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Arsenic Album – Homeopathic Medicine: Its Uses, Indications and Dosage

Homeopathic medicine Arsenic Album is prepared from the white oxide of metallic Arsenic, . A solution is prepared by diluting aqueous arsenic . It is diluted till the point where no trace of arsenic is left behind in the solution and it is no longer poisonous. This can then be used as a medicine to treat a wide range of diseases without any side effects.   Arsenic Album

The ‘Arsenic Album’ Constitution

Arsenic Album is adapted to a hydrogenoid constitution. It is suited to people of full plethoric habit (excessive blood in the body.) It is also suitable for young, anaemic people.

Drug Action

Arsenic Album is a deep-acting, polychrest medicine that has prominent action on almost every organ of the body. Action of Arsenic Album is marked on the nerves where it helps to treat neuralgia and neuritis. It also acts on blood and blood-vessels and helps to treat varices, anaemia and conditions where there is a loss of blood (as in metrorrhagia, haemoptysis.) Apart from the above, its action on the nose, mind, lungs, liver, gastrointestinal tract and skin is highly commendable.

Clinical Indications

Arsenic Album is used to treat anxiety, OCD, Asthma, chronic fatigue syndrome, food poisoning, allergic rhinitis, stomach inflammation & ulcers, psoriasis, eczema, enlarged liver,  and hepatitis.

Scope As a Homeopathic Remedy 

1. Mental Complaints 

Arsenic Album is a leading remedy for treating complaints of the mind. It works on a deep psychological level to aid relief in cases of many mind complaints, primarily indicated for anxiety, fears and OCD (obsessive compulsive disorder).

Anxiety and Fears

A person having anxiety issues can benefit from this remedy. The major anxieties in such cases include anxiety about health, about future, about little affairs of life. Along with anxiety, excessive restlessness may also be present. The person finds rest nowhere and tends to change place continually. There is trembling, palpitations, sweating, and coldness of limbs. A constriction of the chest and difficulty in breathing attends. A night aggravation of anxiety may be seen. The affected person remains sleepless, and lots of fears prevail among them, the most common being a fear of death, fear of catching an infection and fear of financial loss.

OCD (Obsessive Compulsive Disorder)

This remedy is highly suggested for treating cases of OCD (obsessive compulsive disorder). It helps a person of OCD to overcome a habit of frequent hand washing. A person requiring Arsenic Album has marked fear of germs and catching an infection. He is obsessed with a thought that every object is dirty and carries germs. As a result a compulsion to wash hands arise and he frequently washes hands after touching any object to prevent infection.

Cold, Allergic Rhinitis, Hay Fever

This medicine has a marked action on the nasal mucous membranes and proves a very useful remedy for treating nasal complaints. A person having cold, influenza, allergic rhinitis/hay fever can be treated well. Here the guiding symptoms for its use are fluent nasal discharges along with frequent and violent sneezing. The nasal discharges are thin, watery, acrid, excoriating in nature. They cause burning, smarting in the nostrils. These discharges tend to corrode the upper lip. Nose may also feel stopped up. In case of influenza, excessive fatigue and tiredness attends nasal symptoms. Person needing this medicine may have worsening of symptoms in open air and feel relief indoors.

2. Respiratory Problems 

This medicine is highly recommended to treat respiratory complaints including asthma and pneumonia. In cases of asthma, it is indicated when there is difficulty breathing, constriction/tightness in chest and prominent wheezing in the chest. A suffocated sensation arises, and cough with yellow, green or frothy sputum attends. Sometimes a burning sensation in the chest is also felt. Anxiety and restlessness in a high degree may be present with breathing trouble. Asthma attacks that are worse on lying down or at night time are also treated wonderfully with Arsenic Album.

Pneumonia 

This medicine is also considered in cases of pneumonia where a key feature to use it is cough with dark, offensive or purulent sputum. Burning and heat in chest are well marked. Excessive weakness attends too. Pneumonia from taking cold is also suggestive of its use.

3. Gastro-intestinal Troubles

This remedy has a wonderful action on the GIT (gastrointestinal tract) where it helps to reduce inflammation in the gastric tract, relieve the burning pains and combat food poisoning.

