Antimonium Tart 30: Rattling Cough, Dose, Poison Risk
Antimonium tartaricum 30 is the usual home potency of tartar emetic (antimony potassium tartrate). Homeopaths classically give it when the chest is full of rattle, very little comes up, and the person is drowsy, pale and weak, often having to sit up. A properly made 30C contains no measurable antimony. Crude tartar emetic vomits, shocks kidneys and can kill. Do not buy “emetic powder” as a cough tonic.
This article is for people searching antimonium tartaricum 30 uses or Ant tart for a loose rattling cough. It is not a pneumonia protocol. A drowsy child who rattles and cannot raise mucus needs a doctor before a globule.
Antimonium Tartaricum at a glance
| Item | Detail |
|---|---|
| Chemical | Antimony potassium tartrate (“tartar emetic”) |
| Also written | Ant. tart., Antimonium tart., Ant tart 30CH |
| Crude salt | Potent emetic; records deaths from gram-range ingestions |
| 30C / 200C | Past ~12C: no measurable antimony if made properly |
| Q / crude powder | Poison — never DIY |
| Main classical uses | Rattling mucus with little expectoration; drowsiness; threatened “lung paralysis” in old books |
| Usual home potency | 30C, short; stop if the person is going to sleep on the cough |
| Safety in one line | Rattle plus drowsiness is a medical picture first; 30C is not an expectorant drug |
What it is — and what it is not
Boericke: great rattling of mucus but very little expectorated; much drowsiness, debility and sweat; must sit up; seems as if he would suffocate; cough and gape; worse evening, lying down at night, warmth, damp cold; better sitting erect and after something actually comes up.
It is not:
- ipecac syrup or a modern emetic
- a pneumonia antibiotic
- a treatment for schistosomiasis (parenteral antimony is a different, toxic history)
- “stronger Ipecac” — Ipecacuanha is nausea with a clean tongue; Ant tart is rattle plus sleepiness
Antimonium crudum is a different salt (thick white tongue, gastric overload). Do not mix the labels.
What the evidence actually says
No reliable RCT shows Ant tart 30 clears bronchiolitis or pneumonia.
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Tartar emetic as a chemical: vomiting, diarrhoea, dehydration, kidney injury, arrhythmias. A 19-year-old who drank a tartar-emetic “alcohol cure” presented in an hour with severe vomiting and a creatinine of 2.5 mg/dL. That is the salt, not 30C.
Classical picture
- Late, wet, cannot raise the mucus
- Pale, sweaty, wants to sleep
- Vaccinia-like or gastric drunkard pictures in the old book — ignore as cough indications
Compare Justicia (dry, tight, early) and Ipecac (nausea, less sleepy).
30 vs 200 vs Q vs powder
| Form | Contents | Use | Supervision |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crude / “emetic” | Antimony salt | Never for cough | Poison centre / 108 |
| Q | Material if it exists on a shelf | Avoid | Avoid |
| 30C | Empty of antimony if genuine | Mild rattling after medical triage | Stop if drowsy-worse |
| 200C | Empty | Not daily | Practitioner |
When to see a doctor / 108
- child or adult too sleepy to feed or speak
- blue lips, sucking in of ribs, speaking in words
- fever with rusty or bloody sputum
- rattling in an infant
- known COPD/heart failure with new drowsiness
Cough and asthma pages carry the wider lists. Kanpur clinic.
Frequently Asked Questions
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