Anthracinum
Nosode
Anthracinum suits patients with severe septic states, carbuncles, and gangrenous conditions accompanied by intense, intolerable burning and rapid tissue breakdown. The constitutional picture features profound septicaemia, induration of cellular tissue, and black tar-like haemorrhages from any orifice. Dissecting wounds, insect stings, and inhaling foul odors are important causative factors.
Key symptoms
- Carbuncles and malignant ulcers with terrible burning
- Boils and boil-like eruptions with succession of boils
- Haemorrhages black, thick, tar-like, rapidly decomposing from any orifice
- Glands swollen with cellular tissue oedematous and indurated
- Intolerable burning with ulceration and sloughing
- Erysipelas with black and blue blisters
- Septicaemia with gangrenous parotitis
- Bad effects from inhaling foul odors and from insect stings
Worse (aggravation)
- Worse from inhaling foul odors
- Worse from dissecting wounds
- Worse from insect stings
Anthrax Poison
This nosode has proven a great remedy in epidemic spleen diseases of domestic animals, and in septic inflammation, carbuncles and malignant ulcers. In boils and boil-like eruptions, acne. Terrible burning. Induration of cellular tissue, abscess, bubo, and all inflammation of connective tissue in which there exists a purulent focus.
Tissues
Hæmorrhages, black, thick, tar-like, rapidly decomposing, from any orifice. Glands swollen, cellular tissues œdematous and indurated. Septicæmia. Ulceration, sloughing and intolerable burning. Erysipelas. Black and blue blisters. Dissecting wounds. Insect stings. Bad effects from inhaling foul odors. Gangrenous parotitis. Succession of boils. Gangrene. Foul secretions.
Relationship
Similar to Arsenic, which it often follows. Compare: Pyrogen; Lachesis; Crotalus; Hippozoen; Echinac; Silica follows well. In the treatment of carbuncles, remember the prescription of the prophet Isaiah for King Hezekiah's carbuncle-i.e the pulp of a fig placed on a poultice and apply.
Dose
Thirtieth potency. Tarant. Cubensis.
An alcoholic extract of the anthrax poison prepared from the spleens of affected sheep.
Clinical
Acne. Boils. Carbuncles. Cynanche cellularis. Erysipelas. Gangrene. Malignant pustule. Parotitis gangrenosa. Phlegmonous inflammation and ulceration. Small-pox. Splenic fever. Ulcers. Whitlow.
Characteristics
Anthracinum is indicated in all conditions of boils and boil-like eruptions (as acne in some forms, and in carbuncles). It was introduced into homœopathic practice by Lux the veterinarian long before the experiments of Pasteur. The keynote for its employment is "succession of boils" or carbuncles, but it is also of the greatest use in other cases. "Terrible burning" with carbuncle. The potentised virus is the best remedy for the disease from which it is obtained─"Splenic fever" in animals, and "Malignant pustule" in human beings. Erysipelas of a foul kind, and gangrenous erysipelas; cellulitis. "Hard, stony" swelling in region of right lower jaw and submaxillary gland. Anthrax-quinsy. Whitlow and sloughing. …
Anthrax Poison. (A Nosode)
In carbuncle, malignant ulcer and complaints with ulceration, sloughing and intolerable burning. When Arsenicum or the best selected remedy fails to relieve the burning pain of carbuncle or malignant ulceration. Haemorrhages: blood oozes from mouth, nose, anus or sexual organs; black, thick, tar-like, rapidly decomposing (Crot.). Septic fever, rapid loss of strength, sinking pulse, delirium and fainting (Pyr.). Gangrenous ulcers; felon, carbuncle, erysipelas of a malignant type. Felon: the worst cases, with sloughing and terrible burning pain (Ars., Carb. ac., Lach.). Malignant pustule; black or blue blisters; often fatal in twenty- four or forty-eight hours (Lach., Pyr.). Carbuncle; with horrible burning pains; discharge of ichorous offensive pus. Dissecting wounds, especially if tendency is to become gangrenous; septic fever, marked prostration (Ars., Pyr.). Suspicous insect stings. If the swelling changes color and red streaks from the wound map out the course of lymphatics (Lach., …
Skin
In carbuncle, malignant ulcer and complaints, with ulceration, sloughing and intolerable burning, black or blue blisters.
Phatak's chapter on Anthracinum is available in the app.
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