Arsenicum – Homeopathic Remedy
Arsenicum (Arsenicum album)
Arsenicum is a white oxide derived from metallic arsenic. Apart from being the professional criminals’ go-to poison, arsenic has over the centuries had a variety of uses, ranging from being a component in dye, wallpaper, paint, and food production, to its function as an endurance builder amongst mountain folk, improving their ability to carry heavy loads up steep inclines.
Other names: White arsenic trioxide.
Uses
Homeopaths may prescribe this remedy for:
Burning pains accompanied with a feeling of coldness.
Digestive upsets displaying the following symptoms: Diarrhoea and vomiting due to food poisoning, bad diet or too much alcohol, dehydration in children due to gastro-enteritis.
Asthma and dyspnoea displaying the following symptoms: Acute asthma; there may be cold sweat on the face.
Anxiety and fear displaying the following symptoms: Fear of being alone.
Skin problems displaying the following symptoms: Burning skin, shingles, psoriasis, carbuncles (a collection of boils), cracked dry lips, cold sores.
Mouth diseases displaying the following symptoms: Mouth ulcers, candidiasis of the mouth.
Sore throat displaying the following symptoms: Painful when swallowing; swollen, burning, dry, ulcerated.
People requiring this remedy will feel worse: When cold (including dislike of cold food and drink), between midnight and 3am, on the right side of the body, near the sea.
People requiring this remedy will feel better: When warm, lying down with raised head, moving about gently.
Arsenicum-type people are generally fussy, ordered, and rather intolerant of those with differing opinions or a more laid back approach to life. They tend to worry greatly about their health and finances, are often thin in build and restless in spirit.
The information given on this site about homeopathic remedies is just a general overview. Classical homeopathy takes all the patient’s symptoms into account and prescribes upon the “Totality of Symptoms”, thus finding the precise remedy that matches the patient’s symptoms perfectly.
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