !ent her happily to !chool' to do well there$
A wee boy o& L 7L wa! curiou!ly ill.mentally$ The hi!tory wa!/ Mea!le! be&ore he wa! two; then
double pneumonia and 3K8 menin(iti!$ :e +rolled hi! head/- and had e#idently mar*ed
opi!thotono! 3+wa! bent li*e a bow' bac*ward!'between head and heel!-8 +@hen he be(an to
wal*' wal*ed bac*ward!- Now had +terrible ni(ht!'with much !creamin('- and +mad- attac*!
by day$ @a! in terror o& hi! &ather' by ni(ht.+?addy mi(ht loo* at me- :e !aid o& people$ +They
ma*e me bleed'and %ll ma*e them bleed$- :e !aid the ne)t hou!e wa! +(oin( to &all on him-/
that +the cloud! were comin( down on him- =reat &ear o& noi!e$
The &ir!t medicine did not help much$ But'a&ter a couple o& do!e! o& Ar($ nit$' the ne)t report
wa!$- #ery much better$ "o!t the thin(! comin( down on him$ ,ear! all (one$- "ater he needed a
&ew do!e! o& Belladonna'and then it! +/chronic- 1alcarea- and ion a &ew month! he wa! well
and normal$ But &or a wee boy to put up !uch a plea &or Ar(entum nitricum' by !uch #ery
peculiar and characteri!tic !ymptom!'wa! curiou!$
:omoeopathy can do wonder&ul thin(! in ma*in( children happy and normal$
A youth&ul dy!peptic'with almo!t daily !e#ere &latulence and bur!tin( !en!ation!' wor!e &or
a&ternoon tea and lon( into the ni(ht' relie#ed protem by either Pul!atilla or 1arbo #e($' but
alway! recurrin('too* Ar(.nit$ in potency$ Re!ult!'the (a!tric !ymptom! cea!ed to trouble' in
&act'$ ne#er a(ain did trouble to the !ame e)tent$ Pul! and 1arbo #$ had been palliati#e only.
Ar(.nit$ had pro#ed curati#e$
But'the Ar(.nit ha#in( pro#ed !uch a boon'wa! continued &or !ome to me' till a new' mo!t
di!tre!!in( !ymptom appeared numbne!! in the &orearm! at ni(ht$ The wri!tband! o& the
ni(htdre!! had to be cut' e#erythin( pulled away &rom arm!; nothin( mu!t touch or pre!! them$
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Thi! wa! only a pro#in( o& Ar(entum nitricum' and' when thi! wa! di!continued'wa! !oon
&or(otten' ne#er to recur$ Since when' when patient! ha#e' &rom time to time' complained o& !uch
numbne!! in the arm! at ni(ht'Ar($ nit$ ha! cured them$
The !ymptom i! &ound in 1lar*e! ?ictionary$' :e !ay!' +%n a pro#in( by my!el& ' one o& the mo!t
mar*ed !ymptom! wa! a *ind o& numb !en!iti#ene!! o& the arm!.a hyperae!thetic.ane!thetic
!tate; increa!ed !en!iti#ene!! to touch' but dimini!hed power o& di!tin(ui!hin( !en!ation!-
Symptom.(roup! o&ten lead one to a particular remedy$ ?e!ire &or !weet!'de!ire &or !alt' cant
!tand heat'ma*e! one thin* o& Ar(entum nit$ And i& you &ind the a patient cannot loo* down &rom
a hei(ht' you may be !ure$ No other remedy ha! 0u!t that !ymptom comple)$
One may note here' that ?r$1lar*e! remedy &or 2)amination &un* wa! Aethu!a cynapium'
+&ool! par!ley/.well named One o& it! characteri!tic !ymptom! i! /%nability to thin*' or &i) the
attention$- :e !ay!'- (uided by thi! !ymptom % (a#e it to an under(raduate preparin( &or an
e)amination'with complete !ucce!!$ :e had been compelled to (i#e up hi! !tudie!' but wa! able
to re!ume them' and pa!!ed a brilliant e)amination$ To a little wai& in an orphan home who
!u&&ered &rom !e#ere headache! and inability to &i) hi! attention on hi! le!!on!' % !ent a !in(le
do!e o& Aethu!a' at rare inter#al!' with #ery (reat relie&$ The little boy a!*ed &or the medicine
him!el& !ub!e9uently on a return o& the old !ymptom!$-
@ith Ar(entum nit$ the condition i! apprehen!ion/.ill with an)iety in re(ard to what i! be&ore
him/.&ear o& &ailure$ @ith Aethu!a'it i! !imply inability to &i) the attention or to thin*$
:omoeopathy i! #ery de&inite/ and one remedy' e#en o& you label both +,un* pill!-' will not do
&or the other
ARN%1A MONTANA [Arn]
Pa(e!/ 4 C 7
%ntroduction
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MOUNTA%N ARN%1A. +&all.*raut- 3+&all.herb-8.+Panacea lap!orum-. !hould be in e#ery
hou!e'and e#erybody !hould *now o& it! u!$
Arnica (row! all the world o#er in mountainou! re(ion!$ A (reat. (rand!on o& Nel!on'hailin(
&rom the Ande!'!een once only'year! a(o' i! !till remembered becau!e he told the tale o& Arnica$
:e told o& the terrible &all! in tho!e mountain!'and how the people there (ather Arnica' pour
boilin( water on the plant' and (i#e the in&u!ion to drin* to the in0ured men' with a!toni!hin(
re!ult!'$
%n the !cheme o& the Almi(hty' where#er healin( i! needed' there it i! to be &ound' whether in
plant or #enom.alway! at hand$
Thi! wonder&ul remedy come! by hoary tradition &rom dome!tic practice$ But :ahnemann ha!
made it! u!e !cienti&ic' and demon!trated how it &all! into line with all the re!t' by it! power o&
cau!in( what it can cure$ That i! to !ay'he +pro#ed- it' by admini!terin( it to nine per!on!
3mo!tly doctor!8 be!ide! him!el&' and then &aith&ully recordin( what it can do in the way o&
alterin( health and (i#in( ri!e to abnormal condition! and !en!ation! in healthy pro#er!$
"et u! (lance down the pro#in(! o& Arnica'and &ind what they ha#e to tell u! in re(ard to it! u!e!/
rememberin( that what a dru( can cau!e'that it can cure$
,elt a! i& brui!ed o#er the whole body$
=eneral wea*ne!!' wearine!!'!en!ation o& bein( brui!ed$
Pain in the bac*' a! a&ter a #iolent &all$
Pain in the heart' a! i& !9uee>ed'or a! i& it had (ot a !hoc*$
All the 0oint!' bone! and cartila(e! o& che!t pain&ul' a! i& brui!ed' durin( motion and breathin($
Stitche! in che!t$ Short pantin( breath$ Ti(htne!!$
Bloody e)pectoration$
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1ou(h' with &eelin( in rib!'a! i& they were all brui!ed$
Small o& the bac* pain&ul' a! i& it had been beaten$
Pain in limb! a! i& 0oint! brui!ed; pain in all limb!' a! i& they had been brui!ed$
Pain in arm!' a! &rom brui!e!; arm! weary' a! i& brui!ed' by blow!$
Pain a! i& a !prain in wri!t.0oint$ Pain in ball! o& thumb! a! i& they had *noc*ed a(ain!t
!omethin( hard$
Pain a! &rom a !prain in hip!
Then !ome typhoid !ymptom! with in#oluntary !tool durin( !leep; &oul ta!te; &oul breath;
di!tention o& abdomen' etc$' and it! typical mental !tate$
Then !ome peculiar !ymptom!' mental and phy!ical$'$
1old no!e$
:ead burnin( hot'with cold body$
,or(et&ulne!! ab!ent.mindedne!!'$
Sudden horror o& in!tant death$'
,ear o& Bein( touched$
:A:N2MANN !ay! o& Arnica' +:ence it i! #ery bene&icial- 3not only in +in0urie! cau!ed by
!e#ere contu!ion! and laceration! o& &iber!-8 +but al!o in the mo!t !e#ere wound! by bullet! andblunt weapon!/ in the pain! and other ailment! con!e9uent on e)tractin( the teeth'and other
!ur(ical operation!'whereby !en!iti#e part! ha#e been #iolently !tretched/ a! al!o a&ter
di!location! o& 0oint!' a&ter !ettin( &racture! o& bone!'etc$ And in !ome *ind! o& &al!e pleuri!y it i!
#ery e&&icaciou!' where the !ymptom! corre!pond$
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,or internali>e he recommend! the 7Dth potency$ ,or e)ternal u!e' the part! are to be *ept
moi!tened &or twenty.&our hour! with wine' or brandy and water'in which &i#e to ten drop! o&
Arnica 3not the- O- but the +%c-8 ha! been well mi)ed 3&i#e to ten drop! to the pint8$
O& cour!e'a &ew do!e! o& Arnica internally' a&ter tooth e)traction' i! the common practice o& u!
all$
2NT3+Materia Medica-8 (i#e! !ome !tri*in( little picture! o& the action o& Arnica' +A&ter
railway 3or road 8 accident' - +horror o& in!tant death'with cardiac !ymptom! at ni(ht$ :e (oe!
o&& into a !leep o& terror' 0ump! up a(ain with thi! !udden &ear o& death'and !ay!' JSend &or a
doctor at once$ And thi! may happen ni(ht a&ter ni(ht$-
Or' on the other hand' an Arnica ca!e' in de!perate !ic*ne!!' may !ay' +% am not ill$ % do not
need a doctor$-
3@e had !uch a ca!e in our ho!pital durin( the 44L.4Q @ar.a ,rench woman' with a #ery bad
&orm o& typhoid'contracted in ,rance durin( a #irulent epidemic$ She relap!ed and relap!ed$ %t
wa! a #ery an)iou! ca!e$ But' at her wor!e !he be(an to pro&e!! her!el& a! +!o well-.+1a #a i!
