Arsenicum Sulphuratum Flavum
Overview:
Arsenicum Sulphuratum Flavum (Ars sulph flavum), a distinctive remedy within the vast pharmacopoeia of homeopathy, holds a notable place for its affinity towards skin affections, particularly those manifesting with characteristic white patches and accompanying sensations of burning and itching. Prepared through the potentization of yellow sulfide of arsenic (As
2S3), this remedy is considered when the symptom picture aligns with specific modalities and the peculiar, often outwardly directed, nature of its pains, reflecting homeopathy’s principle of "like cures like" in addressing a range of chronic and acute conditions.
Common names:
- Yellow Sulphuret of Arsenic
- Orpiment
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F-Frontal headache
Pain deep in, in left forehead, situated back of inner corner of eye and hither than eyebrow; it extends towards left and deeper in, like a curve or drawn bowstring.
[The Guiding Symptoms Of Our Materia Medica (All 10 Vols.) By Hering C.]
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L-Leucoderma
Chief remedy for leucoderma.Leucoderma is supposed to be favourably influenced by this remedy.
[Concise Materia Medica Of Hom. Remedies By S.R. Phatak]
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A-AFFECTIONS of the skin, with itching and burning
This highlights a key area where Arsenicum Sulphuratum Flavum is often indicated. The combination of skin issues accompanied by both itching and burning sensations is a significant pointer towards this remedy.
[Boericke’s New Manual of Homoeopathic Materia Medica with Repertory]
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V-Varicose veins
Trembling of body and limbs. Twitching of muscles. Varicose veins. Many symptoms worse after sleep. Walking ameliorates, walking in open air aggravates; walking fast aggravates. Warmth of bed ameliorates. Extreme weakness, weakness in morning, during menses, after exertion, after eating, from perspiration, after stool, from walking in open air.
[Lectures On Homoeopathy By Kent J. T.]
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U-Unreasonable
Mental work is impossible after eating. Great liveliness, then muttering. Extremely unreasonable and obstinate. Offended without cause and quarrelsome followed by fury.
[Lectures On Homoeopathy By Kent J. T.]
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M-Marked periodicity
Periodicity is very marked.
[Lectures On Homoeopathy By Kent J. T.]
Introduction of Arsenicum Sulphuratum Flavum
Constitution
Clinical of Arsenicum Sulphuratum Flavum
Mental Symptoms of Arsenicum Sulphuratum Flavum
Guiding Symptoms of Arsenicum Sulphuratum Flavum
Characteristic of Arsenicum Sulphuratum Flavum
Therapeutic Value
Modality of Arsenicum Sulphuratum Flavum
Remedy Relationship of Arsenicum Sulphuratum Flavum
Dose of Arsenicum Sulphuratum Flavum
Terminologies
Reference
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Introduction of Arsenicum Sulphuratum Flavum
Introduction of Arsenicum Sulphuratum Flavum
Common name:
Yellow Sulphuret of Arsenic Orpiment[1]
Family / Group / Class / Order
Mineral Kingdom
Habit and habitat / Description
This is a lemon – yellow powder, becoming darker when heated, and is without taste or odor.
Formula / Symbols
AsS3
Name of prover
Langhammer
Introduction and history
Hahnemann published in his Materia Medica a single short proving, by Langhammer, one of the most trustworthy provers. Some reports of effects by the Old School physicians are given in Allen’s Encyclopedia, 1,556; also a symptom observed by Hencke.
Constitution
Constitution
Temperament
Nervous temperament
Diathesis
Scrofulus
Relation with heat & cold
Chilly
Miasm
Psoric, Tubercular, Syphilitic[2]
Clinical of Arsenicum Sulphuratum Flavum
Clinical conditions of Arsenicum Sulphuratum Flavum
Leucoderma,Apoplexy. Caries. Children, emaciated. Diarrhoea. Gonorrhoea. Indigestion. Laryngeal phthisis. Walking, late.
Sites of action / Pharmacodynamics
Skin , mucus membrane
Mental Symptoms of Arsenicum Sulphuratum Flavum
Characteristic Mental Symptoms (psychology) of Arsenicum Sulphuratum Flavum
– Intense torturing anxiety and apprehension.
– Anxiety; physical. Anxiety in bed; as if he would fall out of bed.
– Frightened easily. Fear of night; of being alone, of death.
– Restless at night; excited; dreams with seminal emissions.
– Suspicious and mistrustful towards family.
– Loquacity alternating with maliciousness. Lamenting alternating with laughing.
– Vivaciousness alternating with muttering.
