Arsenicum Sulfuratum Rubrum

(Arsenic Sulphide)

Pharmacy

ars-s-r. Arsenicum sulphuratum rubrum. Arsenic sulphide. Realgar. Arsenic disulfide. Trituration. Historical dose: Trituration and all potencies.

Clinical

• Acne
• Diarrhea
• Eczema
• Furuncles
• Gastritis
• Influenza
• Neuralgia
• Psoriasis
• Sciatica

Homeopathic

The Realgar of the ancient Alchemists. The Red Sulphide of Arsenic was introduced and proved by Neidhard, but it has been used somewhat empirically on indications borrowed from its two components.

Clarke found ars-s-r. useful in many cases of influenza and its sequelae, especially sciatica. Influenza with intense catarrhal symptoms, great prostration, and high temperature, purulent discharges. Burning pains, as if coals of fire in stomach, worse drinking cold water. External heat. Bone pains.

Chilly even before a hot stove. Restless sleep with very vivid dreams. Psoriasis, acne, and sciatica. Itching in various parts. Pellagra. Convulsions. Itching in various parts. Numbness. All symptoms worse at night. Worse on waking (headache).

Mind

Crossness, irritable and acts with more energy. Indisposed for mental or physical exertion after meals.

Abdomen

Dull pain in bowels. Feeling of fullness. Violent colic with terrible vomiting. Large bluish spots.

Back

After rising in the morning, a heavy pressing pain, extending from tip of coccyx to anus, soreness of coccyx.

Chest

Chest pains. Wakes at 5 a.m. with sharp cutting pain. Commencing between cartilages of 5th and 6th ribs. Extending inwards and upwards deep into chest. Slightest motion aggravates, had to limit respiration as much as possible.

Ears

Sensations of fullness and pressing outward in right ear. Snapping sound in ear corresponding to pulsation of temporal artery. Ear feels hot. Redness and burning of ear. Tingling similar to frostbite.

Head

Severe continued pain extending deep into brain in right frontal region, also in right ear. Worse by stooping and exercise. Better cold application, 5 p.m. Waking often with dull pain in forehead over eyes, extending over top of head to crown. Pain commencing at back of head, extending around sides. Neuralgia right side of face, nose, jaw, and through temple.

Heart

Occasional sharp pains through base of heart impeding respiration.

Limbs

Rheumatism from right shoulder down arm as if in bone. Pain in right hip with lameness of leg. Severe pain in left tibia. All joints immovable after recovery from the poison.

Mouth

Bitter taste on waking.

Rectum

Pain in anus worse by efforts to stool or urination; bearing down would cause heavy sickening sensation.

Stomach

Burning in stomach like coals of fire, worse drinking cold water, could not bear least pressure on region of stomach. Sharp cutting pain in left abdominal region after each meal. Weight and gnawing in stomach.

Stool

Diarrhea, yellow, mushy stools in the morning early after getting up and in the evening before going to bed, constant tenesmus in anus.

Throat

Hoarseness with accumulation of thick, tenacious mucus in throat. Mucous membranes of mouth and throat inflamed. Right tonsil enlarged. Intolerable itching in throat inducing short, dry, expulsive cough.

Comments

J. Meredith cured with ars-s-r. mainly, a young girl who suffered from occipital headache, profuse, repulsive, nauseating nasal catarrh, leucorrhea, pelvic pains, menstrual troubles, and general anemic appearance.

T. N. McLaughlin reported much success in skin cases, especially in cases of psoriasis and also of eczema, acne, and furuncles. He gave ars-s-r. in tablets of 2x trituration. He found patients who could not tolerate Ars. could take ars-s-r. without any unpleasant symptoms and with marked curative effect. There was no gastric or intestinal irritation in any of his cases.

Relations

Compare: (I) ars-s-f., Caps.

References

Boericke, Clarke, Grimmer.