M.T. Ahmad J.T. Kent
Chininum Ars is the treatment for the disorders of blood formation (haemopoetic system), resulting from chronic illnesses, associated with hypo function of the liver and dysfunction of the bone marrow. Due to the lack of blood (anaemia), the face is somewhat swollen and pale. Wrinkles appear on the face reflecting senility. The patient feels weak and listless. Chininum Ars is the examplary treatment for such patients. However, one cannot benefit without understanding the basic constitution of Chininum Ars.
Chininum Ars is a compound of China and Arsenic. It is prepared from the bark of Cinchona, which used to be the source of quinine (considered to be the best medicine for malaria). Later on, more medicines were discovered for the treatment of malaria, though quinine has its own unique status.
Chininum Ars is very useful in combating the residual ill effects of malaria. The liver and spleen enlarge; the skin is dry, lacking normal lustre. The skin looks yellow all over. The person frequently gets out of breath and loses his appetite. Such patients do not recover immediately with Chininum Ars, therefore, it should be used over a long period and then it works wonders.
Cold air aggravates the symptoms of Chininum Ars. There is a constant feeling of slight cold in the body. There is chronic diarrhoea in which stools are watery and putrid. Various parts of the body are swollen. The patient does not want to move. Instead, he likes to lie down still. In Chininum Ars, there is throbbing in the muscles which can be felt to the fingertips. The pulse is weak, thready and slow.
In Chininum Ars, like Lachesis, the symptoms aggravate after sleep. The body feels restless, more so by the evening. Many patients have a guilty conscious and firmly believe that they cannot be forgiven. The Chininum Ars patient feels guilty over trifle misgivings and becomes suspicious-minded (a victim of fear and superstition). Sometimes such patients may experience odd visual hallucinations.
During fever, a Chininum Ars patient suddenly jumps out of bed with fear. He remains restless, gradually loses hope and becomes sick of life. Noise is unbearable and the memory becomes weak. Such patients, who have lived luxurious and vulgar lives, are more likely to develop the symptoms of Chininum Ars.
In Chininum Ars, due to the weakness of the nerves and lack of blood, the patient feels jerking during sleep. This symptom has been mentioned in reference to many other remedies but is a symptom of Chininum Ars as well. Sometimes, the patient wakes up due to the feeling of pain that spreads through the body like a flash of lightning. In Chininum Ars, the symptoms resulting from low blood pressure are the same as those in Arnica and Belladonna associated with high blood pressure. The arms, legs, hands and feet become cold, but then the blood pressure rises. This is a specific symptom of Chininum Ars.
In Chininum Ars, weakness is more pronounced on the right side, such as the right side of the neck and the right arm. When the weakness advances, one may have convulsions. At night there is headache. Nasal cold also causes headache. In general, when the cold is suppressed, the headache gets worse. There is a feeling of being hammered over the head that is usually due to the lack of blood. This symptom is also salient in Natrum Mur (because Natrum Mur also is one of the best treatments for anaemia). In this, the blood becomes more dilute. In Chininum Ars, the lack of red blood cells cause anaemia, so the swelling noticed in Chininum Ars is soft and pitting in nature. The muscles of the scalp also hurt. The symptoms aggravate in the cold.
In Chininum Ars, there are symptoms related to the eyes as well. Light irritates the eye and produces warm tears. This symptom is also found in Natrum Mur. As far as the eyes are concerned in Chininum Ars, ulcers are found in not only one but in both eyes. The tendency towards developing ulcers and eczema simultaneously is also present in Chininum Ars, as in Arnica. In Arnica, if there is irritation in one eye it will eventually cause irritation in the other eye as well. Both eyes hurt at the same time. This happens in Chininum Ars also but the patient sees flashing stars and flames, which are more marked in the left eye than the right. Tears form in the left eye. There is a feeling of pain. There is noise in the ears and voices are heard. The hearing either becomes unusually sharp or the patient starts becoming deaf. These contradicting symptoms are specific to Chininum Ars.
