Antimonium tartaricum

Common name: tartar emetic.

Through the pneumo-gastric nerve it depresses the respiration and circulation (A.).

Diseases originating from exposure in damp basements or cellars (Aran., Ars., Dulc., Nat-S., Tereb.) (A.).

GREAT DEBILITY AND WEAKNESS (Apis, Ars., Bism., Chin., Dig., Ferr., Gels., Kali-P., Lach., Mosch., Nat-C., Op., Phos., Phos-Ac., Sel., Sep., Sulph., Verat.).

Attacks of fainting and syncope (Ars., Camph., Kali-P., Nux-V., Phos., Verat.).

Internal trembling (Calc., Graph., Iod., Rhus-T., Stann., Staph. Sulph-Ac.).

FAN-LIKE MOTION OF THE ALÆ NASI (Amm-C., Brom., Chel., Iod., Kreos., Lyc., Phos., Sulph.).

Is indicated in affections of old people, and particularly in orthopnœa, or threatening paralysis of the lungs in the aged. You hear loud rattling in the chest, and yet the patient cannot get up the phlegm (F.).

THE CHILD WANTS TO BE CARRIED (Ars., Brom., Carb-V., Cham., Cina, Ign., Kali-C., Lyc., Puls., Rhus-T., Sanic., Staph., Sulph., Verat.), AND DOES NOT WISH TO BE TOUCHED (Acon., Ant-C., Ars., Bell., Cham., Cina).

Great despondency (Ars., Aur., Calc., Coff., Hell., Ign., Psor.) (Br.).

Fear of being alone (Arg-N., Ars., Crot-C., Hyos., Kali-C., Lyc., Phos.) (Br.).

THE CHILD CLINGS TO THOSE AROUND; CRIES AND WHINES IF ANY ONE TOUCHES IT; WILL NOT LET YOU FEEL THE PULSE (Ant-C., Cham., Cina, Nat-M.).

GREAT SLEEPINESS OR IRRESISTIBLE INCLINATION TO SLEEP, WITH NEARLY ALL COMPLAINTS (Æth., Apis, Gels., Nux-M., Op.) (A).

It produces pustules very nearly identical with those of small-pox; hence, it may be a very useful remedy in that disease (F.).

CONVULSIONS, WHEN SMALL-POX FAILS TO BREAK OUT (K.).

Muttering delirium and stupor (Arn., Hyos., Rhus-T.) (Br.).

One-sided complaints (rheumatic pains in the left chest, pulsation in one side of the forehead and one-sided headache).

Soreness all over the chest (Arn., Bell., Bry., Eup-P., Nat-S., Nux-V., Phos., Ran-B., Rhus-T.).

CONSTANT AND DISTRESSING COUGH, DISPOSED TO BE LOOSE WITH MUCH EXPECTORATION (Lyc., Nat-S., Puls., Sil.).

Excessive vomiting in intermittent (K.).

Diarrhœa in eruptive diseases (Puls.) (Br.).

Appetite variable: sometimes great for apples, with thirst for cool water; again lost, with no thirst; anxious nausea after eating; vomiting difficult, with trembling of hands, frequent stools and weakness (R.).

Croup, with whistling and rattling, extending into trachea (D.).

A remedy of great utility in cases of pneumonia

When of service, there is rattling of mucus in the chest, catarrhal ophthalmia, and marked gastro-enteric disturbance.

Face cold, blue, pale, covered with cold sweat (Camph., Tab., Verat.) (A.).

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 (A.).

Icterus, with pneumonia (Chel., Dig., Iod., Merc., Nat-S.), especially of the right lung (A.).

It may be used in the pneumonia of drunkards (F.).

Antim Tart. produces a perfect picture of pleuro-pneumonia (Bry., Kali-C., Phos., Sulph.).

Certain portions of the lungs are paralyzed. Fine rales are heard, even over the hepatized portions. There is great oppression of breathing, particularly towards morning. The patient must sit up, in order to breathe. The pit of the stomach is very sensitive to touch or pressure. There are meteorism, nausea and vomiting (F.).

(In LYCOPODIUM there is greater and more distressing dyspnœa, many mucous rales present, stitching and stabbing pleuritic pain and a tendency to abdominal distension).

Coughs and yawns alternately. Thick expectoration. Capillary bronchitis.

COUGH, WORSE WHEN THE CHILD IS ANGRY, OR WHEN EATING; IT CULMINATES IN VOMITING OF MUCUS AND FOOD (D.).

