by C.M. Boger — General Analysis
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Muriaticum acidum appears in 12 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.
“Hydrochloric Acid. (HCl) Adapted to persons with black hair, dark eyes, dark complexion. Irritable, peevish, disposed to anger and chagrin (Nux); restlessness and vertigo. Diseases of an asthenic type, with moaning, unconsciouness, fretfulness. Ulceration with fungus-like growths and pseudo-like membranous deposits of…”
“Acidum hydrochloratum (Hcl). Preparation , Dilutions with pure water. Authorities. (Nos. 1 to 20 , from Hahnemann, Chron. Krank-n.).”
“Muriatic Acid This acid has an elective affinity for the blood, producing a septic condition similar to that found in low fevers with high temperature and great prostration. Patient becomes so weak she slides down the bed. Decomposition of fluids. Involuntary stools while passing urine. Hæmorrhages. Mouth and anus…”
“BLOOD. MUSCLES: HEART. ANUS. MUCOUS MEMBRANES: Digestive tract. MOUTH. TONGUE. Brain. Touch. Wet weather. Walking. Cold drinks; bathing. Sitting. Human voice. Motion. Warmth. Lying on L. side. Sore , RESTLESS AND ERETHISTIC, but soon grows weak and very debilitated; wants to lie down; slides down in bed, eyes fall…”
“Hydrochloric acid. HCl. First dilutions with distilled water. Anus, prolapse of / Chilblains / Chorea / Deafness (cerebral) / Diphtheria / Enteric fever / Ephelis / Feet, soles, pains in / Gastric disorders / Hæmorrhoids / Hemiopia / Impotence / Measles / Mercurial ulceration / Mouth, aphthæ; psoriasis of tongue…”
“Hydrochloric Acid. HCl. Introduced by Hahnemann, proved by himself, Gutmann, Haynel, Hartmann, Langhammer, Nenning, Rummel, Stapf and Wislicenus (Chronische Krankheiten). Our arrangement contains a MSS. proving by Hackett, not contained in Allen's Encyclopædia . CLINICAL AUTHORITIES. Cancer of tongue , Cooper…”
“When treating a low form of continued fever with extreme prostration Arsenicum, Muriatic acid and Phos. acid force themselves upon the mind. With Arsenicum there has been the anxious restlessness; with Phos. acid there has been the mental prostration, and then the muscular weakness; with Muriatic acid the muscular…”
“Drawing and tearing in the extremities during rest and relieved by motion. All the joints feel as if bruised. Great debility - as soon as he sits down his eyes close. Sliding down in the bed because of bodily inertia. Great sensitivity to moist air. The periosteum pains in intermittent fever. Want of good sphincter…”
“Sad, taciturn, with anxious apprehension. Sadness, peevishness. Irritable, disposed to anger and chagrin. Vertigo, with tottering gait. Headache, as if the brain were torn or demolished. Feeling as if the brain were loose. Tearing and stitches in the head, coming on in periodical shocks. Heaviness in the back part of…”
“Common name: hydrochloric acid. Mouth and anus are chiefly affected; the tongue and sphincter ani are paralysed (A.). Often called for asthenic type of diseases (Ars., Bapt., Hyos., Lyc., Phos-Ac., Sec., Verat.) (A.). Great sensivity to moist air (Nux-M.). All the joints feel as if bruised (Arn.). Drawing and tearing…”
“Moaning or sliding down in bed from excessive weakness. (Typhoid.) Tongue dry, leathery and shrunken; one-third its natural size. (Typhoid.) Hemorrhoids: Swollen and blue, and so sensitive to touch that they cannot bear the contact of the sheet. Great debility; as soon as he sits down his eyes close; lower jaw hangs…”
Kent's Repertory lists Muriaticum acidum in 2,156 rubrics. These are the ones where it carries the highest grade — the symptoms Kent treated as most characteristic. Most of them sit in EXTREMITIES (353), HEAD (220), GENERALITIES (219), SKIN (113), MIND (109).
