Source: Arsenious acid
Family: Inorganic mineral
Miasm: Psora-Syphilitic
Thermal: Chilly
Abbreviation: Ars. alb.
KEYNOTE SYMPTOMS (Boericke, Allen, Nash)
Burning pains < amel. by heat
Great restlessness, changes place constantly, mentally & physically
Fear of death, fear of being left alone, anxiety about health
Extreme prostration, disproportionate to illness
Craves small sips of water frequently
Discharges acrid, foul, and excoriating
“Burning pains, restlessness, and fear of death — the hallmark of Arsenic.”
CLINICAL INDICATIONS
Mind:
- Great anxiety, especially about health
- Restless: physically and mentally
- Fear of death, of being left alone at night
- Suspicious, fastidious, wants everything neat
- Despair of recovery
Gastrointestinal:
- Gastritis, food poisoning, diarrhea, especially from spoiled food, fruits, ice cream
- Vomiting + diarrhea with burning pain
- Craves cold water, but vomits it
- Diarrhea: dark, offensive, burning, with great exhaustion
Respiratory:
- Asthma, worse around midnight (1–2 am)
- Dyspnea with burning in chest, needs to sit up
- Thin, frothy sputum; anxiety with respiration
Skin:
- Ulcers, eruptions with burning pain
- Psoriasis, eczema: dry, scaly, itching, < night
- Gangrene, varicose ulcers with blackish edges
Generalities:
- Burning pains anywhere – skin, ulcers, stomach – better by warmth
- Great debility after slightest exertion
- Periodicity of symptoms (returning every 14 days)
- Complaints after exposure to cold, wet, or night air
MODALITIES
|
Worse From |
Better From |
|
Midnight to 2 am |
Warm drinks, warm applications |
|
Cold drinks, cold food |
Hot food and drinks |
|
Lying down, alone |
Company |
|
Sea shore, foggy weather |
Head high, sitting up |
|
Exertion |
Rest |
MEMORY TRICK –
“A.R.S.E.N.I.C.”
- A – Anxiety, fear of death
- R – Restlessness (must move, change position)
- S – Sips of water frequently
- E – Exhaustion (great prostration)
- N – Neat, tidy, fastidious
- I – Irritable with weakness
- C – Cold, burning pain better by heat
POTENCY & DOSE
- 30C – For acute food poisoning, diarrhea
- 200C/1M – Deep chronic cases with anxiety, asthma, skin disorders
- Frequent repetition in acute conditions like cholera, food poisoning
CONSTITUTIONAL TYPE
- Thin, anxious, weak individuals
- Sensitive to cold, demands warm covering
- Always anxious, critical, obsessively clean
- Prone to skin diseases, asthma, GI disturbances
CASES & USES:
- Cholera / acute gastroenteritis with vomiting, diarrhea & collapse
- Asthma worse midnight
- Eczema/Psoriasis with burning itching
- Typhoid, with extreme weakness and fear
- Septic conditions with foul discharges and ulcers
- Post-operative collapse with anxiety
COMPARE WITH:
|
Remedy |
Differentiation |
|
Veratrum album |
Diarrhea with cold sweat and collapse but craves cold water in large
quantity |
|
Phosphorus |
Craves cold drinks but vomits when warm in stomach |
|
Carbo veg |
Collapse with cold breath and desire for air |
|
Sulphur |
Burning but < heat (opposite modality) |
|
China |
Debility from fluid loss but no anxiety |
REMEDY IN A LINE:
“Arsenicum Album suits those who are restless, anxious, chilly, and weakened by burning pains and foul discharges.”
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