Antimonium Sulph. Auratum
Hering, The Guiding Symptoms of our Materia Medica, 1879, Vol. I, p. 335
G- olden Sulphur et of Antimony. Sh^S^.
Introduced by Glauber, 1654, and abused as a purgative and an emetic.
Proved by Mayrhoffer, in 1845, published by Buchner, in 1874.
Mind
Apprehensiveness with heaviness in praecordium.
Inner Head
Pressive headache.
▌ Burning in the head. θ Eye complaints.
Outer Head
Reddish swelling behind the right ear, leaving a redness and scurfiness.
Nerves
▌ Amaurosis, in the beginning.
▌ Spots on the cornea.
▌ Iris protruding through the cornea.
^ Nose. ' ' Bleeding from the nose on washing.
Increased mucus from nose and throat.
Inner Mouth
Pasty mouth and taste in the morning.
Throat
Burning and heat in the fauces.
Mucus from the throat becomes offensive to smell.
Pressure in the throat as if a plug stuck in it.
Scratching, rough feeling in the throat in the morning.
Appetite
Loss of appetite ; almost a loathing of food.
Stomach
Pressure and fullness in stomach.
Abdomen
Pressure, tension and fullness in abdomen ; umbilical region sensitive.
Stool
Passage of much flatus with sudden urging, followed by a stool solid at first, then bright yellow and pasty ; afterwards violent colic and rumbling around the navel.
Constipation ; feces hard and passed with difficulty.
Urine
Urine increased, dark-red.
Male Sexual Organs
Pustular eruption on scrotum after much itching.
Voice and Larynx. Trachea and Bronchia
Accumulation of tough mucus in the bronchi and larynx.
││ Increased mucous secretion with fullness in the bronchi, and full, hard breathing.
Relations
Respiration difficult.
Cough
'Dry, hard cough, no expectoration.
Increased mucous sputum, mixed with blood, of a sweetish taste.
Lungs
Passive congestion of the upper lobe of left lung, with dry, hard cough.
Heart
Heaviness in the praecordium and apprehensiveness.
Upper Limbs p. 336
Arms heavy in the morning.
Coring and tearing in arms and hand-joints.
Swelling of the fingers.
Limbs in General p. 336
Itching on hands and feet.
Nerves p. 336
▌ Malaise, fatigue and lassitude with nausea.
Sleep p. 336
Deep sleep.
Sleep dreamy ; wakes after midnight with dull headache ; with restlessness and sexual desire.
Awoke suddenly with heavy, confused head, pressure in the stomach, difficult breathing, fullness of the bronchi, restless tossing; skin active, with slight warmth and even sweat.
Sleep dreamy with sudden waking after midnight, gouty and rheumatic pains increased.
Time p. 336
Morning : pasty taste in mouth ; scratching in throat ; arms feel heavy.
After midnight : awakens with dull headache ; restless ; sexual desire increased ; gouty and rheumatic pains worse.
Temperature and Weather p. 336
Washing causes nosebleed.
Locality p. 336
Left : upper lobe of lung congested.
Skin p. 336
Dry? elevated pustules on inner surface of thighs.
Relations p. 336
Similar to : Antimonies (family relation) ; Aurum (chest); Ar^en.; Ferrum ; Merc, sulph.; Sulphur; Amm. carb. (nosebleed after washing).