by E. B. Nash — Leaders in Homoeopathic Therapeutics
Historical reference for practitioners and students. The statements below reflect the named author’s homeopathic teaching and do not establish treatment effectiveness. This text is not medical advice and must not replace appropriate diagnosis or care.
Complaints < when thinking of them. (Helon., Calc. phos.)
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Oxalicum acidum appears in 10 of the 21 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.
“Oxalic acid, C2H2O4. Preparation , Triturations. Authorities. (Nos. 1 to 11 , and 14 to 16 , inclusive, from Hering, Amer. Arzneipf.).”
“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…”
“ANGINA PECTORIS FLATULENCE, Right MOTTLED, patchy, etc. (Comp. Spots.) SHOOTING, darting like lightening, quick pains”
“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…”
“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…”
“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…”
“ACIDUM OXALICUM. Oxalic acid, HjC^O^. Acid principle of sorrel and other plants: prepared on large scale by action of caustic alkalies on sawdust. I. Provings. — I. Reil, mt, 29, in good health and of simple habits. Made concentrated solution of acid in distilled water at 60^, it rontained gr, 50 to 5vriJ, From this…”
“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…”
“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…”
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).