bien.!i bien' Mademoi!elle- So !he (ot Arnica'and media rapid reco#ery$
ent (i#e! another little picture o& the Arnica condition in old ca!e! o& (out$ The old (rand&ather'
!ittin( away in a corner' in terror o& touch or approach$ :e &eel! that anythin( comin( toward!
him i! (oin( to hurt him'becau!e he i! !o !ore and tender$ %& he !ee! little Eohnnie runnin(
toward! him'he !ay!' +Oh' do *eep away.*eep away- +=i#e him a do!e o& Arnica$- !ay! ent'
+and he will let Eohnnie run all o#er him$-
Then the hard bed !en!ation$ That i! !uch a !plendid appeal &or Arnica' in all !ort! o& !ic*ne!!e!$
The patient i! re!tle!!' but only becau!e the bed &eel! !o hard and lumpy' that he i! &orced to try
&or a new po!ition$ 3%t i! not the an)iou! re!tle!!ne!! o& Aconite or Ar!enicum' or the pain! o&
Rhu!' that !eem a! i& mo#ement would help.which it may not$8
Another (reat u!e &or Arnica i! in cerebral haemorrha(e; (enerally the &ir!t thin( to u!e$ Thi! i!
al!o &ore!hadowed in the pro#in(!' +Pain a! i& the head were bein( di!tended &rom within
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outward!' a! i& brain were rolled up in a lump$ Stitche! in 4$ &rontal eminence' accompanied by
the !en!ation a! i& an e)tra#a!ation o& blood had ta*en place$-
%llu!trati#e ca!e! in the *en o& !ome o& u!$
348 She wa! ta*en ill one ni(ht with !titchin( pain in the che!t that made breathin( a propo!ition$
:er hu!band tried to help her with #ariou! remedie!' probably Aconite' certainly Bryonia' but in
#ain$ then' in a +?ome!tic :omoeopathy'- he di!co#ered +ba!tard pleuri!y- with it! remedy'
Arnica; and he (a#e her a &ew (lobule!$ They were !carcely !wallowed when' with a lon(
!i(h'and +That! the &ir!t breath %#e been able to draw toni(ht- !he wa! &a!t a!leep in a
moment$
3C8 :e wa! a doctor who wrote that &or than a month he had had di!tre!!in( di&&iculty in
breathin('!ince runnin( ei(hty yard!$ :e would wa*e at ni(ht with oppre!!ion in che!t' an)iety
and &ear-$ +:eart wea*ne!! !u((e!t! early death'- he !aid' yet he wa! +calm and not an)iou!-$
+"e(! hea#y; head &u>>y; couldnt run up!tair!$ :eart !ound! wea*' but no di!ea!e$- Arnica wa!
!u((e!ted and he wrote bac*'-Arnica had the de!ired e&&ect All !ymptom! went within &orty.
ei(hty hour!$ %m all ri(ht now$-
378 She wa! carryin( aw*ward thin(! down!tair!' !lipped and !prained her an*le badly'and put
on an Arnica compre!!' probably rather !tron($ An*le wa! well ne)t day' but there wa! a
brilliant eruption all o#er the &oot' which died away when the Arnica wa! di!continued$
:ere' N$B$.Arnica can brin( out a #ery na!ty dermatiti!'when u!ed e)ternally too lon( or too
!tron(.e#en a celluliti! when applied to wound! where the !*in i! bro*en; and here it i! better
alway! to u!e :ypericum$ Probably :ahnemann! +%!t cente!imal potency- 3the +ic-/8' would
be an impro#ement alway!' on the +mother tincture- 3+O-8 commonly in u!e$
3L8 Another doctor' o#er &ati(ued mentally and phy!ically' lo!t all intere!t in hi! wor*$ :i! u!ual
!el&.con&idence di!appeared'!o that he be(an to doubt hi! pre!cription! and wonder whether he
had pre!cribed too much o& thi!' or e#en the wron( medicine$ :e wa! ner#e !ure whether he had
!hut the door'or turned o&& the li(ht!/ had to (o bac* and !ee$ :e wa! naturally *eenly alert'and
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thi! chan(e o& mentality worried him$ Arnica 4'DDD put him ri(ht in a &ew day!'re!torin(
per&ectly hi! memory and !el&.con&idence$
368 A per!on who tired #ery ea!ily' and wa! *noc*ed up by a day! !hoppin( in "ondon$ O#er
&ati(ue alway! meant a bad ni(ht' unle!! !he too* Arnica$ On one occa!ion !he had been
#accinated' and her arm wa! !wollen and !ore' with pain&ul (land! in the armpit; on the top o&
which !he ha! a dra((in( day in Town; !o at ni(ht'!he too* Arnica$ To her !urpri!e !he ha! no
&urther di!com&ort &rom the #accination 3Arnica i! capable o& producin( 1elluliti! and !eptic
condition!' and here to relie#ed promptly$8 Some o& u! pre!cribe it alway!' with relie& to the
patient' a&ter a #accination' Unli*e Thu0a the di!com&ort' lea#in( the pu!tule! to ta*e their u!ual
cour!e$
358 Two !mall (irl!' o& nine and &i#e' brou(ht into ho!pital by the police a&ter ha#in( been
*noc*ed down by ta)i!$ Both comato!e and limp$ Both were !een by !ur(eon! within a &ew hour!
o& admi!!ion and in both ca!e! the !ur(eon! pronounced them hopele!!$ Both were (i#en Arnica
internally'and both !at up to eat a hearty brea*&a!t ne)t mornin($
38 A patient write! &rom abroad$ +May wi&e ha! been #ery ill here' but % am happy to !ay that all
ha! (one !upremely well' and Stra!bour( echoe! ama>ement at the e&&ect o& Arnica 4'DDD ta*en
!i) hour! a&ter a double o#ariotomy with complication!$ Pho!phoru! pre#ented all nau!ea and
!hoc*'and the Arnica made morphia entirely unnece!!ary$ A wonder&ul piece o& wor*$-
3Q8 A #ery !e#erely !prained an*le on the !tair! late one ni(ht$ The !u&&erer wa! too cute to try to
wal* on it; !he !at and wri((led it in e#ery direction' crawled up !omehow to bed'and too*
Arnica$ Ne)t day'a(ain' Arnica and wri((lin('&eelin( that bone a&ter bone !lipped bac* into
place$ %t wa! well in about twenty.&our hour!$
And here' a tip ?ont (o wal*in( on a &oot who!e 0i(.!aw pu>>le o& in!tep 0oint! may be !li(htly
di!turbed$ They will pinch ner#e!'and you will (et pain and !wellin( and in&lammation'and be
laid up more or le!!'&or wee*!$ Sha*e the 0i(.!aw bit! home$ Bend your *nee; hold on to
!omethin(; and with your toe! on the (round' roll your &oot bac*ward! and &orward! and round
and round' while the part! !lip home$ Arnica will too* a&ter the re!t$
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Arnica i! a !hort.actin( remedy/ but PROMPT$ %NS21T ST%N=S @e &or(ot to mention the role
o& Arnica in in!ect !tin(!$ The !tron( tincture applied to a wa!p !tin(' pre#ent! the pain and
!wellin('and in a couple o& hour! the !tin( i! &or(otten$
Urtica i! !aid to do li*e wor!e &or bee !tin(!$
And 1anthari! CDD' (i#en internally' 9uic*ly cure! the in&lamed and horrible !wellin(! that may
&ollow (nat bite!.2?$
B"A1 "2TT2R S<MPTOMS
Stupor'with in#oluntary di!char(e o& &ace!$
,or(et&ul; what he read! 9uic*ly e!cape! hi! memory'e#en the word he i! about the !pea*$
Say! there i! nothin( the matter with him$
?elirium tremen!$
:opele!!ne!!; indi&&erence$ 3A&ter concu!!ion8$
,ear! bein( !truc* by tho!e comin( toward! him;&ear! e#en the po!!ibility o& bein( touched 3in
(out8
Fiolent attac*! o& an(ui!h$ 3An(ina pectori!8$
Ferti(o when !huttin( eye!$
Pre!!i#e headache a! i& head wa! bein( di!tended &rom within outward; pain !eem! to ari!e &rom
!omethin( !o&t in #erte)'with drawin( in #erte) and occiput' and tearin( toward! temple!$
Mechanical in0urie!; e!pecially with !tupor &rom concu!!ion; &racture! o& !*ull' or e#en
compre!!ion3apply e)ternally warm cloth! !aturated with dilute tincture &rom the root; (i#e al!o
internally8$
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Menin(iti! a&ter mechanical or traumatic in0urie!' !uch a! concu!!ion!' brui!e!' &allin('
concu!!ion o& brain' etc$' when !u!pectin( e)udation o& blood' &ibrine or pu!$ %n !uch ca!e! we
&ind (reat !opor and partial paraly!i! o& ton(ue$' Oculomotor!' iri! or limb!$
Menin(iti! a&ter le!ion or concu!!ion'pro#ided there i! no complete want o& reaction$
Apople)ia !an(uinea$
:ead &eel! too lar(e$
%n&lammation o& eye!' with !u((illation! a&ter mechanical in0urie!$
Retinal haemorrha(e; e)pedite! ab!orption o& clot!$
A #ariety o& eye trouble! re!ultin( &rom blow! and #ariou! in0urie!;!ometime! applied locally
3tincture diluted with water8 and !ometime! (i#en internally$
:ard hearin( &rom concu!!ion!$
2pi!ta)i!$
No!ebleed; preceded by tin(lin(;&rom mechanical cau!e!; whoopin( cou(h; typhu!$
Toothache a&ter operation' plu((in(' etc$
Putrid !mell &rom mouth$
2ructation!;&re9uent; empty; bitter$
Fomitin( o& dar* red coa(ula'mouth bitter; (enerally !orene!!$
A&ter in0urie!$
,oul belchin($
?y!pep!ia; Prolap!u! ani$
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O&&en!i#e &latu!;!mellin( li*e rotten e((!$
Stool in#oluntary durin( !leep 3al!o urine8 ,e#er!$ Apople)y$ etc$
?y!entery with i!churia' or tene!mu! o& nec* o& bladder with &ruitle!! ur(in($
Mo!t mar*ed indication i! lon( inter#al! between !tool!' namely &rom &our to !i) hour!$
Bladder a&&ection! a&ter mechanical in0urie!$
Tene!mu! &rom !pa!m! o& nec* o& bladder$
1on!tant ur(in( while urine pa!!e! in#oluntarily in drop!$
,re9uent attempt! to urinate$
:a! to wait a lon( time &or urine to pa!!$
Retention o& urine &rom e)ertion$
%!churia with dy!entery$
%n#oluntary urination at ni(ht durin( !leep$ Apople)y$ Typhu!'$etc$
Urine brown with lateritiou! !ediment$
:aematuria &rom mechanical cau!e!$
Urine thic*' when much pu! and !ome blood (lobule!' but no tube!$ Nephriti!$
Urine #ery acid' with increa!e o& !peci&ic (ra#ity$
Peni! and te!te! !wollen purple red; a&ter in0urie!$
Phymo!i! &rom &riction; part! brui!ed and much !wollen$
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Threatened abortion &rom &all!' !hoc*!' etc$; ner#ou!' e)cited; &eel brui!ed$
Sorene!! o& part! a&ter labor; pre#ent! haemorrha(e$
Sore nipple!$
A!thma &rom &atty de(eneration o& heart$
@hoopin( cou(h; child crie! be&ore paro)y!m a! thou(h in &ear o& !orene!! it will cau!e' cou(h
cau!e blood!hot e<e!' no!ebleed' e)pectoration o& &oamin( blood' or clot! o& blood$
:aemorrha(e a&ter mechanical in0urie!; !li(ht !pittin( o& blac*' thic*' #i!cid blood' or bri(ht
red' &rothy blood'mi)ed with mucu! and coa(ula$
:aemopty!i!$
Pleuri!y a&ter mechanical in0urie!; mu!t continually chan(e po!ition' bed &eel! !o hard$
Pneumothora) &rom e)ternal in0urie!$
+Strain o& the heart- &rom #iolent runnin($
,atty de(eneration o& heart$
Pul!e' in re!t' below 5D' a&ter mo#in(' abo#e 4CD$ Nephriti!$
Articulation! and cartila(inou! connection! o& che!t &eel a! i& beaten' when mo#in(' breathin('or
cou(hin($
:y(roma patella$
A !plinter ran deep into !ole a month a(o producin( a (reat deal o& proud &le!h'came out a&ter
inner and outer u!e$
Paralytic pain! in all 0oint! durin( motion'a! i& brui!ed$
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1omplaint! &rom e)ertion; hoar!e' o#eru!in( #oice; palpitation; &ormication' lame; paraly!i!
