ANTIMONIUM CRUDUM :Chronic gastric catarrh, tongue thickly coated with a milky or a dirty-grayish fur.

Thick coated tongue.

CHARACTERISTICS.
Chronic gastric catarrh, tongue thickly coated with a milky or a dirty-grayish fur. Foetid odor from the mouth. Foul smelling flatus. Diarrhoea of undigested food and foul smelling mucus. Unhealthy looking, clammy skin. Callosities of the soles of the feet.
TOXIC EFFECTS
Depression of the action of the heart, lungs and vegetative system. Loss of flesh and strength.1. Mucous membrane of the mouth, stomach, intestines and bladder becomes loaded with foul- smelling mucus. Pharynx filled with phlegm. Mucous diarrhoea, or diarrhoea alternating with constipation. Secretions and flatus, foul smelling.2. Skin becomes unhealthy. Pimples and pustular eruptions.3.
DOSE
Third to sixth decimal trituration. The crude mineral is never prescribed.

THERAPEUTIC USES
Chronic gastric catarrh, tongue thickly coated with a milky or a dirty-grayish fur. Foetid odor from the mouth.2. Chronic diarrhoea: grayish, decomposed, foul smelling mucus.2. Foul smelling stools of undigested food and mucus. Heat and distension of the bowels with pinching and feeling of weakness.2. Eruptions inclined to secrete thin, bad smelling pus.3. Soreness of the eyelids and tinea capitis in parsons having unhealthy looking, clammy skin. Callosities of the soles of the feet.1.