ANTIMONIUM TARTARICUM mit generierter deutscher Übersetzung Pulfords Remarks: Ant-t. automatically makes us think of children, old people with broken down constitutions, always shivering, with pale, sickly faces; drawn, sunken noses; dark rings around the eyes [sunken eyes rbbx]; pale, shriveled lips; nostrils dilated, flapping appear sooty inside; face cold, pale, covered with cold sweat, with a suffering expression; do not wish to be touched, looked at or talked to, esp. in children; coarse rattling in chest, chest full of mucus but no or little expectoration, finally, causing suffocation; drowsy; weak; cold sweat; pulse rapid, weak and trembling [thready mrr5, unequal nicx]; coldness; relaxation; often must sit up in bed, and be fanned (Carb-v., Tub.); moan and wine piteously (esp. children); often sit up in bed, no clothing around neck or shoulders for both, heat and bathing in cold water agg.; generally thirstless, do not like to have water offered; thick, ropy mucus is to fill up the mouth and choke the patient; dyspnea; threatening paralysis of lungs; cough usually short, without expectoration. Useful esp. in bilious, broncho, and one of the leaders in the pleuro and typhoid types. Follows Bry. and Ip. well, coming in later, when the symptoms agree, esp. when the power of expulsion [of mucus Ed.] is almost gone. In the stage of great relaxation, coldness and prostration, cold sweat and little fever. Is the ONLY known remedy for: Twitching in the face when coughing; profuse sweat on affected parts. Is THE leading remedy for: Sleepiness with cough; abdominal respiration; asphyxia; dyspnea, expectoration. Ant-t.: THERAPEUTIC HINTS - The aversion to being looked at, touched or spoken to. Borland bl4: The impression you get of these patients is one of extreme suffering; They are intensely distressed, and their main reaction is one of wanting to be left alone: "For heaven's sake don't disturb me!" They do not want to speak, they do not want to be spoken to, and very often they do not even want to be looked at [but children like to be carried and stop crying if the attention is drawn to another person snex]. The patients themselves are very miserable, and you often find them lying panting for breath and moaning. [breathing unequal rbbx] As a rule there is a very thick coating to the tongue; it is a horrible, pasty, white coating, and the tongue looks just as if it had been painted with white enamel. In a few cases you may find a somewhat brown coat, which is very dry, but that is exceptional. The outstanding point is that, in spite of the dryness of the lips and tongue, these Ant-t.-patients are completely thirstless. Another practical point to remember is that these Ant-t. cases have a loathing of food of any kind, and in particular any attempt to feed them on milk will produce an acute nausea the Ant-t.-patients have an acute intolerance of milk. With the effort to expel that sputum [cough] the Ant-t.-patients usually suffer from pretty acute nausea, and they may actually vomit [vomitting of food from coughing mcgx / the vomit being white tenacious mucus rbbx / foamy mucus or foamy blood snex]. With their violent cough these patients suffer from a great sense of oppression in the chest, and very often there is great soreness of the chest wall. They cannot bear any weight on the chest at all, they want to push the blankets off, they want to get them away from their neck, and any suggestion of weight, even a single blanket, will embarrass them. These patients are very sensitive to any stuffy atmosphere. They have an acute air hunger, and a warm room makes them very much more uncomfortable. And an important point is that they are particularly aggravated by any radiant heat. With the extensive chest involvement, the hands and fingers, feet and lower extremities, are very liable to become bluish, cyanotic, also the patients become very tremulous and, in spite of their general heat and aggravation from warmth, they very often complain of a feeling of coldness from about the knees downwards. As you would expect in a case of this kind; it is impossible for the patient to lie down flat; the only thing that gives him any comfort at all is to be propped up in bed, at the same time avoiding any suggestion of constriction of the chest. I do not think there is any particular preference for either side of the chest in Ant-t.; I have seen as many cases involving the left side as the right. Another point is that in these Ant-t. cases there is always a tendency to heart failure, the circulation is giving out, the pulse tends to become irregular, and the heart tends to