Pleuro-pneumonia. Paralytic depression of heart and lungs (Bar-C.) (B.).

FORCIBLE VOMITING, THEN EXHAUSTION AND SLEEP (Æth.). VIOLENT RETCHING, SINKING AT STOMACH (B.).

(In Lycopodium there is present marked weakness, but there is great struggling on the part of the patient to get his breath, with a flaying of the alæ nasi).

Asphyxia neonatorum (F.).

Child at birth pale, breathless, gasping. Relieves the death-rattle (Laur.) (A.).

Torpid, cool, sweaty skin. Delayed or receding, blue or pustular eruptions (Cup., Hyos., Lach., Zinc.) (B.).

Tongue coated, pasty, thick, white, with reddened papillæ and red edges; red in streaks; very red, dry in the middle (A.).

Long lasting dyspeptic symptoms, with loss of appetite (Bry., Chin., Hep., Kali-C., Lyc., Puls., Sep.).

Extraordinary craving for apples (Aloe, Guai., Sulph., Tell.; for acids and pickles- Ant-C., Hep., Lach., Sulph., Sulph-I., Verat.) (A).

NAUSEA, WITH FREQUENT VOMITING OF BITTER, SOUR SUBSTANCES-A MARKED CHARACTERISTIC.

Vomiting; in any position except lying on the right side; until he faints; followed by drowsiness and prostration (A.).

Painful urging to urinate; scanty discharge, dark red, or the least bloody, with stitches in the bladder, and burning in the urethra (Bt.).

Cannot keep her eyes open; irresistible drowsiness, and deep, stupefied sleep; when awake, hopelessness and despair, or chill and fever, or vomiting of food (N.).

Cold, clammy sweat over the whole body (Ars., Camph., Carb-V., Sec., Verat.) (C.).

Palpitation of the heart (Acon., Ars., Cact., Calc., Dig., Kali-P., Spig.) (C.).

Pulse: rapid, weak, trembling; full and slow; or contracted and hardly perceptible (C.).

Colic, as if the bowels would be cut to pieces; labour-like tearing from above downward, with rumbling and looseness (N.).

Leucorrhœa of watery blood, liable to occur in paroxysms, worse while sitting (N.).

Violent pains in sacro-lumbar region (Æsc., Kali-C., Rhus-T.); the slightest effort to move causes retching and cold sweat (N.).

Eyes are sunken, surrounded by dark circles (Cina, Staph.) (G.).

Rheumatic ophthalmia (Calc., Hep., Kali-B., Rhus-T., Sep., Sulph.) (G.).

Inflamed lids, with catarrhal conjunctivitis (All-C., Euphr., Rhus-T.).

AGGRAVATION: In damp, cold weather; lying down at night; warmth of room; change of weather; and in spring.

AMELIORATION: In cold open air; sitting upright; expectorating; and lying on the right side.

RELATIONSHIP. Similar to Lycopodium; but spasmodic motion of alæ is replaced by dilated nostrils; to Veratrum; both have diarrhœa, colic, vomiting, coldness and craving for acids; to Ipecac, but more drowsiness from defective respiration; nausea, but better after vomiting.

When lungs seem to fail, patient becomes sleepy, cough declines or ceases, it supplants Ipecac.

For bad effects of vaccination, when Thuja fails and Silicea is not indicated.

Children not easily impressed, when Antim Tart. seems indicated in coughs, require Hepar.

Antidotes: Puls. and Sep.

Common name: tartar emetic; antimonium tartaricum.

A cardiac depressant; it produces motor and sensory paralysis and loss of reflex action (D.).

On the mucous membranes and skin it produces catarrhal and pustular inflammations (D.).

Often useful in both ends of life-childhood and old age (Bar-C., Lyc., Sil., Sulph.) (N.).

Violent pains in the sacro-lumbar region; the slightest effort to move causes retching and cold sweat (N.).

Sneezing with fluent coryza, with loss of taste and smell (Nat-M., Puls.) (G.).

FAN-LIKE MOTION OF THE ALAE NASI IN PNEUMONIA (Am-C., Kreos., Lyc., Phos., Sulph.) (K.).

Great debility and weakness (Ars., Kali-P., Lach., Phos., Verat.).

Internal trembling (Sulph-Ac.).

Great sleepiness (Gels., Nux-M., Op.) (N.).

Irresistible inclination to sleep with nearly all complaints (Nux-M., Op.) (N.).

