Oxalicum acidum

by C.M. Boger — General Analysis

ANGINA PECTORIS
FLATULENCE, Right
MOTTLED, patchy, etc. (Comp. Spots.)
SHOOTING, darting like lightening, quick pains

Oxalicum acidum across the other classic books

Oxalicum acidum appears in 9 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.

Allen TF — The raw proving record — symptoms as the provers reported them, unedited.
“Oxalic acid, C2H2O4. Preparation , Triturations. Authorities. (Nos. 1 to 11 , and 14 to 16 , inclusive, from Hering, Amer. Arzneipf.).”
Boericke — The quick clinical read — keynotes, modalities and the conditions it is actually prescribed in.
“Sorrel Acid Although certain oxalates are constant constituents of vegetable food and of the human body, the acid itself is a violent poison when taken internally, producing gastro-enteritis, motor paralysis, collapse, stupor and death. Influences the spinal cord, and produces motor paralysis. Pains very violent, in…”
Boger (Syn) — Generals and modalities in a short analytical portrait rather than a symptom list.
“Digestive tract. Navel. Nerves: Cord. Heart. Left side; Lung. Thinking of it. Cold. Touch. Shaving. Mental exertion. After stool. Weak, cold, livid and numb all over; < lower limbs. Violent pains; in streaks, like lightning, in spots, burning, etc. Neuralgia. .................... Nervous and sleepless. Swimming…”
Clarke — The widest entry — sources, provings, clinical uses, relationships and antidotes in one place.
“Oxalic Acid. Hydrogen Oxalate. C 2 H 2 O 4 2 H 2 O. Trituration. Tincture. Angina pectoris / Back, pain in / Chest, affections of / Cholera infantum / Convulsions / Deltoid rheumatism / Enuresis / Eyes, affections of / Gastrodynia / Gout / Gravel / Hernia / Indigestion / Meningitis / Myelitis / Nails, blue / Neuralgia…”
Hering — Graded symptoms, each weighted by how often provers and practice confirmed it.
“Sorrel Acid. H 2 C 2 O 4 , 2 H 2 O. Introduced by Neidhard in 1844 ; by Reil in 1851. Provings by Koch, Neidhard, Dubbs, Smith, Floto, Williamson, Kitching, Hering, Reil, Honigberger, Pehrson and Gosewich. See Hering's Amerikanische Arznei Prüfungen. Toxicological reports are numerous. CLINICAL AUTHORITIES. Pain in…”
Kent — The mental and general picture — who the patient is, before what the remedy cures.
“This remedy has been greatly neglected. It will cure many heart complaints that are treated with vague, crude, unproved remedies with indifferent results. The violent action upon the heart racks the whole system. Trembling, convulsions, loss of sensation; numbness of the body and limbs; blueness of the lower limbs…”
Lippe (MM) — The strict Hahnemannian reading — the symptom picture without clinical interpretation.
“Great cheerfulness and clearness of mind. Thinking of his ailments aggravates them. A version to talk; with headache, fulness in the face. Vertigo, with weakness and thirst; anxiety; headache and perspiration. Vertigo while looking out of the window; when rising from a seat. Vertigo, like swimming, on lying down…”
Nash — The comparisons — the remedy set beside the ones it is most often confused with.
“Complaints < when thinking of them. (Helon., Calc. phos.)”

Oxalicum acidum in Kent's Repertory

Kent's Repertory lists Oxalicum acidum in 1,043 rubrics. These are the ones where it carries the highest grade — the symptoms Kent treated as most characteristic. Most of them sit in EXTREMITIES (154), STOMACH (93), GENERALITIES (80), ABDOMEN (66), CHEST (65).

