REMEDY MINI WORKBOOKS:

ARSENICUM ALBUM
BY
NEIL SLADE PHD
Copyright 2016 Dr Neil Slade PhD
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Disclaimer: This workbook is intended as an educational aid for students of homeopathy and
naturopathy. It is not intended to be a self-help or treatment guide. Anybody wishing self-help
or homeopathic treatment should first seek medical advice and/or advice from a fully qualified
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
THE REMEDY: ARSENICUM ALBUM
MENTAL AND EMOTIONAL PICTURE
SOME USEFUL POINT COMPARISONS WITH OTHER SIMILAR REMEDIES
PHYSICAL ARSENICUM ALBUM
FOOD DESIRES AND AVERSIONS
SIDES OF THE BODY
MAIN BETTER FOR (>) AND WORSE FOR (<) MODALITIES
CLASSIC TIME MODALITIES
SOME CHARACTERISTIC SRPS (STRANGE, RARE AND PECULIAR)
SOME INTERESTING FACTS
SOME COMMON THERAPEUTIC INDICATIONS
ARSENICUM ALBUM CRIB CARD
SELF-TEST QUESTIONS
REFERENCE LIST & BIBLIOGRAPHY COMBINED
AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY
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THE REMEDY: ARSENICUM ALBUM

This remedy is made from the white oxide of arsenic (arsenic trioxide). It is one of Hahnemanns
original remedies and was proved by him. Arsenicum album has become a major polycrest remedy
and has undergone several further provings over the years since Hahnemanns work. The remedy has
many clear and key indications that will be brought out in the following sections.
White arsenic is of great historical significance. Various preparations of it have been used as a beauty
treatment by many different societies and cultures. It has been used to control pests and vermin; the
most obvious example of this is its use in the manufacture of old-style flypapers. In Victorian times it
was a constituent of the green colouring in wallpapers, and a compound of arsenic gave rise to the
pigment Scheeles green (some historians even claim that this was implicated in the death of
Napoleon in a damp room, mould attacking the arsenic in the wallpaper would have produced an
arsenic gas that could be inhaled and had a cumulative toxic effect over time). Green isnt really a
colour associated with this remedy, but if you remember the green wallpaper it might help you to
recall that the remedys discharges can sometimes be greenish. Due to its toxicity, arsenic has been
used in the preservation of hides and stuffed museum specimens. Historically, it was used in various
ways by the medical profession, e.g. the treatment of syphilis, and is still employed today, although to
a minor degree, in some aspects of modern cancer treatment due to the substances ability to cause
apoptosis in cancer cells.
However, perhaps the most obvious use of white arsenic is as a poison and the historical, and indeed
the criminal, record is filled with many such cases. It has been given in small doses over a period of
time in order to have a cumulative effect on a victim, with poisoning occurring once the arsenic in the
body has reached a critical concentration. It has also been given in single, large doses where its
effects are violent, rapid and all too predictable.
Many famous poisoning cases can be brought to mind. For example, those linked to Giulia Tofana in
17th century Italy. She became so famous for supplying arsenic to people who wanted to remove
family members, friends or enemies that she even produced her own liquor, the notorious Aqua
Tofana a solution of primarily white arsenic, but also lead salts and belladonna. White arsenics
soluble nature and lack of taste makes it ideal for adding to a persons meal or drink (I hope nobody
is getting any ideas from reading this!) Her celebrity infamy did not do Giulia any good, though, as
she was finally brought to justice and executed along with her accomplice daughter in Rome in 1659.
A little closer to home we have Mary Ann Cotton (1832-73), who is perhaps one of the most
infamous and prolific users of arsenic in the UK. She used arsenic to dispose of three of her four
husbands (the one who survived was the only one who didnt take out life insurance!), her mother and
most of her many children and stepchildren, possibly 21 people in total, in order to claim on
insurances and inheritances. She claimed to have bought the arsenic from a local chemist in order to
kill bed bugs. All the people around her were declared to have died of gastric fever, which was an
epidemic condition that swept through populations with a degree of frequency. It was only when she
had marked up so many deaths that police investigators became interested in her.
Arsenic poisoning has a profound effect on the gastrointestinal system, causing violent, intense

