ACETICUM ACIDUM
Keynote / Introductory Description
Profound anaemia, dropsical symptoms, great debility, fainting, dyspnoea, weak heart, haemorrhage and wasting in pale, lean, flabby persons.
Modalities
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Dose / Potency
Third to thirtieth potency. Not to be repeated too often, except in croup.
Relationship
Acetic acid is antidotal to anaesthetic vapors and counteracts sausage poisoning. Compare: Ammonium aceticum, Benzoin odoriferum, Arsenicum, China, Digitalis, Liatris.
Compare
Ammonium aceticum, Benzoin odoriferum, Arsenicum, China, Digitalis, Liatris
Complementary
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Mind
Irritable, worried about business affairs.
Head
Nervous headache from abuse of narcotics. Blood rushes to head with delirium. Temporal vessels distended. Pain across root of tongue.
Face
Pale, waxen, emaciated face. Eyes sunken with dark rings. Bright red and sweaty. Epithelioma of lip. Cheeks hot and flushed. Aching in left jaw-point.
Stomach
Salivation. Fermentation in stomach. Intense burning thirst. Cold drinks distress. Vomits after every kind of food. Epigastric tenderness. Burning pain as of an ulcer. Cancer of stomach. Sour belching and vomiting. Burning waterbrash with profuse salivation. Hyperchlorhydria and gastralgia. Violent burning pain in stomach and chest followed by cold skin and cold sweat on forehead. Stomach feels as if vinegar had been taken.
Abdomen
Feels as if abdomen was sinking in. Frequent watery stools, worse in morning. Tympanitic. Ascites. Haemorrhage from bowels.
Urine
Large quantities of pale urine. Diabetes with great thirst and debility.
Female
Excessive catamenia. Haemorrhages after labor. Nausea of pregnancy. Breasts painfully enlarged and distended with milk. Milk impoverished, bluish, transparent, sour. Anaemia of nursing mothers.
Respiratory
Hoarse, hissing respiration. Difficult breathing. Cough when inhaling. Membranous croup. Irritation of trachea and bronchial tubes. False membrane in throat. Profuse bronchorrhoea. Putrid sore throat.
Heart
Weak heart with dyspnoea, fainting and debility.
Back
Pain in back, relieved only by lying on abdomen.
Extremities
Emaciation. Oedema of feet and legs.
Skin
Pale, waxen, oedematous skin. Burning, dry, hot skin or bathed in profuse sweat. Diminished surface sensibility. Useful after stings and bites. Varicose swellings. Scurvy, anasarca, bruises and sprains.
Fever
Hectic fever with drenching night-sweats. Red spot on left cheek. No thirst in fever. Ebullitions. Sweat profuse and cold.
General Description
ACETICUM ACIDUM
Glacial Acetic Acid
(ACETIC ACID)
This drug produces a condition of profound anaemia, with some dropsical symptoms, great debility, frequent fainting, dyspnoea, weak heart, vomiting, profuse urination and sweat. Haemorrhage from any part. Especially indicated in pale, lean persons, with lax, flabby muscles. Wasting and debility. Acetic acid has the power to liquefy albuminous and fibrinous deposits. Epithelial cancer, internally and locally (W Owens). Sycosis with nodules and formations in the joints. Hard chancre. The 1x solution will soften and cause formation of pus.
Mind.--Irritable, worried about business affairs.
Head.--Nervous headache, from abuse of narcotics. Blood rushes to head with delirium. Temporal vessels distended. Pain across root of tongue.
Face.--Pale, waxen, emaciated. Eyes sunken, surrounded by dark rings. Bright red. Sweaty. Epithelioma of lip. Cheeks hot and flushed. Aching in left jaw-point.
Stomach.--Salivation. Fermentation in stomach. Intense burning thirst. Cold drinks distress. Vomits after every kind of food. Epigastric tenderness. Burning pain as of an ulcer. Cancer of stomach. Sour belching and vomiting. Burning waterbrash and profuse salivation. Hyperchlorhydria and gastralgia. Violent burning pain in stomach and chest, followed by coldness of skin and cold sweat on forehead. Stomach feels as if she had taken a lot of vinegar.
Abdomen.--Feels as if abdomen was sinking in. Frequent watery stools, worse in morning. Tympanitic. Ascites. Haemorrhage from bowels.
Urine.--Large quantities of pale urine. Diabetes, with great thirst and debility (Phos ac).
Female.--Excessive catamenia. Haemorrhages after labor. Nausea of pregnancy. Breasts painfully enlarged, distended with milk. Milk impoverished, bluish, transparent, sour. Anaemia of nursing mothers.
Respiratory.--Hoarse, hissing respiration; difficult breathing; cough when inhaling. Membranous croup. Irritation of trachea and bronchial tubes. False membrane in throat. Profuse bronchorrhoea. Putrid sore throat (gargle).
Back.--Pain in back, relieved only by lying on abdomen.
Extremities.--Emaciation. Oedema of feet and legs.
Skin.--Pale, waxen, oedematous. Burning, dry, hot skin, or bathed in profuse sweat. Diminished sensibility of the surface of body. Useful after stings, bites, etc. Varicose swellings. Scurvy; anasarca. Bruises; sprains.
Fever.--Hectic, with drenching night-sweats. Red spot on left cheek. No thirst in fever. Ebullitions. Sweat profuse, cold.
Relationship.--Acetic acid is antidotal to all anaesthetic vapors. Counteracts sausage poisoning.
Compare: Ammon acet (Profuse saccharine urine, patient is bathed in sweat). Benzoin oderiferum--Spice-wood (night sweats). Ars; China; Digitalis; Liatris (General anasarca in heart and kidney disease, dropsy, and chronic diarrhoea).
Dose.--Third to thirtieth potency. Not to be repeated too often, except in croup.