by C.M. Boger — General Analysis
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Fluoricum acidum appears in 11 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.
“Hydrofluoric Acid. (HF.) Complaints of old age, or of premature old age; in syphilitic mercurial dyscrasia; young people look old . Increased ability to exercise without danger (Coca.); is less affected by excessive heat of summer or cold of winter. Old cicatrices become red around edges, and threaten to become open…”
“Hydrofluoric acid, HF. Preparation , Dilute with water and potentize in silver vials to the fifth centesimal (Hering), (gutta-percha vials are now generally used). Authorities. ( 1 to 17 , from Hering's résumé, Neues Archiv. f. Hom., 2, 1, 100, and Trans. of Am. Inst. of Hom., 1846), 1 , C. Hg, from a man aged 40…”
“Hydrofluoric Acid Especially adapted to chronic diseases with syphilitic and mercurial history. Glabella region bloated . Acts especially upon lower tissues, and indicated in deep, destructive processes, bedsores, ulcerations, varicose veins, and ulcers. Patient is compelled to move about energetically. Complaints of…”
“FIBROUS TISSUES: VEINS. Skin. Bones. Mastoid. HEAT; of room. Night. Alcohol. Sour foods. COOL BATHING. Rapid motion. Short sleep. Bending head back. Eating. Always too hot; wants to bathe in cold water. Pale, miserable, cachectic, flabby and broken down. Slow deeply destructive effects. Puffy, indurated or fistulous…”
“Hydrofluoric acid. H F. Made by distilling pure fluorspar (Calcium fluoride) in a state of fine powder with sulphuric acid. Solution. Abscess / Alcoholism / Alopecia / Apoplexy / Bone, affections of / Brain, atrophy of / Cicatrix / Coccygodynia / Decubitus / Dropsies / Eyes, affections of / Fistula / Gleet / Goître /…”
“Hydrofluoric acid. HF. "This acid is prepared by distilling pure fluor spar (Calcium fluoride) in a state of fine powder with sulphuric acid. As the acid dissolves glass, the distillation must be performed in platinum vessels, and the acid can only be preserved in bottles of the same, or in bottles made of gutta…”
“It takes a long time for this remedy, in the proving, to develop its symptoms. It is a very deep-acting medicine, and an antipsoric, antisyphilitic and anti-sycotic. It is insidious in its action and its symptoms are slow in approach; it is like the deepest and slowest and most tedious diseases, the miasms, and hence…”
“Disposition to be exceedingly anxious, causing perspiration. Sensation as if danger menaced him. Forgetfulness of dates and of his common employment. Vertigo with sickness of the stomach. Congestion of blood to the head -(forehead). Dulness (towards night) in the occiput. Sensation of numbness in the forehead…”
“Common name: hydro-fluoric acid. Complaints of old age, or of premature old age; in syphilitic mercurial dyscrasia (A.). YOUNG PEOPLE LOOK OLD (Agn., Ambr., Bar-C., Bufo, Kali-C., Lyc., Sel.) (A.). Pale, miserable, cachectic, flabby and broken down (B.). DISEASES OF THE BONES, ESPECIALLY OF LONG BONES (Calc-F…”
“Diseases of the bones, especially the long bones, > from cold. Silicea, > by warmth.”
Kent's Repertory lists Fluoricum acidum in 1,550 rubrics. These are the ones where it carries the highest grade — the symptoms Kent treated as most characteristic. Most of them sit in EXTREMITIES (368), HEAD (142), MIND (90), SKIN (69), GENERALITIES (67).