burning pains, diarrhoea, fever-like symptoms, pallor, chills and sweating. The pains cause
restlessness along with great anxiety of the mind, followed by extreme prostration before death
occurs. Many of these symptoms could be those of gastric fever, hence the easy initial diagnoses of
the causes of death of Mary Ann Cottons victims. The symptoms of arsenic poisoning are also clearly
seen in the remedy picture outlined below. When the police decided to investigate, Mary Ann Cotton
fell foul of another of arsenics characteristics. The bodies of her relatives who had been buried and
were exhumed for examination were in a very good state of preservation due to the preserving
qualities of arsenic (it is lethal to the various bacteria and microorganisms that play a role in the
decomposition of a body). Thus, quantities of arsenic were easily found in their digestive systems.

MENTAL AND EMOTIONAL PICTURE

Arsenicum album has several core themes but the most important of these is a dual process of
INSECURITY and DEPENDENCY. Much of the typical mental and emotional presentation of this
remedy can be said to be born out of these two.
Anxiety a lot of the Arsenicum anxiety is related to anxiety about health. In the repertory this is a
huge rubric and thus needs some qualifying. Arsenicum has two main areas where it has anxiety
around health issues their fear of death and their fear of cancer, and most authors agree that
Arsenicums anxiety about their health is really a deep-down fear of dying (see later). The anxiety in
this remedy can be so great that they will demand help, assistance or treatment and can be very strong
in their demands for acknowledgement of their selves and what they say or do. They can latch onto a
practitioner, becoming very dependent on them for support in many ways. At the same time they will
also despair of any successful treatment being available to them (they share this to a degree with Calc
carb).
NOTE: Phosphorous also has a huge anxiety about their health, but they are not as obsessive or
tenacious about it as Arsenicum. Phosphorous will often forget their health anxieties unless these are
brought to their attention, whereas Arsenicum will always have them running through their head.
Phosphorous can also fix equally on the state of health of family and friends and have anxieties about
this, whereas Arsenicum is much more self-centred in its health anxieties.
As you move through this workbook it will become clear that Arsenicum is a very controlling remedy,
but this is not because they are dictatorial or take some sort of pleasure from ruling others. They are
controlling because this is a way of calming their innate anxious tendencies. If they are looking after
everything, holding everything together, they think that there will be nothing that is unexpected, nothing
that will challenge their stability, etc., which means that they can relax a little. You can imagine the
massive amount of energy needed to keep this going, so it is no wonder that we see physical collapse
and great prostration coming through in the later stages of the Arsenicum progression.
Fastidious a lot of Arsenicums fastidious nature comes from the need to be in control. Having
control reduces their feelings of insecurity. An ordered, perfect world around them allows them to
feel as though they are on top of everything. We are often told that, in the extreme, this fastidiousness
can be seen as obsessive-compulsive, e.g. books all neatly lined up by their height or arranged
alphabetically, and cupboards in which the labels of all the tins are facing outwards and put in a
special order. Any mixing up of this order causes anxiety and must be rectified immediately, because
they cannot settle until everything has been attended to. This aspect of Arsenicums personality can be
linked to a high level of organization in both their private and work lives. The fastidiousness also
links to the Arsenicums appearance. Clothes and hair are always neat and tidy. Everything about the
Arsenicum is usually spotless and clean, with imperfections or stains on clothing leading to anxiety.
This concern over dirt and germs is very much an example of Arsenicums link to the syphilitic
miasm. For your ideal Arsenicum just consider Agatha Christies Hercule Poirot, the characters
fastidiousness regarding his surroundings and appearance is exactly Arsenicum. Remember too that
Hercule Poirot always carried a cane and Kent (1995) tells us that Constantine Hering used to

