Tartaricum acidum
Tartaric Acid
by William Boericke — Pocket Manual of Homoeopathic Materia Medica & Repertory
Historical reference for practitioners and students. The statements below reflect the named author’s homeopathic teaching and do not establish treatment effectiveness. This text is not medical advice and must not replace appropriate diagnosis or care.
Found in grapes, pineapple, sorrel and other fruits. It is an antiscorbutic antiseptic, stimulating the mucous and salivary secretions.
Dullness and lassitude. Great weakness, with diarrhœa, with dry and brown tongue. Pain in heels ( Phytol ).
Stomach
Excessive thirst, continued vomiting burning in throat and stomach. Dyspepsia with copious secretions of mucus.
Abdomen
Pain around umbilicus and region of loins. Stool color of coffee-grounds (worse at night), with brown and dry tongue, and dark-green vomiting.
Dose
Third trituration. The pure acid 10-30 grains dissolved in water.