Homoeopathy — Page 91
Arsenic Album 91 Arsenic and Secale Corn have many similarities. Secale is useful for offensive and dark colored discharges The Secale patient feels hot while Arsenic Alb is chilly. Secale, even though he feels hot, feels better with external heat while the Arsenic Alb patient has offensive discharges, with fear of dying and increased thirst for small drinks. Dry cough and asthma – the patients have nasal obstruction with itchy nose, sneezing, clear runny nose and swollen neck glands as in hay fever. Arsenic* is useful in dry asthma and chronic cardiac asthma. In cardiac asthma the pulse is weak and rapid but palpable. In the Aconite and Belladonna patient, the pulse is palpable. In a Carbo Veg patient, the pulse is weak but not palpable. It disappears under the finger. Arsenic is helpful in other cardiac diseases. The patient gets breathless on climbing uphill and also when flying. Such cases will benefit from Arsenic given before, during and after the journey. Gangerine and Arsenic Alb - Arsenic is a very useful remedy in gangerine. In gangerine the afflicted part gets ischemic and infected. In my experience, Arsenic has proved life saving in many cases. In some cases where surgery seemed unavoidable the patient, by the grace of God, was completely cured with timely use of Arsenic Alb 200. In another case, a young man had his arm crushed in a machine, the wound became infected and amputation was advised. I treated him with Arsenic Alb in CM to be repeated weekly over a few weeks. By the grace of God the arm of the patient soon started regaining normal color and the black colouration disappeared, thus surgery was avoided. If the case does not respond to Arsenic Alb one should try other remedies like Silicia or Sulphur in high potency before surgery, otherwise it is better to have surgery to save the patient’s life. In deep ischemic ulcers Kali Iodide and Arsenic Iodide can be helpful. * Arsenic on its own always means Arsenic Album. Arsenic Alb and eyes - the whole eye is inflamed. In Kali Carb the inflammation is confined to the upper eyelid, while in Apis it is the lower eyelid. Premature ageing - the patient can have symptoms of ageing in Arsenic, but it is more marked in Sarsaparilla and Chinumum Ars.