describe the typical Arsenicum patient as the gold-headed cane patient! Another interesting Poirot
point is that, in him, Christie has written an Arsenicum character par excellence and what was
Christies most popular method for dispatching of her victims in her books? Yes, youve guessed it
arsenic!
Censorious Arsenicum is a complainer. Rarely is anything right for them, unless they have done it
themselves; yet again, this brings us back to the control issues of the remedy. They can be slightly
forgiven for this complaining nature as they also set a high standard for their own tasks. Remember
that Arsenicum is one of the obsessive-compulsive remedies and, as is often seen with the obsessivecompulsive personality trait, exactness and perfection in things are high on the list. Thus they are also
self-critical.
Hypochondria Arsenicum people have huge fears and insecurities relating to their health. These are
the individuals who read something in a book, magazine or on the Internet and think Thats it! Thats
me. Thats what Ive got. They also have a tendency to hang onto their illnesses. The Arsenicum
illness is often special or complex; few people really understand it and even fewer have the
ability to help the patient. (See below about the constant changing of practitioners, therapies and
treatments.) The Arsenicum patient often sees the worst-case scenario of their illness. Innocuous
symptoms can either be interpreted as signs of dire illness or can be exaggerated to make them appear
much more sinister. They are not easily pacified or convinced otherwise the person who tells them
that there is nothing to worry about doesnt know what they are talking about. One of the reasons
behind this hypochondriac tendency is that the Arsenicum patient can often truly believe they are
seriously ill and will probably die. They have a great fear of death, thus they want all signs and
symptoms to be taken very seriously, all possible tests to be carried out and they will move away
from anyone who tells them it is nothing or they are fine and things arent as bad as they think, in
order to find someone who will take them more seriously. Hence their tendency to change
practitioner, etc.
Restless the Arsenicum type cannot settle to anything. They flit from one task to another. Their
minds are constantly running, solving difficulties, anticipating and dealing with problems, working
out a strategy and employing it. Part of their restlessness is also derived from their huge desire to
control everything. They will continually expend energy covering many bases in their lives in their
drive to control things. Remember, loss of control = ANXIETY. The more anxious the Arsenicum
person gets, the more restless they become, especially mentally. Remember also that the Arsenicum
person despairs of any recovery. Their illness is much too complex for anyone to treat, thus we see
restlessness in their need to move from practitioner to practitioner and therapy to therapy. Sometimes
this switching is done benignly, but often the Arsenicum person will complain about the previous
practitioner or therapy, because something will not have been good enough for them. NOTE: the
Arsenicum person will often show physical weakness and great mental restlessness. Physically, they
express their restlessness through fidgeting, moving from chair to chair, not being in one place or one
position for any length of time. Relaxation, especially of the mind, is something that is very difficult
for them.
Fears Arsenicum has many fears but only the more marked ones are mentioned here. There is a huge
fear of death, and as you have seen above this is probably at the root of all the health anxieties this

remedy can show. There is a fear of being poisoned, perhaps not surprising given the source of the
remedy. The Arsenicum patient will often query the remedy you have given them; they will view it
suspiciously and might need some convincing to take it or, indeed, might simply refuse to take it. Fear
of the dark in some Arsenicum cases this can be very marked. I once had a patient who was in the
late stages of their terminal disease and moved into a very clear Arsenicum state; part of this state
was a fear of the dark that they had never had before. When I asked why they thought this fear had
emerged at this point they answered that it was linked to a fear of their death. To them, death equalled
darkness and oblivion, thus when it went dark at night and the lights were out, it acted as an all too
real premonition of their own death.
One of the reasons DEPENDENCY is such a central theme of this remedy is that all of the above
fears are hugely exaggerated when Arsenicum is alone. They require people around them; it is almost
as if these people give Arsenicum meaning and validation. Not only is there a huge dislike of being
alone and a worsening of the Arsenicum state when alone, but they fear it, too.
For some very good remedy comparison points on some of these specific mental and emotional areas
I would suggest reading Vithoulkass account of this remedy in The Essence of Materia Medica.

