Scientific Name: Antimony Arsenite
Source: Combination of Antimony Trioxide (Sb₂O₃) and Arsenious Acid (As₂O₃)
Origin: Mineral
Miasm: Tubercular, Syphilitic
Thermal State: Chilly
Family: Mineral Compounds
Common Abbreviation: Ant. ars.
KEYNOTES (Boericke + Allen Combined)
"A remedy of slow but sure action, especially adapted to old people, and for chronic, degenerative, respiratory and cardiac affections with marked prostration, dyspnoea, and dropsy."
- "The Anti-Tubercular + Anti-Cardiac-Respiratory Remedy"
- For degenerative affections of the lungs, heart, and kidneys with weakness and breathlessness
CLINICAL INDICATIONS
Respiratory Conditions:
- Emphysema with excessive dyspnoea on least exertion
- Asthma in old people with weak heart
- Chronic bronchitis, bronchial catarrh, productive cough
- Crepitant rales, frothy expectoration
- Pulmonary fibrosis or tuberculosis, early or advanced
Cardiac Conditions:
- Cardiac asthma, dyspnoea at night, must sit up
- Weak heart with cold sweat and prostration
- Dropsy due to heart failure
- Irregular heartbeats, feeble pulse
Other Indications:
- Chronic nephritis with edema
- Old age degeneration – heart, lung, kidneys
- Weakness, restlessness, cold sweat, exhaustion
MIND SYMPTOMS
- Mental dullness, indifference
- Anxiety from breathlessness
- Fear of suffocation at night
- Restless but too weak to move
GENERAL SYMPTOMS
- Extreme weakness, prostration after slight exertion
- Edema – face, limbs, especially ankles and feet
- Chilly, wants warmth
- Sweat with slightest motion
- Emaciation with puffiness – old age degeneration
COUGH & CHEST
- Loose, rattling cough
- Difficult expectoration – grayish, frothy, tough
- Suffocative attacks at night, must sit up
- Cannot lie down, fear of dying
- Painful respiration
- Wheezing, crepitant rales on auscultation
HEART & CIRCULATION
- Cardiac dyspnoea
- Palpitation, irregular pulse
- Heart failure, especially with chest diseases
- Cold sweat on face, especially during dyspnoea
- Dropsical swelling of limbs
MODALITIES
|
Worse From |
Better From |
|
Lying down, especially at night |
Sitting upright |
|
Motion, exertion |
Rest, warmth |
|
Cold, damp weather |
Warmth of bed/clothes |
|
After slight physical effort |
Open air (sometimes) |
POTENCY & DOSAGE
- Commonly used in 3X, 6C, 30C
- Lower potencies preferred for organ support (lungs, heart)
- Use repetition cautiously, especially in weak patients
COMPARE WITH:
|
Remedy |
Key Comparison |
|
Antimonium tart. |
More rattling, wet cough in children or aged |
|
Arsenicum alb. |
More restlessness, burning, thirst, acute stage |
|
Digitalis |
Slow, irregular pulse, more cardiac weakness |
|
Lobelia inflata |
Asthmatic attacks with sinking feeling |
|
Carbo veg. |
Collapse with cold sweat, gas, and asphyxia |
MEMORY AID –
“ANTIMONY + ARSENIC = LUNG + HEART FAILURE”
- A – Asthma, aged patients
- N – No strength, great prostration
- T – Tight chest with rattling mucus
- I – Irregular heart beat
- M – Must sit up, cannot breathe lying
- O – Old age, organ degeneration
- N – Night suffocation, edema
- A – Arsenic-like anxiety + chilliness
- R – Rales and crepitation in lungs
- S – Sweaty, suffocating, sitting up to breathe
POPULAR USE CASE
Used in elderly and weak patients with chronic lung or heart disease where dyspnoea, frothy sputum, and swelling are prominent. Especially if the patient has no vitality, sweats easily, and must sit up at night to breathe.
CONCLUSION
Antimonium Arsenicosum is a deep-acting, organ-supportive remedy used in degenerative cardiac and respiratory conditions, especially in aged, weak, chilly individuals with dyspnoea, cough, dropsy, and restlessness. It balances the action of Antimonium tart. and Arsenicum alb., offering a gentle yet powerful support in chronic asthma, emphysema, cardiac asthma, and kidney disorders.
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