Benzoicum acidum
By Adolph von Lippe — Keynotes and Red Line Symptoms of the Materia Medica
Common name: benzoic acid.
May be indicated in any form of disease characterized by the peculiar urine.
The urine in the clothing scents the whole room (N.).
URINE DARK BROWN, AND THE URINOUS ODOUR HIGHLY INTENSIFIED (Nit-Ac.) (A.).
Offensive or pungent smell in the urine (Calc., Merc. Nit-Ac., Sulph.) (C.).
Urine offensive and of a deep red colour (Berb., Lyc., Stram.) (A.).
Vesical catarrh from suppressed gonorrhœa (Puls., Sep.) (C.).
Cough, with expectoration of green mucus (Nat-S.) (A.).
Cracking of the joints when moving (Caps., Led., Nit-Ac., Petr., Rhus-T.) (G.).
Gout, worse at night (Colch., Nit-Ac.) (A.).
Extreme weakness or lassitude (A.).
Redness and swelling of joints (Apis, Bell., Colch. Led., Merc., Stram.) (A.).
Tearing or stitching pains in large joints of big toe (Nit-Ac.) (A.).
Enuresis nocturna of delicate children; dribbling urine of old men, with enlarged prostate; strong characteristic odour; excess of uric acid (A.).
Inclination to dwell on unpleasant subjects.
Often omits words while writing (Bar-C., Lyc., Phos-Ac.).
Perspiration while eating (Carb-An., Carb-S., Carb-V., Kali-C., Merc., Nit-Ac., Sep.).
Sensation as of a lump in the pit of the throat (Bell., Phyt.).
Diarrhœa: white, very offensive and exhausting stools, running right through the diaper (Calc-P., Crot-T., Podo.) (A.).
Chilliness before stool (Ars., Merc., Phos., Verat.).
Gouty concretions (Calc., Lyc., Sep., Sil.) (A.).
Affects all the joints, especially the knees (A.).
Gouty nodosities (Berb., Lith-C., Lyc.) (A.).
Heart troubles of rheumatic origin (N.).
Pain in the region of the heart (C.)
Pains suddenly change their locality (Kali-B., Led., Puls.) (C.).
Symptoms go from left to right, and from below upward (C.).
Circumscribed redness of the cheeks (Chin., Ferr., Lyc., Phos., Sulph., Tub.) (C.).
Night sweats (Calc., Merc., Nit-Ac.) (B.).
Profuse sweat, without relief (Merc.) (B.).
Angina faucicum and tonsillitis with exceedingly offensive and high coloured urine (N.).
Valvular deposits in the heart (Kalm., Led., Lith-C.) (F.).
Nodular swellings in the joints (Amm-P., Calc., Lyc.) (F.).
AGGRAVATION: From motion; and at night.
AMELIORATION: From rest; and in the day time.
RELATIONSHIP. Similar to: Berb., Cop., Ferr., Lith-C., Nit-Ac., Sep., Thuj., and Viol-T.
Useful after Colch. fails in gout; after abuse of Cop. in suppression of gonorrhœa.