Homeopathy LibraryAntimonium Tartaricum
Reason for use
Tartrate of Antimony and Potash.- 2K(Sb OC 4 H 4 O 6 ) H 2 O
Common name.- Tartar Emetic.
General Analysis.-
Acts directly upon the nerve centers at the base of the brain and in the medulla oblongata ; through these Tartar Emetic exerts its power on the mucous membranes of the stomach, lungs, and liver, at the same time through the pneumogastric nerve depressing in a remarkable degree the circulatory and respiratory systems.
On the mucous membranes we have catarrhal inflammation established, or as another result of the drug's action we may have a pustular inflammation.
This latter condition also extends itself to the cutaneous tissues, giving rise to a condition closely simulating that of variola.
The most essential characteristic of Tartar Emetic is the large accumulation of mucus in the chest, causing much rattling, especially in children, with vomiting and drowsiness.
Characteristic symptoms.
▲ Worse
After eating or drinking; after lying down; from motion; at night; from warmth; in damp, cold weather
▼ Better
From eructations; by expectoration; from sitting upright and in open cold air
The full Cowperthwaite text, by section
Mind
(Antimonium tartaricum)
The child will not allow itself to be touched without whining and crying.
Bad humor ; apprehensive ; restless.
Wild gaiety toward evening.
Head
(Antimonium tartaricum)
Headache as from a band compressing the forehead. (Gels., Nitr. ac., Merc., Sulph.)
Pressive pains in the forehead, stitching extending downward into the left eye.
Throbbing in the right side of the forehead.
Painful drawing in the right temple, extending down to the zygoma and upper jaw.
Trembling of the head, particularly when coughing.
Eyes
(Antimonium tartaricum)
Obscuration of sight ; flickering before the eyes.
Eyes bloodshot.
Eyes feel so tired that they would close.
Inclination to press the eyes tightly together.
Nose
(Antimonium tartaricum)
Sneezing, fluent coryza, and chilliness, with loss of taste and smell. (Puls.)
Stupefying tension across the root of the nose, as from a band. (Ars., Camph., Verat. alb.)
Face
(Antimonium tartaricum)
Pale, sunken face (Ars ., Carb. v., Verat. alb .) ; bluish.
Convulsive twitches in almost every muscle of the face. ( Agar ., Cic., Ign.)
Tearing pain in whole side of face, even into the head and neck.
Lips dry and scurfy, or cracked. (Ars.)
Mouth
(Antimonium tartaricum)
Tongue covered with a thick, white, pasty coat ; red in streaks, very red, dry in middle. (Rhus lox.)
Difficult, even painful to move the tongue.
Throat
(Antimonium tartaricum)
Sharp pain in the throat.
Swallowing painful ; impossible.
Stomach
(Antimonium tartaricum)
Desire for acids. (Ant. crud., Cinch.)
Entire absence of thirst . ( Apis , Nux m., Puls.)
Empty eructations at night, as from foul eggs. (Agar., Arn., Psor ., Sep.)
Qualmishness in stomach after dinner.
Nausea, causing anxiety , with slight pressure in pit of stomach, followed by headache in forehead ; incessant, with vomiting, the whole night.
Vomiting, with great effort ; intense and long-lasting (Ipec.) ; till he becomes faint ; followed by languor, drowsiness (Ailanth., Nux m.), and loathing, with headache and trembling in the hands. (Plat.)
Beating and throbbing, particularly in the pit of the stomach (Asa f., Puls., Sep.) or abdomen.
Abdomen
(Antimonium tartaricum)
Abdomen feels as if stuffed full of stones, though he has eaten nothing, and it does not feel hard.
Sharp, cutting colic before stool. (Coloc., Merc.)
Meteorism of the abdomen. (Phos. ac.)
Stool And Anus
(Antimonium tartaricum)
Watery, slimy, bloody diarrhoea.
Diarrhoea and vomiting. ( Ipec .)
Very offensive diarrhoeic stools.
Urinary Organs
(Antimonium tartaricum)
Burning in the urethra during and after urination. (Canth., Cann. sat.)
