A Primer of Materia Medica for Practitioners of Homœopathy

Acetic Acid. acet-ac.

Allen (1892)In every bookSave

General

This acid, more positively than other organic acid, produces a profound anæmia followed by general malnutrition, emaciation, cough, night sweats, etc. It seems also to produce an immediate inflammation of some mucous membranes characterized by a membranous (or plastic) exudation (larynx, bronchi, uterus).

Mouth and Stomach

Salivation; tongue pale and flabby.
Vomiting of food.
In the stomach gnawing and burning.
General aggravation by cold drinks.
Epigastrium sore.

Stools

Watery, with colic, sore abdomen, etc.
Bloody.

Respiratory organs

Croup, membranous, with prostration, coldness, etc. (later stages).
Membranous, bronchitis.
Respiration difficult, hurried.

Fever

Coldness.
Hectic fever with emaciation, night sweats.