BENZOIC ACID


Respiratory symptoms of homeopathic remedy Benzoic Acid, described by Van Denburg in his book, Therapeutics of Respiratory system, cough & coryza, published in 1916….


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CORYZA.

After every exposure to cold.

Sneezing, with lightness of head, excitement and hoarseness: morning.

Smell perverted or diminished.

COUGH.

DRY COUGH-

Morning on rising, evening on lying down. (Old people).

Constant hacking cough after gonorrhea.

Tormenting, asthenic cough; urine high colored and strong- smelling.

Followed by greenish sputa.

SPUTA-

None, or of difficult white mucus.

Blood-streaked mucus.

Greenish mucus: Copious secretion of mucus in bronchi.

WORSE-

Morning and evening.

RESPIRATION-

Catching breathing from sharp pains in chest.

SPECIAL-

Asthenic cough of old people.

Mucous oppression of the lungs; promotes expectoration.

Great weakness, with difficulty of breathing, increasing every hour.

Catarrhal coughs, and asthmatic attacks.

SENSATIONS-

Smell perverted.

Weakness, with difficult breathing.

M.W. Van Denburg
M. W. (Marvin W.) VAN DENBURG, A.M., M.D.
Author of "A homoeopathic materia medica on a new and original plan ... A sample fascicle containing the arsenic group."
"Therapeutics of the respiratory system, cough and coryza, acute and chronic : repertory with index, materia medica with index"