The nose discharges blood-mixed fluid or offensive smelling pus. The nose starts decaying from the inside. There is peeling of the lips and the tip of the nose. The face is pale, earth coloured and swollen like yeast. A strange kind of glare appears on the face, typical of anaemia. The inner linings of the mouth cavity may bleed. Streaks appear on the tongue. The colour of the tongue may be black, brown, white or yellow. The gums become swollen and they start receding from the teeth. There is distaste in the mouth; even the best food tastes awful. There is unrelenting thirst, toothache at night and grinding of the teeth which disturbs the sleep. The throat is dry and sometimes there is a stinking smell from the throat. This is a grave sign because it shows that the sores inside the mouth are far too serious and have become necrotic. If all the symptoms of Chininum Ars are not evident in this kind of patient, Arsenic in high potency should be administered without delay. One symptom of Chininum Ars is that the person feels discomfort on swallowing a drop of water or a morsel of food, even if the throat is not evidently diseased. There is a need for constant hawking to clear the throat.
Sometimes in Chininum Ars, the appetite is completely extinct and one has a bad taste in the mouth, while at other times, there is an intense never-ending appetite to eat. As soon as food is taken, the abdomen becomes full. There is a feeling of burning and acidity and soon after taking food, the patient feels hungry again. He cannot digest fish and eggs but definitely is not allergic to them. In case of allergy to eggs, just one dose of Calcaria Carb in high potency may do the job. It normally works, though not always.
In Chininum Ars, nausea does not let the patient sleep. As soon as the nausea is treated, the person goes to sleep but soon afterwards, he vomits, meaning that the nausea was only temporarily suppressed yet its real cause persisted.
All the abdominal ailments produced after malaria are found in Chininum Ars. The liver and the spleen are enlarged but the rest of the abdomen is shrunken and drawn in. The stools are dry and lumpy due to constipation. In Arsenic patients, some fruits cause diarrhoea.
In Chininum Ars, haemorrhoids or piles are also found, which are markedly swollen and bluish. They also itch. In the urine, the patient passes albumin and sugar. Chininum Ars is useful in the treatment of sexual weakness of men as well as women. Women suffer from an abrasive type of leucorrhoea and the discharge is mixed with blood. The menses are copious in amount, free, offensive smelling and black or yellowish in colour. They may continue for a long time and then suddenly stop altogether. If the peculiar symptoms of Chininum Ars are also present, then this remedy, by Allah’s grace, cures all the symptoms.
In Chininum Ars, there is a feeling of spasm and paring in the windpipe, along with the sensation of suffocation. Deep breathing is difficult because it causes irritation inside the air passage. Symptoms of Asthmatic cough can also be present.
There is pain at the area of the heart, with feelings of tightness and suffocation, convulsion, swelling, weakness and palpitations. The hands and feet become cold. There is severe cramping of muscles in the calves. There are rheumatic pains in the body and pain in the knees and legs. The patient sleeps peacefully only in the latter part of the night.
It must be kept in mind that all the above symptoms, which are due to the lack of blood, will be treated by Chininum Ars. If these symptoms are present, and the person is not anaemic, the above remedy might work, but only sparingly.
Potency: from 30 to 1000
by Mirza Tahir Ahmad
CHININUM ARSENICOSUM
Complaints come on at night. Open air aggravates most complaints. General increasing anemia. Inflamed parts turn black. Chlorosis. Sensitive to cold, and complaints are worse from cold and from becoming cold. Tendency to take cold.
This is a useful remedy in weakly constitutions. Cold, pale, emaciated people. In prolonged suppuration; after haemorrhages.
Chronic diarrhea, when the weakness is the most prominent feature. Fullness of blood vessels. Dropsy in sacs, or edema. Emaciation. Cannot sustain a physical exertion. Faints on slight provocation.
Modalities: Wants to be warm; wants warm drinks and warm food. Warm room ameliorates. Wants to lie down. Aversion to motion. Stitching and tearing pains. Periodicity is most marked. Pulsation all over the body. Pulse fast, feeble and irregular. Relaxed and flabby (Calc.).
Sensitive to pain. Many symptoms come during sleep. Standing increases many symptoms.
Sensitive to touch. Trembling. Walking in the open air aggravates. Weakness from walking. Complaints come on in windy, stormy weather.
Mind: Easily angered, and refuses to talk or to answer questions. Anxiety day and night, but worse in the evening, worse during chill; anxiety with fear. Anxiety during fever, even becomes wild.
Anxiety on waking. Desires things which he cares nothing for after he gets them. Becomes critical with his most intimate friends. Complaining. Confusion of mind in the morning on waking.
