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
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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