Kali Picricum

Potassium picrate (or picro-nitrate), C6H2

by Timothy F. Allen — The Encyclopedia of Pure Materia Medica

K(NO2)3O

Authority.

1 , Wolf and Gouzee, Zeit. f. hom. Kl., 1 No. 7, constant pathogenetic effects when administered for intermittent fever.

Icterus ; diarrhœa; pain in the pit of the stomach; violent eructations; colic; urine clear, brownish-red, not containing any coloring matter from the bile, but large quantities of urate of ammonia. 1.

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“Potassium picrate. C 6 H 2 K(NO 2 ) 3 O. Trituration (which must be made with great care, on account of the explosive nature of the salt). Eructations / Jaundice Allen quotes from Wolff and Gouzee the following constant pathogenetic effects observed in patients to whom K. pi. was given for intermittent fever…”

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