dilate. Well, that is the kind of case that we meet here from about the fifth day of subdivision onwards. Nash nh6 If Ant-t. fails the choice is next generally Carb-v., according to indications above given under that remedy. [In pneumonia Ant-t. and Op. can be soporous, but the choice of remedy will not be hard: In Op. the face is dusky red or purplish and in connection with sighing, stertorous breathing, whereas in Ant-t. the face is always pale or cyanotic - without any redness - and breathing is usually not stertorous. nh1] Farrington fr2 Worse at 3. A.M. [at night mcgx]; often follows Ip. in Broncho-pneumonia or capillary bronchitis in infants. Sulph. is indicated when Ant-t., apparently well-indicated fails to controll the symptoms. fr3 Gatchell gccx Pneumonia secundary to influenza, measles, whooping-cough and other affections of the respiratory organs. Collateral edema. Dewey dw2 There is a peculiar symptom, the patient feels sure that the next cough will raise the mucus, but it does not. Blackwood bwax (Watery mtarx) Diarrhea is present. Royal ry2 The high temperature, 104-105°F/40-40, 5°C, suddenly drops to 98-97-96°F/36, 6-35.5°C; rapid, hard pulse becomes soft, often intermittent; the hot, dry skin becomes moist and cold, especially about the face, and forehead; the lips become livid [cyanotic mrr5]; the solidification breaks down, pouring the debris into the lung cells; the air entering these air spaces filled with this debris causes a loud rattling; the cough changes from dry to loose, but the patient cannot expectorate the accumulation. In such cases, suffocation is imminent and Ant-t., 3x, five grains every half hour, is the only remedy which will save the patient's life. Liquid beef peptonoids in half-ounce doses after every dose of the remedy will be of great help. Lilienthal ll1 In Broncho-pneumonia vertigo with dimness of vision and pressing headache, eyes congested, staring, dull, unsteady, half open or one closed; face red, bloated, anxious - or cool, pale and sallow. Pneumonia of people addicted to alcohol with bilious complications, even jaundice, meteorism, nausea and vomiting; typhoid complications, edema of lungs, impending paralysis of lungs or of heart. Van Denburg vax Sleepy, dull, comatose; collapse (Paralysis of lungs; broncho-pneumonia) Hering hr1 Pleuritis rheumatica [DD Dig., Dulc., Sulph. kr1] Rückert rke1 During hepatization: Pulse small, soft, irregular. In pneumonia: Little or no stitching in chest but very intensive oppression of chest and difficulty on breathing ameliorated by coughing up sputum, sputum with only little or no blood, containing more slimy masses. Bähr bhb2 Tympanitic but not completly hollow sound on percussion, strong raw rattling on auscultation. Recommended potency C 2. Dienst diex Broncho-pneumonia in second stage, resolution has set in but fails, and oppression and prostration prevail .... tendency to constipation. [Ed. Rest see Lillienthal] Santwami smw1 Thirst for cold water, little and often. Cough and dyspnea worse towards morning and better lying on right side. Mathur mtarx The peculiarity of the drug is that it works wonderfully in mainly all the stages; sputa changes to rusty colour. ... One should not wait for the rattling which is a late symptom. The child wants to be carried and won't let you feel the pulse [; cries if anyone else touches it mcgx]. ... [Ed. found under Ip.:] Ant-t.-patients vomit in all positions except lying on right side which has been varified several times. Burt btw2 Cerebral congestion; feels as if brain was pressed together; in pneumonia. Mc George mcgx Don't give it in the low potencies, for it is dangerous to leave with ignorant people. ... My experience has been with the 200th and latterly the 30th potency (Boericke and Tafel's preparations). Give Ant-t. in water, and repeat every three, five or ten minutes, according to the urgency of the case. As soon as you see relief, slow up, but don't stop giving your remedy until all danger is past. Nichol nicx In bilious pneumonia, Ant-t. is indicated by the following symptoms: Slight bilious tinge of the skin, of the albuginea, alae nasi and corners of the mouth, yellow-brownish coating of the tongue, bitter taste, disposition to vomit or actual vomiting, brown, saffron-colored urine; stinging pain under the right false ribs, or pain in the pit of the stomach with distention of the pit, frequent eructations and hiccough; violent aching, boring pain in the frontal region, sometimes increasing to furious delirium toward evening; the cough is frequently attended with vomiting, with scanty expectoration of a somewhat