ANTIMONIUM TARTARICUM

Source indications

Allen's Keynotes

  • adapted to torpid, phelgmatic persons
  • the hydrogenoid constitution
  • diseases originating from exposure in damp basements or cellars
  • through the pneumogastric nerve it depresses the respiration and circulation
  • when the patient coughs there appears to be a large collection of mucus in the bronchi
  • it seems as if much would be expectorated, but nothing comes up
  • child clings to those around
  • wants to be carried
  • cries and whines if any one touches it
  • will not let you feel the pulse
  • face cold, blue, pale, covered with cold sweat
  • tongue coated pasty, thick, white, with reddened papillae and red edges
  • tongue red in streaks
  • tongue very red, dry in the middle
  • extraordinary craving for apples
  • vomiting in any position except lying on right side
  • vomiting until he faints
  • vomiting followed by drowsiness and prostration
  • vomiting of cholera morbus with diarrhoea and cold sweat, a dose after each attack
  • asphyxia mechanical, as apparent death from drowning
  • asphyxia from mucus in bronchi
  • asphyxia from impeding paralysis of lungs
  • asphyxia from foreign bodies in larynx or trachea
  • asphyxia with drowsiness and coma
  • great sleepiness or irresistible inclination to sleep, with nearly all complaints
  • child at birth pale, breathless, gasping
  • asphyxia neonatorum
  • relieves the death rattle
  • icterus with pneumonia, especially of right lung
  • worse in damp, cold weather
  • worse lying down at night
  • worse warmth of room
  • worse change of weather in spring
  • better cold open air
  • better sitting upright
  • better expectorating
  • better lying of right side