Anilinum
Aniline · Human-made/chemical
The Anilinum patient presents with profound anaemia, marked cyanosis, and general debility from toxic exposure to aniline compounds. Hebetude of mind accompanies the severe gastric and nervous system disturbances. The purple discoloration of the face and blue lips are hallmark features of this remedy type.
Key symptoms
- Marked giddiness and pain in head with purple facial hue
- Profound anaemia with discoloration of skin and blue lips
- Tumors of the urinary passages
- Vomiting, purging, and bursting headache
- Cyanosis very marked with swelling and irritation of skin
- Epileptiform attacks
- Anorexia with gastric disturbances
Worse (aggravation)
- Worse from inhalation of aniline fumes
- Worse from wearing aniline-dyed fabrics next to skin
Better (amelioration)
- Better from fresh air and oxygen inhalation
- Better from stimulants such as brandy or ammonia
- Better from cold affusions to the head
Coal Tar Product-Amidobenzene
Marked giddiness and pain in head; face has a purple hue. Pain in penis and scrotum with swelling. Tumors of the urinary passages. Profound anæmia with discoloration of skin, blue lips, anorexia, gastric disturbances. Swelling of skin.
Relationship
Compare: Arsenic; Antipyrin.
Amidobenzene. C6 H5 NH2.
Clinical
Anæmia. Cancer. Cholera. Eczema rubrum.
Characteristics
The symptoms of Anilinum have been observed on workpeople poisoned by inhalation of the fumes, and on persons who have worn aniline-dyed articles next the skin. The symptoms are in many respects like those of Arsenic. There are vomiting, purging, bursting headache, epileptiform attacks; cyanosis is very marked; swelling and irritation of the skin. In old-school practice injections of aniline blue have been used with some success to destroy cancerous growths, aniline having a marked affinity for cell nuclei, hence its use in staining microscopic specimens. In poisoning cases evacuants, the inhalation of oxygen, the free use of stimulants─brandy, ammonia, chloric ether─cold affusions to the head, and sinapisms on legs and thighs, have been used with success.
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