# Anthracinum (HMT)

## Remedy Classification
- **Type:** Remedy
- **Miasm:** Syphilitic Miasm
- **Temperament:** Neutral
- **Aggravation Time:** Neutral/Anytime

## Keynote Indications
Anthracinum is prepared from th e putrefied matter taken from the
spleen of sick sheep.  It is  a first-rate treatment for ulcers and
bleeding.  Most homoeopaths use it sparingly but I have found it to be
very useful in my practice.  Abscesses developing in inflamed glands
are hard and bundled together.  They exhibit an ugly, bluish
discolouration and are painful, but  do not progress to softening and
pus formation.  For such boils, Anthracinum is a sure-shot
homoeopathic remedy, resulting in cure within a month or two.

Chronic wounds and ulcers of the in ternal organs, which exude blood
and have a tendency to turn into ca ncer, can possibly be treated with
Anthracinum.  Anthracinum is also very useful in the treatment of
deep wounds, which rip the skin apart and bleed.  In view of this
symptom, I am of the opinion th at Anthracinum would also be
beneficial in Ulcerative Colitis (in which, the lining of the large gut
disintegrates, ulcerate s and bleeds).  In the allopathic system of
treatment, there is no definite cure for this disease.  The medicines
used only temporarily control the disease, and have side effects.  Only
the surgical removal of the diseased  part of the colon offers cure.
When a disease has been merely suppressed by inappropriate
medication, this may lead to Ul cerative Colitis.  I have found
Anthracinum to be very useful in such medically induced colitis.

Anthracinum not only has the capabili ty of curing chronic sores and
abscesses, but also prevents their recurrence.   Anthracinum can be
useful in combating the persistent, dark bleeding from any part of the
body.

Antidotes: Apis, Camphor, Carbo Veg, Kreosote, Silicea, Rhus
Tox
Potency: 30 to 200

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