ANTIMONIUM CRUDUM


Clarke gives the toxic effects of homeopathy drug Antimonium Crudum and its therapeutic uses in non-toxic doses in his book The ABC Manual of Materia Medica and Therapeutics, published in 1901….


      Crude Antimony.

CHARACTERISTICS.

      Chronic gastric catarrh, tongue thickly coated with a milky or a dirty-grayish fur.

Foetid odor from the mouth. Foul smelling flatus. Diarrhoea of undigested food and foul smelling mucus. Unhealthy looking, clammy skin. Callosities of the soles of the feet.

TOXIC EFFECTS

      Depression of the action of the heart, lungs and vegetative system. Loss of flesh and strength.1. Mucous membrane of the mouth, stomach, intestines and bladder becomes loaded with foul- smelling mucus. Pharynx filled with phlegm. Mucous diarrhoea, or diarrhoea alternating with constipation. Secretions and flatus, foul smelling.2. Skin becomes unhealthy. Pimples and pustular eruptions.3.

DOSE

      Third to sixth decimal trituration.

The crude mineral is never prescribed.

THERAPEUTIC USES

      Chronic gastric catarrh, tongue thickly coated with a milky or a dirty-grayish fur. Foetid odor from the mouth.2.

Chronic diarrhoea: grayish, decomposed, foul smelling mucus.2.

Foul smelling stools of undigested food and mucus. Heat and distension of the bowels with pinching and feeling of weakness.2.

Eruptions inclined to secrete thin, bad smelling pus.3.

Soreness of the eyelids and tinea capitis in parsons having unhealthy looking, clammy skin.

Callosities of the soles of the feet.1.

George Hardy Clark
Clark, George H. (George Hardy) 1860-1941 was the author of: Homeopathic Treatment of Asthenopia; Lee and Clark's Cough and expectoration : a repertorial index of their symptoms; The A B C Manual of Materia Medica and Therapeutics; A system for the care and training of children; The Black Plague and Its Control.