29/10/2025
Arsenicum album is a homeopathic remedy often considered for someone with a flu-like illness - provided the characteristics of the patient match those of the remedy.
So what are the characteristics of Arsenicum album?
Key Mental Characteristics: A person needing this remedy will almost always describe themselves as restless and anxious. If they are too young to speak, you will see that they toss and turn and have trouble sitting still, even when weak. The restlessness and anxiety are often worse after midnight. They don’t want to be left alone and feel better if you stay with them.
Key Physical Characteristics: A person needing the homeopathic remedy Arsenicum album will often complain of being very weak— that every movement exhausts them. In fact, as they begin to feel poorly, there is frequently a rapid sinking of energy. They have a strong inclination to lie down. Their limbs feel heavy, and they will frequently look pale and sickly.
People requiring this remedy will be chilly—often with coldness felt over the entire body, and it is very hard to warm themselves up. They don’t like cold air or cold applications of any kind and can often be found huddling near a heat source.
During any chills, which may appear at 10 or 11am, there is rarely thirst, but during the fever stage, there is much thirst, particularly for small sips of water taken at frequent intervals. Fevers can be intense with a feeling of internal and external heat, yet despite the heat, the patient prefers to be covered.
If a sore throat is present, the pain will most often be of a burning nature and better from warm drinks (this is a good example of a ‘characteristic’, or peculiar symptom). Any pains experienced anywhere are typically burning as well.
If a cough develops it will typically be a short, dry, sometimes hacking cough caused by a tickling sensation in the throat. If there is any expectoration, that expectoration is difficult to bring up and is scanty and frothy, consisting of tenacious mucus, which has been lodged in the chest.
If a headache is part of the picture, it’s often felt in the front of the head, and the pain feels as though the head is under great pressure. The nose may be stopped and running at the same time. This discharge is often watery, which can cause burning and smarting in the nostrils.
In general, a patient who will benefit from Arsenicum album will be better from warmth and being wrapped up and warm.
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