Salicylicum Acidum
Salicylic Acid
by William Boericke — Pocket Manual of Homoeopathic Materia Medica & Repertory
The symptoms point to its use in rheumatism, dyspepsia, and Meniere's disease . Prostration after influenza; also tinnitus aurium and deafness. Hæmaturia.
Head
Vertigo; tendency to fall to left side. Headache; confusion in head on rising suddenly. Incipient coryza. Piercing pain in temples.
Eyes
Retinal hæmorrhage. Retinitis after influenza, also albuminuric.
Ears
Roaring and ringing in ears . Deafness, with vertigo.
Throat
Sore, red and swollen. Pharyngitis; swallowing difficult.
Stomach
Canker sores , with burning soreness and fetid breath. Flatulence; hot, sour belching . Putrid fermentation. Fermentative dyspepsia . Tongue purplish, leaden-colored; foul breath.
Stools
Putrid diarrhœa; gastro-intestinal derangements, especially in children; stools like green frog's spawn ( Magn carb ). Pruritus ani.
Extremities
Knees swollen and painful. Acute articular rheumatism; worse, touch and motion, profuse sweat. Pain shifts. Sciatica, burning pain; worse at night. Copious foot-sweat and ill affects where suppressed.
Skin
Itching vesicles and pustules; better by scratching. Sweat without sleep. Urticaria. Hot and burning skin. Purpura. Herpes zoster. Necrosis and softening of bones.
Relationship
Compare: Salol (rheumatic pain in joints, with soreness and stiffness, headache over eyes; urine violet-smelling); Colch; China; Lact ac . Spiræa and Gaultheria contain salicyl acid.
Dose
Third decimal trituration. In acute articular rheumatism, 5 grains every 3 hours (Old school dose).