brui!ed &eelin(; !ciatica; weary &aint; retained urine; no!ebleed$
:ead &eel! too hot &or him' body &eel! chilly and cold' between &re9uent attac*! o& #iolent
con#ul!ion!$ A&ter acon$
=eneral !in*in( o& !tren(th;he can !carcely mo#e a limb$ Typhu!$
@hile an!werin(' &all! into a deep !leep be&ore &ini!hin($ Typhu!$
,re9uent #iolent attac*! o& chill$ Nephriti!$
1hilly' with heat and redne!! o& one chee*$
:ead &eel! too hot to him body chilly and cold/ 38 between &re9uent attac*! o& con#ul!ion!$
Malaria intermittent!$'
Traumatic &e#er!$
Typhoid condition!$
Putrid &e#er!$
:eat in o&t.repeated !hort attac*!$
1oncu!!ion! and contu!ion!$
Burrowin( pu!' not pain&ul$
Pre#ent! !uppuration$
:yperino!i! i! rather a contra.indication &or Arnica$
Septicemia; tendency to typhoid &orm!$
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Myal(ia; particularly a&ter ro#er.e)ertion$
=out and rheumati!m$
%n&lammation o& !*in and cellular ti!!ue; tender on pre!!ure$
2#erythin( on which he lie! !eem! too hard$
Sprain! with much !wellin(' blui!h redne!!' inten!e !orene!!$
A&ter brui!e! with blunt in!trument!$ %riti!$
1oncu!!ion!; &all!; mechanical in0urie!$
1ontu!ion! with laceration!$
Stin(! o& bee! or wa!p!; !plinter!$
1ompound &racture!' and their pro&u!e !uppuration$
Pre!!ure; achin( in epi(a!trium 38; li#er' !en!iti#e; !pleen !ore !titche! in che!t38$
Mechanical in0urie!; concu!!ion o& brain while there are uncon!ciou!ne!!' pallor or drow!ine!!;
wea*' intermittin( pul!e$ cold !ur&ace'and other indication! o& depre!!ed #itality &rom !hoc*;
threatened abortion; o#arian trouble!; orchiti!; ma!titi!' etc$
Many !mall boil! pain&ul' one a&ter another; e)tremely !ore$
Acon$' %pec$' Ferat; a&ter Api! in hydrocephalu!$
1omplementary to Acon$
ARS2N%1UM [Ar!]
Pa(e!/ 4 C 7 L
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%ntroduction
Ar!enicum i! another o& the #ery important :omoeopathic remedie!/ that i! to !ay'when it i!
(i#en in homoeopathic potencie! &or it! own !tri*in( and characteri!tic !ymptom!' pre#iou!ly
brou(ht out in pro#in(! and in poi!onin(!$
One remember! a man' brou(ht durin( in to our ho!pital' poi!oned; and one *new &rom the
!ymptom! that the poi!on wa! Ar!enic or Pho!phoru!$ ?r$ 3now Sir8 Bernard Spil!bury when a
&ew hour! later' he carried away or(an! &or e)amination'!aid +probably Ar!enic' a! more
common-' and he pro#ed to be correct$
The man lay there' deeply 0aundiced' con#ul!ed &rom time to time' 9uite uncon!ciou!' and
(ulpin( up mouth&ul! o& dar* blood$ Ar!enic i! a terrible poi!on/ it i! almo!t incredible that
per!on! !hould deal !uch death to them!el#e! or other!/ but they do Poi!oner and !uicide are
not di!criminatin($ %n !low Ar!enic poi!onin(! the !ymptom! are al!o unbelie#ably cruel/ the
deadly nau!ea'#omitin( and pur(in(/ the appallin( an(ui!h' &ear and re!tle!!ne!!' combined
with wea*ne!! and collap!e and it i! 0u!t in terrible ca!e! o& !imilar !u&&erin( and
pro!tration'that Ar!enic doe! it! mo!t rapid and brilliant curati#e wor*$ Ar!enicum &or ptomaine
poi!onin( year! a(o' (a#e u! a :omoeopathic doctor/ and we ha#e watched it! ab!olute ma(ic
in other ptomaine poi!onin(!$
The!e are the (ha!tly !u&&erin(! and !ymptom! &or which we :omoeopath! pre!cribe AR!enic
with con&idence and 0oy$ Re!tle!!ne!!.de!pair.intolerable an(ui!h.&ear/ a re!tle!!ne!! that will
not !u&&er the patient to !tay in one room.in one bed/ and withal pro!tration out o& all proportion
to the apparent condition$ Such ca!e! are o& bad pro(no!i! in any di!ea!e'unle!! Ar!enic' in
:omoeopathic potency' i! (i#en$
O& the !ymptom' +:e can &ind re!t in no place'continually chan(e! hi! po!ition in bed' will (et
out o& one bed into another' and lie now here now there'- :ahnemann !ay! in a &ootnote' +%t
!carcely occur !o mar*edly in any other medicine$-
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And here one remember! the e&&ect o& a eppelin raid on one o& the patient! in the ho!pital in the
early day! o& the =reat @ar$ She wa! &rantic &or hour!' and could not be appea!ed$ She could not
!tay here But' where wa! !he to (oK %& !he went in to the county'they mi(ht come there And !o
on/ till a do!e o& Ar!enicum'and !he became 9uiet and compo!ed' and !an* to the le#el o& theother patient!.!o &ar a! eppelin! were concerned$
O& the !ymptom!' +Fiolent #erti(o' complete e)hau!tion' continual #omitin(' haematuria' and
rapid e)tinction o& li&e'- :ahnemann !ay! in a &ootnote' +=ehlen died thu! &rom inhalation o&
ar!eniureted hydro(en$-
And e#en in re(ard to it! more tri#ial !ymptom!' !uch a! +On account o& nau!ea and !ic*ne!! he
mu!t lie down in the &orenoon-; +drawin( pain between the !capulae' which compel! him to lie
down'-+the per!piration e)hau!t! him a! he lie! in bed' almo!t to the production o& !yncope'-
etc$' :ahnemann (i#e! u! a #ery important &ootnote$ +That !ymptom! o& a not #ery important
character and' otherwi!e' tri#ial a&&ection! induce a !udden and complete !in*in( o& the !tren(th'
i! a #ery important and characteri!tic peculiarity o& Ar!enicum$-
O& the !ymptom' +Nocturnal !tu&&ed catarrh' threatenin( !u&&ocation'- :ahnemann !ay! in a
&ootnote' +% cured my!el& rapidly with Ar!enic o& a !imilar !u&&ocati#e catarrh that alway! came
on more !e#erely e#ery e#enin( a&ter lyin( down' which brou(ht me near to death / the do!e %
u!ed wa! o& a minutene!! that pa!!e! all belie&$ The other !ymptom! o& my malady were certainly
al!o met with amon( the !ymptom! o& Ar!enic$-
Ar!enicum i! one o& our (reat a!thma remedie! and a!thmatic !ymptom! are #ery mani&e!t in the
pro#in(!$ +1on!tricti#e !en!ation in the che!t/ pain&ul re!piration/ oppre!!ion o& the che!t/
di&&icult breathin(/ piteou! lamentation that an intolerable an)iety and a #ery oppre!!i#e
!en!ation in the abdomen hinder! re!piration/ &re9uently recurrin( ti(htne!! o& the che!t' etc$-O& the!e :ahnemann al!o !ay!' +A! the !ymptom! are not ob!er#ed in the ma!! &rom any other
*nown medicine' it i! e#ident how Ar!enic i! homoeopathic to in&lammation o& the che!t' and that
it can' and doe! cure it !peci&ically$-
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%n re(ard to the !ymptom! +!adne!! and re!tle!!ne!! and to!!in( about in bed' with
un9uenchable thir!t-' he !ay!' +Thi! wa! &rom e)ternal application 3o& ar!enic8 on the head in
two children$ ?eath en!ued a&ter two day!' and re#ealed in&lammation o& the lun(! and (reat
in&lammation in the !tomach and !mall inte!tine!$-
And when he i! !cour(in( the malpra)i! o& hi! day' he de!cribe! the !u&&erin(e#en to death' o&
per!on! who had had Ar!enic applied to ulcer!$
:e !ay! o& one patient' +Ar!enic worn in a ba( on the bare che!t &or &our day!' produced an)iety
!o that he &re9uently &ainted' be!ide! a #iolent pain in the place' and blac* and poc*! on the
!pot$-
Ar!enic i! not only acrid to mentality' eatin( into re!t hope!ecurity/ but all it! !ecretion! and
di!char(e! are acrid and corro!i#e$ Acrid tear! and eye.di!char(e!/acrid na!al di!char(e!/
acrid leucorrhoea/acrid' burnin(' corro!i#e di!char(e! &rom ulcer!' which con!tantly e)tend in
circum&erence rather than in depth$
Then it! characteri!tic BURN%N= pain!.relie#ed by heat$ Burnin( pain! in headin eye!in
no!tril!in mouthin throat in !tomachin bowel!in haemorrhoid!in bladderin urethra.in
o#arie!in (enitalia (enerallyin brea!t!in che!tabout the heartin !pinein bac*in #ein!in
ulcer!in !*inin cancerin anthra)carbuncle' etc$ Fein! burn li*e &ire' e!pecially at ni(ht$
Ar!enic ha! #ery mar*ed time.a((ra#ation!$ Periodicity$ ?i&&erent !ymptom! and !u&&erin(! at
di&&erent hour! or !ea!on!$ But it! !pecial time o& !u&&erin( i! midni(ht and a&ter midni(ht/ all
ni(ht' but a&ter midni(ht/ and 4 a$m$ e!pecially$
Ar!enic ha! a #ery wide ran(e o& action' &rom more or le!! tri#ial and ordinary complaint!' up
to' a! we ha#e !een' the mo!t terrible$ %t ha! it! place in the nur!ery medicine che!t' a! well a! in
the treatment o& the mo!t !eriou! di!ea!e!' and in a!!ua(in( the pain and !u&&erin(' mental and
phy!ical' o& hopele!! di!ea!e!$ %t i! one o& our (reat remedie! &or !hin(le!/ it ha! produced and i!