CONVULSIONS, WHEN SMALL-POX FAILS TO BREAK OUT (Cupr., Zinc.) (K.).

Face very pale or cyanotic from unoxidized blood (Carb-V., Ipec.) (N.).

General coldness and cold sweat (Carb-V.) (N.).

Attacks of fainting and syncope (Ars., Camph., Kali-P., Laur., Nux-V., Phos., Verat.).

One-sided complaints (rheumatic pains in the left chest), pulsation in one side of the forehead and one-sided headache.

Convulsive twitches in almost every muscle of the face (Bell., Cupr., Hyos.) (N.).

CHILD WANTS TO BE CARRIED (Acon., Ars., Brom., Carb-V., Cham., Cina, Ign., Lyc.), AND DOES NOT WISH TO BE TOUCHED (Ant-C., Arn., Ars., Bell., Bry., Cham., Cina, Kali-C., Lach., Sil.).

CHILD CLINGS TO THOSE AROUND AND CRIES AND WISHES IF ANY ONE TOUCHES IT; WILL NOT LET YOU FEEL THE PULSE (Cham., Cina) (N.).

Diseases originating from exposure in damp basements or cellars (Aran., Ars., Tereb.) (A.).

Soreness all over the chest (Arn., Bry., Ran-B.).

If children get angry the coughing spell comes on; also after eating (N.).

CONSTANT AND DISTRESSING COUGH, DISPOSED TO BE LOOSE WITH MUCH EXPECTORATION (Ipec., Kali-S., Puls.).

Rattling or hollow cough, worse at night, with suffocation; throat full of phlegm; sweat on the forehead; vomiting of food (Ipec.) (N.).

A remedy of great utility in cases of pneumonia (Kali-C., Lyc., Phos.).

In broncho-pneumonia, second stage, with bronchi loaded with mucus, it is specific (Bt.).

When of service there is rattling of mucus in the chest, catarrhal ophthalmia, and marked gastro-enteric disturbance.

COUGH GROWS LESS FREQUENT; PATIENT SHOWS SIGNS OF CARBONIZED BLOOD (N.).

When the child coughs there appears to be a large collection of mucus in the bronchial tubes; it seems as if much would be expectorated, but nothing comes up (N.).

COARSE RATTLING WITH INABILITY TO EXPECTORATE; IMPENDING PARALYSIS OF THE LUNGS (N.).

PARALYSIS OF THE LUNGS, WITH GREAT DYSPNOEA AND FITS OF SUFFOCATION (Hyos., Lyc., Op.) (Bt.).

Coughing and gaping constantly, particularly children (Hn.).

Short, hoarse, weak, nearly suffocating breathing, with whistling noise; thorax expands with great difficulty; head thrown backwards, with great anxiety and prostration; face livid and cold; forehead and sometimes the whole body covered with cold perspiration; pulse feeble and accelerated (Bt.)

Acute œdema of the lungs (Apis, Ars., Lach., Lyc., Merc-Sulph., Phos.) (Bt.).

CROUP, WITH WHISTLING AND RATTLING EXTENDING INTO THE TRACHEA (D.).

Whooping cough; cough worse when the child is angry, or when eating; it culminates in vomiting of mucus and food (D.).

Asphyxia: Mechanical, as apparent death from drowning; from mucus in the bronchi; from impending paralysis of the lungs; and from foreign bodies in the larynx and trachea (A.).

Asphyxia neonatorum; child at birth pale, breathless, gasping. It relieves the death-rattle (Laur.) (A.).

Sooty or flapping nostrils (Hyos., Lyc.) (B.).

Painful urging to urinate; scanty discharge, dark-red, or the last portion bloody; with stitches in the bladder and burning in the urethra (N.).

After checked gonorrhœa, pain in the testes (Puls.) (G.).

Severe bearing down in the vagina (Bell., Murx., Sep.) (G.).

Feet "go to sleep" immediately after sitting down (C.).

Insensibility and coldness of the limbs (Camph., Carb-V.) (C.).

Dropsy of the legs (Ars., Ferr., Kali-C.) (B.).

Rapid, weak and trembling pulse (R.).

Icterus with pneumonia, especially of the right lung (Chel., Merc.) (A.).

Tongue very thinly white with reddened papillæ and red edges particularly with whooping cough (N.).

Tongue red in streaks (Hn.).

The pustular inflammation occurs in the œsophagus, mouth, throat, larynx, stomach and small intestines (Hg.).