Over conscientious about trifles (Silicea, Thuja). Delirious at night; after haemorrhage. Many imaginations, illusions of fancy; sees images, frightful images. Despair during chill, heat and suffering. Discontented with everything. Discouraged easily, and faint hearted.
Dulness of mind. Becomes excited over small matters. Exaltation of fancy. Fear at night that evil will come to him; fear of ghosts. Forgetful. Mind overwhelmed with ideas at night. Impatience in intermittent fever. Becomes indifferent to all enjoyment. Aversion to work.
Irritable during chill, and on waking. jumps out of bed during the fever. Moaning during the chill and the fever. Loathing of life. Weakness of memory. He is easily offended, and looks for insults.
Great restlessness at night, and during fever. Anxious restlessness, driving him out of bed; driving to despair. Extreme sadness, especially during chill and fever, and sometimes during the sweat. Oversensitiveness to noise, and in general.
Sentimental. Mental symptoms from sexual excesses, and loss of vital fluids. Refuses to talk, and remains silent. Sits by the hour in silence without moving. Wandering speech. Starting on falling asleep, and waking as from fright.
Lies in bed in a state of stupefaction in low forms of fever. Suicidal disposition. Suspicious. Persistent thoughts, Timid. Weary of life. Weeping.
The chilliness is brought on by thinking of it. The headache is worse by mental exertion.
Vertigo comes in the evening, with nausea; while walking in the open air.
Head: Cerebral congestion with great heat of the head. The forehead becomes cold and covered with sweat. Constriction of the head. Great beat in the forehead. Heaviness in the head in the morning. Motion is felt in the brain on moving the head.
Sensation of rushing in the brain, down right side of the neck and arm becoming convulsive, and ending in real convulsion. Violent darting pains in the head preventing sleep. Pain in the whole head.
Pain: in the morning on waking, in then afternoon, but most severe at night. Night headaches. Cold air brings on the head pains.
The scalp is sensitive to touch, to combing the hair, and to binding up the hair during the suffering. Catarrhal headache. Pain very severe during the chill and heat, but ameliorated as the sweat becomes free. Pains worse or brought on from becoming cold.
With coryza the pain is violent; worse coughing or jarring, after eating. Hammering headaches. Headaches during menses.
Mental exertion aggravates the headache. Nervous headache, and headache from excitement or noise. Paroxysmal pains. Periodical headaches; headache every two weeks.
Pulsating pains. Pains worse walking. Neuralgic pains, worse in left side, ameliorated by rubbing. Aching felt deep in the head. Pains in the forehead, mostly on the right side; in occiput after sleep; in sides of head in the evening; in temples and forehead in vertex.
Bruised pain all over the head after fever, and after sleep. Burning pain in left occipital region extending down the neck in the morning. Bursting pain. Pressing pain. Pressing in the forehead over the eyes. Pressing in the occiput and temples. Stitching and tearing pains in the head. Perspiration on the forehead. Complaints come on from uncovering the head in cold air.
Eyes: Inflamed eyes. Lachrymation. Intense photophobia and spasms of orbicularis muscles. Gushing hot tears. Large ulcers on each eye, worse from midnight until 3 A.M. Scrofulous opthalmia, worse after 1 A.M.
Flickering before the left eye. Pain in the eyes at night. Burning pains, Pressing. Sunken eyes. Dim vision. Sparks before the eyes. Weak vision.
Ears: Noises in the ears; buzzing, humming, ringing, roaring, singing. Stitching in the ears. Earache. Pain burning, stitching, tearing. Hearing acute. Hearing impaired.
Nose: Coryza with discharge. Dry coryza. Nasal catarrh with bloody discharge, or purulent discharge. Dryness in the nose.
Epistaxis. Nose obstructed. Sneezing. Excoriation of the corners of the nose. Especially useful for periodical coryza and frequent taking cold in the nose which keeps a catarrh in constant activity.
Face, mouth and tongue: Chlorotic face. Cracked lips., Bluish lips. Pale earthy face. Circumscribed red cheeks with pale face. Sickly color of face. jaundiced face. Expression anxious.
The pains of the face are worse in the open air; burning, tearing. Periodical pains. Swelling of submaxillary and parotid glands. Perspiration cold, Oedema of face, Ulceration of the lips.
