PIX LIQUIDA
Pine-tar
By William Boericke — Pocket Manual of Homoeopathic Materia Medica & Repertory
Tar and its constituents act on various mucous membranes.
Its skin symptoms most important. A great cough medicine. Bronchial irritation after influenza ( Kreosot; Kali bich ). Scaly eruptions. Much itching. Constant vomiting of blackish fluid, with pain in stomach . Alopecia ( Fluor ac ).
Chest
Pain at a spot about the third left costal cartilage where it joins the rib . Rales through the lungs, and muco-purulent sputum ; offensive odor and taste. Chronic bronchitis.
Skin
Cracked; itches intolerably ; bleeds on scratching. Eruptions on back of hands .
Relationship
Compare its constituents: Kreosol; Petrol; Pinus; Eupion; Terebinth; Carbolic acid .
Dose
First to sixth potency.