SOME USEFUL POINT COMPARISONS WITH

OTHER SIMILAR REMEDIES
ARSENICUM ALBUM AND NUX VOMICA
Although at first glance these two remedies would appear to be very dissimilar they do share some
characteristics.
Both remedies are ambitious and work hard. However, Nuxs strategies are much more for short-term
goals and achievements. Arsenicum tends to be more of a planner and will look for the achievement
of long-term goals. In a sense, Nux vomica is the sprinter and Arsenicum the marathon runner of
achievements.
Both remedies are driven, with their interests in business and in pleasure. They both show a high
degree of motivation. However, Nux has the edge here, being the more driven of the two.
Both remedies have a very strong sense of duty and doing the right thing.
Neither remedy tolerates fools or shirkers Nux vomica has a tendency to shout and scold, whereas
Arsenicum is critical in a very professional manner, although they might not always express their
criticisms to the person concerned and might moan about a persons failings behind their back. Nux
vomica will always tend to tackle the person at fault full on.
Nux is a lot more secure and independent in its activities. The remedy profile tends to be self-reliant
and secure in its beliefs. Arsenicum is generally much more insecure and has a tendency to keep
people around them so they can tell the Arsenicum that they are doing well and everything is good
this links back to Arsenicum requiring company and not being good when alone, whereas Nux is
secure enough to be alone without it bothering them.
Both remedy pictures are leaders Arsenicum because they are controlling of people and situations,
finding it hard to be controlled by anyone else (this makes them anxious); Nux vomica because they
are the best person for the job and what they say goes in order to achieve a goal.

ARSENICUM ALBUM AND VERATRUM ALBUM

Both remedies are chilly, but this is taken to an extreme with Veratrum which has an icy chilliness
about it. Veratrum may have an outwardly chilly feeling but a sensation of internal burning which is
not seen in Arsenicum (unless it is a specific burning pain). Both the remedies are worse for cold and
better for heat.
Both remedies show great prostration and collapse. Both remedies may be clammy and pale in this
state, but Veratrum tends to have a colder, clammier sweat on the forehead than Arsenicum.
Arsenicum is often weak/prostrate physically but can still show restlessness of the mind, whereas
Veratrum is more characterized by total collapse of the mind and body.
Arsenicum generally has a thirst for small sips of cold water. Veratrum tends to have a strong thirst
for large quantities that are freely drunk; often the craving is for ice-cold water. However, this is
frequently vomited very soon after it has been swallowed.
The discharges of Arsenicum are scanty, whereas those of Veratrum are copious.

PHYSICAL ARSENICUM ALBUM

This remedy has an affinity to three main parts of the body: the mucous membranes, gastrointestinal
system and respiratory system (remember, mucous membranes are a huge feature of the latter two).
Gastrointestinal system this remedy has a great affinity to the gastrointestinal system and should
be one of the first remedies thought of in all cases of classic food poisoning (vomiting and diarrhoea
with accompanying abdominal pain and chills). There is a long list of things that are particular to the
Arsenicum food poisoning bad meat, bad fruit, overripe fruit, bad beer and alcohol in general.
Remember, all the pains that are felt are burning pains that are often better for heat (hot food and
drink, hot/warm abdominal applications and wraps, etc.).
The diarrhoea of Arsenicum is thin, watery, foul-smelling and excoriating. The anal opening will
soon become red and sore. Most importantly, the diarrhoea burns the rectum and anus as it is passed.
With their gastrointestinal upset the Arsenicum patient usually cannot bear the sight or smell of food.
If they do manage to eat something, diarrhoea and/or vomiting usually occurs shortly afterwards.
There is often great prostration after defaecation and the individual can be pallid and bathed in a cold
sweat. (It can look very much like Veratrum album at this stage and can be very difficult to
differentiate. Some materiae medicae tell us that if this picture is seen and Arsenicum fails, give
Veratrum, and vice versa).
Pains the pains of Arsenicum are very clear and easy to remember. They are always BURNING in
some way or another. The burning may be quite mild, but it can also be excruciating. Regardless of
whether it is a pain in the body or the pain of a discharge, it will burn. These burning pains are better
for heat of some sort. To a lesser extent we can see stinging and lancinating pains.
Respiratory system this remedy has a profound effect on the respiratory system (again, a system
where mucous membranes feature heavily). In particular, it is an asthma remedy par excellence. The
key indications are asthma attacks that occur in the early hours of the morning (remember the
midnight-3 a.m. aggravation) and will often wake the person. Arsenicum is useful in asthma attacks
that leave the individual with a cold sweat and pallid face. These can be suffocating attacks in which
the person feels unable to lie down and will fight to sit up this aspect of needing to be propped up
in bed to ease the breathing is a strong indicator of the remedy. Another characteristic is asthma from
suppressed skin eruptions, so Arsenicum would definitely be a remedy to consider in all those
cortisone-treated eczema cases where asthma has developed after the removal of the skin eruption
(remember, there are many others, such as Psorinum and Sulphur to name but two). With these
Arsenicum breathing difficulties there is often frothy expectoration. All of the above symptoms are
accompanied by Arsenicums great anxiety about their health and a need to not be left alone.
Arsenicum is also a very useful remedy for runny noses. Remember the term coryza for the copious
clear runny mucus discharged from the nose; Arsenicum is very good for this. The coryza could be
due to having a cold or it could be caused by an allergy, most especially something like hay fever.
The mucus is copious and clear and it very quickly begins to make the nose sore both inside the
nostrils and around them, over the top lip, etc. What will be seen is the excoriating aspect of the
remedy as the mucus constantly rolls over the skin. The skin appears red, sore and it will burn and

