Zincum Aceticum zinc-ac.

A Dictionary of Practical Materia Medica

John Henry Clarke · A Dictionary of Practical Materia Medica · 1st edition (1900-02, three volumes); homeoint.org / Médi-T HTML digitization

General

Acetate of Zinc. Zn(C 2 H 3 O 2 ) 2 3 H 2 O. Solution.

Clinical

Diarrhœa. Erysipelas. Gastritis. Night-watching, effects of. Toothache.

Characteristics

Zn. ac . was proved by Hahnemann and others. The most Peculiar Symptoms were these: "Brain feels sore and as if sprinkled with salt." "Throat seems too tight and tongue too short." There was toothache < by touch. Shaking chill during and after vomiting. Empty, hungry sensation. Pain and paralytic condition of arms. The symptoms were < in evening. < By motion. < Walking in open air. The only clinical uses of Zn. ac . I am acquainted with I learned from Burnett. He used Rademacher's solution of Zinc in Acetic Acid, and gave 5-drop doses three times a day in water to nurses and others who were compelled to work on an insufficient amount of sleep. I have verified the great utility of this. Another use to which Burnett put it was in erysipelas of old people. In the provers it produced a pustular eruption on forehead and knee; and the latter was attended with voluptuous itching.

Causation

Night-watching.

Mind

Anxious, quiet, does not speak a word; asked how she feels, says, "Let me alone, I shall soon be better."

Head

Heaviness of head. ─ Throbbing headache, as if it would come out at forehead. ─ Frontal headache, as if brain sore and sprinkled with salt. ─ Dull, sticking, painful sensation in forehead. ─ Stitches: in forehead; needle-like in l. temple.

Ears

L. ear swollen internally, painful on inserting finger and on external touch.

Face

Face pale; look anxious.

Mouth

Tearing pain in teeth, esp. when touched. ─ Blister on forepart of gum, painful as if burnt. ─ Mouth feels burnt. ─ Bitter taste in mouth.

Throat

Throat feels too tight and tongue too short.

Stomach

Eructations: empty; ineffectual; sour, with shaking chill; tasting of food eaten three hours before. ─ Nausea followed by needle-like stitches in throat, then vomiting of bitter, sour mucus, whereby the sticking was < ; afterwards chilliness of back. ─ Vomit with salivation. ─ Sensation of a small swelling in pit of stomach, painful to touch, previous to menses. ─ Pressure; and sticking in pit of stomach, < by motion, late in evening. ─ Empty, hungry sensation two hours after dinner.

Abdomen

Violent griping in abdomen, obliged to lie down.

Stool and Anus

Urging to stool a few times at night, followed by pasty stool. ─ Diarrhœa every hour during day. ─ Diarrhœa of black colour after dinner.

Urinary Organs

Urethra: contraction of; biting in. ─ Frequent increased desire to urinate and irritation to urinate (like a burning). ─ Much watery urine.

Chest

Much mucus comes from chest in afternoon, with a kind of nausea.

Back

Back much affected, on stooping sudden shooting in it as if all strength had left him.

Upper Limbs

Weakness in both arms. ─ Pain in l. arm, heavy, wrist hurts, no position easy at night (from injection into urethra). ─ Drawing, trembling, loss of power in r. arm. ─ Pressing, tearing, and stitches in muscles of r. arm during rest and motion. ─ Pressing pain in ball of r. hand.

Lower Limbs

Pressive sticking in muscles of l. thigh while walking in open air. ─ Tensive pain in upper r. calf while walking in open air.

Generalities

She wishes to walk, contrary to habit. ─ Frequent alternation between sitting and walking about. ─ Feels bad in afternoon. ─ (Effects of insufficient sleep.)

Skin

Papular eruption filled with pus on forehead and neck; when opened it discharged pus and blood (from external application to urethra). ─ Red, papular eruption about both knees, which caused a tickling and voluptuous itching. ─ (Erysipelas of old people.)

Sleep

Sleepy during day, frequent yawning.

Fever

Shaking chill; during and after vomiting. ─ Several times a day feels hot, as though throat had been burnt with alcohol. ─ Burning heat in face, evening, and heat over whole face and redness of cheeks without sweat. ─ Night-sweat.