Picricum Acidum
Picric Acid
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William Boericke 1922
After prolonged mental strain, with anxiety and dread of failure at examination.
Compare
William Boericke 1922
Zinc. pic. (facial palsy and paralysis agitans) : Perr. pic. (buzzing in ears, deafness; chronic gout; epistaxis; prostatic trouliles) ; Calc, pic. (boils in and around ears).
William Boericke 1922
Oxal. ac.. Gels.; Phos.; Sii.; Arg, nit.
Dose
William Boericke 1922
Sixth potency.
Extremities
William Boericke 1922
Burning along
Female
William Boericke 1922
Pain in left ovary and leucorrhoea before menstruation. Pruritus vulvae.
Guiding symptoms
William Boericke 1922
Causes degeneration of the spinal cord, with paralysis. Brain-fag and sexual excitement. Neurasthenia, [Oxal. ac.] Muscular debility. Writer’s palsy. Progressive, pernicious anaemia. Urcemia with complete anuria. In a one per cent, solution applied on lint, is the best application for burns until granulations begin to form.
Head
William Boericke 1922
Head pains; relieved by bandaging tightly. Occipital pain; worse, slightest mental exertion. Vertigo and noises in ear. Boils within ears and back of
Limbs
William Boericke 1922
zvorse, exertion. Feet cold.
Male
William Boericke 1922
Emissions profuse, followed by great exhaustion, without sensual dreams. Priapism; .satyriasis. Hard erections, with pain in testicles and up cord. Prostatic hypertrophy, especially in cases imt too far ) advanced.
Mind
William Boericke 1922
Lack of will-power; disinclined to work.*
Modalities
William Boericke 1922
IVorse, least exertion, especially mental, after sleep, wet weather. Better, from cold air, cold water, tight pressure.
Spine
William Boericke 1922
Great zveakness. Tired, heavy feeling all over body, especially
Stomach
William Boericke 1922
Bitter taste. Aversion to food. 594 PICRICUM ACIDUM — PILOCARPUS MICROPHYLLUS
Urinary
William Boericke 1922
Scanty; complete anuria. Dribbling micturition. Urine contains much indican, granular cylinders and fatty degenerated epithelium. Inflammation of kidneys with profound weakness, dark, l)loody, scanty urine. Nightly urging.
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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