Gastro-enteritis characterized by great anxiety, nausea, vomiting of a green, watery, frothy material that contains particles of food (Bl.).

Desire for acids (Ars., Cor-R., Hep.) and fruits (Ars., Calc-S., Phos-Ac., Verat.) (K.).

Extraordinary craving for apples (Aloe; for acids and pickles- Ant-C.) (A.).

Very thirsty day and night (Ars., Bry., phos., Sulph.) (Bt.).

HE COULD LIE ON HIS RIGHT SIDE ONLY; ANY CHANGE FROM THIS POSITION WAS SURE TO PRODUCE VOMITING (Wd.).

Much nausea and vomiting day and night, with drowsiness (Aeth.) (G.).

Aversion to milk, and often to all kinds of nourishment (G.).

Violent pains, like cramps in the epigastrium (Cupr.) (G.).

Vomiting, until he faints (A.).

NAUSEA WITH FREQUENT VOMITING (Ant-C., Ars., Ipec., Nux-V.) OF BITTER, SOUR SUBSTANCES-A MARKED CHARACTERISTIC.

Long-lasting dyspeptic symptoms, with loss of appetite (Carb-V., Kali-C., Lyc., Nux-V., Puls., Sep., Sulph.).

Beating and throbbing through the whole body, particularly in the belly or pit of the stomach, with great concern about the future (N.).

INTENSE NAUSEA AND VOMITING, WITH PROSTRATION (Ipec., Tab., Verat.) (N.).

Vomiting of large quantities of mucus (Ipec., Phos., Puls.) (Bt.).

Inflamed lids with catarrhal conjunctivitis (Calc., Euphr., Merc., Puls., Sulph.).

Purging frequently associated with vomiting (Ars., Podo., Verat.) (Bl.).

The stools are profuse and watery, and indications of collapse are present (Carb-V., Kali-P., Verat.) (Bl.).

Diarrhœa in association with pneumonia, small-pox, and other eruptive diseases, especially if the eruption has been suppressed (Sulph.) (G.).

The stools may be very offensive, watery, bloody, light brownish-yellow, or green as grass (G.).

Intermittent fever with lethargic condition (Gels.) (Br.).

Violent vomiting in association with intermittent fever (Ant-C., Cina, Elat., Ferr., Lyc.) (K.).

Short chill and long-lasting heat, with somnolency and profuse sweat on the forehead (A.).

Perspiration on the scalp (Calc., Ipec., Merc., Sil., Tarant.) or forehead on coughing (Chlor., Ipec., Verat.) (K.).

Vertigo, with drowsiness (Hn.).

The head trembles, particularly when coughing, with an inward trembling; teeth chattering and drowsiness more in the evening and in the warmth (N.).

Thick eruptions like pocks, often pustular (Rhus-T.); as large as a pea (Merc.) (N.).

Variola, with vomiting of viscid mucus clogging the air-passages; pustules in the larynx, mouth, throat and digestive organs (Bt.).

Great dysphagia; deglutition almost impossible (Bell., Hep., Lach., Merc., Phos., Sil.) (G.).

AGGRAVATION: In damp, cold weather; from lying down; at night; from the warmth of the room; from change of weather; in spring; from touch; from anger; and from over-eating.

AMELIORATION: In the open air; from sitting upright; from expectoration; and from lying on the right side.

RELATIONSHIP: In lobar pneumonia and broncho-pneumonia Tart-Emet. is very similar to Lyc. (In Lyc. there are greater and more distressing dyspnœa, many mucous rales, stitching and stabbing pleuritic pain and a tendency to abdominal distension. Over and above in Lyc. there is present not only marked weakness, but also there is great struggling on the part of the patient to get his breath, with a flaying of the alæ nasi).

Tart-Emet. is similar to Verat-Alb., in cholera. Both have diarrhœa, colic, vomiting, coldness and craving for acids; but in the latter copious sweating on the forehead is more prominent.

In capillary bronchitis or broncho-pneumonia Tart-Emet. corresponds to Ipec., but can be distinguished by its excelling drowsiness or coma from defective respiration. Over and above, you should remember that it supplants Ipec., when the lungs seem to fail, and the cough declines or ceases.

It is called for bad effects of vaccination, when Thuja fails and Silicea is not indicated.

Children not easily impressed when Ant-T. seems indicated in coughs, require Hep-S.

Antidotes: Chin., Ipec., Puls. and Sep.