Nitricum acidum

Common name: nitric acid.

Affects principally the mucous outlets of the body where the skin and mucous membrane join, viz., the mouth, nose, rectum, anus, urethra, and vagina (Mur-Ac.) (A.).

Generally indicated for persons suffering with chronic diseases, who take cold easily and are easily disposed to diarrhœa (A.).

Ailments from the change of weather (Calc-P., Dulc., Nat-S., Phos., Rhod., Rhus-T.).

Tearing in the limbs after catching cold (Bell., Phyt., Rhus-T.).

CRACKING IN THE JOINTS (ON MOTION), (Ang., Ant-C., Brom., Calc., Camph., Caps., Cham., Cocc., Ferr., Kali-B., Kali-C., Kali-S., Led., Lyc., Merc., Nat-C., Nat-M., Nat-S., Nux-V., Petr., Phos., Rhus-T., Sabad., Sep., Sulph., Thuj.).

Great debility and trembling, especially in the morning (Arg-M., Ars., Calc., Cimic., Con., Graph., Lyc., Mag-C., Nat-M., Nux-V., Petr., Phos., Sil., Sulph.).

Soreness of the shin and cranial bones, worse from damp weather (D.).

Inflammation, swelling and suppuration of the glands (Ars-I., Brom., Calc-S., Hep., Iod., Kali-I., Lach., Lyc., Merc., Phos., Rhus-T., Sil.).

Chilblains (Agar., Calc., Petr.).

NIGHTLY PAINS, ESPECIALLY TO THE TOUCH AS FROM SPLINTERS.

SYPHILITIC BONE-PAINS, ESPECIALLY AFTER ABUSE OF MERCURY (Aur., Mezer., Phyt.) (N.).

The pains are felt during sleep (Lach.).

Pains suddenly appearing and disappearing (Bell.) (A.).

Bad effects from catching cold (Hep., Psor., Tub.).

Painfulness and inflammation of the bones (Asaf., Aur., Calc., Fluor-Ac., Merc., Mezer., Phos., Sil.).

Softening of the bones (Phos.).

Caries (Aur., Calc-F., Flour-Ac.).

SENSATION OF A BAND AROUND THE HEAD (Am-Br., Arg-N., Bell., Carb-Ac., Carb-V., Chel., Cocc., Cycl., Gels., Hep., Iod., Merc., Spig., Sulph., Tereb.). (A.).

HEADACHE FROM PRESSURE OF HAT (Calc-P., Carb-V., Crot-T., Glon., Lach., Sil., Valer.) (A.).

Very sensitive to rattle of wagons over paved streets (Therid.) (A.).

Cracking in the ears, on masticating (A.).

HARDNESS OF HEARING RELIEVED BY RIDING IN A CARRIAGE OR A TRAIN (Graph.) (A.).

This remedy is very often of curative value in angry, deep-seated ulcers of a perforating character (Fluor-Ac., Kali-B., Sil.).

EASILY BLEEDING ULCERS, WITH SPLINTER-LIKE PAINS, ESPECIALLY ON CONTACT (A.).

SYPHILITIC ULCERS (Aur., Calc-S., Merc.).

SYCOTIC EXCRESCENCES ON THE GLANS, SOMETIMES BLEEDING WHEN TOUCHED (N.).

ULCERS WITH ZIG-ZAG, IRREGULAR EDGES; THEIR BASES LOOK LIKE RAW FLESH AND CONSIST OF EXUBERANT GRANULATIONS (A.).

Discharges from the ulcers are thin, offensive, acrid; of a brown or dirty yellowish-green colour; rarely laudable pus.

Milk does not agree (Calc., Carb-V., Nat-C., Sep., Sil., Sulph.).

DESIRE FOR CHALK AND LIME (Alum., Calc., Cic., Ferr., Nat-M., Nux-V.).

Bleeding after miscarraige, or post-partum hæmorrhage (Chin., Sab., Sec.) (A.).

Discharge of profuse, bright red or dark blood (Sab.) (A.).

HAEMORRHAGE FROM THE BOWELS IN TYPHOID OR TYPHUS (Alum., Crot-H.) (A.).

Great straining but little passes, as if fæces remained and cannot be expelled (Alum.) (A.).

PAIN IN THE RECTUM, WHICH LASTS FOR HOURS AFTER A STOOL (Ign., Thuj.) (N.).

Lancinating pain in the rectum, even after soft stools (Alumn., Nat-M., Rat.) (A.).

FISSURE OF THE RECTUM (Graph., Nat-M., Sil., Sulph.) (N.).

Ulceration about the anus (Sulph.) (D.).

Diarrhœa: The stools are offensive, green and putrid, and are accompanied by a great deal of straining and soreness about the anus (D.).

Much discharge of blood after stool (Sulph.) (G.).

Fistula lachrymalis (Fluor-Ac., Puls., Sil.).

Syphilitic iritis (Merc-C.) (Bl.).

Ophthalmia (Euphr., Merc., Sil.) (D.).

Corneal ulcers (Calc., Sil.) (Bl.).