Food Poisoning

This remedy is a first aid response to be used in cases of food poisoning. It aids in quick relief in diarrhoea, nausea, and vomiting. The vomiting mainly contains clear water, and the stool is loose, offensive, and accompanied with extreme debility. Nausea and burning sensation in the abdomen is marked. Abdominal colic is present, and stomach disorders from taking bad meat, bad water, rotten cheese, watery fruits, alcoholism are also treated well with this medicine.

Gastritis and Stomach Ulcers

In case of gastritis and gastric ulcers, it is well-indicated when pain in stomach specifically violent burning type is present. Stomach burns as from hot coals inside it. Sometimes stitching or stinging in stomach is also felt. The epigastric region is sensitive to slightest touch. Distension, bloating, fullness, hardness and sensation of weight as from a stone in stomach attends. Least food is not tolerated and is vomited at once.

Heartburn and GERD 

It helps relieve heartburn when there is an extreme burning in the middle of chest. The food pipe seems to be burning as from a corroding substance. Along with this, nausea and vomiting may also appear.

Piles

Use of this medicine in piles is considered when excessive burning is present, and the piles burn as if like fire. Along with it, there is a marked stitching pain while walking or sitting.

Diarrhoea

In cases of diarrhoea, this medicine is indicated when the stools are watery with tearing, cutting pain in abdomen. The stool is profuse and is very offensive (like rotten eggs.) The stool may be brownish or greenish in colour. Mucus and undigested particles may be present in the stool. Sometimes the stool passes involuntarily and a violent burning in the abdomen before and during loose stools is present. Extreme weakness (sometimes with fainting) and a cold sweat appears.

Dysentry

The symptoms indicating the need for this remedy in cases of dysentry are a watery stool which is highly offensive mixed with blood. The blood is dark most times, and the stool may pass involuntarily. Great prostration appears with the above symptoms. Violent burning in the abdomen is present, and chilliness, anxiety, and cutting pain in the abdomens present before passing stool. During stool, there is a burning in the anus and rectum and the rectum feels contracted.

4. Skin Issues 

A number of skin issues are taken care of with this homeopathic remedy, like Psoriasis, eczema, and more. 

For Psoriasis, this medicine helps relieve the dryness, roughness and excessive scaling from the lesions.

In cases of eczema, this medicine works well where there are dry, scaly eruptions. It is attended with marked itching and burning. This remedy helps heal dry, scaly eruptions as well as control the accompanied itching and burning.

Apart from the above, some other skin complaints that are treated with Arsenic Album are lichen Planus, ringworm, urticaria, herpes zoster and gangrene.

5. Chronic Fatigue Symptoms

This remedy is of great service in treating cases of chronic fatigue syndrome where there is excessive fatigue from little exertion, a lack of strength to do anything, a desire to lie down all the time due to fatigue and anxiety attended with weakness.

6. Liver Disorders 

This is an important medicine for enlarged liver and hepatitis. In such cases, pressure and tension in  right hypochondrium is present. Most times burning or stitching pain in the region of liver, or a pressing pain may be present. The right hypochondrium also feels bloated.

7. Sleep Issues

This is a good remedy to treat sleeplessness present with restlessness and anxiety. There is constant tossing and turning in the bed. It is also indicated for sleep full of tiresome dreams full of care, sorrow, fear, death, and misfortunes.

8. Urinary Complaints

Arsenic Album is indicated to treat cystitis and nephritis (kidney inflammation). The symptoms that are present includes scanty urine along with burning. Urine passes with difficulty and is turbid and purulent. Pus and blood with a fetid door passes in the urine. Fever and restlessness arise with above, and in severe cases, albumen passes in the urine. Stitches in the renal region may also be present. 

Dosage

This remedy can be used in both low and high potencies. It is used in low potencies in GIT complaints and renal disease, while in cases of nervous disease and skin-related problems, higher potencies are recommended.

Relationship to Other Remedies

The complementary medicines are Carbo Veg, Phosphorus, Thuja.

The antidotes are Camphor, China, Nux vomica, Opium and Veratrum Album.

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Comments

  1. I read where Arsenic Album was good for neuropathy in my feet – tingling, burning, but I do not see this listed in your post on this item. What is your recommendation?

  2. Yasir Raza says:

    Hi Dr. Mr Yasir Raza here married in 2015, 04 childrens but still premature ejaculation only in seconds. is it helpful without negative effects?