sting as more mucus comes into contact with it.

To remember the strong affinity of this remedy to the lungs it might be useful to know about the story
of the Styrian arsenic eaters. Styria is a region in the south east of Austria where men working in the
fields and forests at high altitude used to eat small amounts of crude arsenic-containing compounds
once or twice a week. They would start off with very small quantities and over time build up to
amounts higher than the average lethal dose, once a tolerance to the poison had been achieved. This
habit was acquired because the men claimed it improved their lung function, giving them extra wind
or breath to carry on with their work more easily in the thin mountain air. NOTE: if anyone is in need
of it, the Styrian defence has been used successfully in Courts of Law where the accused has
claimed the victim took arsenic for health reasons and must have simply overdosed! Please dont get
ideas.
Septic state Arsenicum has a degree of putridity to it. Its discharges can be thin, greenish,
excoriating and foul-smelling/offensive. Murphy (2006) tells us about putrid, cadaveric odours from
the Arsenicum patient. This is very much seen with late-stage Arsenicum physical deterioration.
Skin Arsenicum has a huge affinity to the skin as well. Many different types of eruptions (flaking,
scaly, small pimples, dry, rough, etc.) can be seen in this remedy, but generally speaking they will
have redness and some sort of burning/stinging quality. The area of affected skin can often look as if it
has been scalded. Skin symptoms often bring about a physical restlessness to the person. I have
always imagined something itchy as having motion, so it is easy to remember: itch = motion =
restlessness and fidgeting, and of course RESTLESSNESS is a big feature of this remedy.
The staring coat of an animal or head hair on a person is also an indication of this remedy. This is
hair that looks unhealthy and stands out from the body/head. The hair is coarse, dull and rough instead
of being smooth, shiny and sleek.
Thirst Arsenicum can be a very thirsty remedy but might not at first appear so. Unlike Bryonia, they
do not knock back huge volumes of liquid in one go; they are sippers. If you monitor an Arsenicums
sipping they will in fact consume a large volume in a day. With gastrointestinal upsets they might not
be able to keep water down, especially cold water, which the materiae medicae tell us can be
vomited back as soon as it enters the stomach. Remember, though, that in advanced Arsenicum states
the thirst might disappear and the person will literally only want a couple of sips or the mouth/lips
wetting and nothing more.
Weakness later stages of the Arsenicum state can be characterized by great weakness. We read the
word prostrate in many different books. Remember that this weak and collapsed nature is with
regard to the physical Arsenicum. The mind will often still be racing with worry, fear and anxiety, i.e.
the mind remains restless. Even in this very weakened state, though, the person may still have
moments of great physical restlessness while moving around in the bed or chair.