#aluable in the treatment o& oedema and a!cite!' earnin( the name o& +the homoeopathic trocar-
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Only' alway!' the cardinal !ymptom! o& Ar!enic mu!t be pre!ent/ the an(ui!hre!tle!!ne!!
pro!tration/.the burnin( pain! relie#ed by heat$
:ahnemann !ay!' +A !en!ible homoeopathic phy!ician will not (i#e thi! remedy e#en in !uch a
minute do!e' unle!! he i! con#inced that it! peculiar !ymptom! ha#e the (reate!t po!!ible
re!emblance to tho!e o& the di!ea!e to be cured$ @hen thi! i! the ca!e it i! certain to be
e&&icaciou!$
+Such employment o& Ar!enic ha! !hown it! curati#e power in countle!! di!ea!ed !tate!; amon(
the re!t' in !e#eral *ind! o& 9uotidian &e#er! and a(ue! o& a peculiar *ind; in #arico!e #ein!; in
!titche! in the !ternum; #omitin( a&ter almo!t e#ery *ind o& &ood; e)ce!!i#e lo!! o& blood at the
men!trual period' and other di!order! in connection with that &unction; in con!tipation; in acrid
leucorrhoea and e)coriation cau!ed thereby; in induration! o& the li#er; oppre!!ion o& the che!t
when (oin( up hill; &etid !mell &rom the mouth; bleedin( o& the (um!; haemopty!i!; achin( in the
!ternum; (a!tral(ia; drawin(' !hootin( here and there in the &ace; drow!ine!! in the e#enin(;
!hi#erin( in the e#enin( and !tretchin( o& limb!' with timorou! re!tle!!ne!!; di&&iculty o& &allin(
a!leep' and wa*in( up at ni(ht; wearine!! in the &eet; brui!ed pain in the *nee 0oint; itchin(
tetter! on the *nee; pain in the ball o& the bi( toe; tearin( !hootin( in the hip' (roin and thi(h/
nocturnal drawin( tearin( &rom the elbow to the !houlder; pain&ul !wellin( o& the in(uinal (land!' etc$- 3Mat$ Med$ Pura$8
One can per!onally recall !tri*in( ca!e! where' with typical Ar!enic !ymptom!' Ar!enic ha!
cured con!tantly recurrin( a(ue #omitin( a&ter e#ery *ind o& &oodptomaine poi!onin(!
a!thmatic condition!(a!tral(ia&acial neuriti!' &ollowin( herpe!/ and !uch neuriti! el!ewhere/
and !o on$ Ar!enic' in homoeopathic preparation act! rapidly and curati#ely in all !ort! o&
di!ea!e! and condition! where the !ymptom! point to Ar!enic/ e#en a!!ua(in( pain' and
prolon(in( li&e' inde&initely and a!toni!hin(ly' in !ome in operable ca!e! o& carcinoma$
=U2RNS2< !ay!' o& Ar!enicum$ +@e &ind a (reat amount o& an(ui!h in the patient' and the
(reater the !u&&erin( the (reater the an(ui!h$ Fery (reat re!tle!!ne!!' which i! e)hibited in an
an)iou! to!!in( and 0er*in( about' e#ery mo#ement bein( &ollowed by e)hau!tion$ 2)hau!tion i!
not &elt by the patient when lyin( !till but a! !oon a! he mo#e!' he i! !urpri!ed to &ind him!el& !o
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wea*$ %nten!e burnin( !en!ation!' a! i& &rom coal! o& &ire u!ually &ound in the abdominal ca#ity$
,ear o& death$ Thi! i! not the Aconite &ear' but it i! an an)iety' and a &eelin( that it i! u!ele!! to
ta*e any medicine' a! they are !urely (oin( to die$-
%t will be ob!er#ed that homoeopathy treat! di!ea!e.condition! rather than named di!ea!e!$
There i! no di!ea!e' mild or ur(ent' in which Ar!enicum may not be curati#e' pro#ided dru(
!ymptom! and di!ea!e !ymptom! a(ree$
2NT !ay!' +,rom the time o& :ahnemann to the pre!ent day thi! ha! been one o& the polycre!t!'
one o& the mo!t &re9uently indicated medicine!' and one o& the mo!t e)ten!i#ely u!ed$ %n the old
School it i! mo!t e)ten!i#ely abu!ed' in the &orm o& ,owler! !olution$
+Ar!enic a&&ect! e#ery part o& man/ it !eem! to e)a((erate or depre!! almo!t all hi! &acultie!' to
e)cite or di!turb all hi! &unction! it ha! certain pre#ailin( and !tri*in( &eature!$ An)iety'
re!tle!!ne!!' pro!tration' burnin( and cada#eric odour! are prominent characteri!tic!$ The
!ur&ace o& the body i! pale' cold' clammy and !weatin(' and the a!pect cada#eric$
+The Ar!enicum patient with thi! mental !tate i! alway! &ree>in(' ho#er! around the &ire' cannot
(et clothin( enou(h to *eep warm' a (reat !u&&erer &rom the cold$
+Ar!enic produce! a tendency to bleedin($ The patient bleed! ea!ily and may bleed &rom any
place$ Anywhere that mucou! membrane! e)i!t there may be haemorrha(e 3Pho!$8$
+Many o& the mental trouble!' a! well a! the phy!ical trouble!' come on and are increa!ed at
certain time! mo!t o& the !u&&erin(! o& Ar!enicum are wor!e &rom 4.C p$m$ and &rom 4.C a$m$
A&ter midni(ht' #ery !oon a&ter midni(ht !ometime!' hi! !u&&erin(! be(in' and &rom 4.C ocloc*
they are inten!i&ied$
+Sen!iti#ene!! i! a &eature o& Ar!enic/ !en!iti#ene!! to !mell and touch' and e#ery other
circum!tance; o#er!en!iti#ene!! o& all the !en!e! o#er!en!iti#ene!! to the circum!tance! and
!urroundin(! o& the room$ The Ar!enicum patient i! an e)tremely &a!tidiou! patient$ :erin( once
de!cribed him a! Ithe (old.headed cane patient$ %& thi! i! carried out in a woman who i! !ic* in
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bed !he i! in (reat di!tre!! i& e#ery picture on the wall doe! not han( per&ectly !trai(ht$ A morbid
&a!tidiou!ne!! ha! it! !imilimum in Ar!enic$- 3Nu)$8
Ar!enic ha! +Ri(or! and chill! o& a #ery #iolent character' and at !uch time! he de!cribe! a
&eelin( a! i& the blood &lowin( throu(h the #e!!el! were ice water$ :e &eel! a ru!hin( throu(h the
body o& ice.cold wa#e!$ @hen the &e#er come! on and he i! inten!ely hot &rom head to &oot'
be&ore the !weat ha! appeared' he &eel! that boilin( water i! (oin( throu(h the blood #e!!el!$-
ent point! a peculiar &eature o& the Ar!$ thir!t$ +?urin( the chill' there i! no thir!t' e)cept &or
hot drin*!/ durin( the heat there i! thir!t' little and o&ten' &or enou(h water to moi!ten the mouth'
which i! almo!t no thir!t; and durin( the !weat there i! thir!t &or lar(e drin*!$ :e will !ay' I% can
drin* the well dry'-
NAS: (i#e! the characteri!tic !ymptom! o& Ar!enic thu!