Guiding Symptoms of Arsenicum Sulphuratum Flavum
Guiding Symptoms of Arsenicum Sulphuratum Flavum
Generalities
Needle pricks from within outwards in chest; also on forehead, right side. Sticking behind ear. Difficult respiration. Skin chafed about genitals.Leucoderma and squamous syphilides. Sciatica and pain around the knee.
Head
Needle-like stitches in right frontal region.
Mouth
Taste bitter. Tongue furred, yellow-white, stiff, swollen, later, dry with disgust for all nourishment. Mouth and throat dry, herpetic ulcers.
Throat
Burning and gnawing in stomach, with vomiting and diarrhoea.
Stomach
Burning and gnawing in stomach, with vomiting and diarrhoea.
Abdomen
Abdomen distended, soft, painless.Violent gripings. Violent colic as from a cold, morning on waking (twenty-five hours).
Stool
Stool like water, green and slimy and terribly offensive. Diarrhoea daily 8 a.m. and several times during day, but not at night. Diarrhoea, with colic and backache and tenesmus.
Sexual Organ
Gonorrhoea, with terrible pains, discharge copious, yellow, constant, burning day and night along entire urethra, with restlessness.
Respiratory System
Respiration difficult; this lasted several years.
Heart & Pulse
Pulse frequent, hard; afterward small, thready.Pulse slow, suppressed; afterward rapid, scarcely to be felt.[4]
Extremities
Pains in left knee (twenty-five minutes).
Skin
Eruption on outer side of left wrist, also on inner side.
Sleep
Starting in sleep, also in falling asleep, as if he would fall out of bed. Restless at night, excited, dreams with seminal emissions.
Fever
Heat
Characteristic of Arsenicum Sulphuratum Flavum
Important characteristic features of Arsenicum Sulphuratum Flavum
Keynotes / Redline
1. Starting in sleep; also in falling asleep; he would fall out of bed.
2. Needle pricks from within outwards in chest; also on forehead, right side.
3. Intense torturing anxiety and apprehension.
Guiding
-Skin itching, dry, cracked, rhagades; itch.
-LEUCODERMA and squamous syphilides.
-Chafing of skin about genitals and behind ears of children.
-Burning pains; stitching tearing rheumatic pains, moving from place to place.
–Sciatica and pain around the knee.
-General debility with lameness, staggering and trembling.
-Starting in sleep; also while falling asleep; as if he would fall out of bed.
-Needle pricks from within outwards in chest; also on forehead, right side.
-Tongue furred, yellow-white, stiff, swollen; later dry with disgust for all nourishment.
–Diarrhoea daily 8 a.m. and several times during day, but not at night.
–Diarrhoea with spasms colic, backache and tenesmus. Stools like water, green and slimy and terribly offensive.
–Gonorrhoea with terrible pains; discharge copious, yellow, constant, burning day and night along entire urethra, with restlessness.
Confirmatory
Leucoderma.
Nucleus symptoms
– Leucoderma.
– Dry, itching, chafed skin.
– Wandering rheumatic pains.
– Anxiety and apprehension.
Therapeutic Value
Therapeutic Value
Leucoderma,Apoplexy. Caries. Children, emaciated. Diarrhoea. Gonorrhoea. Indigestion. Laryngeal phthisis. Walking, late.
Modality of Arsenicum Sulphuratum Flavum
Modality of Arsenicum Sulphuratum Flavum
Aggravation
During day
-loose, watery, greenish stool
Morning
-loose, watery, greenish stool
-stitching pain in hands and feet
Night
-pain and swelling in knee joints
Winter
-leucoderma with itching and burning
Sun heat
Ameliortation
Warmth
-pain and swelling in knee joints
Sleep
-headache
Passing flatus
-flatulence with heaviness in abdomen
Remedy Relationship of Arsenicum Sulphuratum Flavum
Remedy Relationship of Arsenicum Sulphuratum Flavum
Comparison
Ars-s-r
Dose of Arsenicum Sulphuratum Flavum
Dose of Arsenicum Sulphuratum Flavum
Third trituration.
Potency
30C,200C.
Terminologies
Terminologies
Main terminologies
Aggravation:
A temporary worsening of symptoms after taking a homeopathic remedy. This is often seen as a positive sign, indicating that the remedy is working on the vital force.
Amelioration:
An improvement of symptoms after taking a homeopathic remedy.
Constitution:
The overall physical, mental, and emotional makeup of a person. Homeopathic prescribing often considers the individual’s constitution when selecting a remedy.
Hahnemannian:
Relating to Samuel Hahnemann (1755-1843), the founder of homeopathy, or his original principles and methods.
