Homeopathy Remedy Muriaticum Acidum


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


      A solution of pure Muriatic acid (Hydrogen Chloride) (1 to 2) is called the 1st decimal dilution.

General Action

      It is, in a general way, indicated in atonic conditions, feeble digestion, low fever, unhealthy ulcerations of skin and mucous membranes, cutaneous eruptions, etc. Its allies are Rhus-tox., Arum tri., Carbol. ac.

Generalities

      Emaciation. Almost spasms. Pain in periosteum of all bones, as in intermittent fever. Relapse on forty-fourth day, rise of temperature and pulse, bloody vomiting, sticking in back, (<) below r. twelfth rib, about three inches external to spinous process, abdomen sunken, doughy, l. hypochondrium more distended than r., Dullness across upper part of abdomen, pulse weak in relation to impulse of heart, rubbing sound in lower margin of diaphragm. in region of apex of heart, extending to axilla, synchronous with respiration, urine albuminous, pain in lower part of back, death in a week.

Discomfort. Increase of activity. Weakness; in morning, (<) lower limbs; in evening after walking; at night in bed, with difficulty in collecting ideas; after eating, (>) towards evening; when walking and standing, so that he fell asleep when sitting; when sitting, so that eyes closed, but on rising and moving about she is immediately wide awake; with sleepiness and dim vision, she fell asleep at the table. Indolence in forenoon, with stretching; I. and relaxation, but not wearied by walking. Unwilling to move. Fainted.

Clinical In a general way it is adapted to a low typhoid state, the patient slides down in bed and mutters, with sordes on the teeth and offensive odor from the mouth. General muscular debility following typhoid, diphtheria or the use of opium, with restlessness. It is particularly to be compared with Rhus.

Mind

      Easily excited. Irritable; in evening; in evening, reluctant and unsuccessful in work; and timid, despondent; and quiet, staring in front of him, abrupt in speech. Discontentment with everything in afternoon in open air, with prostration. Inclined to start up in fright. Sad; during menses, and taciturn, as if she had no life; during menses, absorbed in herself, as if she had no life; and quiet, discontented. Anxiety at 8 P.M., with fulness of abdomen as if it would burst, sweat runs from head, arms fall down and she is weak as if paralyzed; A., with cold sweat on face; and inability to free himself from the slightest trouble. Deep reflection and quiet absorption in himself as if something disagreeable impended, but with desire to work. Thoughts of events that had just happened forced themselves upon him when at work and were very vivid. Disinclination for mental work.

Head

      Forcibly twisted backward without spasms, and sitting up in bed. Sticking; on blowing nose; extending into head after rising from stooping, after dinner. Aching from walking in open air; A. waking her at 5 A.M., then sticking above r. ear; in brain, as if torn and beaten, as in pernicious fever, in morning. Aching as before coryza; pressing towards eyes, (>) lying, after frequent sneezing. Pressure from middle of brain out to l. side of forehead. Heaviness in morning after rising, (<) exertion of vision, till vision, became confused, with reeling and sleepiness. Brain felt loose when carrying a heavy weight. Vertigo in open air and unsteadiness when walking; V. (<) in house, with dim vision; with stupefaction; with tearing in vertex and sensation as if hair were drawn up; suddenly in open air, objects turned about with her.

Forehead. Sticking extending to temples, (<) stooping and pressure; S. in eminences extending towards middle. Tearing; in sudden shocks, extending to r. orbit, with pressure. Pain in F. and occiput, (<) rising in bed, especially that in F.; P. in forepart of brain, (<) moving eyes; afterwards involving whole head; from within outward in F. and temples; burning, externally above l. eye; stupefying, (>) tough. Dullness in front part. Heaviness pressing down upon eyes, (>) pressure, with Dullness. Feeling of falling asleep and deadness.

Temples. Sticking above l. Stitchlike tearing in r. when standing, (>) touch and yawning. Pain in l.; ulcerative, externally in T. and forehead; tensive, in r. Pulsation in r. artery when lying upon it.

Vertex. Sticking in V. and forehead from noon till going to sleep. Tearing, with at times sensation as if hair were drawn up. Boring through bones into brain. Pain in V. and l. temple at night, preventing sleep, with restlessness; jerking, in evening.

