COMMON NAME:
HYDROCHLORIC ACID.
Symptoms
Mouth and anus are chiefly affected: the tongue and sphincter ani are paralysed (A.).
Often called for asthenic type of disease (Arsenicum, Baptisia, Hyoscyamus, Lycopodium, Acid phosphoricum., Secale, Veratrum) (A.).
Great sensitivity to moist air (Nux-M.).
All the joints feels as if bruised (Arnica).
Drawing and tearing in the extremities during rest and relieved by motion (Kali- P., Rhus toxicodendron
The Periosteum pains in intermittent fever (Rhus toxicodendron).
Eczema solaris (Petroleum) (A.).
Cures muscular weakness following excessive use of opium and tobacco (A.).
Offensive discharge (Arsenicum, Baptisia, Lachesis) (D.).
Bed-sores (Arnica, Arsenicum, Baptisia, Lachesis) (D.).
Vertigo (Arsenicum, Bryonia, Calcarea, Kali-P., Lycopodium) (A.).
Palpitation of the heart felt in the face (A.).
The heart is feeble, irregular and intermits every third beat (D.).
GREAT DEBILITY – AS SOON AS HE SITS DOWN, HIS EYES CLOSE.
SLIDING DOWN IN BED., BECAUSE OF BODILY INERTIA.
LOWER JAW HANGS DOWN (Hyoscyamus, Lycopodium) (A.).
INTENSE PROSTRATION (Arsenicum, Kali-P., Phosphorus) (A.).
TYPHOID OR TYPHUS: DEEP STUPID SLEEP; UNCONSCIOUS WHILE AWAKE; LOUD MOANING OR MUTTERING; TONGUE COATED AT THE EDGES, SHRUNKEN, DRY, LEATHER-LIKE, PARALYZED; INVOLUNTARY FOETID STOOLS WHILE PASSING URINE; SLIDING DOWN IN BED; PULSE INTERMITS EVERY THIRD BEAT (A.).
Intense burning heat, with aversion to coverings (R.).
Putrid ulcers (Arsenicum, Carb-Ac., Acid nitricum) (G.).
A sensation of emptiness in the stomach and abdomen (Sepia, Sulphur).
Cannot bear the thought or sight of meat (Acid nitricum) (A.).
The haemorrhoids are aggravated by cold water, and ameliorated by warmth (reverse of Aloe) (R.).
Ascites (Acet-Ac., Arsenicum, Chelidonium, Iodium, Lycopodium) (B.).
Severe pain at the conclusion of urination (Berberis, Pulsatilla, Sarsaparilla, Thuja) (N.).
CANNOT URINATE WITHOUT HAVING THE BOWELS MOVED AT THE SAME TIME (A.).
Bladder weak, must wait a time for the passage of urine; has to press, so that the anus protrudes (A.).
URINE PASSES SLOWLY (Alumina, Argentum nitricum, Arnica, Berberis, Calcarea phos., Camph., Causticum, Clem., Digitalis, Gelsemium, Helleborus, Hepar, Mercurius, Merc-C., Opium, Prun., Sarsaparilla, Sulphur, (Thuja) (A.).
Want of good sphincteric control (Aloe., Apis., Phosphorus, Squil., Sulphur), and trembling, due to loss of power, of the tongue (Gelsemium, Lachesis).
WHILE URINATING INVOLUNTARY DISCHARGES OF STOOL (Aloe, Belladonna, Carb-Ac., Carbon sulph., Hyoscyamus, Ind., Nat-S., Phosphorus, Squil., Sulphur, Veratrum).
Diarrhoea (Aloe., Arsenicum, Baptisia, China, Ferrum, Nux vomica, Sulphur).
Involuntary stool on passing mind (Aloe) (A.).
Increased urinary secretion, with prolapsus ani.
Anus sore during menses (A.).
HAEMORRHOIDS: SWOLLEN, BLUE, SENSITIVE AND PAINFUL TO TOUCH; TOO SORE TO BEAR LEAST TOUCH; EVEN THE SHEET IS UNCOMFORTABLE (Lachesis). (A.).
Prolapsus ani while urinating (Valer.) (A.).
Irritable, peevish, disposed to anger and charging (Nux vomica) (A.).
Restlessness (Arsenicum, Rhus toxicodendron).
Morning and fretfulness (Belladonna, Hyoscyamus) (A.).
UNCONSCIOUSNESS (Baptisia, Lycopodium, Opium, Stramonium) (A.).
SAD AND TACITURN (B.).
Vertigo in the open air and unsteadiness while walking (C.).
Hardness of hearing (Calcarea, China, Ferrum, Graphites, Acid nitricum, Phosphorus, Pulsatilla, Sepia) (C.).
Nose-bleed (Aconite, Bryonia, Ferrum, Mercurius, Phosphorus, Sepia) (C.).
Weakness of the thigh., causing a tottering gait (Nux vomica, Plb.) (C.).
Impotence (Agn., Caladium, Graphites, Phosphorus, Selenium, Sulphur).
CIRRHOSIS OF THE LIVER (Chelidonium, Iodium, Lycopodium, Mercurius, Podophyllum, sulph.) (C.).
Carbuncles, with low states of the system (Arsenicum, Carbo vegetabilis, Hepar, Lachesis, Silicea) (C.).
Dysentery, with typhoid symptoms (Baptisia, Phosphorus, Rhus toxicodendron) (C.).
Catamenia too early and too profuse (Calc-C., Sepia).
Cannot bear the least touch, not even of the sheet on the female genitals (Murx., Platina).
Ulcers in the female genitals, with putrid discharge (Kreosotum) (C.).
Frequent waking at night (Belladonna, Stramonium, Sulphur) (C.).
Anxious dreams (Arsenicum, Natrum muriaticum, Phosphorus) (C.).
Malignant affections of the mouth: Diphtheria, scarlatina, cancer (A.).
The buccal cavity is studded with ulcers, deep, perforating having a black or dark base; offensive, foul breath (Baptisia, Carb-Ac., Kali-P., Merc-C., Acid nitricum) (A.).
The dry tongue rattles in the mouth (D.).
Tongue dry, leathery and shrunken, one-third its natural size (typhoid ( (N.).
Tongue heavy as lead; hinders talking (N.).
Attempting to swallow produces violent spasms and choking (C.).
Deep respiration (Argentum nitricum, Aurum, Bromium, Bryonia, Caps., Cuprum, Digitalis, Gloninum, Hepar, Hydr-Ac., Ignatia, Ipecac., Lachesis, Nat-S., Opium, Phosphorus, Selenium, Silicea, Sulphur, Zincum met.) (C.).
Sighing and groaning respiration (C.).
AGGRAVATION :
During menses; while urinating; from least touch; during wet weather; from walking; from sitting; from cold drinks; and bathing.
AMELIORATION :
From warmth; from motion; lying in the left side.
RELATIONSHIP:
Follows well after: Bryonia, Mercurius and Rhus toxicodendron
Remedies following: Calc-C., Kali carb., Nux vomica, Pulsatilla, Sepia, Silicea and Sulph.
ANTIDOTES: Bryonia and Camph.
It ANTIDOTES : Opium
Comparative Materia Medica (Philadelphia, 1854)
Text-Book of Materia Medica (1866)