Antimonium Arsenicicum.
By John Henry Clarke тАФ A Dictionary of Practical Materia Medica
Arseniate of Antimony. (Sb 2 O 3 ) As O 5 + 3 p.c. Trituration.
Clinical
Catarrhal pneumonia / Emphysema / Ophthalmia / Pericarditis / Phthisis / Pleurisy / Pneumonia / Sciatica
Characteristics
Antim. ars. is said to affect preferably upper left lung. Emphysema where the dyspn┼Уa is excessive. Haarer is the chief authority for this drug. Mattes, who used it after him, says it is equally effective in right-side cases in old pneumonias and catarrhal pneumonias in children; in old pleuritic effusions, and in pericardial exudations. The cough is < by eating, and on lying down. Wandering pains in sciatic nerves. It has caused inflammation of the eyes and ┼Уdema of the face.
Relations
Compare: Other antimony salts, Ars., Aur., Laches., Puls. (wandering pains), Sul.