ANTIMONIUM SULPH. AURATUM.
Antimonic persulphide, Sb2S5.
Golden sulphuret of antimony. antimony. Preparation,
Trituration.
Authorities.
1,
Mayerhofer, Hirschels, Z, f. Hom. Kl., 19, 27; proving with repeated doses, varying from
one-sixteenth to ten grains; 2, Bœcker (Beitrage).
MIND.
► Apprehensiveness, [1].
HEAD.
► Head confused, [1]. ► Confused head on
account of the severe urging in the abdomen, [1]. ► Pressive headache, [1].
► Forepart of the head affected, [1]. ► Forehead feels confused, [1]. ► Headache one
sided, especially in the left temporal region, [1].
EARS.
► A reddish swelling
behind the right ear (on the third day), which leaves behind a redness and scurfiness, [1].
NOSE.
► Increased mucous
secretion from nose, [2]. [10.]
► Increased mucus from nose and throat, [1]. ► Violent coryza
with loss of smell, [1]. ►
Nasal catarrh, with impeded respiration, in the morning, [1].
► Catarrh and fluent coryza with a confused head, impeded
respiration, and impaired appetite, [1]. ►► Bleeding from nose on washing, [2].
MOUTH.
► Pressive, boring,
tearing toothache, [1]. ►
Tongue very thickly coated yellow, [1]. ► Pasty mouth and taste in the morning, [1]. ► Much saliva and water
collected in the mouth, [1]. ►
Taste pasty, [1]. [20.]
► Taste very flat, pasty, [1].
► Taste pasty, with a slimy coated tongue, [1]. ► Taste was sweetish, bitter,
and flat, [1].
THROAT.
► Mucus from the
throat becomes offensive to smell, [1]. ► Increased mucous secretion in back of throat, [2]. ► Pressure and tensive
feeling in the throat, especially at the larynx, [1]. ► Pressure in the throat as if a plug stuck in it, [1]. ► In the morning,
scratching, rough feeling in the throat, [1]. ► Severe scraping pain in the throat, especially in the larynx,
[1]. ► Burning and
heat in the fauces, [1].
STOMACH.
[30.] ► Appetite increased to decided hunger (four grains), [1]. ► Appetite lost, [1]. ► Weak stomach,
disordered digestion, with nausea, [1]. ► Almost loathing of food, with no appetite, [1]. ► Fulness in the stomach, [1]. ► Pressure in the
stomach, [1]. ►
Pressure in the epigastric region, [1]. ► Pressure in pit of stomach, [1].
ABDOMEN.
► Pressure and
fulness in the umbilical region, [1]. ► Abdomen tense, sensitive, especially about the navel, [1]. [40.] ► Burning, sticking sensation on the whole left side,
especially of the left lumbar muscles, [1]. ► Abdomen tense, full, [1].
► Twisting in the intestines very sensitive, [1]. ► Great
sensitiveness in the colon, and especially at the anus, [1].
► Tensive drawing pain in the groins, [1].
STOOL AND ANUS.
► Constant
urging to stool, [1]. ►
Passage of much flatus, with sudden urging to stool, followed by a stool at first solid,
then bright yellow, pasty, then violent colic and rumbling around the navel, [1]. ► Stool half solid, half
soft, [1]. ► Stool
of hard fæces passed with unusual difficulty, [1]. ► Constipation, with tenesmus and burning pains in the anus, [1].
URINARY ORGANS.
[50.] ► In the urethra a tickling and twitching sensation, with
increased urine, [1]. ►
Increased evacuation of urine, with much tensive and tickling sensation in the penis, [1]. ► Urine increased,
reddish-brown, [1]. ►
Urine increased, reddish-brown (one-half grain), [1]. ► Urine increased, dark-red (contained traces of Antimony
after six grains), [1].
SEXUAL ORGANS.
► The
scrotum itches more severely toward morning, followed by some redness; the next day a dry
pustulous eruption develops, with constipation (four grains), [1].
► The itching and eruption on the scrotum extended more
toward the perineum (second day), [1]. ► Sexual desire unusually excited, [1]. ► Extraordinary sensitiveness
of the genitals, [1].
RESPIRATORY APPARATUS.
►
Tickling as from mucus in the larynx and air-passages, [1].
[60.] ► Tickling as
from mucus in the larynx, without ability to expectorate mucus, [1]. ► Increased secretion of
tough mucus, during the restless night, [1]. ► Increased mucous secretion, with fulness in the bronchi,
and full, hard breathing, [1]. ►
Accumulation of tough mucus in the bronchi and larynx, [1].
