Antimonium crudum

Common name: sulphide of antimony.

For children and young people, inclined to grow fat (Calc., Graph.), for the extremes of life (Ant-T., Lyc., Op., Sil.) (A.).

SENTIMENTAL MOOD IN THE MOON-LIGHT, PARTICULARLY ECSTATIC LOVE (N.).

Gastric derangement, with tongue coated thickly white, accompanying different complaints, such as eruptive fevers, rheumatism, gout, hydrocephalus, etc. (N.).

AVERSION TO BE LOOKED AT (Ant-T., Ars., Cham., Chin., Cina, Iod., Mag-C., Nat-M., Nux-V., Rhus-T., Stram., Sulph.) AND TO BE TOUCHED (Acon., Ant-T., Ars., Bell., Bry., Cham., Chin., Cina, Coff., Kali-C., Kali-I., Lach., Med., Nux-V., Sil., Stram., Tarant-C., Thuj., Verat.).

He is much concerned about his fate.

The greatest sadness and woeful mood, with intermittent fever (N.).

CHILD IS FRETFUL, PEEVISH, SULKY; DOES NOT WISH TO SPEAK OR TO BE SPOKEN TO (Ant-T., Iod., Sil.); ANGRY AT EVERY LITTLE ATTENTION (A.).

Loathing life (Ars., Aur., Hep., Naja, Nit-Ac., Nux-V.) (A.).

Abject despair; wants to commit suicide by drowning (A.).

Bad effects of disappointed affection (Calc-P., Gels., Ign., Nat-M., Phos-Ac.) (A.).

Cross and contradictive; whatever is done fails to give satisfaction (Sulph.) (Br.).

Menses suppressed, from cold bathing, with feeling of pressure in the pelvis (Br.).

Toothache, before the menses (Amm-C., Ars., Bar-C., Nat-M., Phos., Puls., Sulph., Thuj.) (G.).

Nausea, vomiting and diarrhœa, during pregnancy (G.).

Disposition to grow fat (Amm-M., Calc., Caps., Ferr., Graph., Kali-B., Kali-C., Lyc., Puls., Sil., Sulph.).

SORE, CRACKED AND CRUSTY NOSTRILS, AND CORNERS OF THE MOUTH (Graph., Nat-M., Nit-Ac., Petr.) (N.).

Inflammation of the muscles (Bell., Bry., Merc., Sulph.).

Suppurating and long-lasting eruption on cheeks (Caust., Cic., Dulc., Euph., Kreos., Merc., Nat-M., Rhus-T., Sil., Staph., Viol-T.) (N.).

Crushed finger-nails grow in splits; and like warts, and with horny spots (N.).

HORN-LIKE EXCRESCENCES AND DISPOSITION TO ABNORMAL ORGANIZATIONS OF THE SKIN.

Corns and callosities in the soles of the feet; very sensitive; can't walk (N.).

TONGUE COATED, LIKE WHITEWASH (B.).

TONGUE COATED THICK, MILKY WHITE (Kali-M.) (N.).

Longing for acids and pickles (Hep., Lach., Sulph., Sulph-I., Verat.) (A.).

Gastric symptoms, worse in the afternoon and at night (Calc., Carb-V., Lyc., Puls., Sep., Sulph.).

Gastric and intestinal affections: from bread and pastry; acids, especially vinegar; sour or bad wine; after cold bathing; over-heating; and in hot weather (A.).

ERUCTATIONS, TASTING OF THE INGESTA (Carb-An., Caust., Chin., Graph., Lyc., Nat-M., Puls., Sulph.) (Br.).

After nursing, the child vomits its milk in curds, and refuses to nurse afterwards, and is very cross (Br.).

Constant belching (Arg-N., Carb-V., Lyc., Puls., Sulph.) (Br.).

DIGESTIVE TROUBLES, FROM OVERLOADING THE STOMACH (Puls.) (D.).

Complaints after bathing, especially in cold water (N.).

Feels as if something had lodged in the throat, which causes a frequent desire to swallow (Ign., Lach., Phyt.) (G.).

Decayed teeth ache, generally worse at night (Kreos., Merc., Puls., Sep.); cannot bear to be touched by the tongue (Amm-C., Bry., Carb-V., Ign., Merc., Mezer., Nat-C., Phos., Sep., Thuj.).

Headache: after river bathing; from taking cold; alcoholic drinks; deranged digestion, acids, fat, fruit; suppressed eruption (A.).

Great sleepiness during the day; can hardly rise in the morning-so sleepy (G.).

When the symptoms reappear they change their locality, or go from one side of the body to the other.

ALTERNATE DIARRHŒA AND CONSTIPATION (Aloe, Nux-V., Podo., Sulph., Tub.) (N.).

Diarrhœa at night, with great thirst for cold water (diarrhœa worse during night, with little or no thirst- Puls.) (Bt.).

STOOLS OFTEN LIQUID, CONTAINING PORTIONS OF SOLID MATTER (SOMETIMES INVOLUNTARY, IN OLD PEOPLE) (N.).

Hard and loose stools, with nausea (N.).

Much mucus secretion from the anus, staining the linen, with burning, tingling and itching (Pœon.).

Redness and inflammation of the lids; itching in canthi; chronic blepharitis, of cross children (Alum., Arg-N., Graph., Sulph.) (N.).

Much rumbling in the abdomen (Carb-V., Crot-T., Lyc., Podo., Sulph.) (C.).

Mucus piles (Aloe, Kali-B., Merc., Nit-Ac., Sulph.) (C.).

Itching of the anus (Calc, Cina, Nux-V., Sep., Sulph.) (C.).

Burning in the urethra, during urination (Acon., Canth., Nat-M., Sulph.) (C.).

Loss of voice, from becoming over-heated (A.).

LOOKING INTO THE FIRE INCREASES THE COUGH (N.).

The irritation to cough is felt in the abdomen (N.).

Cough after rising in the morning, in paroxysms; as if arising from the abdomen; the first paroxysm always most severe; the subsequent ones weaker and weaker, until the last only resembles a hacking (C.).

Tenderness over the ovarian region, with nausea, vomiting and white tongue (N.).

Measles-like eruptions, with marked, gastric disturbance (Kali-M., Puls.) (G.).

Urticaria white, with red areolæ, which itch fearfully (Apis, Nat-M., Rhus-T., Urt-U.) (G.).

Solid lumps in a watery leucorrhœa, which sometimes causes a smarting down the thighs (G.).

AGGRAVATION: From drinking sour wine; in the heat of the sun; after eating (pork); at night; after bathing; from extremes of cold or heat; and from acids.

AMELIORATION: During rest; in the open air; and after a warm bath.

RELATIONSHIP. Similar to: Bry., Ipec., Kali-M., Lyc., Puls., and Sep. in gastric complaints. Follows well after Ant-C.: Merc., Puls., and Sulph.

Complementary: Squil.