Anguish from the loss of his dearest friend (Nat-M., Phos-Ac.) (A.).

IRRITABLE, HEADSTRONG; HATEFUL AND VINDICTIVE; INVETERATE, ILL-WILLED, UNMOVED BY APOLOGIES (A.).

Indifference (Aur., Ign., Sep.) (A.).

Suicidal disposition (Aur., Aur-M., Hep., Nat-S., Nux-V., Sep., Thuj.) (K.).

Restlessness (Ars., Phos., Rhus-T.) (D.).

Tired of life (Ars., Aur., Nux-V.), (A.).

Constantly thinking about his past troubles (Ambr., Benz-Ac., Chin., Nat-M., Sep., Sulph.) (A.).

Great anxiety about his disease (Ars., Calc., Nux-V., Phos., Puls., Sep.) (A.).

Hateful, profane (Anac., Nux-V.) (B.).

MORBID FEAR OF CHOLERA (Ars.) (A.).

Depressed and anxious in the evening (A.).

Sadness before menses (Caust., Nat-M., Puls.) (A.).

Ulcers in the mouth and throat (Ars., Calc., Fluor-Ac., Hep., Kali-B., Lach., Merc., Nat-M., Rhus-T., Sil., Sulph.).

Ulcerated spots on the inner surface of the cheeks, with pricking pains as from splinters (N.).

CORNERS OF THE MOUTH ULCERATED (N.).

FOUL ODOUR FROM THE MOUTH, (Ars., Aur., Bapt., Carb-Ac., Kali-P., Lach., Merc., Sulph.) (N.).

PTYALISM (Dulc., Kali-B., Lach., Merc., Nat-M., Puls., Rhus-T., Sil.) (D.).

Sour taste in the mouth (Calc., Lyc., Nux-V., Puls., Sulph.) (C.).

Tongue coated yellow, white or green (C.).

Ulcers in the throat, irregular in outline (D.).

Pricking pains in the throat, worse when swallowing (Kali-B.) (N.).

Tearing and cutting in the abdomen (Aloe, Ars., Cham., Coloc., Nux-V.).

Soreness and ulceration of the external genitals of the females (Bl.).

Menses are too early and too profuse, and often irregular (Puls., Sep.) (Bl.).

ITCHING OF THE VAGINA, ESPECIALLY AFTER COITION (Agar.), OR FROM LEUCORRHOEA (Calc., Kreos., Sep.) (K.).

Leucorrhœa: Brown, flesh-coloured, watery, or stringy (Br.).

Metrorrhagia after parturition (Sec.) (Br.).

Stitches through the vagina (Br.).

Excrescences on the cervix uteri (C.).

Profuse, offensive night sweats (Chin., Hep., Merc., Sil.) (C.).

Epileptic attacks after midnight, beginning like a mouse moving up and down in the left side, then loss of consciousness (C.).

Secondary syphilis (Aur., Kali-B., Lach., Merc., Thuj.) (D.).

Yellowish-brown or copper coloured spots over the body (Aur., Cinnb., Kali-I., Merc., Mezer., Sep.) (D.).

Dry, tickling cough, worse at night, and often starting from a particular spot in the larynx (Con., Spong.) (D.).

Phthisis: Difficult, green, purulent expectoration; night sweats; soreness of the chest, hectic fever; hæmorrhages; dyspnœa and hoarseness, worse in the morning (D.).

Rattling breathing (Ant-T., Hep., Nat-S.) (D.).

Yellow, sickly face (Sep.) (B.).

Moist, fissured or mapped tongue (Kali-B., Tarax.) (B.).

GUMS FLABBY, SORE AND BLEEDING (B.).

Cough, coryza, and pain in the back (Bry., Nat-S., Rhus-T.).

Stitches as from a splinter in the nose, on touch (N.).

OZAENA, WITH GREEN CASTS FROM THE NOSE EVERY MORNING (Kali-B.) (A.).

Offensive, excoriating discharge from the nose, accompanied by nose-bleed (D.).

Hard plugs in the nose, which, when detached, leave a raw surface (D.).

Sycotic or syphilitic warts or condylomata; large, jagged, pedunculated; bleeding readily on washing; moist, oozing; with sticking pain (A.).

URINE: SCANTY, DARK-BROWN, STRONG SMELLING, "LIKE HORSE'S URINE"; COLD WHEN IT PASSES; TURBID, "LOOKS LIKE REMAINS OF A CIDER BARREL" (A.).

AGGRAVATION: In the evening; at night; from milk; during sleep; on change of temperature or weather; after midnight; from contact; during sweat; on waking; and while walking.

AMELIORATION: From riding in a carriage; from warm covering; and from hot application.

RELATIONSHIP: Complementary: Ars. and Calad.

Inimical to: Hep., Lach.

Follows well after: Calc., Hep., Kali-C, Merc., Nat-C., Puls., or Thuj.

Similar to: Ars., Aur., Bapt., Calc., Dulc, Ferr., Graph., Hep., Iod., Kali-B., Kali-I., Lach., Lyc., Merc., Nat-M, Op., Phos., Rhus-T., Sil., Thuj. and Verat.