Carbolicum 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 HC — The keynotes that separate this remedy from its nearest neighbours.
“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…”
- Allen TF — The raw proving record — symptoms as the provers reported them, unedited.
“Acidum carbolicum, Phenol, Monoxybenze, Phenyl-alcohol. C6H5 Preparation , Solution in alcohol. Authorities.”
- Boericke — The quick clinical read — keynotes, modalities and the conditions it is actually prescribed in.
“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…”
- Boger (GA) — Which general headings this remedy belongs under — the analytical scaffolding.
“CONSTRICTION, tight band, gathered together, squeezing, etc. GLISTENING OFFENSIVENESS, fetor SWASHING, splashing, etc., as of water (Comp. Gushing, Loose.)”
- Clarke — The widest entry — sources, provings, clinical uses, relationships and antidotes in one place.
“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 /…”
- Hering — Graded symptoms, each weighted by how often provers and practice confirmed it.
“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…”
- Lippe (Red) — Keynotes with the most-trusted ones marked as red-line symptoms.
“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…”
- Nash — The comparisons — the remedy set beside the ones it is most often confused with.
“Vesicular eruptions all over the body, which itches excessively; better after rubbing, but leaving a burning pain.”
