ANTIMONIUM TARTARICUM (Ant-t.) – اینٹی مونیم ٹارٹ
CATARRH OF THE LUNGS
MENTAL
AVERSION TO BEING TOUCHED.
Irritable and peevish, especially during acute phase of illness.
Child is fretful, peevish, whining, moaning, shrieking < being touched or looked at. Angry child that coughs when angry. Shrieking, shouting and screaming at night. Child clings to the mother (Bar-c).
Looks anxious and desperate.
Confusion of mind on waking.
Mental restlessness. Apathetic-easily annoyed, aversion to company.
Ailments after anger or vexation.
PHYSICAL
Affects mucous membranes especially: trachea, bronchi and lungs.
Serious inflammations of the lower respiratory tract (bronchitis, pneumonia, pleura-pneumonia). Indicated in children or infants and old age (when the patient doesn’t have the force to expel the mucus).
GREAT ACCUMULATION OF MUCUS.
RATTLING RESPIRATION WITH NO EXPECTORATION. NO POWER TO EXPEL THE MUCUS. Expectoration ameliorates the dyspnoea.
Vomiting on coughing. Respiration is accelerated. Any disturbance increases the breathing and annoys the patient feeling that he is dying, filling up of chest that is suffocating him.
WEAKNESS, GREAT SLEEPINESS during /after coughing.
Weakness, profuse perspiration, lack of reaction.
Unconsciousness between attacks of cough.
Intense nausea, vomiting and weakness.
Face cold, cyanotic, pale, shrunken covered with cold perspiration and a suffering expression. Bluish lips.
Toes and fingers are drawn inwards.
MODALITIES
DES.: sour fruit.
AVERS.: milk, vomits it curdled.
