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Arsenicum Album
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Origin Mineral · Simple
ClarkePreparation Solution and trituration.
Sources 20 entries across 18 books: Boericke, Kent, Clarke, Hering, Nash …

Dose Boericke
2X, 3X, ↑
Third to thirtieth potency. The very highest potencies often yield brilliant results. Low attenuations in gastric, intestinal, and kidney diseases; higher in neuralgias, nervous diseases, and skin. But if only surface conditions call for it, give the lowest potencies, 2x to 3x trit. Repeated doses advisable

Reason for useGross

Kali carb. J.ycopodiiim. Jlagnesia c. !Magnesia mur. Natrum carb. Xatr. niur. Kitr. acid. Nitrum. Petroleum. Phosph. acid. Platina. Pulsatilla. Rhus. Sulph. acid. Zincum. STAPHISAGRIA. Left side predom Right side. Bodily irritability Want of bodily irritability. HsemoiThages dark Haemorrhages bright-red. Bodies of the poisoned decompose rapidly . Bodies of the poisoned decompose very slowly. Complaints predom. in external parts . . Complaints predom. in internal parts. Apoplexy oftener than paralysis; — the lat- Paralysis (generally of both sides) oftener ter generally only one-sided. than apoplexy. Predom. somnolence Predom. sleeplessness. Pulse most frequently accelerated and full . Pulse very quick, small and weak. Heat generally with thirst and inclination Heat generally without thirst and with aver- to uncovei', the latter is agreeable. sion to uncover ; improv. by wrapping up. Dropsy without thirst Dropsy with unquenchable thirst. Eccentric mirth or hopelessness — Fickle inconsistency — Jealousv — Absent-mind- edness— Dread of apoplexy. Consequences of fright, hearing bad new.s, rage, vexation or jealousy. Anxious feeliag in the head Complaints predom. on the upper eye-lids and on the external ear. Saliva increased Thirst seems wanting only during the sweat. Urine frequent, but scanty; only excep- tionally copious. Cough with difficult expectoration, which wakens the patient before midnight ; ceases as soon as the least particle is loosened. Melancholy — Greediness. Consequences of grief, fright, or of vexa- tion with dread, fear, reserved displeasure, or vehemence. Anxious feeling in the prcecordia. Complaints on the lower eye-lids and on the inner ear. Saliva diminished. Thirst, particularly during sweat and before and after the attack. Urine scanty (with diarrhoea) or copious. Expectoration not constant; is loosened only during the day. Remission of complaints during the day . RE>nssiox during the day and before mid- night. Worse or better from pressure .... Better from pressure. After sleep oftener aggrav. than amelior- After sleep better, that is, after sufficient ated. sleep; but on awaking generally aggrava- tion quite as often as improvement. Worse from light, better in the dark . . Worse (better) from light or in the dark. Ailments from the sting of insects (or lod.). Ailments from Plumbum, Strychnine, Cin- chona, Digitalis (lod), Phosphor. Predomln. worse Predomin. better Prom trapping up, warmth and warmth of the bed, in warm rooms, when moving, partic. moving the sufTering part, and after sleep. Predomin better Predomin. worse From nncovering, from cold*, spirituous liquors, after perspiration, and when assuming an erect


By regionGross
Sleep Better or worse from stooping .... Worse from stooping. Worse from assuming an erect position . . Worse or better from assuming an erect

Books*
Antidoted by Nux Vomica 5, Cinchona Officinalis 3, Euphorbium Officinarum 3 +43
Complementary Phosphorus, Allium Sativum, Secale Cornutum +4
Follows well Aranea Diadema, Iodium, Mercurius Solubilis +3
Compare Phosphorus, Arsenic Album, Cinchona Officinalis +36

* Number of books that state the relation, where more than one. Historical text from the classical materia medica (1828–1950). Not medical advice, and not a claim that any remedy works.
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