Generalities
This acid acts upon brain; spinal cord; lumbar region; occiput; kidneys and sexual organs. Weakness; heavy, tired feeling, in body and mind. Degeneration of the spinal cord; with paralysis. Spasms; from myelitis. Easy prostration. Progressive pernicious anaemia. Prickling as of needles. Burning in many parts; along spine; in legs. Cachexia. Worn out persons, mentally and physically. Numbness. Formication. Neurasthenia. Acute ascending paralysis. Uremia; with complete anuria. Typist’s palsy.
Worse
Exertion, mental; physical. Seminal losses. Heat; of summer. Fatigue. Study. Mental shock.
Better
Rest. Cold. Bandaging. In sun.
Mind
Lack of will power, to undertake anything. Dread of failure, in examination; after prolonged mental strain and anxiety. As if stairs or ground coming up to meet him. Lascivious thoughts in presence of any woman. Although enjoying the society of men, idea of marriage unendurable. Sits still and listless, does not take interest in surroundings.
Head
Heavy occiput; down spine and lower limbs. Headache worse mental exertion better nosebleed; bandaging; with sexual excitement and violent erections. Brain-fag. Headache during daytime better in sleep. Headache; of businessmen, teachers and students; from grief and other depressing emotions.
Eyes
Yellow. Chronic conjunctivitis, with thick yellow discharge.
Ears
Painful boils in meatus.
Stomach
Bitter taste; with thirst. Aversion to food. Vomits suddenly, without warning; vomits bright yellow, bitter.
Abdomen
Oily burning stools. Diarrhoea from mental exertion. Burning in rectum while passing stools. Stools thin, yellow. Jaundice with itching.
Urinary
Ammoniacal; dribbling urine. Uraemia; with complete anuria. Diabetes, albuminuria. Enlargement of prostate gland.
Male
Lascivious thoughts in presence of any woman. Priapism, penis distended. Hard erections, with pain in testicles up spermatic cord. Extreme prostration from frequent seminal emissions. Impotency, with tendency to boils and carbuncles.
Female
Extreme exhaustion at her menstrual periods.
Neck and Back
Painful boils on nape of neck. Backache with languor; patient is unable to sit straight; and burning along spine; worse study. Keeps legs wide apart when standing. Aching, tired legs. Writer’s cramps or palsy. Back seems as if bandaged, also limbs. Anaesthesia of legs as if one has on elastic stockings. Legs weak, heavy like lead, lifts with difficulty.
Skin
Jaundice. Small painful sore boils esp. on neck.
Sleep
Sleepiness. Sleep sound but unrefreshing. Sleepy during day and sleepless during night.
Related
Gels; Ox-ac; Phos; Phos-ac.
He was convinced about Homoeopathy while going through Sir William Osler's writings on 'History of Medicine' so switched over to an entirely Homoeopathic Practice in 1932. He also started working on Homoeopathic literature along with his Practice.
He has contributed immensely to homoeopathic literature. He was an ardent follower of Dr Boger. His Repertory is based on Boger's ''A Synoptic key to Materia Medica'.