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Antimonium Tartaricum

30C / 200CAnt Tart
Tartar Emetic · Potassium Antimonyl Tartrate · "The Drowning in Mucus Remedy"
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🎯 It acts primarily on the respiratory system to clear mucus and treat conditions involving lung congestion and weakness.
📖 Boericke writes:
Tartar Emetic. Tartrate of Antimony and Potash
Has many symptoms in common with Antimonium Crudum but also many peculiar to itself. Clinically, its therapeutic application has been confined largely to the treatment of respiratory diseases, rattling of mucus with little has been a guiding symptom. There is much , and sweat characteristic of the drug, which group should always be more or less present, when the drug is prescribed. Gastric of drunkards and subjects. . Sensation of coldness in blood-vessels. Bilharziasis. Antimonium tart is homeopathic to , , , , of bladder and , burning in rectum, bloody mucous stools, etc. Antimon tart acts indirectly on the parasites by stimulating the oxidizing action of the protective substance. By-effects following injection for Bilharziasis. Chills and contractures and pain in muscles.
Trembling of whole body, great and faintness. . Chills, contractures and muscular pains. Warts on penis.
👤 Constitution
•Typically indicated for the elderly, children, or those who are weak, drowsy, and prone to respiratory congestion with a pale, cold, and sweaty skin.
⭐ Key Symptoms — Give When You See
Clinically, its therapeutic application has been confined largely to the treatment of respiratory diseases, rattling of mucus with little has been a guiding symptom.
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There is much , and sweat characteristic of the drug, which group should always be more or less present, when the drug is prescribed.
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Bilharziasis.
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Chills and contractures and pain in muscles.
introduction
Coated, pasty, thick white, with red edges.
tongue
, , and , especially after food, with deathly faintness and .
stomach
Thirst for cold water, little and often, and desire for apples, fruits, and acids generally.
stomach
Great rattling of mucus, but very little is expectorated.
respiratory organs
Coughing and gaping consecutively.
respiratory organs
Cough excited by eating, with pain in chest and ; and impending paralysis of lungs.
respiratory organs
Violent pain in sacro- region.
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🩺 Systems & Indications
🧠Mind and Head
Useful for mental states involving confusion, , and anxiety when accompanied by physical illness.
alternates with .
Great despondency.
Fear of being alone.
Muttering, , and .
, with dullness and confusion.
Band-like feeling over forehead.
Face pale and sunken.
Child will not be touched without whining.
Headache as from a band compressing (Nit ac).
🔑 Modalities
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💊 Dosage & Potency

Historical record, not a prescription. Boericke published this in 1927. It is not medical advice — consult a qualified practitioner before acting on it.

Summarised from the passage below — Boericke’s own wording is the record.

2X
Decimal
📝Second and sixth trituration. The lower potencies sometimes aggravate.
6X
Decimal
📝Second and sixth trituration. The lower potencies sometimes aggravate.
🌿 Remedy Relationships
🚫 Antidotes
Pulsatilla Pratensis →Sepia Officinalis →
🔄 Compare With
Ipecacuanha →Kali Sulphuricum →

Boericke's Materia Medica

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Antimonium Tartaricum is listed in 289 rubrics across 21 chapters — italicised by Boericke in 96 of them, marking the remedy as more frequently verified there.

Respiratory System71Stomach31Fever23Locomotor System21Modalities20Generalities16Skin14Abdomen13Nervous System12Mind11Tongue9Eyes9Urinary System8Head7Face7Circulatory System5Male Sexual System3Female Sexual System3Nose2Mouth2Taste2

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