Homœopathic Materia Medica

Antifebrinum antif.

Boericke, 9th edition (1927)In every bookSave

Common name

Antifebrinum

General

Depresses heart, respiration and blood pressure, lowers temperature. Cyanosis and collapse. Increased susceptibility to cold. Destroys red blood corpuscles; pallor.

Head

Enlarged sensation. Fainting. Moral depravity.

Eyes

Pallor of optic discs, contracted visual field and shrinking retinal vessel; mydriasis.

Heart

Weak, irregular, with blue mucous membranes, albuminuria, œdema of feet and ankles.

Relationship

Compare: Antipyrin.

Dose

Used as a sedative and antipyretic for various forms of headache and neuralgia in doses of one to three grains. For the homeopathic indications use the third potency.