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Antimonium crudum is a homeopathy remedy. It starts from black sulphide of antimony, a dark grey mineral. Its Latin name is Stibii sulphuretum nigrum, also written as Antimonium sulphuratum nigrum.
It is a single remedy, not a blend. Homeopaths pick it when the tongue has a thick, milky-white coat. Other common reasons are an upset stomach after eating too much, hard skin such as corns, and cracked heels.
It is also given to children who are cross, touchy, and do not want to be looked at or touched. The mineral is watered down over and over before the remedy is sold. At the usual 30C strength, none of the mineral is left.
Here is the verdict up front. It has a long place in homeopathy, but trials do not show it works better than a dummy pill. A long history of use is not proof that a remedy works, and that point is made here once.
Homeopathy rests on an idea called 'like cures like'. A substance that causes signs of illness in a well person is said to ease those same signs in a sick person, once it is watered down.
Raw antimony upsets the gut and the skin. That is why homeopaths match this remedy to gut and skin complaints, and to a coated tongue.
There is no known way for a remedy with none of the starting mineral left to act on the body. Any change you notice may come from time, care and the attention of the visit.
Most people buy small sugar pellets that melt under the tongue. Liquid drops in alcohol, tablets and loose powders are also sold.
Strengths on the label include 6C, 30C and 200C. The 'C' means each step waters the mix down one part in a hundred.
Low 'X' strengths, such as 1X or 3X, are watered down only one part in ten at each step. That is why more of the metal can remain in them.
Samuel Hahnemann, the founder of homeopathy, tested this remedy and wrote it up in his book The Chronic Diseases in the 1820s and 1830s. Before that, antimony had been used for years in older European medicine to make people vomit. Antimonium crudum has stayed a well-known remedy in homeopathy ever since.
See a doctor if your symptoms last more than two weeks, or get worse at any time.
Get help the same day for a fever over 39C (102F), bad belly pain, blood in your vomit or stool, or a skin sore that is spreading, hot or full of pus.
Call emergency services if someone has swallowed a lot of a low-strength antimony product and is vomiting hard, has a racing heart, or feels faint.
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