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The materia medica by ‘William Boericke’ lists the following acids in use as homeopathic medicines: | Acetic acid | Flouric acid | Lactic acid | Picric acid | Tartaric acid | | Benzoic acid | Formic acid | Muriatic acid | Sarco lactic acid | Uric acid | | Boracic acid | Gallic acid | Nitric acid | Succinic acid | Camphoric acid | | Hippuric acid | Nitro-mur. acid | Sulphuric acid | Carbolic acid | Hydrobr. acid | | Oxalic acid | Sulphurous acid | Chromic acid | Hydrocyanic acid | Phosphoric acid | | Tannic acid | | | | | The most common and characteristic symptoms of acids are: (1.) Exhaustion, Prostration: Mental exhaustion: Picric acid, Acetic acid, Flouric acid, Muriatic acid, Nitric acid, Sulphuric acid. Emotional exhaustion: Phosphoric acid, Acetic acid. Physical exhaustion: Muriatic acid. (2.) Active, Hurried: Overdose of activity—exhausted yet wants to do a lot. No complaints, they are merely overactive. Hurriedness leads to a tired feeling, which further leads to exhaustion. Flouric acid : Hurry, walking, while Restlessness, night Gallic acid : Restlessness, night Hydrocyanic acid : Restlessness Bed, tossing about in Lactic acid : Restlessness Muriatic acid : Activity, amel. Restlessness Night Bed, tossing about in Nitric acid : Hurry, haste Impatience Restlessness, midnight after Nitromuriaticum acid : Restlessness Oxalic acid : Restlessness, night Thoughts, rapid, quick Phosphoric acid : Hurry, haste Restlessness Anxious Eating, after Urination, before Speech, hasty Picric acid : Restlessness, midnight before Sulphuric acid : Hurry, haste Eating, while Movements, in Occupation, in Walking, while Writing, in Restlessness Anxious, compelling rapid walkin (3.) Lively, Fresh, Extrovert: Active, enterprising, optimistic which gives them an aura of freshness. Extrovert, talk very openly. Tendency to be perfectionist. Flouric acid : Capriciousness, evening Cheerful, gay, mirthful Morning Company, desire for Exhilaration Optimistic Hydrocyanic acid : Delusion Friends, surrounded by Lactic acid : Fastidious Muriatic acid : Cheerful, daytime Dreams, after Loquacity Nitric acid : Capriciousness, morning Cheerful, gay, mirthful Evening, bed in Company, desire for Oxalic acid : Cheerful, gay, mirthful Afternoon Exhilaration Playful Phosphoric acid : Capriciousness Cheerful, gay, mirthful Night Sulphuric acid : Capriciousness Cheerful, gay, mirthful Evening, bed in (4.) Aggression: They force their will upon the situation in spite of opposition, until they cannot go further. They cannot accept things not going their way. Cannot let go. They feel they have to fight their own battles. Acetic acid : Anger, irascibility Flouric acid : Anger, irascibility Destructiveness Quarrelsome, scolding Gallic acid : Rudeness Abusive, insulting Hydrocyanic acid : Anger, irascibility Bite, desire to Muriatic acid : Anger, irascibility Weakness, anger followed by Nitric acid : Anger, irascibility Mistakes, about his Trembling, with Trifles, at Bite, desire to Cruelty, inhumanity Quarrelsome, scolding Oxalic acid : Desire, beat children to Phosphoric acid : Anger, irascibility Answers, when obliged to Sarco lactic acid : Anger, trifles at Sulphuric acid : Anger, irascibility Trifles, at Waking, on Talk, indisposed to Quarrelsome, scolding (5.) Isolation, Apathy: A feeling of isolation, of being separated from fellow beings and loved ones. Acetic acid : Indifference, apathy Everything to Recognize, relatives, does not his Flouric acid : Aversion Members of family to Indifference, apathy Business affairs, to Loved ones, to Hydrocyanic acid : Indifference, apathy Indolence, aversion to work Lactic acid : Business, averse to Indolence, aversion to work Muriatic acid : Indifference, apathy Pleasure, to Indolence, aversion to work Nitric acid : Indolence, aversion to work Indifference, apathy Pleasure, to Family, to his Oxalic acid : Indolence, aversion to work Phosphoric acid : Business, averse to Indifference, apathy Morning Everything, to Picric acid : Company, aversion to Indolence, aversion to work (6.) Generality: Location: right side Temperature: cold Physique: fair, thin Some other common features of acids are their increased sexual appetite and the problems resulting from that; Anxiety and irritability, which is more marked in mineral acids than acids derived from plant sources; Hypersensitiveness esp., to noise; Dullness and sluggishness, with difficulty in comprehending; Forgetfulness, which is again more marked in mineral acids; Indisposition to talk and desire to remain silent. On the physical plane the acids show following common characters: (1.) Extreme prostration, with aversion to do any physical or mental work. (2.) Paralytic conditions, esp. with spinal irritation. (3.) Irritation of mucous membranes leading to varied complaints. (4.) Stitching pains, with sense of constriction. (5.) Gangrenous and ulcerative conditions. (6.) Hoarseness, and inflammatory conditions of lungs. (7.) Hemorrhagic tendency. All acids tend to check hemorrhages. (8.) Discharges are usually thin, dark, and foul smelling. (9.) Gouty conditions, with inflammation of synovial membranes. (10.) Anemic conditions. (11.) Dryness of mucus membranes, in spite of profuse mucus discharge. (12.) Increased sexual desire. (13.) All complaints are usually Sycotic or Tubercular in nature.
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