+=reat an(ui!h and re!tle!!ne!!' dri#in( &rom place to place$
=reat and !udden pro!tration/ !in*in( o& #ital &orce$
%nten!e burnin( pain!$
%nten!e thir!t/ drin*! o&ten' but little$ 1old water di!a(ree!$
Fomitin( and !tool !imultaneou!ly/ wor!e &or eatin( and drin*in($
?y!pnoea wor!e on motion; e!pecially a!cendin($
@or!e in cold air 3e)cept the head pain!8 &rom cold thin(!cold application!/4 to 7 a$m$ ,rom
mo#ement$
Better by warm air or room' or hot application!/ relie#ed by !weat$-
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Ar!enicum i! pre.eminently one o& the remedie! that cure! by brin(in( bac*to cureold
!uppre!!ed !*in trouble!$ 2#en a!thma i! !een to cure up' with the return o& an old eruption'
under Ar!enicum$ Na!h (i#e! !uch a ca!e$
:e once had a ca!e o& !e#ere (a!tral(ia' and pre!cribed Ar!enicum becau!e the pain! came on
at midni(ht' la!tin( till 7 a$m$' durin( which time the patient had to wal* the &loor in a(ony' and
there wa! (reat burnin( in the !tomach$ She had but one !li(ht attac* a&ter ta*in( Ar!enicum' but
when he !aw her ne)t !he a!*ed whether that medicine would !end out +!alt rheumK- And then
he di!co#ered that !he had had ec>ema o& the hand! cured by ointment; and he told her that !he
could ha#e bac* the pain in her !tomach any time !he wanted it' by a(ain !uppre!!in( the
eruption$ +She did not want it$-
:e !ay!' +The pain! o& the !tomach are terrible' and a((ra#ated by the lea!t &ood or drin*'
e!pecially i& cold$ Abdominal pain! are al!o inten!e' cau!in( the patient to turn and twi!t in all
po!!ible !hape! and direction!$ ?iarrhoea o& all *ind! o& !tool!' &rom !imple watery to blac*'
bloody and horribly o&&en!i#e &inally' haemorrhoid!$ But in all the!e a&&ection!' o& the whole
alimentary tract' we are apt to &ind the characteri!tic burnin( o& thi! remedy and the not le!!
characteri!tic amelioration &rom heat/ with u!ually the midni(ht a((ra#ation$-
:e !ay! Ar!enicum i! particularly e&&icaciou! in lun( trouble!' where breathin( i! #ery much
oppre!!ed$ @hee>in( and &rothy e)pectoration$ Patient cannot lie down; mu!t !it up to breathe'
cant mo#e without bein( (reatly put out o& breath$ The air pa!!a(e! !eem (reatly con!tricted$
+%t i! e!pecially u!e&ul'- he !ay!' +in a!thmatic a&&ection! cau!ed or a((ra#ated by !uppre!!ed
eruption!' or pneumonia &rom retrocedent mea!le!e#en chronic lun( trouble! &rom !uppre!!ed
ec>ema$-
:e !ay! the !ymptom' +Acute' !harp' &i)ed or dartin( pain in ape) and throu(h upper third o&ri(ht lun(- i! a (em$ 3Burnett al!o empha!i>e! thi! !omewhere$8
O& the Ar!enicum @2AN2SS he !ay!' <ou may !ay it i! common &or !ic* people to be wea*$
True' but the Ar!enicum patient i! wea* out o& all proportion to the re!t o& hi! trouble' or
apparently !o/ and it i! a (eneral pro!tration' not local$
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Ar!enicum a&&ect!' a! he point! out' all the ti!!ue!$
Attac*! the blood' cau!in( !eptic chan(e!' e)anthemata' ecchymo!e!' petechiae' etc$
Attac*! the #ein!; #arice! burn li*e &ire' e!pecially at ni(ht$
Attac*! !erou! membrane!' cau!in( copiou! !erou! e&&u!ion!$
Attac*! (land!' which indurate and !uppurate$
1au!e! in&lammatory !wellin(!' with burnin( lancinatin( pain!$
Attac*! the perio!teum$
Attac*! 0oint! cau!in( pale !wellin(!' burnin( pain!' etc$
1au!e! (eneral ana!arca; !*in pale' wa)y' or earth coloured; here (reat thir!t 3Api! none8$
1au!e! rapid emaciation; atrophy in children$
1au!e! ulceration!' con!tantly e)tendin( in breadth$ They burn li*e &ire' pain e#en in !leep;
di!char(e may be copiou! or !canty' the ba!e blue' blac* or lardaceou!$
Anthra) burnin( li*e &ire 3Anthracinum8' cold blue !*in dry a! parchment' peelin( o&& in lar(e
&la*e!$
=an(rene' better &rom heat 3wor!e Secale8$
3%ndeed one o& :ahnemann! +polycre!t!-8
Na!h add!' +Notwith!tandin( thi!' Ar!enicum i! not a panacea$ "i*e e#ery other remedy it mu!t
be indicated by it! !imilar !ymptom!' or &ailure i! the outcome$
+%t! (reat *eynote! are R2ST"2SSN2SSBURN%N=PROSTRAT%ON.and M%?N%=:T
A==RAFAT%ON$-$
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B"A1 "2TT2R S<MPTOMS
Fery #iolent delirium' e!pecially at ni(ht' with (reat re!tle!!ne!!$
:er de!ire e)ceed! her need 3eat! and drin*! more than i! (ood &or her; wal*! &urther than !he
need! to do8$
?e!pair! and weep!/ ima(ine! no one can help him' that he mu!t die; i! cold and chilly' and
a&terward! (enerally wea*$
An(ui!h$ 2)ce!!i#e an(ui!h$
An(ui!h and de!pair dri#in( &rom one place to another' &or relie&$
@ith (reat an(ui!h he turn! and to!!e! to and &ro in hi! bed$
An)iety at 7 ocloc* a&ter midni(ht$
Fiolent an)iety at 7 ocloc* in the ni(ht; he now &elt hot' now a! i& he would #omit$
?read o& death comin( on !uddenly when alone$
The (reate!t &ear and an(ui!h 3!ee! (ho!t! day and ni(ht8$
3=reat hea#ine!! in the head; it (oe! o&& in the open air; but return! a! !oon a! he enter! the
room$8
Burnin( in eye!$
2yelid! oedematou!' o&ten completely clo!in( the eye!$
1orro!i#e tear!' ma*in( chee*! and eyelid! !ore$
2)coriatin( di!char(e &rom no!tril!$
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@atery di!char(e &rom no!ewent o&& in the open air; watery na!al di!char(e cau!e! !martin(
and burnin(' a! i& no!tril!' were made !ore by it$
,ace e)pre!!i#e o& (enuine mental a(ony$
?eathly colour o& &ace$ Pale' yellow cachectic loo*$
Swellin( o& &ace' or !un*en &ace$
3Ton(ue &urred' with a red !trea* down middle8 and redne!! o& tip$
?ryne!! o& ton(ue$
?ry and brown.coated ton(ue$
,eelin( o& (reat dryne!! in mouth' with #iolent thir!t; he drin*! little at a time$
Burnin( in mouth alon( the pharyn) and in the pit o& the !tomach$
"oathin( o& &ood$
2)ce!!i#e thir!t/ drin*in( did not re&re!h him$
2)ce!!i#e thir!t/ he drin*! much' but little at a time$
3"on(.la!tin( hiccou(h8 at the hour when the &e#er ou(ht to ha#e come$
Nau!ea$
3Fomitin( #iolent and ince!!ant8 and e)cited by any !ub!tance ta*en into the !tomach$
32#en water i!8 immediately thrown o&& the !tomach$
Fomitin( e#ery time a&ter drin*in($
The #omitin( brin(! no relie&$
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3,re9uent #omitin(8 with apprehen!ion! o& death$
An)iety in the pit o& the !tomach$
Burnin( in the !tomach$
Fiolent burnin( pain! in the !tomach$
%n the !tomach &ear&ul burnin( pain!$
Swollen abdomen$
?i!tention and pain in abdomen$
Pain! in abdomen with unbearable an)iety/ with intolerable an(ui!h$
Burnin(! pain! in abdomen$
The e#acuation! e)coriated the !*in about anu!$
Burnin( li*e &ire at anu!$
Pur(in( and e)treme coldne!! o& e)tremitie!$ 1on!tipation$
Burnin( in urethra durin( micturition$
%n#oluntary micturition$
Scanty emi!!ion' and burnin( durin( emi!!ion$
,re9uent oppre!!i#e !hortne!! o& breath in e#ery po!ition o& the body' cau!in( an)iety$ 31he!t$8
Oppre!!ion/ want o& breath/ a nocturnal a!thma ma*e! him !prin( up at midni(ht$
?i&&icult breathin(' with (reat an(ui!h$
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Oppre!!ion o& breath when wal*in( &a!t$
The heart.beat! are irritable$
Palpitation$ %rre(ular palpitation o& the heart' but !o #iolent at ni(ht that he ima(ine! he hear!
it$
Palpitation o& heart and tremulou! wea*ne!! a&ter !tool/ he ha! to lie down$
Huic*' wea*' and irre(ular pul!e$
"o!! o& !tren(th in the !mall o& the bac*$
2)ce!!i#e wea*ne!! and e)hau!tion o& the limb!' obli(in( him to lie down$
Unea!ine!! in lower limb!' he cannot lie !till at ni(ht' and had to chan(e the po!ition o& hi! &eet
all the time or to wal* about' to (et relie&$
Fery (reat re!tle!!ne!!' !o that !he could not lie 9uiet a minute$
Re!tle!!ne!! and an)iety$ Throwin( him!el& &rom !ide to !ide$
The !li(hte!t paro)y!m o& pain i! accompanied with an e)ce!!i#e !in*in( o& !tren(th' obli(in(
him to lie down$
:e i! !o wea* that he i! !carcely able to wal*/ &eel! he will &all o#er !carcely able to wal* acro!!