FOOD DESIRES AND AVERSIONS

FOOD DESIRES
Refreshing and stimulating foods
Lemons (a desire shared with Belladonna)
Milk and warm drinks
Acidic foods
Sour-tasting foods

FOOD AVERSIONS
Watery fruits, e.g. melons; also worse for them
Vinegar; also worse for it

SIDES OF THE BODY

Arsenicum album isnt really a remedy with a strong leaning to one particular side of the body.
However, that said, there is a tendency for the picture to have an emphasis of right-sided complaints.

MAIN BETTER FOR (>) AND WORSE FOR (<)

MODALITIES
BETTER FOR
Warmth this is a cold remedy so it is better for heat in all its forms. For example, warm food, warm
drinks, warm applications, warm room, warm wraps
Having the head elevated, raised up
Sipping drinks
Sitting upright
Company
Sweating freely

WORSE FOR
Cold cold food, cold drinks, cold weather and cold environment
After menses
Suppressed eruptions
At the seashore
Foods that might have gone off a little, especially meat or fruit
Lying with the head low
Periodicity
Being alone this can have a particularly worsening effect on anxieties and fears

CLASSIC TIME MODALITIES

Arsenicum album shows marked aggravations from 1-3 a.m., and to a lesser extent it has the time
polarity of worse from 1-3 p.m., i.e. a 12-hour cycle. Remember that Arsenicum is a remedy with
periodicity in its picture and it is worse periodically.
Also worse/aggravated after midnight in general (some books quote an aggravation time of midnight3 a.m.).

SOME CHARACTERISTIC SRPS (STRANGE, RARE

AND PECULIAR)
Arsenicum album is characterized by having burning pains that are actually better for heat, e.g.
burning pains in the abdomen are better for warm applications and wraps.
Heat and congestion in the head that is better for cold applications this is about the only time you
will find Arsenicum better for cold applications.
It is a remedy that might show an alternation of symptoms and periodicity.

SOME INTERESTING FACTS

In the early stages of the Arsenicum state the focus tends to be more on indications of physical rather
than mental and emotional illness (the characteristics are still there, but they tend to be more subtle).
As the state progresses and becomes deeper, the mental and emotional indications become more and
more extreme.
Arsenicum is trimiasmatic i.e. it is considered to show indications of all three of the main miasms
(psoric, sycotic and syphilitic). This is perhaps not surprising, considering its very wide-ranging
polycrest nature.
Arsenicum album is strongly linked to the syphilitic miasm remember all the burning and the
excoriating (destructive) discharges seen in the remedy.
It is also a strongly sycotic remedy. Remember, it is worse for cold and damp. Consider its acute
relationship with both Natrum sulph and Thuja (two very strongly sycotic remedies).
It is often referred to as an anti-sycotic remedy in the acute/early stages and an anti-syphilitic remedy
in the chronic/later stages.
Colour the colour of this remedy is red. Redness of the skin as if the area has been scalded. A
redness as if the region has been burnt this is especially true of excoriated regions of the body
where there has been an Arsenicum discharge.
Arsenicum is the acute of Natrum sulph and Thuja.
According to Paterson (1994), Arsenicum is the main remedy related to the Dys Co (Bach) bowel
nosode.

SOME COMMON THERAPEUTIC INDICATIONS

Anxiety states
Asthma
Colitis
Collapse
Coryza
Diarrhoea
Eczema
Emaciated states
Fatigue
Food poisoning
Gastritis
Gastroenteritis
Hay fever
Panic attacks
Skin eruptions especially the scaly and desquamating types
Ulcers
Vomiting

ARSENICUM ALBUM CRIB CARD

The crib card sections contain the key bullet points of a remedy that you might want to condense onto
an index card when you are revising.
Chilly and much worse for being cold
Great prostration, often out of all proportion pale, sweaty and clammy
Restlessness of the mind and body constantly changing position from place to place
Large thirst but only for repeated small sips of water this constant sipping means that in total a large
volume of water can be drunk. (NOTE: this may turn to thirstlessness or just enough water required to
wet the lips in very advanced Arsenicum states.)
Great anxiety of the mind
Fastidious
Censorious (critical)
Burning pains in all the ailments > warmth (except head > cold)
Burning discharges that excoriate the skin or body opening
Redness as if a region has been scalded
Marked periodicity
Fearful remedy of being incurable, of cancer, of death, of being poisoned, of the dark, about their
health in general
Putrid odours of the body, of discharges
Discharges are offensive, thin, scanty, acrid and corrosive
Desires company and does not like to be alone
Skin ailments many different types of eruptions
One of the first food poisoning remedies to consider