Burning canker sores in the mouth. Bleeding from mucous membranes of the mouth. Cracked tongue, Tongue black, brown, white or yellow. Dry mouth and tongue.
Hot mouth. Burning rawness of the tongue. Sore tongue. Salivation. Swollen gums and tongue. Taste bad, bitter while eating; insipid, metallic, saltish, sour, sweetish.
Vesicles on the tongue.
Teeth: Pain in the teeth at night, < by biting the teeth together, from touch; cold drinks. Pains come on periodically, are jerking, pulsating, tearing, and date back to malarial fever.
Throat: Contraction in the throat. Dryness in the throat. Gangrenous inflammation of the throat with putrid odor, in malignant scarlet fever.
The throat feels hot. This remedy has been used in diphtheria when the exudation was blackish, and putrid odor from the mouth. Great pain on swallowing.
Burning in the throat. Stitching in the throat on swallowing. Difficult swallowing. Swollen throat. Constant clearing of the throat.
Stomach: Appetite diminished, or ravenous. No appetite for breakfast. Strong appetite without relish of food. Aversion to rich food and fats; aversion to food, to meat. Desires wine; cold drinks, sour things, sweet things.
Sensation of coldness in the stomach. Emptiness, better by eating. Eructations after eating, bitter, empty, of food, sour. Water brash. Sensation of fullness after eating. Heartburn. Great weight in the stomach after eating. Hiccough. Stomach easily disordered.
Cannot digest eggs or fish. Water tastes bitter. Nausea after eating, during headache. Pain in the stomach from coughing; after eating. Burning; cramping; pressing, soreness; stitching, tearing. Pulsating. Retching with cough. Strong thirst, in the evening, during perspiration; for small drinks during heat. Vomiting at night, on coughing, after drinking, after eating, with headache; of bile black, blood, food, mucus; sour; water.
Nausea and vomiting followed by sleep. Sudden inclination to vomit at 2 P.M. Sensation of coldness in the abdomen during chill. Distension morning, after eating, tympanitis, ascites; enlarged liver and spleen from malarial influences.
Abdomen:Flatulence in intermittent fever. Fullness in the abdomen. Hardness of the liver. Heaviness as from a load in the abdomen after eating. Great pain in the abdomen during chill, like colic; during diarrhoea; after eating; before stool; ameliorated by lying on the abdomen. Great pain in the region of the liver, in the hypogastrium, in the region of the umbilicus. The kinds of pain in the abdomen are burning, cramping, cutting, dragging; soreness stitching. Much rumbling and tension.
Constipation, with hard, knotty stools. Diarrhea, morning, afternoon, NIGHT, after midnight; after cold drinks; from taking cold; AFTER EATING; after fruit; in hot weather. Dysentery. Much flatus, offensive. Bleeding from anus. Hemorrhoids. Involuntary stool and urine.
Itching of the anus. Moisture about the anus. Pain in the anus during stool. Burning in the anus during diarrhea, during stool. Pressing pain. Stitching. Paralytic weakness of the rectum. Ineffectual urging to stool.
Stool bilious, black, bloody, clay colored, copious, frequent, LIENTERIC, offensive, liquid, water. Diarrhea with intermittent fever.
Spasmodic retention of urine. Urging to urinate, frequent, ineffectual. Involuntary urination at night; after stool. Urine albuminous, bloody, burning; cloudy on standing; dark, greenish, pale, copious at night, offensive, scanty. Sediment is red and sandy. Sugar. Clear watery urine.
Erections feeble. Seminal emissions.
Itching of vulva. Leucorrhea, excoriating, bloody, copious, after menses, offensive, thin. Menses absent; copious, dark, too frequent, offensive, painful, pale, protracted; suppressed. Uterine haemorrhage. Prolapsus.
Catarrh of larynx and trachea. Rawness in larynx. Soreness in larynx. Hoarseness; rough voice.
Respiration quick, asthmatic, deep, difficult in evening and night; difficult with cough; difficult while lying; rattling; short. Suffocation. Wheezing. Whistling. Suffocation in the forenoon during phthisis. Must sit bent forward by an open window in the attack of suffocation, worse in any other position. Every day at 9 A.M. Suffocation.