the room without !in*in( down$
1ontinued wea*ne!! and pro!tration$
=reat wearine!! a&ter a meal$
,aintne!! and in!en!ibility$
,aint' an)iou!' wea*' early in the mornin($
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Burnin( pain!' e!pecially in the inner or(an!' !*in and ulcer!$
2ruption! round mouth' burnin( and pain&ul$
%tchin(' increa!ed by !cratchin($
Burnin( pain in the ulcer!a! &rom (lowin( coal!$
Burnin( li*e &ire around the ulcer$
Burnin( itchin( o& body$
Startin(! when &allin( a!leep in the e#enin($
A&ter midni(ht 3&rom 7 ocloc* on8 !he to!!e! about and !leep! only at time!$
Shudderin( when wal*in( in the open air$
Shudderin( without thir!t$
,e#er at C ocloc* in the ni(ht$
Typhu!.li*e &e#er with e)treme re!tle!!ne!!$
Burnin( heat internally$
,eel! a! i& burnin( up internally$
,eelin( o& heat with an)iety' a&ter midni(ht$
1old' clammy !weat$
HU22R S<MPTOMS
See! (ho!t! day and ni(ht$
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,ear o& *illin( with a *ni&e$
Run! throu(h hou!e at ni(ht in !earch o& thie#e!$
%ma(ine! hou!e &ull o& thie#e!/ !o much &ear that he 0ump! out o& bed' and hide! in wardrobeor
under bed$
See! thie#e! in room$
See! #ermin and bu(! crawl about hi! bed &rom which he want! to e!cape$
2)ce!!i#e #erti(o/ +the bed i! tippin( o#er' % !hall &all on the &loor$-
Brain !eem! to &lap 3wal*in(8/ a! i& brain mo#ed and beat a(ain!t the !*ull$
ASAFOETIDA [Asaf]
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A GUM resin obtained by piercing the living root of different species of
Ferula.” N.O. umbelliferae. Ours is Narthrex asafoetida.
Introduction
he fresh oil is said to !smell not unpleasantly" but #hen decomposed it
gives off sulphuretted hydrogen”$%the charming and penetrating odour of
electioneering eggs. &olitical meetings have been before no# bro'en up by
the introduction of asafoetida into the hall by ro#dy partisans of the rival
candidate. (ale )hite gives another drastic use for the drug"%!cases of
malingering may sometimes be cured by ma'ing the patient ta'e$ three
times a day$ an effervescing draught containing a fe# minims each of the
tinctures of valerian and asafoetida. he effervescence ma'es the nasty
taste of these medicines *repeat+ in the mouth for some time after ta'ing
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them.” Old ,chool has a pill of asafoetida$ aloes$ hard soap and confection of
roses" in the margin of our copy of (ale )hite stands scribbled in pencil$
“Stinks and aloes one su!!oses"
#ut $%& %ard soa! and $%& t%e roses'(
T%ese sill& little t%ings used to )ake e*a)inations so eas&+
And ,ent gi-es &et anot%er !o!ular use.as a su!!osed !rotection against disease
%ence used in t%e sta/les0 e sa&s lu)!s of “foet&( as t%e& called it $ere !ut in t%e corn
for t%e %orse to kee! off diste)!er0 And %e sa&s “it %as /een used /& t%e lait& as a
)edicine for fainting for %&steria for all sorts of ner-ous s&)!to)s and
co)!laints:.t%is use is ustified /& t%e !ro-ing0(
In t%e 3&clo!oedia of Drug Pat%ogenes& $e find !ro-ings and !oisonings /&
Asafoetida0 In one case it e-oked “!ressing !ain in t%e cardiac region as if fro) o-er4
filling and distension of t%e %eart(0 In anot%er t%ere $as a sensation of “co)!ression
of t%e /rain as if surrounded and !ressed toget%er /& a clot%(0 “T%e t%ora* $as sei5ed
$it% s!as)odic contractions till it see)ed as if t%e lungs could not e*!and co)!letel&res!irations /eing nor)al0( Again a “sensation as of a cord tied tig%tl& round /rain0(
“3%est so constricted as if s6uee5ed /& a %ea-& /od& l&ing on sternu)(: and al$a&s
distension of a/do)en: 7ru)/ling gurgling distension(0
#8A3, 8ETTE9 S;PTO;S
&ressive pain in forehead$ from #ithin out#ards.
<er-ous %eadac%e of %&sterical or scrofulous !eo!le0
<octurnal t%ro//ing !ain in and around e&e and EAD0
E*tensi-e su!erficial ulceration of cornea $it% /urning sticking or !ressing fro)
$it%in out0 #etter rest !ressure o!en air0 <u)/ness round EE0
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Disc%arge of -er& offensi-e )atter fro) t%e <OSE" $it% caries of t%e /ones0
S$elling of lo$er li!0
Sensation of a /all rising in t%roat fro) STO;A3 to oeso!%agus0
Flatus !assing u!$ards: none do$n0
eat in s!leen and A#DO;E<0
=ater& li6uid STOO8S of t%e )ost disgusting s)ell: !ains in a/do)en and disc%arge
of fetid flatus0
=ater& stools of disgusting odour !rofuse and greenis%0
>9I<E $ar) and of a !ungent a))oniacal s)ell0
S!as)odic tig%tness of 3EST as if lungs could not /e full& e*!anded0
Ast%)atic feeling in trac%ea dr& coug%" s!as)odic d&s!noea as if lungs could not /e
full& e*!anded0
Pain and tenderness TI#IA al)ost un/eara/le at nig%t0
<er-ous PA8PITATIO< $it% s)all !ulse fro) o-er4e*ertion or su!!ression of
disc%arges0
STE9IA $it% )uc% trou/le a/out t%roat or oeso!%agus" $ell )arked glo/us"
s!as) of lungs etc0
<er-ous affections after su!!ressed disc%arges0
<er-ous !eo!le0
ITA8I3 O9 3>9IO>S S;PTO;S
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,#ashing and gurgling sensation in brain$ especially frontal.
As if a nail or !lug $ere dri-en into /rain: like a !ointed !lug in left te)!le and rig%t
!arietal0
As if nose $ould /urst0
eat of face ear and %ands $it% c%ills do$n /ack0
Fatt& rancid taste in )out%0
S!as) of oeso!%agus like t%at of %&steria0
=inding and t$isting in /o$els as of re-ersed !eristalsis0
As it %eart $ould /urst0
as a loat%ing of /eer0
3onstriction of c%est" of t%roat" a/out %eart0
3ra)! in fore%ead0
T%ro//ing: %ead" in and a/out e&e" !it of sto)ac%" /ig toe0
<u)/ness: nasal /ones" /ones of face" c%in0 D90 38A9,E gi-es an e*cellent little
!icture of Asafoetida0 “T%e s&)!to)s of Asafoetida !resent an al)ost !erfect !icture
of %&steria of t%e flatulent order0 9e-ersed !eristalsis of sto)ac% and /o$els0
E*cessi-e a/do)inal distension and sensation as if e-er&t%ing in t%e a/do)en $ould
/urst t%roug% t%e )out%0 After /elc%ing of $ind strong rancid taste in t%e )out%0
;an& of t%e disc%arges are fetid" $ater& stools of )ost disgusting odour" !rofuse and
greenis%: fetid flatus t%e fetid s)ell of t%e drug )a& /e regarded as one of its
“signatures( 0 Periosteal affections ending in ulcers $%ic% are so sensiti-e t%at no
dressing is tolerated0( ?e!0@
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>E9<SE sa&s: A -er& great sensiti-eness %&!ersensiti-eness es!eciall& in t%ose in
$%o) t%e -enous s&ste) !redo)inates o-er t%e arterial0 It affects left %&!oc%ondriac
region" left a/do)en" left neck and na!e of neck left u!!er and lo$er e*tre)ities left
ear0 eneral s&)!to)s left side0
Dissatisfied a/out oneself0 3o)!lains of %er trou/les0
Fetid or !urulent disc%arges fro) ears: green and fetid fro) nose0 O5aena0
Fatt& taste: risings in t%roat0 8oat%ing" inclination to -o)it0 Pulsations !it of sto)ac%
!erce!ti/le to %and and e-en e&e0
Asafoetida t%en is a drug of -er& definite localities and )odalities0 It -ents itself on t%e
)ind t%e ner-es t%e organs of s!ecial sense t%e digesti-e tract t%e !eriosteu) and
es!eciall& on t%e left side0 3urious %o$ so)e drugs !ick out t%e rig%t side so)e t%e
left0 =' #ut it is t%e sa)e $it% !atients: one co)es $%ose e-er& ail)ent is on t%e
left side" anot%er on t%e rig%t0 A stud& of t%ese re)edies is often useful in !rescri/ing0
T%e /lack t&!e drugs t%at are -er& es!eciall& left sided are A90 <0 ASAF0 ASA90
3APS0 3I<A 38E;0 39O30 E>PO9#0 9AP0 ,9E0 8A30 O8EA<D0 POS0 SE8E<0 SEP0 STA<<0
T%e -er& es!eciall& rig%t4sided re)edies in /lack t&!e are gi-en as A9S0 A>90
#APT0 #E880 #O90 3A<T0 830 P>8S0 9A<0 #0 SA9S0 SE30 S>80 A30
T%en t%ere are ot%ers es!eciall& rig%t or left sided as APIS A90 #90 3A830
3E80 3O8O30 9A<0 S0 S>8P0
So)e again ?/ut e-er&one kno$s t%ese@ start rig%t side and cross to left like 830: or
start left side and cross to rig%t as 8A30: or go fro) side to side and t%en /ack as
8A3 3A<0 One %as seen t%is in t%roats in di!%t%eria and in t%e latter case in o-arian
!ain0 T%ere are so )an& interesting and intriguing t%ings in %o)oeo!at%& t%at %el! in
!rescri/ing0
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T%e Asafoetida !atient ?i0e0 t%e !atient )ost affected /& and t%erefore )ost a)ena/le
to t%e curati-e action of Asafoetida@ is descri/ed as /eing of a !let%oric a!!earance
face !uffed /loated e-en dro!sical.“!uffed -enous !ur!le(0 ,ent calls it “a -er&
trou/leso)e face suggesting cardiac distur/ance and -enous stasis(0 ?T%ese !atients%a-e t%e e*tre)e sensiti-eness t%at )ake &ou t%ink of suc% re)edies as e!ar0@ “Fat
fla//& !ur!le: and t%ere$it% e*tre)el& sensiti-e to !ain full of %&steria0( Suc%
!ersons )a& %a-e ulcers e*tre)el& sensiti-e and e*tre)el& offensi-e0 Periostitis
es!eciall& of ti/ia ?Asaf0 is one of t%e drugs t%at affect t%e ti/ia -&ing $it% AA90
8A30 9>S etc0.and D9OS0@0 One re)e)/ers a /ad case of PagetBs disease of t%e
ti/ia $it% atrocious !ain $%ere none of t%ese drugs %el!ed /ut D9OS0 $it% its !ain
in long /ones acted )ar-elousl& restoring !ainlessness and slee!0 <o one see)s to
%a-e reali5ed t%e !o$er in /one disease of Drosera e*ce!t a%ne)ann+ It is $ort%
$%ile getting a co!& of ;ateria ;edica Pura no$ t%at it %as /een re!u/lis%ed in
facsi)ile for) at a )oderate !rice0 It is a /ook one $ould not /e $it%out. an&$%ere+
Asafoetida is one of t%e re)edies of “old scars $%en t%e& turn !ur!le and t%reaten to
su!!urate( or “take on a -enous as!ect and /eco)e !ainful and turn /lack(0
=e kee! on 6uoting ,E<T: let us run t%roug% %is )asterl& !icture of t%e drugcondensing:.
