Baryta Acetica

Acetate of Barium

by William Boericke — Pocket Manual of Homoeopathic Materia Medica & Repertory

Produces paralysis beginning at the extremities and spreading upward. Pruritus of aged.

Mind

Forgetful; wavering long between opposite resolutions. Lack of self confidence.

Face

Feeling of cobweb in face.

Extremities

Drawing pain down whole left leg. Crawling, with burning stitches. Paralysis . Lumbago and rheumatic pain in muscles and joints.

Dose

Second and third trituration in repeated dosage.

Baryta Acetica across the other classic books

Baryta Acetica appears in 2 of the 13 classic books on Similia. Each was written to do a different job — here is what each adds on this remedy, with the opening of its entry.

Allen TF — The raw proving record — symptoms as the provers reported them, unedited.
“Barium acetate, C2H3O2 Ba. Preparation , Triturations. Authorities. Sudden, excessive, but transient anger and wrath, even to rage from very little cause; easily provoked to action (after many days), 1. Anthropophobia, 1. All self-confidence has disappeared, 1. Sad mood, 1. Grief at every trifle, 1. Great solicitude…”

Baryta Acetica in Kent's Repertory

Kent's Repertory lists Baryta Acetica in 20 rubrics. These are the ones where it carries the highest grade — the symptoms Kent treated as most characteristic. Most of them sit in HEAD (9), BACK (3), EXTREMITIES (3), BLADDER (2), EYE (2).

EYE - PAIN - aching - pressure, - after
BLADDER - URINATION - involuntary
BACK - PAIN - aching - Lumbar region
BACK - STIFFNESS - Sacral region - evening
EYE - PAIN - pressure - after
HEAD - PAIN, - pressing - Forehead - raising the head
EXTREMITIES - FORMICATION - Fingers - back of
HEAD - PAIN, - burrowing - morning - rising,after
HEAD - PAIN, - Vertex - morning - rising,on
HEAD - PAIN, - stitching - Temples - extending - outward
HEAD - PAIN, - shooting - Forehead - over eyes - outward
BLADDER - URINATION - frequent - morning
HEAD - PAIN, - Vertex - morning - waking,on
HEAD - PAIN, - burrowing
URINE - COPIOUS - increased - morning
HEAD - PAIN, - Temples - left
EXTREMITIES - PAIN - sore,bruised - Forearm
BACK - SHIVERING
HEAD - PAIN, - drawing - Sides
EXTREMITIES - COLDNESS - Upper Limbs

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