by C.M. Boger — General Analysis
Historical reference for practitioners and students.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.
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Carbolicum acidum appears in 11 of the 21 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.
“Glacial Carbolic Acid The potencies are made with alcohol (an exception to the rule of preparing acids). Pains are terrible; come suddenly , last a short time, disappear suddenly (Bell., Mag. p.). Profound prostration, collapse; surface pale and bathed in cold sweat (Camph., Carbo v., Ver.). Physical exertion, even…”
“Acidum carbolicum, Phenol, Monoxybenze, Phenyl-alcohol. C6H5 Preparation , Solution in alcohol. Authorities.”
“Phenol-Carbolic Acid Carbolic Acid is a powerful irritant and anæsthetic. A languid, foul, painless, destructive remedy. Stupor, paralysis of sensation and motion, feeble pulse and depressed breathing, death due to paralysis of respiratory centers. Acts primarily on the central nervous system. Increased olfactory…”
“MUCOUS MEMBRANES: Throat. STOMACH. Bowels. Lungs. HEART. Blood. Respiration. Jar. Reading. Pregnancy. Combing hair (Bry. Chin. Ign. Sele.). Painless, languid and PROSTRATE. FOULNESS. Burning secretions; expectoration, etc. Malignancy. Sepsis. Low fever. Prickling-burning or sudden pain. .................... Tender…”
“Carbolic Acid. Phenol. Monoxy Benzine. Phenic Acid. Phenyl Alcohol. C 6 H 5 OH. Solution in rectified spirit. Acne / Burns / Carbuncle / Cholera / Constipation / Diabetes / Diarrhœa / Dysentery / Dyspepsia / Eczema / Eructations / Erysipelas / Flatulence / Gangrene / Hydrocephalus / Influenza / Intermittent fever /…”
“(Acidum Caroolicum.) Pharmacology. — This is an acid obtained from coal-tar, by fractional distillation and subsequent purification. Carbolic acid, in its pure state, is a solid, at ordinary temperatures crystalizing in minute plates of long rhomboidal needles, white or colorless, of a peculiar odor, similar to…”
“C 6 H 5 OH. This collection contains, besides all clinical symptoms that could be found in the journals, the principal symptoms from the provings of Lilienthal, Bacmeister, Hoyne, Duncan, Hedges, Boyce, Williamson, Price, and Hæseler ; also some toxicological symptoms, the principal ones among them being referable to…”
“ACIDUM CARBOLICUM, Carbolic acid, phenic acid, CH^O. Obtained from coal tar by fractional dti tion and puriBcation, L ProFuings, — f. Dr. Bacmeister, set. 39, of ncrvous-sanguiy temperament. Feb 7th, f ive drops of ist on sugar caused sense freedom and expansion in lungs (5 m,) ; coryxa in open air only ( m.) …”
“Common name: carbolic acid. Useful in cases of burns, when the affected parts ulcerate (Ars., Canth., Nat-C.) (F.). Putrid discharges from the mouth, nose, throat, nostrils, rectum and vagina (Anthr., Ars., Bapt., Carb-V., Lach., Merc., Nit-Ac., Psor., Pyrog., Sulph.) (A.). Headache, better from binding the head…”
“Vesicular eruptions all over the body, which itches excessively; better after rubbing, but leaving a burning pain.”
Kent's Repertory lists Carbolicum acidum in 858 rubrics. These are the ones where it carries the highest grade — the symptoms Kent treated as most characteristic. Most of them sit in EXTREMITIES (121), HEAD (87), GENERALITIES (57), STOMACH (54), BACK (42).
