KEY SYMPTOMS

Anxiety about health, restlessness and exhaustion, chilliness, thirst for small sips of water, burning pains that are better for warmth.

REMEDY PROFILE

Those most suited to Arsen. alb. are affectionate, sensitive, and stable in good health, but may be prone to restlessness, stress, and anxiety about their health, with a deep need for reassurance. Illness brings rapid physical and mental exhaustion and chaos, which heightens their fears and vulnerability, and can cause severe anxiety or pessimism. Perfectionists by nature, they are intolerant of disorder, and when under stress or ill may develop phobias or obsessions—for example, about cleanliness. They like alcohol, warm drinks, and warm, sour, sweet, and fatty foods.

Arsen. alb. is a key remedy for asthma and breathlessness. It is also prescribed for violent digestive upsets with diarrhea and vomiting, headaches, burning eye inflammation, and itchy, weepy skin complaints.

SOURCE DETAILS

ORIGIN
Extracted from the mineral arsenopyrite, which is found in Norway, Sweden, Germany, England, and Canada.

BACKGROUND
Has long been used in Europe and the US as a preservative for tanning animal hides, and is also traditionally used to make rat poison.

PREPARATION
Arsenic is triturated by being ground repeatedly with lactose sugar until it is soluble in water. It is then further diluted and succussed.

COMMON NAMES
Arsenic, arsenic trioxide, arsenic oxide, arsenious acid.