Antimonium crudum
(Antimonium crudum · Black sulphide of antimony)
The remedy of the cross child and the white-coated tongue. In the materia medica, Antimonium crudum is associated with irritability and sulkiness alongside an easily upset stomach from overeating, with a tongue coated thick and white as if whitewashed.
Source
Black antimony sulphide, a naturally occurring mineral ore
Kingdom
Mineral
Abbreviation
Ant-c.
Home acute kit
Usually prescribed by a homeopath
The classic picture
(a remedy is chosen when the whole picture fits the person, not from a single symptom)
Cross, sulky and contrary; a child who cannot bear to be touched or even looked at
Digestion easily upset by overeating, bread, pastry, sour foods or wine
Tongue thickly coated white; cracks at the corners of the mouth and crusty nostrils
Cannot tolerate the heat of the sun, yet dislikes cold bathing
Tends to feel better
Open air
Rest
Warm bath
Tends to feel worse
Heat of the sun or fire
Cold bathing and washing
Acids and sour wine
Overeating
How it compares
(remedies that are often confused with Antimonium crudum)
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Antimonium tartaricum
(Antimonium tartaricum)
Its close cousin also dislikes being touched, but its picture centers on rattling mucus in the chest rather than the stomach.
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Chamomilla
(Matricaria chamomilla)
Chamomilla's child wants to be carried and demands things; Antimonium crudum's simply wants to be left alone and not looked at.
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Pulsatilla
(Pulsatilla pratensis)
Both are upset by rich food, but Pulsatilla is weepy and seeks comfort where Antimonium crudum is sulky.
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From the classic texts
“Excessive irritability and fretfulness, together with a thickly-coated white tongue, are true guiding symptoms to many forms of disease calling for this remedy.”
“Child is fretful, peevish, cannot bear to be touched or looked at; sulky, does not wish to speak or be spoken to (Ant. t., Iod., Sil.); angry at every little attention.”
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