► Fulness in the bronchi, [1].
► Bronchi feel full, with difficult respiration, [1]. ► Pressure and
constriction in the bronchial tubes, [1]. ► Increased mucous expectoration, mixed with blood, of a
sweetish taste, [1]. ►
Respiration embarrassed, [1]. ►
*Respiration difficult, [1]. [70.] ► Respiration difficult,
full, [1].
CHEST.
► Heaviness in the
præcordium and apprehensiveness, [1].
HEART AND PULSE.
► Pulse in
the morning 60, evening 70 (two grains the evening previous), [1].
► Pulse soft, [1]. ► Pulse small, suppressed, [1].
NECK AND BACK.
► Tensive,
pressing feeling in the cervical vertebræ, neck, and ribs, [1].
EXTREMITIES IN GENERAL.
►
Tensive feeling in the muscles of the shoulder and thigh, [1].
► Stiff, tensive pains in the joints, mornings, [1]. ► Constant drawing,
tearing pains in the joints, [1]. ► Rheumatic pains in the joints, [1].
SUPERIOR EXTREMITIES.
[80.]
► Arms heavy in the morning, [1]. ► Painful immobility of the
left arm, [1]. ►
Rheumatic pains in the joints of the arms, [1]. ► Boring tearing in the joints of the arm and hand, [1]. ► Pressive, tensive
pain in the left shoulder-joint, [1]. ► Twitchings, like electric shocks, through both ulnar nerves,
especially in the elbow-joint, [2]. ► Pressure and heaviness in the bones of the forearm, [1]. ► Swelling of the
fingers, [1]. ►
Tensive swollen feeling of the fingers, [1].
SLEEP AND DREAMS.
► Deep
sleep with sweat (four grains), [1]. [90.] ► Sleep soporous, not
refreshing, [1]. ►
Extremely broken soporous sleep, [1]. ► Sleep quiet till midnight, then sudden waking, with confused
head and pressure above the forehead toward the vertex, [1].
► Sudden waking after midnight, with great excitement and
restlessness; unusually excited sexual desire; after this the sleep was light, [1]. ► Slept only three
hours, suddenly awoke with a heavy, confused head, pressure in the stomach, difficult
breathing, fulness of the bronchi, restless tossing about, skin very active with slight
warmth, and even sweat over the whole body, [1]. ► Sleep dreamy, [1]. ► Sleep dreamy, wakes after midnight with dull headache
(six grains), [1]. ►
Sleep dreamy, with sudden wakings after midnight, with very much increased gouty and
rheumatic troubles of upper and lower extremities, [1].
► Sleep very dreamy, frequent waking with a much-confused
head, peculiar sensitive tension and dulness in the cerebrum (ten grains), [1]. ► Heaviness and weariness of
the lower extremities, [1]. [100.]
► Tensive rheumatic troubles in the hip-joint and
inguinal region, [1]. ►
Slight swelling of the ankles, and especially of the knee, [1].
GENERALITIES.
► In the
morning, sense of great weakness and prostration, [1].
SKIN.
► Pustules, elevated,
dry, on the inner surface of the thighs, which itch, feel tense, pain on walking, and
involve the whole leg in sympathy; they remain three weeks, when they dry and desquamate, [1]. ► Itching of the
skin, especially of the scrotum and inner surfaces of the thighs, [1].
SLEEP.
► Vivid dreams and
sudden waking after midnight, with great restlessness, drawing, tensive, rheumatic pains
over the whole thorax and spine; difficult and noisy respiration, with profuse secretion of
mucus, [1]. ► Sleep
with anxious dreams, [1].
FEVER.
► General
chilliness, with shivering down over the whole spine, [1].
► Heat and cold alternate, [1].
[110.] ► Chills
alternate with heat, toward evening, [1]. ► Moderate sweat at night, [2].
CONDITIONS.
► Aggravation.
► (Morning), Nasal
catarrh, etc.; pasty mouth, etc.; scratching, rough
feeling in throat; pains in joints; arms heavy; great weakness, etc. ►
(Toward evening), Chills, alternating with heat. ► (Night), Moderate sweat. ► (Midnight), Sudden
waking, etc. ► (After midnight),
Sudden waking, etc. ► (Toward
morning), Scrotum itches. ► (Washing), Bleeding from nose.® 2000
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