Homeopathy Remedy Fluoricum Acidum


Fluoricum Acidum homeopathy drug symptoms from Handbook of Materia Medica and Homeopathic Therapeutics by T.F. Allen, of the homeopathic remedy Fluoricum Acidum


      For use, 1 part of the pure acid is dissolved in 99 parts of water and preserved in gutta-percha-vials. This should be well diluted before taking.

General Action

      It is an irritant to mucous membranes and a profound tissue remedy. Indicated in deep destructive process (periosteal, osseous and connective tissue generally affected.) It also seems to affect the veins and restore their tone.

Allies.- Boron (Borax and Boracic acid), Silicon (Silicic acid, Silica).

Generalities

      Writhing about in indescribable agony, Motion of hands, fingers, toes, feet, jaws, lips, eye brows, lids, muscles of face, etc.; fond of movement of the whole body when sitting. Pain, (<) hand, arm to elbow and in foot, with lameness; transient P. in different parts in evening, in neck, knee, r. forearm, l. leg, r. foot. r. shoulder and l. arm, sometimes below, sometimes above elbow; erratic, in l. half. of body, in arm, chest, nates, etc., with itching; jerking, in different parts, behind l. ear, on l. middle finger and in small of back; jerking burning, almost boring, in a small of back; jerking burning, almost boring, in a small spot; burning at 9 P.M. in different places, (<) externally, on thighs, l. upper arm, fingers, etc.

Shaking sensation in forenoon when sitting, with pressure and compression in occiput, (<) towards r. side, with internal numbness in l. forearm and pricking in it on stretching it. Sensation almost like rush of blood, though rather as if caused by the nerves, somewhat like numbness and confusion or burning, in r. side of forehead, then in r. sides of jaws, in posterior half of occiput, in bladder, and so on in various places. Lameness. Lassitude; in forenoon; at night when walking; sudden, in evening. Many symptoms worse when standing, though better when standing than when sitting; S. (<) r. side; during rest; in the room when reading or writing; as soon as she rises. Amelioration on motion, on walking; pains (>) after breakfast, except pain in head on motion of it.

Clinical It has been used in typhoid fever, especially for the bed-sores, and in tabes dorsalis and in other diseases where there has been tendency to decubitus. In a general way it is a remedy for an unhealthy condition of the tissues in broken-down constitutions, as in drunkards, varicose veins, bed-sores, syphilitic destruction of tissues, exostoses and bone-pains; diseases of the bones generally; also in diseases of the skin, ulcerations, varicosities, naevi, lupus-like tubercles. The symptoms of necessity for energetic and rapid motion, “It seems as if she could walk forever.” has been relied upon as a marked indication for the drug in numerous diseases, for example, tumors, felons, etc.

Mind

      Satisfaction. Enjoyment of everything. Gayety next morning. Sensation as if dangers menaced him, (<) during pressure in occiput, during the staggering, pain in bladder, etc., without fear. Anxiety so that sweat frequently breaks out. Ill humor. Discontent in evening, but joy in the morning after a restless night. Ungovernable anger when considering what might happen. Hatred, which he vents in words, but a suddenly altered view as soon as he sees the people. Dissatisfaction, with discomfort in abdomen. Aversion to his business. Disposition when alone to repulsive fantastic imagination, especially in regard to people with whom he is connected, for example, that he must get rid of all servants, children must go out of the house, a betrothal must be broken off, a marriage must be dissolved, etc. Indifference. Mistakes r. and l. in making notes. Writes December for August daily though memory is good. Forgets the most common things. If his ideas are interrupted by other thoughts he cannot recall the former, or only slowly and stupidly. Peculiar rush of memory every morning. Attention difficult to fix. Comprehension of philosophical works difficult, but facts appear clearer.

Head

      Aching, with nausea and vertigo. Pressure outward; P. in brain, extending upward. Contractive pain, then beneath r. scapula. Confusion. Dullness in morning till breakfast; in morning, with drawings in r. side of head; D., sensation as if brain were pressed upward. Heaviness till going to bed, he wakes with it in the morning, (>) 9 A.M.; H., with pain deep in middle of forehead. It seems to proceed from throat to head, feeling as if he would be struck by apoplexy, a kind of determination of blood to head and unconsciousness, he could not remember where he was. Determination of blood, with heat in forehead, increasing to pain i os frontis. Stunning sensation, (<) in front. A kind of shaking in forenoon, after 10, (<) occiput, and more towards r., at first when sitting, then (<) every quick, short movement, on rising, turning, during walking. Vertigo in morning on rising, lasting when walking or sitting, then eructations and nausea.

