Natrium arsenicosum
as William Boericke recorded it in Homoeopathic Materia Medica, 1927
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General
Arseniate of Sodium A remedy for nasal catarrh, with headache, pain at root of nose, dry and painful eyes. Psoriasis (Ars; Chrysoph ac; Thyroid). Bronchitis of children over seven years. Facilitates the termination of the cold and conserves strength and appetite (Cartier).
Head
Floating sensation on turning head quickly; aching in frontal region and root of nose, over orbits. Headache; worse pressure and tobacco smoke.
Ears
Catarrhal conjunctivitis and blepharitis marginalis. Eyes feel weak, stiffness of balls and tendency of lids to close. Feel heavy and droop. Lachrymation in wind. Agglutination in morning. Dry, painful, burning; soon tire. Œdema of orbital region. Supraorbital pain.
Nose
Watery discharge; drops into throat. Feels stopped; pain at root. Dry crusts, on removal, leave mucous membrane raw. Post-nasal dropping of thick, bland, yellowish mucus. Crusts in nose.
Throat
Dark, purplish, swollen, œdematous; red and glassy.
Respiratory
Racking cough, with profuse greenish expectoration. Oppression of chest and about heart, and also larynx. Miner's asthma. Lungs feel as though smoke had been inhaled.
Extremities
Aching in arms; worse in shoulder. Pain in anterior crural nerves. Joints stiff. Feels tired all over. Knee-joints crack.
Relationships
Compare: Ars; Kali carb; Apis.
Dose
Third to thirtieth potency.
What the other books say about Natrium arsenicosum
The same remedy read by a different author. They disagree, and the disagreements are where the remedy becomes recognisable.
- Natrium arsenicosum in Farrington — Lectures that teach remedies in families, by comparing them with each other.
- Natrium arsenicosum in Kent — Kent teaching a class, one remedy at a time — fewer remedies, far more on each.
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Create a free accountCite this page. William Boericke. Homoeopathic Materia Medica. 9th edition (preface dated San Francisco, June 1927). Natrium arsenicosum — General. HomeopathyWorld, https://homeopathyworld.in/materia-medica/books/boericke/natrium-arsenicosum. Published 1927: public domain in the US (since 2023) and in India (author died 1929). Reproduced as the author wrote it; a historical reference for students and practitioners, not medical advice.