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CARBOLICUM ACIDUM [Carb-ac]

CARBOLICUM ACIDUM [Carb-ac]

Note: Wherever it is found, "<" denotes aggravation (worse by) and ">" denotes amelioration (better by)

Irritant, anaesthetic.

Foul, putrid destruction of tissues.

Increased olfactory sensibility. Very offensive breath.

Burning in mouth to stomach. Fermentative dyspepsia.

Cramps in forepart of leg, close to tibia, during walking.

COMMON NAME

Phenol

SOURCE

Solution in rectified spirit.

FAMILY

Organic acid.

A/F

-Bee sting
-Physical exertion

MODALITIES

< Jar
< Reading
< Pregnancy
< Walking
< Combing hair [Bry, Chin, Ign, Sel]
< Straightening up
< Mental exertion
< Cold and heat
> Smoking
> Strong tea
> Rubbing
> Binding

MIND

-Prostration of mind. Mental exhaustion, brain fag (Pic-ac)
-Mental exertion aggravates.

-Loss of memory for what he was about to do.

-Dreams usually unrembered or amorous, of fire, of journey, of body part embalmed.

-Delusion as if he had taken opium in the morning.

GUIDING INDICATIONS

-Irritant, antiseptic, anesthetic.

-OFFENSIVENESS. Discharges foul, burning, putrid.

-Languid, PAINLESS, foul, destructive remedy.

-Pains come suddenly, last for a short time and disappear suddenly [Bell, Mag-p, Flour-ac, Eup].

-Physical exertion brings on abscess somewhere in the body especially right ear.

-Anaphylaxis to bee stings. Swelling of face and tongue [Apis].

-Malignant and septic conditions.

-Burns lead to ulceration with ichorous discharge.

-Excessive thirst.

-Prostration of mind but desire for mental work.

-Profound prostration, collapse, surface pale and bathed in cold sweat [Camphor, Carb-v, Verat].

-Head -Dull heavy headache as if rubber band were stretched tightly around the forehead [Gels, Catus, Merc, Plat, Sulph, Nit-ac, Spig].

-Headache < bending head forward > green tea > while smoking > tight band > cold hand.

-Migraine just before or after menses.

-Vertigo shutting the eyes. < sitting down > walking fast in open air.

-Nose -Smell very acute. Pressing pain above root of nose.

-PALE ABOUT NOSE AND MOUTH.

-Ozaena with foetor and ulceration.

-G.I.T.-Diphtheria; foetid breath, regurgitation through nose on swallowing liquids but little pain [Bapt].

-Desire for stimulants and tobacco [Staph], whiskey [Syph].

-Fermentative dyspepsia.

-Nausea and vomiting of pregnancy < morning, with headache, heartburn and eructation.

-Vomiting; of drunkards, ca stomach, sea sickness.

-Constipation with very offensive breath [op, Psor].

-Bloody stools like scrapings of intestines [Canth, Colch] with tenesmus.

-Passes mucus from anus when urinating.

-Urinary system-Urine black or olive green.

-Female genitalia-Leucorrhoea in children [Cann-s, Merc, Puls, Sep].

-Irritating leucorrhoea; itching and burning [Kreos].

-Uterine displacement with or without discharge. If discharge present, it is offensive [Nit-ac, Nux-v, Sep].

-C.V.S.-Thready pulse.

-Back-Backache across loins with a dragging down sensation from buttocks to thighs.

-Extremities-Bones bare, crushed, much sloughing of soft parts.

-Skin-Vesicular eruptions all over the body which itches excessively > after rubbing but leaving a burning pain.

-Malignant scarlatina and variola [Amm-c]
-Lacerated wounds from blunt instruments.

KEYNOTES

-PAINLESSNESS.

-Pains come suddenly, last a short time, and disappear suddenly.

-PALE, ABOUT NOSE AND MOUTH.

-Dreams of fire.

-Great tenderness over transverse colon.

-Physical exertion brings on an abcess somewhere in the body.

-Anaphylaxis to bee stings.

CONFIRMATORY SYMPTOMS

-Prostration of mind, mental exhaustion, brain fag.

-Offensiveness and painlessness with destruction.

NUCLEUS OF REMEDY

-A remedy to be thought of in malignant conditions with tendency to destruction of tissues and putrid discharges, collapse and cold sweat.

-Mental and physical prostration.

CLINICAL

-Constipation, Diabetes, Diarrhoea, Diphtheria, Influenza, Leucorrhoea, Lumbago, Ovarian neuralgia (left), Ozaena, Vomiting.

-Carbolic acid 12 has proved of use in cases of the migraine in children-Dr. Dewey.

-In pertussis, this helps to stop the paroxysm in 1x or 2x potency.

REMEDY RELATIONSHIPS

-Compare-Ars, Carb-v, Chrysarobin, Guano, Kreos,
-In exhaustive diarrhoea, with very little offensive stools when Carb-v and Psorinum do not help-Bhanja, C. Pearson.

-In cholera, when Veratrum is indicated but fails.

-Antidoted by-Diluted cider vinegar either externally or internally when acid has been swallowed either accidentally or taken for suicidal purposes.

-Alcohol, Chalk, Iod, Glauber's salt in watery solution.

-Incompatible-Glycerine, Vegetable oils.

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