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Antipyrinum

30CAntipyrin
Phenazone · Antipyrine · "The Drug Fever Remedy"
antip.OtherUncommonPsoric
🎯 It acts primarily on the vaso-motor centers, causing dilation of skin capillaries and localized swelling.
📖 Boericke writes:
Phenazone-A Coal-tar Derivative
(ANTIPYRINE)
Antipyrine is one of the drugs that induce , similar to ergotin, salicylates, and tuberculin. Acts especially on the vaso-motor centers, causing dilation of capillaries of skin and consequent patches of and swelling. In large causes profuse perspiration, dizziness, , and , albumen and blood in urine. Acute multiforme.
👤 Constitution
Individuals who may experience sudden, intense reactions such as swelling, skin blotches, or nervous anxiety.
Key Symptoms — Give When You See
Fear of becoming insane; nervous anxiety; hallucinations of sight and hearing.
mind
Throbbing headache; sensation of .
head
Headache under ears with earache.
head
.
ears
General .
nerves
Intense .
skin
🩺 Systems & Indications
🧠Mind
Useful for states of nervous anxiety and sensory disturbances.
Fear of becoming insane; nervous anxiety; hallucinations of sight and hearing.
💊 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.

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🌿 Remedy Relationships
🔄 Compare With
Apis Mellifica

Boericke's Materia Medica

In Boericke’s Repertory

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Antipyrinum is listed in 47 rubrics across 17 chapters — italicised by Boericke in 7 of them, marking the remedy as more frequently verified there.

Skin8Head4Circulatory System4Nervous System4Teeth3Throat3Mind3Ears3Face2Mouth2Eyes2Respiratory System2Female Sexual System2Male Sexual System2Nose1Locomotor System1Fever1

See all 47 rubrics for Antipyrinum