ARSENICUM ALBUM
Source indications
Allen's Keynotes
- great prostration with rapid sinking of the vital forces
- fainting
- depressing melancholic despairing indifferent disposition
- anxious fearful restless disposition full of anguish
- irritable sensitive peevish easily vexed disposition
- the greater the suffering the greater the anguish restlessness and fear of death
- mentally restless but physically too weak to move
- cannot rest in any place changing places continually
- wants to be moved from one bed to another and lies now here now there
- anxious fear of death
- thinks it useless to take medicine is incurable is surely going to die
- dread of death when alone or going to bed
- attacks of anxiety at night driving out of bed worse after midnight
- burning pains the affected parts burn like fire as if hot coals were applied to parts better by heat hot drinks hot applications
- burning thirst without special desire to drink
- the stomach does not seem to tolerate because it cannot assimilate cold water lies like a stone in the stomach
- it is wanted but he cannot or dare not drink it
- cannot bear the smell or sight of food
- great thirst for cold water drinks often but little at a time
- eats seldom but much
- gastric derangements after cold fruits ice cream ice water sour beer bad sausage alcoholic drinks strong cheese
- teething children are pale weak fretful and want to be carried rapidly
- diarrhoea after eating or drinking
- stool scanty dark-colored offensive and whether small or large followed by great prostration
- haemorrhoids with stitching pain when walking or sitting not at stool preventing sitting or sleep
- haemorrhoids burning pain worse by heat
- haemorrhoids fissures make voiding urine difficult
- breathing asthmatic must sit or bend forward
- springs out of bed at night especially after twelve oclock unable to lie down for fear of suffocation
- breathing attacks like croup instead of the usual urticaria
- rapid emaciation with cold sweat and great debility
- emaciation of affected parts
- marasmus
- anasarca skin pale waxy earth-colored
- excessive exhaustion from least exertion
- exhaustion is not felt by the patient while lying still when he moves he is surprised to find himself so weak
- symptoms generally worse 1-2 p m 12-2 a m
- skin dry and scaly
- skin cold blue and wrinkled with cold clammy perspiration
- skin like parchment
- skin white and pasty
- skin black vesicles and burning pain
- bad effects from decayed food or animal matter whether by inoculation olfaction or ingestion
- complaints return annually
- ailments from chewing tobacco
- ailments from alcoholism
- ailments from sea bathing
- ailments from sausage poisoning
- ailments from dissecting wounds and anthrax poison
- ailments from stings of venomous insects
- worse after midnight 1 to 2 a m or p m
- worse from cold cold drinks or food
- worse when lying on affected side or with the head low
- better from heat in general except headache which is temporarily better by cold bathing
- burning pain better by heat