PICRICUM ACIDUM

Causes degeneration of the spinal cord, with paralysis. Brainfag and sexual excitement. Acts upon the generative organs probably through the lumbar centers of the spinal cord; prostration, weakness and pain of back, pins and needle sensation in extremities. Neurasthenia ( Oxal ac ). Muscular debility. Heavy tired feeling. Myelitis with spasms and prostration. Writer's palsy. Progressive, pernicious anæmia. Uræmia with complete anuria. A one per cent solution applied on lint, is the best application for burns until granulations begin to form. Sallow complexion.

Mind

Lack of will-power; disinclined to work. Cerebral softening. Dementia with prostration, sits still and listless.

Head

Head pains; relieved by bandaging tightly. Occipital pain ; worse, slightest mental exertion. Vertigo and noises in ear. Boils within ears and back of neck. After prolonged mental strain, with anxiety and dread of failure at examination. Brain fag.

Eyes

Chronic catarrhal conjunctivitis with copious, thick yellow discharge.

Stomach

Bitter taste. Aversion to food.

Urinary

Scanty ; complete anuria. Dribbling micturition. Urine contains much indican, granular cylinders and fatty degenerated epithelium. Inflammation of kidneys with profound weakness, dark, bloody, scanty urine. Nightly urging.

Male

Emissions profuse, followed by great exhaustion, without sensual dreams. Priapism ; satyriasis. Hard erections, with pain in testicles and up cord. Prostatic hypertrophy, especially in cases not too far advanced.

Female

Pain in left ovary and leucorrhœa before menstruation. Pruritus vulvæ.

Extremities

Burning along spine. Great weakness. Tired, heavy feeling all over body, especially limbs; worse, exertion . Feet cold. Cannot get warm. Acute descending paralysis.

Modalities

Worse , least exertion, especially mental, after sleep, wet weather. A summer or hot weather remedy; patient is worse then. Better , from cold air, cold water, tight pressure.

Relationship

Compare: Oxal ac; Gels; Phos; Sil; Arg nit . Compare: Zinc pic (facial palsy and paralysis agitans); Ferr pic (buzzing in ears, deafness; chronic gout; epistaxis; prostatic troubles); Calc pic (boils in and around ears).

Dose

Sixth potency.