Muriaticum Acidum - General symptoms - Clarke

GENERAL

General

Hydrochloric acid. HCl. First dilutions with distilled water.

Anus, prolapse of. Chilblains. Chorea. Deafness (cerebral). Diphtheria. Enteric fever. Ephelis. Feet, soles, pains in. Gastric disorders. Haemorrhoids. Hemiopia. Impotence. Measles. Mercurial ulceration. Mouth, aphthae.

psoriasis of tongue. ulcers. Scarlatina. Scurvy. Tendo Achillis, affections of. Tongue, affections of.

psoriasis of. Typhus. Varices. Whooping-cough.

The popular name of Muriaticum Acidum ^{Mur. ac}., "Spirit of Salt," describes at once its nature and origin. It is a colourless gas, with a pungent, suffocating odour, and acid taste, and it is manufactured from Salt (Nat Mur ^{Nat. m}.) by the action of Sulphuricum Acidum ^{sulphuric acid}. It is freely soluble in water, and the saturated solution contains 43 per cent. of the gas. Teste, who did much to define the powers of Muriaticum Acidum ^{Mur. ac}., groups with it Agnus Castus ^Agn. cast. and Hyoscyamus Niger ^Hyos., and he considers its action corresponds perfectly to a typical case of typhus. Among the common features of the group he gives.

Stupefying headache. Obscuration of sight and optical illusions. Whizzing noises in the ears and hardness of hearing. Nose-bleed and loss of smell. Rough, cracked lips, and foul breath. Scurvy of mouth. Paralysis of tongue. Loss of taste. Distended, sensitive abdomen, pricking, bruised pain in abdominal walls. Serous, fetid diarrhoea, not very painful. Involuntary stool. Throat pains. Paralysis of bladder. Excited sexual desire. Impotence. Hoarseness, spasmodic cough. Stitches about heart. Fever with stinging heat, frequent, small, intermittent pulse, earthy or livid skin. Like Nitric Acid ^{Nit. ac}., Muriaticum Acidum ^{Mur. ac}. is a powerful antidote to Merc Viv ^Merc., and it meets conditions caused by Merc Viv ^Mercury, and also similar conditions otherwise arising. Like other disinfectants, it causes as well as remedies rapid decomposition of tissue, and dynamically cures low putrid conditions met with in disease. The distinctive features of Muriaticum Acidum ^{Mur. ac}. are Muscular prostration from blood-poisoning going on to paralysis, finally of brain or heart. Burning is a great feature in its symptomatology, as its escharotic powers might suggest.

ulcers (especially their margins), eruptions, piles, varices, stomach, and abdomen. It sours the excretions and makes them acrid. Offensive secretions, offensive breath and body-smell.

there is straining and dribbling, and the straining causes the rectum to prolapse.

it may also cause involuntary stool. This may be due to local conditions, or it may be a consequence of a low state of health. Muriaticum Acidum ^{Mur. ac}. not only corresponds to low febrile states it also meets many of their sequelae. Deafness, otitis, and glandular swellings about the ears often require Muriaticum Acidum ^{Mur. ac}. Among the peculiar sensations of the remedy are Hair, as if drawn upwards.

as if standing on end. Brain as if loose.

beaten or tom to pieces.

brain clasped by a hand, and bruised and tom. Occiput as if filled with lead. Mouth as if glued up with insipid mucus. As if some obstruction must be pulled out of throat. Burning as if under skin of coccyx. As if place was jammed in in tendo-Achillis. Deadness and numbness in forehead, in fingers. The tongue is shrunken.

eczema solare and freckles. Black pocks. Blind boils frothy when touched. The symptoms are agg. By touch. The itching of anus and scrotum is not amel. by scratching. Warmth amel.

cold washing, cold drinks agg. Cold wind and open air amel. headache. amel. Uncovering (during fever). agg. Evening and night. Rest agg. most symptoms. Lying on r. side agg. vertigo. Motion agg. vertigo.

amel. tearing pains. agg. After sleep. agg. After eating (diarrhoea). amel. After drinking.