Benzoicum Acidum
Benzoic Acid
Abdomen
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Cutting about navel. Stitching in liver region.
Back
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Pressure on spinal column. Coldness in sacrum. Dull pain in region of
Compare
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Nitric acid; Ammon, bens.; Sabina; Tropceolum — Garden Nasturtium — (fetid urine). Antidote : Copaiva. Incompatible : Wine.
Dose
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Third to sixth potency.
Ears
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[Caps.] Cold sweat on forehead. Pricking, puckered constriction of mouth, bluish and bleeding gums.
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Noises when swallowing. Ulceration of
Extremities
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Joints crack on motion. Tearing with stitches. Pain in tendo Achillis. Rheumatic gout ; nodes very painful. Gouty deposits. Ganglion; swelling of the wrist. Pain and swelling in knees. Bunion of great toe. Tearing pain in great toe.
Face
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Copper-colored spots. Red, with little blisters. Circumscribed redness of cheeks.
Fever
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Cold hands, feet, back, knees. Chilliness; cold
Guiding symptoms
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The most marked characteristic pertains to the odor and color of the urine. It has a marked action on metabolism. It produces and cures symptoms of a uric acid diathesis, with urine highly colored and very offensive, and gouty symptoms. Child wants to be nursed in the arms, will not be laid down. Pains suddenly change their locality. Antisycotic.
Head
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Throbbing in temporal arteries, causes puffing around
Heart
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Expectoration, green mucus.
Kidneys
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worse, wine.
Mind
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Omits words in writing. Depression. 136
Modalities
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IFow, in open air; by uncovering. BENZOICUM ACID. — BERBERIS AQUI. — BERBERIS VUL. 137
Nose
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Itching of septum. Pain in nasal bones.
Rectum
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Stitches and constricted feeling. Puckering constriction of
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Itching and watery elevations around anus. Stool. — Frothy, offensive, liquid, light-colored, like soapsuds, bowel movements mostly windy. Urine. — RepuUive odor; changeable color; brown, acid. Enuresis; dribbling urine of old men. Excess of uric acid. Vesical catarrh from suppressed gonorrha;a.
Relationships
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Useful after Colchic., fails in gout; after Copaiva in gonorrhoea.
Respiratory
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Hoarse in morning. Asthmatic cough ; worse night; lying on right side. Chest very tender. Pain in region of
Skin
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Red spots. Itching in spots.
Stomach
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Sweat while eating; pressure in stomach, sensation of a lump.
Sweat
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Internal heat on awakening.
Tongue
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Swelling behind
References
This monograph is an original summary faithful to the classical tradition. It condenses material from these public-domain sources:
- James Tyler Kent, Lectures on Homoeopathic Materia Medica (1905)Primary remedy pictures; characteristic mental and general symptoms. · Public domain (USA, pre-1930 publication)
- William Boericke, Pocket Manual of Homeopathic Materia Medica and Repertory (1927)Reproduced here in full — the complete classical repertory-style monographs. · Public domain (USA, pre-1930 publication)
- Constantine Hering, The Guiding Symptoms of Our Materia Medica (1879–1891)Confirmed symptom aggregates behind the section organization. · Public domain
- Timothy Field Allen, Encyclopedia of Pure Materia Medica (1874–1879)Provings background referenced by the verification tradition. · Public domain
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Reminder: this information is published for qualified practitioners. Patients must not self-medicate — homeopathic prescribing depends on the complete individual symptom picture, which only a doctor can evaluate. Please visit a homeopathy doctor.