Urging to urinate ; scanty discharge ; last drops bloody, accompanied by violent pains in the bladder.
Urine dark, brownish-red, turbid ( Chel .), with strong odor. ( Benz. ac., Nitr. ac .)
Respiratory Organs.- (Antimonium tartaricum)
Respiration short, rapid, heavy, anxious, difficult ; must be supported in a sitting posture in bed. (Acon., Ars.)
Suffocated and oppressed ; cannot get air ; has to sit up in bed. (Acon., Ars ., Samb.)
Shortness of breath from suppressed expectoration.
Oppression of breathing, relieved by expectoration.
Short cough, with a shrill sound.
Cough compels the patient to sit up ; is moist and rattling, but no expectoration.
Cough grows less frequent ; patient shows signs of "carbonized blood."
Much rattling of mucus in the chest. (Ipec ., Phos., Senega, Stan.)
Chest seems full of phlegm without ability to expectorate.
Anxious, with oppression of the chest and rising of warmth to the heart ; constriction of the chest.
Coughing and gaping (Op.) consecutively , particularly children ; with crying or dozing, and twitching in the face.
Heart and Pulse.- (Antimonium tartaricum)
Palpitation of the heart. (Acon., Ars., Cact., Calc. c. Spig., Sulph .)
Pulse rapid, weak, trembling.
Oppression at the heart.
Pulse full and slow (Cann. ind., Digit.), or contracted and hardly perceptible. (Acon.)
Great pericardial anxiety, with vomiting of mucus and bile.
Back
(Antimonium tartaricum)
Violent pain in sacro-lumbar region ; the slightest effort to move causes retching and cold, clammy sweat.
Limbs
(Antimonium tartaricum)
Insensibility and coldness of the limbs.
Weakness in all the limbs.
Upper Limbs.- (Antimonium tartaricum)
Trembling of the hands.
Hands cold and moist ; tips of fingers icy-cold, as if dead.
Lower Limbs.- (Antimonium tartaricum)
Tension in the hamstrings on walking. (Amm. mur.)
Feet "go to sleep" immediately after sitting down.
Generalities
(Antimonium tartaricum)
Trembling ; whole body (Physos.) ; internal ; head and hands.
Child wants to be carried ( Cham .) ; cries if touched ( Ant. crud .) ; will not let you feel the pulse.
Convulsions and tetanic spasms.
Excessive restlessness. ( Acon., Ars ., Rhus tox .)
Great weakness and lassitude ; faintness.
Great prostration and sluggishness of the body.
Throbbing and pulsating in all the vessels of the body.
Skin
(Antimonium tartaricum)
Thick eruption like pocks ; often pustular ; as large as a pea.
Vesicular eruption over the whole of the body.
Pustular eruption leaves bluish-red marks on face ; also similar eruptions on genitals, thighs, etc. ; painful.
Sleep
(Antimonium tartaricum)
Great Sleepiness (Apis) ; irresistible inclination to sleep (Nux. m .) ; yawning.
Shocks and jerks during sleep.
Fever
(Antimonium tartaricum)
Trembling and chilliness over the whole body.
Unusual heat of the body.
Cold, clammy sweat over the whole body.
Profuse sweat all over ; frequently cold and clammy.
Amelioration
Therapeutic Range.- (Antimonium tartaricum)
In catarrhal inflammations of mucous membranes, especially of the stomach and lungs ; gastric catarrh ; bronchitis ; pneumonia.
In infantile diseases, including above ; hydrocephalus ; asthma of Millar ; whooping cough ; capillary bronchitis ; bronchopneumonia ; croup ; spasms ; cyanosis ; asphyxia, etc.
In variola , varicella, and pustular inflammations of the skin and mucous membranes.
Compare
(Antimonium tartaricum)
Acon., Ant., crud., Clem., Cham., Digit., Ign., Ipec., Lob., Nux v., Phos., Puls., Tabac., Verat. vir.
Antidotes
(Antimonium tartaricum)
Asa f., Cinch., Coccul., Ipec., Lach., Op., Puls., Sep. ; to large doses : Cinch., Ipec.
Antimonium Tartaricum Antidote.-
Sep.
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