ARSENICUM ALBUM

GOLD HEADED CANE

SUBMITTED BY
ISMATH ISSUDDIN K
II BHMS
ARSENICUM THE METAL

• Arsenic is a chemical element with the symbol As and

atomic number 33. Arsenic occurs in many minerals,
usually in combination with sulfur and metals, but also
as a pure elemental crystal. Arsenic is a metalloid.
• Symbol: As
• Atomic number: 33
• Atomic mass: 74.9216 u
• Electronegativity: 2.18
• Melting point: 816.8 °C
 ARSENICUM ALBUM

Common names- white oxide of arsenic, Metallum

album,Arsenious acid.
Chemical formula-As2O3
This substance is generally prepared by sublimation from the
ores of cobalt, and is often found adulterating the ores of zinc.
It is a white powder, completely soluble in boiling water. It has
neither taste nor smell, but leaves a somewhat acrid sensation
on the fauces; and when fused and thereby deoxidized, it emits
the odor of garlic which characterizes the heated metal.
Arsenic is a poison to plants as well as to animals.
HISTORY OF THE DRUG

Arsenious acid has been known since the eighth century.

In the fourteenth century, it was used as a medicine in
the treatment of diseases of cattle.
In the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, it was used
as a caustic application to malignant ulcers, but its use
was condemned by regular physicians.
Irregular practitioners, however, had learned its value in
the treatment of skin diseases and of intermittent fever.
• From the time of Hahnemann to the present day
Arsenicum has been one of the most important and
most frequently indicated medicines.
• In the old school it is the most extensively abused in
the form of Fowler’s solutions or tasteless aguge drop.
GOLD HEADED CANE

Arsenicum Album patient is an extremely sensitive

patient.
Hering once described him as Gold headed cane
patient. If it is carried out in a woman
who is sick in bed she is in great distress if every
picture is not hung perfectly straight. Those who are
sensitive to disorder and confusion and are distubed
and made worse until everything is placed in order
have a morbid Fastidiousness which has its
similimum in arsenic.
ARSENICUM ALBUM THE DRUG

• Patients who require Ars Alb feel worthless and

vulnerable.They therefore suffer from massive fears
and carefully strive to lead a safe and secure life.
• They seek protection by being around people whom
they feel close to.
• They believe by accumulating money and
material goods they can maximize their
safety,they become miserly and they have
a great fear of poverty.
• They tend to grow suspicious and
mistrustful towards others
• Arsenicum album patients are great
perfectionists they are incredibly tidy and
clean,plan everything meticulously and as their
pathology progresses turn into severely
compulsive people.
• They have a huge desire for cleanliness.
Every speck of dust must be removed
immediately.
• By cleaning and keeping everything in
order and planning everything they try to
create a safe and secure life.
• Arsenicum types worry a great deal
about their illnesses.
• Illnesses are accompanied by great
restlessness and excitement.
• Arsenic Album patients are constantly freezing but their head is
hot.All other complaints are ameliorated by warmth except
headache in acute illnesses.
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