Forehead. – Shooting in l. Pain; in upper part of F. and vertex, towards r.; in morning on waking; in r. side in forenoon; over r. brow in forenoon; at noon in frontal and parietal bones, on lying down she feels it all over; in l. side in evening; in r. protuberance in evening; in r. side of sinciput and in r. eye in evening after lying down; in sinciput on stooping, with pressing on r. eye. Compressing pain in r. protuberance. Heavy pain; in upper part of sinciput in evening, (<) stooping, sometimes passing to upper part of temples, (<) to l. Heaviness above eyes, (<) motion, with nausea. Painful, quick determination of blood to sinciput in evening on beginning to walk after standing, not after sitting.

Pain in temples; l.; proceeding from within; quick, throbbing P. in r. at 8.30 P.M. on bending head, as in stooping. Pressure outward in temples; in l. Pain like a contraction on vertex towards the right in forenoon, then under r. scapula.

Parietals. – Sharp, darting pain like a prolonged electric shock, or compression of ulnar nerve, from near posterior superior angle of r. bone to r. mastoid process. Shooting, undulating pain from l. side about middle of head and near sutura interparietalis to l. temple near exterior part of orbital cavity, causing an idea of impending danger, this pain shoots about for two seconds, but the undulation lasts longer. Pain in course of l. coronal suture in morning; P. in parietal bone, extending to r. mastoid process; P., a partial fulness, as if something were lying on l. bone. Dullness and painful tension towards r. side of head. Drawing in r. side of head.

Cramp deep in l. side of occiput. Pinching in lowest l. side of occiput in morning after waking. Pressure in occiput beneath protuberances; P. in r. side; sudden intermittent pain in l. side. Dullness of occiput; r. Hair tangled, unless frequently combed. Itching. Desire to scratch without itching, with great falling of hair.

Clinical Alopecia areata. Falling of the hair. Caries of the skull, (<) temporal bones.

Eyes

      Quivering externally in r., then burning shooting at bottom of orbit. Pain in r. Pressure upon r. when stooping. Burning. Itching; in l. as from a grain of sand. Affected so that he must wink and rub it. Lachrymation. Pupils contracted. Quivering above l. external canthus. Lids feel as if forced open, and as if in a wind, then sensation like sand in balls, which felt inflamed. Pricking in internal canthus, with burning. Itching of upper lids and inner canthi; upper lids in evening; I. in l. internal canthus; in r. internal C. in evening. Pain behind r. eye; deep above and behind l., occasionally in evening; behind l., extending far into upper jaw, at 1 O’clock, the same behind r. between 5 and 6 P.M.; in bone behind l., towards temple, in l. nostril and in forehead, as if something pointed were forced deep into it at 1 P.M. Throbbing in bone above and behind r. brow. Drawing around r. eye in evening.

Pleasant sensation as if lids wider open or eyes were more prominent, vision clearer, and he feels a kind of luxurious enjoyment when looking at things he sees every day. Inclination in morning to go without glasses, though his shortsightedness was no better, it was very irksome to bring objects near the eyes. Vision of a large, bright ring on closing eyes firmly in evening. V. of a light crossing itself like lightning in evening in bed. V. of red sparklings crossing each other in all direction on closing eyes after going to bed, then red, flaming, trembling, (>) opening eyes.

Clinical Lachrymal fistula. Chronic inflammation of the lachrymal sac, (<) cold air.

Ears

      Sticking in r. Jerking behind l. Pain in r.; behind r., extending upward; about r. in forenoon, as if ringing in ear would begin; peculiar P. in l., (>) stirring in with finger, with itching. Itching in r., then l. Sensitiveness of hearing increased in morning.

Clinical Otorrhoea, with hardness of hearing.

Nose

      Pain on l. side, nose had not been sore or painful for several months; sudden P. in l. side after some emissions. Sore feeling, (<) towards l. side. Crawling. Feeling as from a bad cold. Sneezing in afternoon; violent S. seven times in morning, with scanty discharge of thin mucus from nose, salivation and sensation in nose as from very cold weather. Suddenly full of mucus in morning on rinsing mouth with cold water, as quickly passing over. Coryza; in frequent attacks, suddenly appearing and disappearing, coryza (>) excitement; fluent, and on r. side, with crawling before sneezing; fluent, at night in sleep or next morning, after drinking red wine in evening, constant dropping and stoppage of nose; sudden fluent, all day after drinking ale in evening, suddenly disappearing; sudden tickling fluent, all day after ale in evening.

TF Allen
Dr. Timothy Field Allen, M.D. ( 1837 - 1902)

Born in 1837in Westminster, Vermont. . He was an orthodox doctor who converted to homeopathy
Dr. Allen compiled the Encyclopedia of Pure Materia Medica over the course of 10 years.
In 1881 Allen published A Critical Revision of the Encyclopedia of Pure Materia Medica.