blood-streaked, frothy, saffron-colored mucus. Das danx Causes: ... living or working in cellars or basements, underground habitation or employment. Change of weather in spring. ... Expectoration: ... adhering like glue to the vessel. Cough: Cough worse eating with pain in chest and larynx. Dizziness with cough. Rattling hollow cough with heat and moist hands. Sweat on forehead. Dyspnea with desire to cough; chest full of mucus, inability to bring it up. ... Coughs when angry. Cough at night, chiefly after midnight. ... Respiration: ... seems as if he would suffocate without sitting erect the whole night. ... Noisy, whistling, purring, bellowing or sawing. ... Dyspnea relieved by eructation. ... Chest: Stitching pains of Bry. have now ceased. Violent pains from the chest to the shoulder. Burning in chest. Cough with pain in chest. ... sharp stitching pains, high fever, great oppression of chest. Accompaniments: ... Despairs of recovery. Throbbing headache worse warmth and better cold and sitting erect. Head hot and sweaty [sweat mainly or only on forehead snex]. Lifting head from pillow causes great dizziness. Band-like feeling over forehead. ... In pneumonia when the edges of the lids are covered with mucus; ... Desire to close the eyes as from sleepiness. ... face bathed in cold sweat; twitching in the muscles of the face; incessant quivering of chin and lower jaw. ... Nose is drawn and shrunken; ... Face, a perfect picture of anxiety and despair. ... Great thirst or no thirst, upper lip drawn up. ... Tongue very red or red in streaks, tongue dry down the middle. Tongue white with red edges. Craving for apples, fruits, acids, cold drinks, and other cool and refreshing things. ... Watery diarrhoea preceded by colic, stools papescent, slimy or bloody, tension in perineum; burning at anus. Colic ceases after stool. Dark brown red urine. Turbid urine. Strong odor of urine. Twitches of the muscles of the arms and hands. Trembling of hands. Cold and moist hands and icy tips of the fingers. Jerking up of the limbs during sleep. Great sleepiness with nearly all affections. Weakness and lassitude. Restlessness and tossing, or patient is drowsy and quiet, cannot open eyes, very difficult to break his drowsiness, unwilling or unable to look up. ... Aggravation: Damp cold weather. Fall and spring. Stooping. Sitting. Lying down at night. Lying on affected side. Motion, ... Galic glt2 Susceptible since asphyxia neonatorum [APGAR < 7]. In children with Infantile Cerebral Palsy (ICP): Combination of symptoms - Upper lip drawn up, shows teeth (Camph.), inability to swallow with nausea from swallowing saliva. Dyspnea with accumulation of sputum in the trachea (in intubated patients) (DD - Ammc., Hippoz.). If the remedy is correctly chosen, drowsiness and respiratory symptoms improve at the same time. If the remedy fits the condition of a broncho-pneumonia improvement occurs within one day. The best potency with threatening edema of the lungs is 10MK (In cases of children 4 -10 years old). Saine snex Ip. and Ant-t. don't want to be looked at or spoken to, but Ant-t. has also the aversion to be touched. If you give Ant-t. and mucus goes away, but patient is still weak and still difficulty breathing, you know it is Carb-v. right away. Rehman rma1 In Bronchiolitis in children Ant-ar. often works better. Sulph. as intercurrent remedy: With a typical Ant-t.-picture, if the remedy acts only slowly or weakly, one dose of Sulph. boosts and accelerates the cure in a wonderful way. Ars. as complementary remedy in pleuropneumonia to induce a reaction, if Ant-t. fails, symptoms according) Kali-c. in pneumonia if Ant-t. failed to bring up the sputum. Phos. in quickly starting bronchiolitis in small children when pneumonic changes come along. Morg. Broncho- or lobar-pneumonia in the critical case that apparently well chosen remedies don't work accordingly. Seneg. in one case of pleuropneumonia ... - after Bry., Arn., and Bell. completely calmed the lancinating pains and a great amount of unpleasant symptoms continued, like oppression of the chest, copious, mucous sputum; obstinate loose mucus with rattling in the chest, cold sweat and great adynamia, Seneg. eliminated all these after Ant-t. failed. Compare with: Ant-ar. gccx,rma1, Carb-v. nh6, Grin. ry2, Ip. cda1, Kali-i. kka1, Mosch. cda1, Op. nh1, Seneg. rma1, Tub. pfa3 Follows often: Bry. pfa3, Ferr-p. (in bronchopneumonia) mmpp1, Ip. pfa3,fr2 Followed by: Ars. rma1, Bar-c. fr2, Carb-v. nh6,snex, Ip. danx, Kali-c. rma1, Kali-i. kka1, Kali-s. danx, Morg. rma1, Phos. rma1, Puls. danx, Sep. danx, Sulph. fr3 Intercurrent remedies: Sulph. rma1