CARBOLICUM ACIDUM

CARBOLICUM ACIDUM [Carb-ac]
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 > Smoking < Reading > Strong tea < Pregnancy > Rubbing < Walking > Binding < Combing hair [Bry, Chin, Ign Sel] < Straightening up < Mental exertion < Cold 2 and Heat 2
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. Please click here for more information about us For proof/evidence that Homeopathy is effective, please click here: Efficacy studies.

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