ANTIMONIUM TARTARICUM



Had scarcely fallen asleep when he was seized with shocks and jerks, all of the which came from the abdomen.

Time

      3 A.M.: Morning: Evening : Night : During the day :.

Temperature and Weather

      Open air :.

Chill Fever Sweat

      Chill; with external coldness; coming on at all times of the day, with somnolency; mostly with trembling and shaking; frequently as if cold water was poured over one.

Chill and heat alternating during the day.

Violent but not long lasting heat succeeding a long chill, aggravated by every motion: Long lasting heat, after a short chill, with somnolency and sweat on the forehead.

Profuse sweat all over, also at night.

Sweat is frequently cold and clammy.

The affected parts sweat most profusely.

Sticky sweat.

Attacks

      Wave-like increase and decrease of pain in forehead.

Sides

      Rheumatic pains first in right hand then through both legs from above downwards, especially in knees.

Right : Left : Above downwards : Behind forward :.

Tissues

      Mucous membranes; catarrhal inflammation; conjunctivitis; gastritis, enteritis; laryngitis, tracheitis, bronchitis, extending even into the air cells; cystitis.

Pustular eruption: on the conjunctiva; face; mouth and fauces; oesophagus, stomach, jejunum; genitals.

Contact Injuries etc.

      The child wants to be carried, cries if any one touches it; will not let you feel the pulse.

Skin

      Red itching rash over the body.

Vesicular eruption over the body.

Pustular eruption leaves bluish red marks on face, also similar eruption on genitals and thighs painful.

Thick eruption like pocks, often pustular, as large as a pea.

Itching pustules; which soon dry up.

Itching in the skin.

Eruption fails to appear and convulsions set in; varicella.

Relationship

      Similar to : [Acon]. (Croup, spasm of larynx); [Arsen]. (asthma: heart symptoms; gastric catarrh. etc.); [Baryt carb]; [Bromine] (croup); [Camphor]; [Hepar]; [Iodium]; [Kali hydr] (oedema pulmon., pneumonia);.

[Laches]. (dyspnoea on awakening, sensitive larynx, asthma, asphyxia, etc.); [Lycop]. (catarrh on the chest, but the spasmodic motion of alae is replaced by dilated nostrils in [Ant. tart]); [Veratr]. (both have diarrhoea, colic, vomiting, coldness, and craving for acids), [Ant. tart] has more jerks, drowsiness and urging to urinate; [Veratr]. more cold sweat and fainting.

Similar to [Ipec]. (but has more drowsiness from defective respiration. It must supplant [Ipec]. when lungs seem to fail, patient becomes sleepy and the cough ceases or becomes less frequent).

Effects of vaccination when Thuja fails and Silic is not indicated.

With [Phosphor].; hydrocephaloid in worn out constitutions; also similar in laryngitis, pneumonia, etc.

Follow with [Silic] for dyspnoea from foreign substances in the windpipe; [Pulsat]. in gonorrhoeal suppression; [Tereb]. in symptoms from damp cellars.

[Conium] cures pustules on the genitals caused by [Ant. tart].

[Camphor]. [Ipec]. [Pulsat]; [Sepia], [Sulphur] follow [Ant. tart]. well.

[Ant. tart]. follows well after [Baryt]. [carb]. [Pulsat]., [Camphor].and [Caustic].

Antidotes to [Ant. tart]: [Asaf]., [Cinchon]., [Coccul]., [Ipec].,[Lauroc], [Opium], [Pulsat]. and [Sepia]. [Ant. tart]. antidotes : [Sepia].

C. Hering
Hering got the degree of M. D. from the University of Wuezburg with highest honours. The theme of his thesis was "De'Medicina Futura" (The medicine of future). Hering left Germany for West Indies and finally arrived at Philadelphia in Jan, 1833. He established a homeopathic school at Allentown, Pennsylvania, commonly known as "Allentown Academy". Soon he became very popular as a physician. He is known as the 'Father of Homeopathy' in America.