Cough, morning, afternoon, evening, night; after midnight; asthmatic, from deep breathing; from full feeling in chest; during chill. Dry cough, at night, during fever. Cough exhausting. Cough during fever. Hacking cough. Irritation in larynx and trachea.
Loose cough. Motion aggravates the cough. Short cough. Spasmodic cough. Suffocative cough. Talking aggravates the cough. Tickling in air passages causes cough. Expectoration bloody, copious; difficult; mucus, offensive, purulent; tastes bitter, flat, salty. Expectoration is viscid, white.
Anxiety in chest, region of heart. Constriction. Hemorrhage of lungs. Oppression of chest. Angina pectoris with dropsical symptoms. Pain in the chest, during cough. Pains in the sides of the chest. Rawness in the chest. Stitching in the chest on coughing, Stitching in the heart. Palpitation of the heart, anxious, aggravated on slight exertion, leaning back against chair; violent. Sensation as if heart ceased to beat. Full pulse. Weakness in chest. Weakness of respiratory muscles. Violent pain in left mammary region, as though part were torn with red hot tongs. Aching in region of seventh rib on inspiration.
Coldness of the back at night. Eruptions on the back. Pain in the back, during chill. Pain in the cervical region, in scapula, between scapula, in lumbar region; in sacral region, in spine. Aching; brushed; drawing; soreness in spine; tearing. Stiffness in cervical region. Weak feeling in back.
Limbs: Limbs icy cold. Upper limbs cold. Cold hands and feet. Cold knees. Cold legs. Cramps in calves. Blueness of finger nails. Eruption on limbs. Excoriation between thighs. Heaviness of limbs, of lower limbs. After prolonged suppuration in hip joint disease. Stitching in limbs, in lower limbs.
Weakness of limbs, forearms, lower limbs, legs. Gooseflesh on lower limbs with chilliness. Palms hot and dry. Pain in limbs, rheumatic, in the joints; gouty joints. Pain in the upper limbs, shoulders. Pain in the knees. Aching pains in all the limbs.
Wandering aching pains. Aching of the biceps of left arm. Pain in flexors of left forearm, in radial side near elbow. Burning in the limbs, in the feet. Drawing pain in the limbs, upper limbs; thighs, knees, feet. Stitching in shoulders; upper arms, hips, thighs, knees, feet.
Tearing pain in the limbs; upper limbs, shoulders, elbows, wrist, hand, fingers; lower limbs, thighs, legs, ankles, feet. Restlessness of the limbs; lower limbs, legs, feet. Stiffness of the limbs, hands, fingers; lower limbs. Dropsical swelling of the hands and feet. Trembling of the limbs; hands; lower limbs. Weakness of the lower limbs. Weakness of the limbs, joints, upper limbs; lower limbs, knees, thighs.
Sleep: Sleep deep. Sleep during fever. Dreams anxious, of death, frightful misfortune, vexatious, vivid. Falling asleep late, restless until 3 A.M. Restless sleep. Sleepiness afternoon, evening. Sleeplessness, before midnight. Sleep is unrefreshing. Wakens too early, frequently. Yawns much.
Intermittent fever. CHILL, morning, forenoon, noon, AFTERNOON evening, night, midnight; open air; walking in the open air; anticipating; in bed. Drinking aggravates chill. Quotidian chill; quotidian or tertian. Hard, shaking chill. Chill like cold waves with gooseflesh all over body. Warm room ameliorates. External warmth ameliorates.
High fever follows chill. Fever without chill afternoon and evening. Fever and chill alternate. Burning fever. Feverish all the time, but more so at night. Dry heat at night. Hectic fever. Heat during sleep. Chill, heat, then sweat. During the beat be desires to uncover.
Perspiration, morning, night; during anxiety. COLD; from coughing; with weakness; during slight exertion; following fever; from motion; PROFUSE; during sleep; after waking; staining linen yellow. Fevers from living in damp rooms. Malarial fevers. Symptoms increase while perspiring. Fevers with extreme prostration.
Skin: Anaesthesia of the skin. Burning. Cold skin. Bluish discoloration; pale; yellow; jaundice every summer. Dryness. Burning eruptions, boils, pimples. Urticaria after scratching. Vesicles. Formication. Gooseflesh, itching, burning. Skin very sensitive, a feeling of soreness. Sticking. Dropsical swelling of skin. Ulcers, burning, sensitive, stinging.
by James Tyler Kent