RESPIRATION - JERKING - inspiration
CHEST - PAIN - stitching - Lower part - left
CHEST - PAIN - Lower - left
MIND - THINKING, - complaints,of, - agg.
CHEST - ANGINA pectoris
EXTREMITIES - NUMBNESS
EXTREMITIES - NUMBNESS - Upper Limbs
SKIN - COLDNESS
CHEST - PAIN
COUGH - DRY - exertion,violent,,from
EXTREMITIES - PAIN - Hip - thinking about the pains
EXTREMITIES - PAIN - Upper Limbs - thinking about it
EXTREMITIES - PARALYSIS - Lower Limbs - right - then left
GENERALITIES - STREAMING of blood,sensation
LARYNX TRACHEA - TICKLING in the air passages - walking in open air
NOSE - DISCOLORATION, - redness - tip - begins at tip and spreads
BLADDER - URGING to urinate (morbid desire) - thinking of it,when
CHEST - PAIN - Lungs - left - lower part
CHEST - PAIN - Sides - paroxysmal
RECTUM - URGING,desire - thinking about it,on

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Oxalicum acidum across the other classic books

Oxalicum acidum appears in 9 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.

Allen TF — The raw proving record — symptoms as the provers reported them, unedited.

“Oxalic acid, C2H2O4. Preparation , Triturations. Authorities. (Nos. 1 to 11 , and 14 to 16 , inclusive, from Hering, Amer. Arzneipf.).”

Boericke — The quick clinical read — keynotes, modalities and the conditions it is actually prescribed in.

“Sorrel Acid Although certain oxalates are constant constituents of vegetable food and of the human body, the acid itself is a violent poison when taken internally, producing gastro-enteritis, motor paralysis, collapse, stupor and death. Influences the spinal cord, and produces motor paralysis. Pains very violent, in…”

Boger (Syn) — Generals and modalities in a short analytical portrait rather than a symptom list.

“Digestive tract. Navel. Nerves: Cord. Heart. Left side; Lung. Thinking of it. Cold. Touch. Shaving. Mental exertion. After stool. Weak, cold, livid and numb all over; < lower limbs. Violent pains; in streaks, like lightning, in spots, burning, etc. Neuralgia. .................... Nervous and sleepless. Swimming…”

Clarke — The widest entry — sources, provings, clinical uses, relationships and antidotes in one place.

“Oxalic Acid. Hydrogen Oxalate. C 2 H 2 O 4 2 H 2 O. Trituration. Tincture. Angina pectoris / Back, pain in / Chest, affections of / Cholera infantum / Convulsions / Deltoid rheumatism / Enuresis / Eyes, affections of / Gastrodynia / Gout / Gravel / Hernia / Indigestion / Meningitis / Myelitis / Nails, blue / Neuralgia…”

Hering — Graded symptoms, each weighted by how often provers and practice confirmed it.

“Sorrel Acid. H 2 C 2 O 4 , 2 H 2 O. Introduced by Neidhard in 1844 ; by Reil in 1851. Provings by Koch, Neidhard, Dubbs, Smith, Floto, Williamson, Kitching, Hering, Reil, Honigberger, Pehrson and Gosewich. See Hering's Amerikanische Arznei Prüfungen. Toxicological reports are numerous. CLINICAL AUTHORITIES. Pain in…”

Kent — The mental and general picture — who the patient is, before what the remedy cures.

“This remedy has been greatly neglected. It will cure many heart complaints that are treated with vague, crude, unproved remedies with indifferent results. The violent action upon the heart racks the whole system. Trembling, convulsions, loss of sensation; numbness of the body and limbs; blueness of the lower limbs…”

Lippe (MM) — The strict Hahnemannian reading — the symptom picture without clinical interpretation.

“Great cheerfulness and clearness of mind. Thinking of his ailments aggravates them. A version to talk; with headache, fulness in the face. Vertigo, with weakness and thirst; anxiety; headache and perspiration. Vertigo while looking out of the window; when rising from a seat. Vertigo, like swimming, on lying down…”

Nash — The comparisons — the remedy set beside the ones it is most often confused with.

“Complaints < when thinking of them. (Helon., Calc. phos.)”