📖 Antimonium Crudum (HMT) Introduction

The salient feature of Antimonium Cr udum is that the gastric function is badly affected. There is a coating on the tongue, which is essentially thick and white unless al tered by the colour of food taken, e.g. the coating can obviously turn brown after eating chocolate or drinking tea. The Antimonium Crudum patient eats a lot and constantly so, until the sudden functional failure of the stomach sets in. Antimonium Crudum is a profound and wi dely effective medicine. It stops the vomiting following excessive eating . It is very useful in deep warts and corns of the feet. Sometimes, streaks on nails or their irregularity may be a sign of deep -seated disease. In the Antimonium Crudum patient, raised warts devel op near finger nails. The nails either become loose or shrivel and streaks appear on them. The same happens on the feet. The gums swe ll and recede from the teeth and the teeth decay. If this is a promin ent feature, then it is diagnostic of Antimonium Crudum. In Antimonium Crudum and Antimonium tart, the toothache may be of neuralgic nature. In Antimonium Crudum, the stools are formed and the blood is only smeared on the outside. In dysentery, the stools are mixed with blood. Antimonium Crudum patient suffers from the pain at the heels. Along with the dysfunction of the stomach, various skin conditions can also develop. The Antimonium Crudum sy mptoms are relieved in the open air and hot, humid weather. However, the patient cannot tolerate heat, especially direct sunlight. The classical signs of Antimonium Crudum are gastric dysfunction, naus ea and its effects on the lungs, involvement of the nails, peeling of the tip of the nose and lips, and dry eczema. Adjutant: Sulphur Antidote: Hepar Sulph Potency: 30