Anthracinum
Remedy of carbuncles, boils, and malignant suppurations. Terrible burning pains with black, gangrenous center. Succession of boils. Septic conditions with black discharges. Ulcers with black base and offensive pus.
Source
Prepared from anthrax-infected spleen, sterilised and potentised.
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Keynote Symptoms
Carbuncles and boils of the most malignant type — hard, burning, with black gangrenous center. Succession of boils — one after another. Black, hemorrhagic blisters. Terrible burning pains. Septic fevers. Gangrene. Ulcers with black base. Discharges horribly offensive. Induration.
Mind & Emotional Symptoms
Delirium in septic states. Anxiety. Restless.
General Symptoms
Malignant suppurations with burning and gangrene. Worse from cold, motion. Better from warmth.
Physical Symptoms
Skin
Carbuncles — the chief indication. Hard, burning, with black center. Succession of boils — one crop follows another. Black blisters. Gangrenous ulcers. Erysipelas with gangrene. Malignant pustule. Cellulitis with purple discoloration.
Throat
Gangrenous sore throat. Diphtheria with black membrane.
Abdomen
Septic peritonitis. Hemorrhagic effusion.
Fever / Chill / Perspiration
Septic fever with terrible burning. Rapid prostration. Collapse.
Modalities
Better From
Warmth
Worse From
Cold, motion, touch
Constitutional Type
Not constitutional. Used for recurring boils, carbuncles, and malignant septic states.
Clinical Indications
Recurring boils, carbuncles, malignant suppuration, anthrax, gangrene, septicemia, cellulitis, succession of boils
Comparative Materia Medica
Tarentula cubensis has carbuncles but more burning and less black. Arsenicum has burning and gangrene but more restless and thirsty. Pyrogenium has sepsis with bed-feels-hard restlessness. Echinacea has blood poisoning but less malignant.
Safety Information
Arsenicum album, Lachesis.
Nosode — no material substance above 12C. Always used in high potency. Safe in potentised form.
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