AETHIOPS ANTIMONIALIS

Common name(s) / Synonyms: —
Botanical/Taxonomic: Prepared by trituration of two parts sulphuret of antimony with one of mercury (Berliner, Zeit. f. hom. Aerzte., vol. ii. Hom. Recorder, 1894, p. 28); Trituration.

1. IDENTIFICATION
   Prepared by trituration of two parts sulphuret of antimony with one of mercury.
2. CLINICAL (Key clinical indications)
   Scrofula;
   Ophthalmia;
   Otorrhoea;
   Skin affections;
   Syphilis.
3. CHARACTERISTICS (Keynotes / guiding symptoms)
   This medicine has not been proved, but has been used with marked success in scrofula, herpetic and eczematous eruptions, and discharges;
   Eruptions like fungi;
   Eruptions from fright;
   Scaly, painful, irritating eruptions of the face;
   Scrofulous ophthalmia;
   Offensive scrofulous otorrhoea;
   Hereditary syphilis;
   Appears to combine the power of several components;
   Its usefulness has been confirmed in many aggravations of skin affections.
4. SYMPTOMS
5. Eyes
   Scrofulous ophthalmia.
6. Ear
   Offensive scrofulous otorrhoea.
7. Skin
   Herpetic eruptions;
   Eczematous eruptions;
   Eruptions like fungi;
   Eruptions from fright;
   Scaly, painful, irritating eruptions of the face;
   Aggravations of skin affections.