Sarcolactic Acid

Dose

William Boericke 1922

Sixth to 30th potency.

Extremities

William Boericke 1922

Tired feeling in back and neck and shoulders. Paral 3 rtic weakness. Wrist tires easily from writing. Extreme weakness from climbing stairs. Stiffness of thigh and calves. Arms feel as if no strength in them.

Guiding symptoms

William Boericke 1922

Is apparently formed in muscle tissue during the stage of muscle exhaustion. Differs from ordinary Lactic acid in its relation to polarized light. It represents a much broader and more profoundly acting drug and its pathogenesis is quite dissimilar from the normal acid. Proved by Wm. B. Griggs, M. D., who found it of great* value in the most violent form of SARCOLACTIC ACID — SARRACENIA PURPUREA 663 Epidemic influenza, especially with violent vomiting and retching and greatest prostration, when Arsenic had failed. Spinal neurasthenia, muscular weakness, dyspnoea with myocardial weakness. General Symptoms. — Tired feeling with muscular prostration, worse any exertion. Sore feeling all over, worse in afternoon. Restless at night. Difiiculty in getting to

Sleep

William Boericke 1922

Tired feeling in morning on getting up.

Stomach

William Boericke 1922

Nausea. Uncontrollable vomiting even of water followed by extreme weakness. Back and

Throat

William Boericke 1922

Constriction in pharynx. Sore throat with tightness in naso-pharynx.

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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