Holistic:
Considering the whole person – mind, body, and spirit – rather than just isolated symptoms. Homeopathy is a holistic system of medicine.
Materia Medica:
A collection of information about homeopathic remedies, including their origins, preparations, and the symptoms they are known to address (provings).
Nosode:
A homeopathic remedy prepared from diseased tissues or secretions.
Organon of Medicine:
Samuel Hahnemann’s seminal work outlining the principles and practice of homeopathy.
Potentization (Dynamization):
The unique process of serially diluting and succussing (vigorous shaking) homeopathic remedies. This process is believed to enhance the therapeutic power of the substance while reducing the risk of toxicity.
Proving:
The process of administering a substance to healthy volunteers and carefully recording all the physical, mental, and emotional symptoms that arise. These symptoms form the basis of the Materia Medica.
Repertory:
An index of symptoms with a list of homeopathic remedies associated with those symptoms. Homeopaths use repertories to help them find the most appropriate remedy for a patient based on their unique symptom picture.
Single Remedy:
The homeopathic principle of prescribing only one remedy at a time that most closely matches the totality of the patient’s symptoms.
Succussion:
The vigorous shaking of a diluted homeopathic solution at each step of potentization. This is considered a crucial part of the process.
Totality of Symptoms:
The complete picture of a patient’s symptoms, including physical sensations, emotional states, mental characteristics, and any other peculiar or characteristic signs. Homeopathic prescribing aims to find the remedy that best covers this totality.
Vital Force:
In homeopathic philosophy, the dynamic, invisible energy that animates living organisms and maintains health. Disease is seen as a disturbance of the vital force, and homeopathic remedies are believed to stimulate the vital force to restore balance and health.
Reference
Reference
[1]Materia medica by william boericke
[2] Zomeo
[3]Dictionary Of Practical Materia Medica (All 3 Vol.) By Clarke J. H.
[4] Encyclopedia Of Pure Materia Medica, Vol.1 By Allen T.F.
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Main ways
1. Specific Remedy Name Searches:
"Homeopathic Materia Medica Arsenicum Sulphuratum Flavum":
This is a direct way to find detailed descriptions of the remedy, including its provings (symptoms observed in healthy individuals), keynotes, and characteristic symptoms.
"Arsenicum Sulphuratum Flavum homeopathic remedy":
This broad search will likely bring up general information, uses, and descriptions from various homeopathic resources.
2. Symptom-Based Searches (Less Direct for Finding Articles Specifically About the Remedy):
People might search for articles discussing remedies for specific symptoms known to be associated with Ars sulph flavum, such as:
"Homeopathic treatment for leucoderma" (vitiligo)
"Homeopathic medicine for tearing pains"
While these searches might mention Ars sulph flavum as a possible remedy, they won’t necessarily lead to articles focused solely on the remedy itself.
3. Searching within Homeopathic Websites and Databases:
Many reputable homeopathic websites and online Materia Medicas have search functions. Users can directly input "Arsenicum Sulphuratum Flavum" to find information and articles specific to that remedy. Some examples include:
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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
What is Arsenicum Sulphuratum Flavum in homeopathy?
Arsenicum Sulphuratum Flavum
, also known as yellow sulfide of arsenic or Ars sulph flavum, is a homeopathic remedy prepared through a process of trituration and potentization of the chemical compound arsenic trisulfide.
What are the common uses of Ars sulph flavum?
What types of symptoms might Arsenicum Sulphuratum Flavum help with?
Characteristic symptoms
that might indicate the use of Ars sulph flavum include tearing or needle-like pains (often described as radiating outwards), white patches on the skin, and specific locations of headaches, such as the forehead.
Is Arsenicum Sulphuratum Flavum safe to use?
Homeopathic remedies
including Ars sulph flavum, are highly diluted. When prescribed by a qualified homeopath, they are generally considered safe. However, it’s crucial to consult a practitioner for appropriate guidance and dosage.
How does Arsenicum Sulphuratum Flavum work according to homeopathic principles?
Homeopathy operates
on the principle of "like cures like" (Similia Similibus Curentur). Ars sulph flavum is chosen when its characteristic symptom picture closely matches the totality of the patient’s symptoms, aiming to stimulate the body’s vital force to heal itself.
What is the difference between Arsenicum Sulphuratum Flavum and other arsenic-based homeopathic remedies?
While both contain arsenic, different arsenic-based homeopathic remedies (like Arsenicum Album) are prepared differently and have distinct symptom pictures and therapeutic applications based on their unique provings and chemical combinations.