Sides. Sticking in r. parietal bone, then tearing in r. lobule and about ear. Tearing in r. parietal bone, with at times sticking extending into forehead, at times into margin of orbit, at times with tickling in l. ear and burning in concha. Pressure in l.

Occiput. Sticking and tearing; S. in evening, with tension. Paroxysmal tearing in sides, extending into forehead. Pain in l. protuberance from walking in raw wind; tensive, in bone, extending through brain to forehead. Painless drawing in protuberance, extending to l. eye, causing twitching of upper lid. Heaviness, with drawing stitches on it extending towards nape, swelling of a cervical gland that is painful to touch, and heaviness of head, vertigo and dimness of eyes; H. as if head would sink backward, as from weakness of cervical muscles.

Scalp. Burning pain above temples. Tension in l. side. Feeling as from bristling of hair after fright. Itching on vertex, not (>) scratching.

Eyes

      Easily inflamed. Redness, with sticking outward. Burning in morning, with agglutination; B. in morning when washing them; B. and pressure, as after exerting vision in evening. Itching. Pupils dilated; contracted; now dilated, now contracted, at intervals of four or five hours. Cutting in r. ball during rest. Swelling of lids, with redness. Agglutination in morning. Jerking through upper lid towards zygoma, as from a thread drawn through it. Itching stitch in r. external canthus during rest. Corrosive biting in l. external canthus in evening; itching B. in r. internal C., not (>) rubbing. Tearing in margin of orbit. Sensitiveness to light. Flickering vision, with hemiopia, during which one vertical half of an object seemed cut off from the other.

Ears

      Itching stitch in l., (>) boring into ear. Tearing in l.; in r. outer; in lobule of l.; drawing, behind ears, extending towards nape and causing stiffness of neck. Cutting posteriorly on mastoid process, and on touch pain as if suppurating. Pinching deep within r., with at times sticking extending behind ear, where it is then painful to touch; jerking, deep within l., with frequent cramplike pain. Gnawing in r. in evening. Ulcerative pain in l., (<) boring in with finger; U. pain in lobule on touch. Pain in r. like a rhythmical pressure outward, with sensitiveness of external ear to touch. Drawing pressure in antitragus, and on pressure pain extending into ear. Itching in l.

Very sensitive to noise (Silicea). Hears the ticking of a watch better than the sound of the voice. Hearing diminished, and ear- wax dry, a few days afterwards a sudden noise in the ear and he hears better. Singing. Chirping at night. Whistling; and ringing and roaring. Roaring; in r., with whistling.

Nose

      Sticking in nostrils as if they would ulcerate. Stoppage; in upper part, with profuse mucous discharge. Irritation of mucous membrane as in coryza. Sensation of coryza, with dryness. Constant inclination to sneeze, with itching and tickling. Sneezing; in afternoon and evening, without coryza; violent, with discharge of water. Discharge of much mucus. Coryza; with acrid water, with thick mucus. Bleeding (the Carbons in general).

Face

      Heightened color. Red cheeks when walking in open air. Pale. Cramplike pain near l. articulation of jaw, and on pressure sticking extending into ear. Tearing in jaw just below l. orbit. Drawing in jaws. Tingling in l. lower jaw, extending as a crawling into corresponding teeth.

Lips. Lower swollen, it feels heavy and burning, (<) touch. Margins raw and skin dry and cracked. Mucous lining red, inflamed and painful, stripped of epithelium to a considerable extent and dotted with whitish points. Pustules in red of lower. Vesicle on l. side of upper; in upper, close to corner, with suppurative pain on touch and tension on moving lips; yellow burning, on l. side of lower. Pain and smarting on lips, mouth and throat. Burning (Arum, Carbol-ac.). Burning tension in r. side of upper.

Mouth

      Teeth. Very white. Tearing in r. upper and in zygoma; in a r. upper molar, with sore pain in gums. Boring in roots of l. lower as if they would be pushed out. Jerking, with burning in gums. Aching, (>) warmth and wrapping up, with pain in cheek-bones, ears and temples; pressing as under, in a lower canine, (>) pressing jaws together; throbbing, in l. lower mornings, (<) cold drinks. Cold drinks painfully penetrates diseased T. Itching, with desire to bite them tightly together. Gums inflamed. Gums swollen; in morning, lasting till noon; and red, covered in places with thin films of a dead white color.

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.