  3. Hrvoje Domić says:

    Is this medicine safe, I was confused by the fact that it is made of arsenic that has to be cleaned,

  4. Hello Dr. Sharma,

    My son who is 16 years old has autism (high functioning). Since last year and a half he is suffering from excessive pacing OCD about 45000- 50000 steps daily. He is defiant. He says he must do it and has to be done in a certain way. I cannot reason with him. No medicine seems to help him. I grew up on homeopathic medicines. My parents practiced homeopathy. So I was reading about Arsenic and I came across your website and Arsenic seems to be the right medicine for him. However I don’t know what dosage to use where 30 or 200 and at what frequency. Please advice. Thank you very much!

  5. Indu mehta says:

    Hi, i am indu mehta and suffering from ocd and IBS, for many years, I suffer from chronic gas trouble and mucus also
    Kindly suggest what medicine can I take pl

    • राज किशोर झा says:

      सरजी,नमस्कार मेरी उम्र 50 साल है ,मुझे पिछले तीन चार महीने से जांघ में दर्द होता है जिसके कारण मैं पलथी मार के बैठने में असमर्थ हूं, मैं खासकर पलथी मारकर पूजा आराधना नहीं कर पाता हूं ,मुझे चलने में कोई दिक्कत नहीं होती है हां यदि दाहिना पैर किसी चीज से टकराता है तो जांघ के ऊपरी अंदर के हिस्से में असहनीय दर्द करता है,लेकिन कुछ देर के बाद सामान्य हो जाता है।

  6. Dear dr Sharma: I suffer from neuralgia after shingles I believe after covid epidemic. / I would never take injection/ and any kind of vax. I read that after covid there was 4000 percent increase of shingles.
    I was told to take arsenic album 30 and also Rhus tox.
    Can you advice how many pills and for how long I should these medicines?
    I want to cure my destroyed nerves but I want to have peace of mind that it is safe.
    Thank you for response. I will be very grateful for advice.
    Ewa

  7. Alan Sacerdote says:

    Arsenicum album seems to help shrink my styes. Is this a recognized indication.?
    Thanks,
    Alan

  8. Satya Prakash Gupta says:

    मेरे पैर की पिंडलियों से लेकर एड़ी पंजे तक सुखी खुजली जिसमे खुजाने से जलन पैदा हो जाती है त्वचा शुष्क है सफेद रूसी झड़ती है।खुजली पूरे दिन होती रहती है। आर्सेनिक 30 में लेनी चाहिए या 200 में

    • Rita Christiansen says:

      Hi , could you please advice me , I have a small dog 8 years old a rescue , that has terribly severe itchy skin issues , in my opinion related to kidney disease , he drinks a lot and urinates a lot .Several veterinarians , including a holistic one do not seem to make the correlation between the skin issue and the kidneys . He had blood and urine analysis , skin testing and much , much more and whatever they try it seems to make it all worse . He also has seizures once every 3 weeks , from day one when I rescued him , and the Cytopoint shots gave him an immediate seizure always few hours after .I did lots of research and I know the two issues are related .So I found out that the homeopathic remedy Arsenicum could give some relieve .
      Could you please tell me if it is ok to give him Arsenicum , maybe 1 M potency , and how much to give him .And any other advice would be a total blessing at this point .
      Thank you so much in advance .
      Kind regards
      Rita

      • Maybe start with arsenicum alb 30ch and if you see positive signs, give 200ch next. I’d also think about Chininum arsenicosum since there’s kidney involvement.

  9. Dagmar Goubej says:

    hi,
    i have leeky thin skin and huge eczema for years on my left leg from toes to knee. it is red itching skin, peeling, painful and i am wondering if Arsenicum album will help with this.

    • हरीश कुमार मंडियाल says:

      हेलो डॉक्टर, में इस दवा का उपयोग अपने छोटे भाई के लिए करना चाहता हु,
      रोग:
      मेरा भाई बारहवीं की के बाद पढ़ाई रुक जाने के कारण धीरे धीरे डिप्रेशन में चला गया और आक्रामकता भी उसमे आ गई थी,
      बहुत लंबा एलोपैथिक इलाज करने के बाद,वह पूर्ण रूप से ठीक नही है,
      एक और बात बताना चाहता हूं की एलोपैथिक दवाइयों से वो ठीक हो जाता है पर शीघ्र ही उसी स्थिति में लौट आता, फिर दोबारा डॉक्टर pe जाके तो डॉक्टर एक दो दवाइयां बदल कर कोर्स कंटिन्यू करवाता है और फिर बस बार बार बस यही क्रम चलता रहता है
      अभी जो लक्षण हैं वो इस प्रकार है
      1 लगातार कुछ सोचता रहता है।
      2 एक जगह शांति से, नही बैठता है ,
      3 लगातार इधर उधर इधर इधर घर के अंदर चलता रहता है,
      कभी एक राउंड छत पे जाके आएगा अंदर आएगा बैठेगा फिर उठ कर कुछ सोच कर इधर उधर चलने लगता है।
      सुबह से शाम तक जरा भी शांति से एक जगह नही बैठता लगातार चलता रहेगा,

      इस दवा के लक्षण उससे मेल खाते है,उसकी उम्र 25 साल है।
      कृपा कर बताएं कि क्या इस दवा का उपयोग किस पोटेंसी में और किस तरह करना चाहिए और वो दावा ना खाए तो क्या विकल्प है??

  10. Dagmar Goubej says:

    hi,
    i have leeky skin and huge eczema for years on my left leg from toes to knee. it is red itching skin, peeling, painful and i am wondering if Arsenicum album will help with this.
    i have very thin skin on my leg and worried about infection.

  11. if you have had the covid shots, definitely don’t get any more — ever. My 77-yr-old teacher suffered terrible herpes-shingles-like response to one of her booster in 2022. This is after having heart palpitations upon the first shot, and asthma on the second. I’d skip all shots from here on out knowing what i do now.

  12. What potencies would you use for a really bad case of shingles? Thank you

    • if you have had the covid shots, definitely don’t get any more — ever. My 77-yr-old teacher suffered terrible herpes-shingles-like response to one of her booster in 2022. This is after having heart palpitations upon the first shot, and asthma on the second. I’d skip all shots from here on out knowing what i do now.

  13. Gail Naegele says:

    My deep appreciation for all the information you present. I am a 76 year oldretired nurse, who believes strongly in homeopathic, and natural treatments wherever possible. I wish I could afford to be able to have a homeopathic specialist, however, finances in my situation prevent this. I would like to use Arsenica for very long term, with complications, ME/CFS and a throat and oral mucous membranc chronic something. Can you please suggest a dose and duration for taking it. Thank you again,

  14. What is correct dosage and where would I buy arsenic album for 7 yr old granddaughter who suffers from respiratory problems from pre existing cat and dog dander in her new home ? Thanks

  15. Indumathy says:

    Is homeopathic medicine available for SLE with Lupus Nephritis

  16. Leilani says:

    I’d like to try this for my 7 year old son who has been complaining of feeling like he can’t breathe sometimes. This has been going on for about a week. He points to the middle of his chest and says the feeling is right there. One day he even had chest pain. He also has some skin issues. What dosage should I use for him?

    • Deeptish Dey says:

      Ars. And Nux both are antidotes but also each followes another. My. Doc has suggested ars. 200 in the morning and Nux 200 at evening. I am confused. Can you please tell me inner points to a homeopathy lover?

      Thanks

  17. Elizabeth says:

    Hello
    Thank you for your website.
    I have used it countless times to decide on what remedy to use . Thank you for all the helpful information.
    Can you please tell me how to take Arsenicum album for chronic anxiety ? Do I dose 3x/day 5 pellets/day forever of Boiron 30c? Three times a day until noticeable change that lasts more than a few hours than stop dosing until anxiety creeps back in? Do I need 200c or 30x or 6c instead of 30 c?
    Thank you for your response .

    • I have the exact same question as Elizabeth who wrote on 1/19. I’d like to try this for anxiety, sleeplessness, exhaustion, and eczema. I’m confusing as to the dosing and if I need 200c, 30x, 30c or 6c. I just need relief soon. I’m so exhausted due to lack of sleep.

      • Hello Eva, You can start with 200c if you are running out of options. I recommend start with 1 a day.

        Please post here if you notice any improvements so you can give your favor back to the Universe 🙂

        Namastay

        • Hi I took this for gastritis and leaky gut : burning mouth throat and tummy so I took 1 dose and I have had more burning was advised not to take it anymore x is there anything I can do to help my symptoms?

          Thank you 🙏

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