Full of disc%arges" catarr%al $ater& fro) different !laces e-en $ater& stools: and
all t%ese disc%arges are %orri/l& offensi-e and ic%orous0 #lood& disc%arges %orri/l&
offensi-e fro) nose e&es ears c%est /o$els fistula o!enings ulcers T%e !%leg)atic
!erson $%o is !ur!le $%o gets no s&)!at%& $%en sick and is al)ost distracted a/out
t%e %orri/le fetid disc%arges0 E-en t%e disc%arges fro) t%e e&es )a& /e /lood& and
offensi-e0
;ost of t%e !ains see) to /ore as if t%e& e*tended fro) t%e /one to t%e surface.fro)
$it%in out0
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T%en nu)/ness: a general feature of t%is re)ed&0 <u)/ness of scal!0 or dee! in %ead:
nu)/ dead feeling associated $it% t%e !ain ?3%a)0 Plat0@0 Often nu)/ness after
slee!0 <u)/ness of nose0
&steria: /all rises as in glo/us %&stericus0 &sterical and c%oreic affections of
oeso!%agus and trac%ea0 T%is “lu)! in t%e t%roat or suffocation( is a sort of
%&sterical s!as) of t%e oeso!%agus0
Sto)ac%0.If &ou %a-e e-er seen a t&!ical case of Asaf0 &ou $ill $onder $%ere all t%e
air co)es fro)0 It co)es u! in -olu)es: c%oreic erking of t%e dia!%rag) $it%
e*!ulsion of $ind like t%e sound of a s)all !o!4gun going off al)ost e-er& second0
8oud /elc%ing: loud eructations of $ind fro) t%e sto)ac%0 flatus not do$n$ard /ut
all u!$ards al$a&s %orri/l& offensi-e0 ;eteoris)0 And li6uid stools of )ost disgusting
s)ell0
Asaf0 is one of t%e re)edies %a-ing nig%tl& aggra-ations0
T%e direction of Asaf0 t%en is fro) $it%in out0 T%e %eart feels o-er full to /ursting0
T%e nose as if it $ould /urst0 A/do)inal distension as if e-er&t%ing in t%e /od& $ould
/urst out t%roug% t%e )out%0
Asaf0 %as a s&)!to) one %as not o/ser-ed else$%ere /ut $%ic% one finds recorded in
t%e !oisonings in t%e 3&clo!oedia of Drug Pat%ogenes&: “undulating t$itc%ings in
)uscles0( One sa$ t%is recentl& $%ile actuall& reading u! t%e drug in a !atient"
undulating t$itc%ings in u!!er ar) es!eciall&" ri!!les $a-elike in t%e ar) )uscles
front and /ack0 T%e !atient see)s to %a-e seen t%e) first rat%er t%an felt t%e)0 S%e
%as recei-ed Asaf0 and it $ill /e interesting to %ear t%e outco)e0 #ut ner-e s!ecialists
in 8ondon and in #elgiu) confessed t%at t%e& %ad ne-er seen t%is /efore: and
!roceeded to gi-e a rat%er terri/le diagnosis:4$%ic% ot%er s&)!to)s did not so far
see) to /ear out0
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Asaf0 is one of t%e drugs t%at affect t%e secretion of )ilk" causing its disa!!earance
CAlu)0 !%0" its increased flo$" e-en its a!!earance in t%e /reasts of non4!regnant or
elderl& $o)en" as in a $o)an of $%ere “t%e /reasts s$elled and secreted a )ilk&
fluid(0
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Introduction
-n his Materia Medica &ura$ if #e turn up (ahnemann+s &reface to
MA//-0 GO/1$ #e find an account of its chec'ered medical history%(o# it
#as esteemed by the Arabian physicians and the ancients. (o# it #as
scorned$ condemned and re2ected$ because of its insolubility and its
indestructibility$ by the ,chools 3-n our day Old ,chool medicine$ having
discovered colloidal gold$ uses it%for a blood4test in syphilis" also in the form
of ,anocrysin$ a thiosulphate of gold and sodium$ #hich !may be used in the
case of patients” 5#ith pulmonary phthisis6 !#ho have not responded #ell to
other forms of treatment”. -t is given intravenously$ the dose !according to
the #eight of the patient and the character of the lesions”. 5aylor+s &ractice
of Medicine$ 789:. 1.6 -n the older text4boo's no mention is made of Gold;
#ut e-en so it is not gi-en $it% a%ne)annBs !recision and fore4 kno$ledge in
ans$er to t%e cr& of s&)!to)s to raise t%e resistance of t%e !atient and to e-oke
curati-e reaction /ut )erel& $it% t%e idea of destro&ing t%e tu/ercle /acilli.t%e dose
according to t%e $eig%t of t%e !atient and t%e c%aracter of t%e lesions+ ;edicine %as a
long $a& to go &et to catc% u! $it% a%ne)ann+ $%ic% !ut a %ig%er store on
reasoning t%an on e*!eri)ent.sole ar/iter in suc% )atters0 o$ it $as re-ealed in its
)ig%t& !o$er for good and e-il /& a%ne)annBs )et%ods of trituration !otenti5ation
and !ro-ings0 o$ %e /egan follo$ing !recedents $it% lo$ triturations and later got
%is /est results fro) t%e %ig%er !otencies0
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So)e of us could tell tale after tale of !atients in t%ese da&s of $orld4$ide co))ercial
de!ression $%o reduced to des!air /& straig%tened )eans and an*iet& t%reatened
suicide and &et $ere ra!idl& restored to life to %o!e to rene$ed effort /& a fe$ doses
of %o)oeo!at%ic gold0 =e sa& “%o)oeo!at%ic gold( /ecause gold $%en tested onnor)al %ealt%& !ersons %as !roduced ust suc% states of suicidal des!air and
%o!elessness" and again /ecause /& its reduction to infinitesi)als t%e no/le )etal
t%rice no/le in t%ese its %ig%er uses e)erges fro) /ulk $eig%t -isi/ilit& and
inertness as a )ig%t& energ& to strengt%en t%e $ill and re-i-e t%e natural affections.
