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Anthracokali

30CAnthracokali
Potassium Carburet · "The Burning Septic Remedy"
anthraco.MineralRarePsoric
Source
🎯 It acts primarily on the skin and digestive system, addressing chronic eruptions and bilious disturbances.
📖 Boericke writes:
Anthracite Coal Dissolved in Boiling Caustic Potash
(ANTHRAKOKALI)
Useful in skin affections, scabies, prurigo, chronic herpes, cracks and ulcerations. Papular-like eruption with a vesicular tendency, especially on scrotum, also on hands, tibia, shoulders and dorsum of feet. Intense thirst. Chronic rheumatism. Bilious attacks, vomiting of bile, tympanic distention of abdomen.
👤 Constitution
Not specified in the text, but generally indicated for those suffering from chronic skin eruptions and digestive disturbances.
Key Symptoms — Give When You See
Intense, unquenchable thirst.
Boericke
Chronic skin eruptions, especially scabies and herpes.
Boericke
Papular eruptions with a tendency to blister.
Boericke
Eruptions specifically on the scrotum, hands, shins, and shoulders.
Boericke
Bilious attacks with vomiting of bile.
Boericke
Tympanic (drum-like) distention of the abdomen.
Boericke
Chronic rheumatism.
Boericke
🩺 Systems & Indications
🧴Skin
Used for chronic, stubborn skin eruptions and ulcerations that are prone to blistering.
Chronic skin conditions including scabies, itchy rashes, and long-standing herpes.
Papule-like eruptions that tend to form blisters, especially on the scrotum, hands, shins, shoulders, and the tops of the feet.
Skin cracks and open sores.
🔑 Modalities
Worse from
Night
itching pimples
Better from
Daytime
itching pimples
💊 Dosage & Potency
Low triturations
Other
🕒As directed
Primary Dosage
🌿 Remedy Relationships
Clarke
🔄 Compare With
Rhus ToxicodendronDulcamara
Hering
🔄 Compare With
Aconitum NapellusArsenicum AlbumBryonia AlbaCarbo VegetabilisKalium CarbonicumRhus Toxicodendron
📚 Sources & References
Boericke's Materia MedicaHering's Guiding SymptomsClarke's DictionaryHahnemann's Materia Medica PuraKent's Materia MedicaAllen's EncyclopediaPhatak's Concise MM

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