Carbolicum Acidum

Phenol — Carbolic Acid

Abdomen

William Boericke 1922

Painful flatulence often marked in one part of the bowel. [Sulpko-Car^ bolate of Soda.] Stoo-L — Constipation, with very offensive breath. Bloody, like scrapings of intestines. Great tenesmus. Diarrhoea ; stools thin, black, putrid. Urine. — Almost black. Diabetes. Irritable bladder in old men with frequent urination at night, of probable prostatic nature.

Compare

William Boericke 1922

Chrysarobin (locally in ringworm of the scalp S-10 per cent, in glycerine and alcohol. Equal parts). Ars.; Kreosot.; Carbo; Gtuino. (Violent headache as from a band around

Dose

William Boericke 1922

Third to thirtieth potency. 202

Extremities

William Boericke 1922

Cramps in fore part of leg, close to tibia during walking. Gnawing pains in shin bones.

Female

William Boericke 1922

Discharges always offensive. [Nitr. ac.; Nux. V.; ..9c/’.] Pustules about vulva containing bloody pus. Agonizing backache across loins, with draggingdown thighs. Pain in left ovary; worse walking in open air. Erosions of cervix; fetid, acrid discharge. Leucorrhoea in children. [Ccm;r. s.; Merc.; Puls.: Sep.] Puerperal fever, with offensive discharge. Irritating leucorrhoea, causing itching and burning. {Kreos.]

Guiding symptoms

William Boericke 1922

Carbolic Acid is a powerful irritant and anaesthetic. Stupor, paralysis of sensation and motion, feeble pulse and depressed breathing, death due to paralysis of respiratory centres. Acts primarily on the central nervous system. Produces mental and bodily languor, disinclination to .study, with headache like a band. Very marked acuteness of smell is a strong guiding symptom. Stomach symptoms are also important. Pains are teirible; come and go suddenly. Physical exertion brings on abscess somewhere. Putrid discharges. [Bapt,] Scarlet fever, with marked tendency to destruction of tissue internally, and fetid odor. Spasmodic coughs.

Head

William Boericke 1922

Disinclined to mental work. Tight feeling, as if compressed by a rubber band. [Gels.; Mahonia.] Orbital neuralgia over right eye. Headache, better, by green tea; while smoking.

William Boericke 1922

Itching of nostrils, back, thighs, genitals. Symptoms like hay-fever.) Antidote: Vinegar; Chalk; led. Incompatible: Glycerine and vegetable oils.

Nose

William Boericke 1922

Rapid sinking of vital forces.

William Boericke 1922

Smell very acute. Putrid discharge. Ozjcna, with fetor and ulceration. Influenza and resulting debility. [Bapt.: Nat. .^ulph.]

Skin

William Boericke 1922

Itching vesicles, with burning pain. Burns tend to ulcerate.

Stomach

William Boericke 1922

Appetite lost. Desire for stimulants and tobacco. Constant belching, nausea, vomiting, dark olive green. Heat rises up oesophagus. Flatulent distention of stomach and

William Boericke 1922

Fauces red, and covered with exudation. Uvula whitened and shriveled. Putrid discharge. Almost impossible to swallow. Diphtheria, fetid breath, regurgitation on swallowing liquids, but little pain. [Bapt.] Face dusky red; white about mouth and

Throat

William Boericke 1922

Ulcerated patches on inside of lips and cheeks. Burning in mouth to

References

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