Antimonium Tartaricum or Antimonium Tart is made from a tartrate of Potash.

Indicated for respiratory ailments.

Indicated for coughs that wheeze or rattle in the chest. Hard to bring up mucus, short of breath, suffocating. Helpful for chest and lung symptoms.

Clarke's Materia Medica lists for Antimonium Tart-- "Frequent fits of obstructed respiration, especially in the morning, in the evening, in bed almost to the extent of suffocation. Shortness of breath. Difficult respiration. Anxious oppression of the chest. Rattling of mucus in the chest when breathing. Burning sensation in the chest, inflammation of the lungs."

Chicken pox with large pustules, painful vesicules, eruptions with tendency to leave pock marks.

Keynote Summary:

Respiratory symptoms Rattling mucous. Lethargy, Trembling, Chills

Better from: sitting up fresh air, burping

Worse from: lying down, damp-cold weather warmth, milk, sour foods.