e-en to t%e dee!est and )ost funda)ental of all.8OE OF 8IFE0
T%ese are so)e of t%e )ental s&)!to)s elicited /& a%ne)ann $%en %e tested t%e
!o$ers of O8D.to %urt and t%erefore to %eal0
Deected and full of grief: seeks solitude0 I)agines %e %as lost t%e affection of friends0
Dissatisfied $it% e-er&t%ing: i)agines %e sees o/stacles e-er&$%ere" !artl& %is o$n
fault !artl& occasioned /& a contrar& fate0
;elanc%ol&: i)agines %e is not fit for t%is $orld: longs for deat%: t%e t%oug%t of deat%
gi-es %i) intense o&0
reat anguis% increasing to self4destruction0
Guarrelso)e.!ee-is%.-e%e)ent: canBt stand t%e least contradiction0 9as% anger and
-e%e)ence0 And so on
reat anguis% a/out t%e %eart 0
=%en #>9<ETT after %is )anner )ade a s%ort !ro-ing of old u!on %i)self
“/ecause to get a concrete conce!tion of $%at a gi-en drug can do t%ere is not%ing like
tr&ing it on &our o$n /od&( its first effects $ere “e*citant and e*%ilarating(
?a%ne)ann %as t%is in /lack t&!e0 “All da& long good %u)our talkati-e and
contented $it% %i)self.alternating action'(@ #ut in a fe$ da&s #urnett found %i)self
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“not u! to t%e )ark" -er& de!ressed and lo$4s!irited" not%ing see)s $ort% $%ile+( e
$as %a-ing /ad nig%ts too drea)ing of deat%.of t%e dead.of cor!ses /eco)ing -er&
/ad %e a/andoned %is !ro-ings4 “fearing t%e effects in t%is direction )ig%t /e serious(0
T%ree or four $eeks later0()e)or& $as alread& getting good again(0 #ut %a-ing takenone grain and si*4tent%s of triturated gold in t$el-e da&s %e sa&s “I a) t%oroug%l&
satisfied t%at it can )ake )e ill0 ;& allo!at%ic /ret%ren )aintain t%at O8D is inert+
Sure !roof t%at t%e& %a-e ne-er tried it !ro!erl& triturated on t%eir o$n /odies(
T%ese are so)e of t%e t%ings t%at #urnett %as to tell us a/out O8D in %is /rilliant
little )onogra!% O8D AS A 9E;ED I< DISEASE0
“In t%e treat)ent of so)e %eart diseases so)e /one diseases and of sarcocele to
kno$ t%e )edicinal -alue of O8D or to ignore it is ust t%e i)!ortant difference
/et$een curing and failing0 #ut of course t%e )etal )ust /e first4triturated so t%at it
)a& /eco)e re)edial0(
“T%e glands /ones skin and nose are alike stricken $it% scrofula s&!%ilis and old0(
“old %as an i)!ortant !lace in t%e treat)ent of %eart affections of t%e gra-est kinds0(
“old in angina !ectoris0 =it% )e it is ne*t to Arnica ?a grand cardiac+@ t%e )ost
fre6uentl& !rescri/ed and it %as rendered )e i)!ortant ser-ices 0(
“<o $onder a%ne)ann s%ould e*clai):7old !ossesses great %ealing !ro!erties t%e
!lace of $%ic% no ot%er re)ed& can su!!l&0(
“old is no )ere function distur/er /ut a !roducer of organic c%ange and %ence its
/rilliant effects in organic )isc%ief0 T%e -ascular turgescence of #elladonna and t%atof Auru) are -er& different affairs0(
e 6uotes a%ne)ann “I %a-e cured se-eral cases of ;elanc%ol& si)ilar to t%ose of
old !ro)!tl& and !er)anentl& and t%e& $ere t%ose of suc% $%o $ent a/out $it%
t%e serious intention of co))itting suicide(
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#urnett used old inter alia for t%e “non4t%ri-ing !ining condition of /o&s.lo$4
s!irited lifeless )e)ories /ad" lacking in /o&is% go(0
<AS sa&s “I once cured a &oung lad& $%o tried to co))it suicide /& dro$ning(
?$it% Auru)@0 “After s%e $as cured s%e laug%ed at t%e occurrence and said s%e could
not %el! it0 It see)ed to %er s%e $as no use in t%e $orld0 S%e felt so0(
?One re)e)/ers a )an dee!l& de!ressed and %o!eless in t%e out4 !atient
de!art)ent &ears ago0 Auru) $as !rescri/ed0 And as %e $ent out “ou $ill co)e
and see )e in a )ont%Bs ti)e'( “I s%all not /e ali-e+( #ut %e did co)e and %e said “I
%a-e forgotten all t%at nonsense+(@
old is a great re)ed& for o-er dosing $it% )ercur& in t%e treat)ent of -enereal
disease0 <as% sa&s “T%ere $ould /e a great falling off of /usiness for !%&sicians if t%e
old sc%ool could learn to cure t%eir !atients $it%out !oisoning t%e) $it% drugs(0
e sa&s “Auru) is one of our /est re)edies for /one !ains0 <e-er forget it(0
And no$ let ,E<T t%at great !rescri/er and -i-id $riter take u! t%e tale 0
“In Auru) all t%e affections natural to %ealt%& )an are !er-erted0 So great in e*tent
is t%is t%at one of t%e funda)ental lo-es $%ic% is t%e lo-e of li-ing of self4!rotection
is !er-erted and %e loat%es life is $ear& of life longs to die and seeks )et%ods to
co))it suicide 0 A/solute loss of eno&)ent in e-er&t%ing0 Self4conde)nation
continual self4re!roac% self4 criticis) a constant looking into self" s%e does not%ing
rig%t e-er&t%ing is $rong not%ing $ill succeed %o!elessness0 as neglected
so)et%ing.neglected %is friends 0 e is $rong is $%oll& e-il %as sinned a$a& %is da&
of grace is not $ort%& of sal-ation.t%is is t%e train of t%oug%t t%at runs constantl&
t%roug% %is )ind 0#roods 0 is $%oll& unfit for t%is $orld and t%en %e longs to die 0
“<o$ $%at are t%e causes of t%is state of insanit& grief and %o!elessness' Prolonged
an*iet& and unusual res!onsi/ilit&0 S&!%ilis is a co))on one: loss of !ro!ert& is
anot%er0 Persons $%o in t%eir &oung da&s %a-e /een re!eatedl& drugged $it%
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;ercur& and $ere al$a&s taking 7#lue ;assB in t%e S!ring as good for t%e li-er %a-e
esta/lis%ed u!on t%e)sel-es a )ercurial disease $it% t%e enlarge)ent of t%e li-er
and t%is is al)ost al$a&s attended )ore or less /& )elanc%ol& and sadness and suc%
%o!elessness as $e find in Auru)0 Auru) !roduces suc% affections of t%e li-er as areassociated $it% cardiac affections endocarditis dro!s& of t%e %eart and r%eu)atic
affections t%at %a-e gone to t%e %eart0(
“<otice t%e !eculiar relation /et$een t%e lungs and t%e understanding and /et$een
t%e %eart and t%e $ill0 =it% e-er& little trou/le located in t%e %eart t%ere co)es
%o!elessness /ut $%en t%e )anifestation of disease is in t%e lungs t%ere is
%o!efulness 0 eart and li-er affections are associated $it% %o!elessness and des!air 0
“In t%is re)ed& t%e !ains $ander fro) oint to oint and finall& locate in t%e %eart0
Angina !ectoris is often t%e ending of an old r%eu)atis) t%at %as $andered fro) oint
to oint0(
“T%e re)ed& is full of r%eu)atic affections.$it% s$elling of oints: affections of
cartilages and /ones infla))ations of !eriosteu) t%ickening and induration of
!eriosteu) 0 8ike s&!%ilis and )ercur& t%e co)!laints are aggra-ated at nig%t
Auru) affects and cures diseases of /ones" es!eciall& t%ose of t%e nose and skull0 It is
curati-e of disease4conditions of e&es and nose0 One re)e)/ers t%e astonis%ing
curati-e effect of gold in a s)all c%ild $it% ulceration in nostrils and %orri/le nasal
disc%arge $%ere Sul!%ur %ad failed0 As ,ent sa&s “Auru) is full of nasal trou/les
$it% foetid disc%arges0 T%e /ones of t%e nose necrose ?like s&!%ilis and )ercur&@0 #ut
$it% all t%ese co)!laints t%e !atient is /o$ed do$n $it% sorro$" full of grief" $ants
to die" e-er&t%ing is /lack0(
,ent su)s u! Auru) t%us: “=e see t%is entire !er-ersion of all t%e lo-es of )ankind
and finall& t%eir entire destruction0(
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It is at least curious t%at old su!!lied in !otenc& s%ould /e %o)oeo!at%ic to t%e loss
of old in /ulk0 It alone can restore sanit& $it% t%e reali5ation t%at “t%e life is )ore
t%an )eat and t%e /od& t%an rai)ent(0
Dr0 0 A0 9o/erts in %is 9%eu)atic 9e)edies su)s u! t%e %eart s&)!to)s and t%e
s!%ere of Auru) in acute r%eu)atis) t%us:
“Se-ere !ain in %eart0 ;ust sit u!0 Sensation as if t%e %eart sto!!ed t%en ga-e one
sudden %ard t%u)!0 eart flounders0 8oud endocardial /ruits0 Pulse irregular0 In
infla))ator& r%eu)atis) Auru) )et0 is of -alue $%en t%ere is %ig% fe-er e*tre)e
tenderness to touc% !rofuse s$eat and in-ol-e)ent of t%e endocardiu) $it% t%e
!eculiar %eart s&)!to)s0(0
#8A3, 8ETTE9 S;PTO;S
5(ahnemann$ Allen and some from (ering6
Disgust of life suicidal tendenc&0
Des!ondent )elanc%ol&0 o!elessness0
reat anguis% increasing into self4destruction0
An*ious !al!itation and desire to co))it suicide0
Pee-is% and -e%e)ent: least contradiction e*cites $rat%0
;oroseness" indis!osed to talk0
All da& long good %u)our" talkati-e and contented $it% %i)4self ?alternating action@0
eat and anger 6uite forgets %i)self $it% 6uarrelling0 Sulk&0
9us% of /lood to EAD0
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Tearing !ressure.left fore%ead left cro$n rig%t side of cro$n0
Pressure fro) $it%in out$ards in EES: $orse $%en touc%ed0
Tension in e&es interferes $it% -ision0
3an distinguis% not%ing distinctl& /ecause %e sees e-er&4t%ing dou/le and one o/ect
see)s to run into anot%er" tensi-e !ain $orse $%en %e fi*es %is e&es on so)et%ing less
se-ere $%en %e closes t%e)0
alf4sig%t" as if t%e u!!er %alf of t%e -ision $ere co-ered $it% a dark /od& : u!!er
o/ects re)ain in-isi/le0
e cannot get air t%roug% t%e <OSE for ulcerated agglutinated !ainful nostrils0
Soreness /ot% nostrils0
9ig%t nasal /one and adoining !art of u!!er a$ !ainful to touc%0
Tickling internall& in alae nasi0
S&!%ilitic ulcers !alate and t%roat0
Tensi-e !ain in %&!ogastriu) ust /elo$ na-el and on /ot% sides lu)/ar regions $it%
feeling of fullness and $it% call to stool0
Pinc%ing !ain in %&!ogastriu) no$ %ere no$ t%ere0
ru)/ling and ru)/ling in A#DO;E<0
Disc%arge of )uc% foetid flatus0
Disco)fort in %&!ogastriu) as if $anted to go to stool es!0 after a )eal0
?Affections of genitalia@: >terus !rola!sed and indurated0
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E*tre)e tig%tness ?c%est@: difficult& of /reat%ing at nig%t0
Tig%tness of 3EST also $%en sitting and not )o-ing: al$a&s takes a dee! /reat%
and cannot get enoug% air0
reat $eig%t on c%est: es!0 %ea-& $eig%t on sternu)0
iolent /eating of t%e %eart0
A$akened /& #O<E !ains: suffering so great %e des!airs: does not $ant to li-e0
?;an& !ains in /ones and li)/s are detailed0@
Pain in knees as if t%e& $ere tig%tl& /ound0
9e)arka/le e/ullition in t%e #8OOD ?as if it /oiled in t%e /lood -essels@0
Frig%tful drea)s at nig%t