SELF-TEST QUESTIONS
Please note the answers are not given here (yes, I know you are probably tutting at me right now). The
reason for this is that all of these questions are drawn directly from the text so in order to find or
check the answer you have to go back to the text and look up the relevant part. This gets you to
actually read and consider, and hopefully re-read the material you have been supplied with rather than
skim once and move on. I want you to have a good, fundamental working knowledge of this remedy
and that only comes with putting in the effort.
1. How does Arsenicums health anxiety differ from that of Phosphorous?
2. What are the pains of Arsenicum like?
3. Which aspect of Arsenicums fastidiousness links to the syphilitic miasm?
4. Describe how an Arsenicum type will respond when they do not have control of a situation.
5. Which time or part of the day is worse for Arsenicum?
6. Describe the typical appearance of an Arsenicum person.
7. Under what circumstances is Arsenicum better for a cold wrap or application?
8. What are the two central themes to the mental/emotional area of this remedy?
9. Describe how Arsenicum shows restlessness on a physical and mental/emotional level.
10. Arsenicum is the acute of which two remedies?
11. How do the discharges of Arsenicum album affect the skin or region they originate from?
12. To which side of the body does Arsenicum have an affinity?
13. What does Arsenicum do to make breathing easier?
14. Describe the thirst of Arsenicum and how might this change in later stages of the remedys
progression.
15. To which bowel nosode is Arsenicum most related?
16. Arsenicum has a desire for which sour-tasting fruit? Which other common remedy also shows
this?
17. Why might a typical Arsenicum not take their remedy?
18. Why is the Arsenicum type said to be dependent on people?
19. How do the discharges of Arsenicum and Veratrum album differ?
20. Is Arsenicum classed as a warm or cold remedy?
21. Describe typical Arsenicum diarrhoea.
22. What is the SRP pertaining to Arsenicums head pains and what alleviates them?

23. When Arsenicum is in its weak and collapsed state what might the mind still be doing?
24. How do the Arsenicum and Veratrum album thirsts differ?
25. What drives Arsenicums hypochondria?
26. Which miasms are said to relate to Arsenicum in its early and late stages of the remedy
progression?
27. What might be seen if Arsenicums skin eruptions are suppressed?
28. How would a typical Arsenicum patient react to being on their own?
29. Which colour is associated with Arsenicum?
30. Describe a typical Arsenicum asthma attack.

REFERENCE LIST & BIBLIOGRAPHY COMBINED

Allen, H.C. (1995) Keynotes and Characteristics with Comparisons of the Leading Remedies.
Asian Health Press, Kent.
Clarke, J.H. (1994) Decachords. B. Jain Publishers (P) Ltd, New Delhi.
Harkup, K. (2015) A is for Arsenic: The Poisons of Agatha Christie. Bloomsbury Sigma, London.
Kent, J.T. (1995) Lectures on Materia Medica. B. Jain Publishers (P) Ltd, New Delhi.
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Dr Neil Slade studied homeopathy at the College of Homeopathy, London, and graduated with
distinction. He has a PhD in infectious diseases from the Imperial College of Science, Technology
and Medicine, University of London. He is also a Chartered Biologist and is a member of the Society
of Biology. He is on the register of the Society of Homeopaths and bound by their Code of Ethics. In
2014 he became a Fellow of the Society of Homeopaths and is a Fellow of the Royal Society of
Medicine.
Neil has taught students for over 25 years and during this time he has been a Senior Lecturer and
Module Leader. Over the years Neil has won many awards for his teaching and lectures and has
frequently taught on both sides of the Atlantic. His articles can be found in a variety of magazines and
health journals. For many years he was the resident homeopathy contributor to Positive Health
magazine, writing a regular case study column.

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