Aethiops antimonialis
Mercuric sulphide with antimony sulphide (mercury-antimony compound) · Human-made/chemical
Aethiops antimonialis is suited to scrofulous constitutions with a tendency to chronic skin eruptions, glandular suppurations, and hereditary syphilitic taint. Its combined antimony and mercury action covers eczema, favus, ophthalmia, and offensive otorrhea, especially in individuals with a hereditary miasmatic background.
Key symptoms
- Scrofulous, herpetic, and eczematous eruptions and discharges
- Favus-like eruptions of the skin
- Eruptions arising from fright
- Painful, irritating, scabby eruptions of the face
- Scrofulous ophthalmia
- Scrofulous otorrhea, offensive in character
- Hereditary syphilis
Made by triturating two parts of sulphuret of antimony with one of quicksilver. (Berliner, Zeit. f. Hom. Ærzte., vol. ii. Hom. Recorder, 1894, p. 28.) Trituration.
Clinical
Ophthalmia. Otorrhœa. Scrofula. Skin, affections of. Syphilis.
Characteristics
This remedy has not been proved, but it has been used with signal success in scrofulous, herpetic, eczematous eruptions and discharges. Favus-like eruptions. Eruptions from fright. Painful, irritating, scabby eruptions of face. Scrofulous ophthalmia. Scrofulous otorrhœa, offensive. Hereditary syphilis. It seems to combine the powers of its various components. I have confirmed its utility in many aggravated skin affections.
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