Antimonium tart
Antimony Potassium
Tartrate
This remedy is a compound
derived by reacting tartaric acid with potash. The salt of tartaric
acid is commonly known at cream of tartar. The name derives from pot
ash, which refers to plant ashes soaked in water in a pot, the
primary means of manufacturing the product before the industrial era.
The word potassium is derived from potash. Antimony is a chemical
element with symbol Sb (from Latin: stibium) and atomic number 51.
[Antimony is below Arsenic
and above Bismuth on the periodic table of elements. This is
interesting to me because Antimonium tart has been used as en emetic
to induce vomiting since the middle ages. We know that Arsenicum
album is used to treat stomach problems. Bismuth (in Pepto Bismol) is
also used to treat stomach problems. I know this was a tangent, but I
thought it was interesting.]
Though traditionally
non-homeopathically this substance has been used to cause vomiting,
homeopathically it is typically used for respiratory problems.
The face of an Antimonium
tart patient will be pale and sickly with dark circles around the
eyes.
The keynote of this remedy
is rattling of mucus in the chest with little expectoration. Ipecac
has a similar rattling of mucus, but with great expulsive power,
where Ant tart has weakness which does not allow great expectoration.
Patient will have much
drowsiness, debility, and sweat. Sometimes described as an
irresistible inclination to sleep. Vertigo alternates with
drowsiness. Fear of being alone. Children who need this remedy will
not be touched without whining.
Nausea in waves. Nausea,
retching, vomiting bitter and sour things.
Coldness, chilliness, and
trembling are also symptoms.
Worse from evening and
lying down
Better from sitting erect,
belching, and coughing up mucus.
Information gleaned from
William Boericke’s Materia Medica, Lectures on Homepathic Medicine
by J. T. Kent, Materia Medica of Homeopathic Medicines but S.R.
Phatak, and Homeopathy for Mommies by Sue Meyer.
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