Introduction
ACETICUM ACIDUM Glacial Acetic Acid (ACETIC ACID) This drug produces a condition of profound anæmia, with some dropsical symptoms, great debility, frequent fainting, dyspna, weak heart, vomiting, profuse urination and sweat. Hæmorrhage from any part. Especially indicated in pale, lean persons, with lax, flabby muscles. Wasting and debility . Acetic acid has the power to liquefy albuminous and fibrinous deposits . Epithelial cancer, internally and locally (W Owens). Sycosis with nodules and formations in the joints. Hard chancre. The 1x solution will soften and cause formation of pus.
Mind
Mind.– Irritable, worried about business affairs.
Head
Head.– Nervous headache, from abuse of narcotics. Blood rushes to head with delirium. Temporal vessels distended. Pain across root of tongue.
Face
Face.– Pale, waxen, emaciated . Eyes sunken, surrounded by dark rings. Bright red. Sweaty. Epithelioma of lip. Cheeks hot and flushed. Aching in left jaw-point.
Stomach
Stomach.– Salivation. Fermentation in stomach. Intense burning thirst. Cold drinks distress. Vomits after every kind of food. Epigastric tenderness. Burning pain as of an ulcer. Cancer of stomach. Sour belching and vomiting. Burning waterbrash and profuse salivation. Hyperchlorhydria and gastralgia. Violent burning pain in stomach and chest, followed by coldness of skin and cold sweat on forehead . Stomach feels as if she had taken a lot of vinegar.
Abdomen
Abdomen.– Feels as if abdomen was sinking in. Frequent watery stools, worse in morning. Tympanitic . Ascites. Hæmorrhage from bowels.
Urine
Urine.– Large quantities of pale urine. Diabetes, with great thirst and debility ( Phos ac ).
Female
Female.– Excessive catamenia. Hæmorrhages after labor . Nausea of pregnancy. Breasts painfully enlarged, distended with milk. Milk impoverished, bluish, transparent, sour. Anæmia of nursing mothers.
Back
Back.– Pain in back, relieved only by lying on abdomen .
Extremities
Extremities.– Emaciation. dema of feet and legs.
Fever
Fever.– Hectic, with drenching night-sweats. Red spot on left cheek. No thirst in fever . Ebullitions. Sweat profuse, cold .
Skin
Skin.– Pale, waxen, dematous. Burning, dry, hot skin, or bathed in profuse sweat. Diminished sensibility of the surface of body. Useful after stings, bites, etc. Varicose swellings. Scurvy; anasarca . Bruises; sprains.
Dose
Dose.– Third to thirtieth potency. Not to be repeated too often, except in croup. Copyright © Médi-T 1999 Home
Respiratory
Respiratory.– Hoarse, hissing respiration; difficult breathing; cough when inhaling . Membranous croup. Irritation of trachea and bronchial tubes. False membrane in throat. Profuse bronchorrha. Putrid sore throat (gargle).
Relationship
Relationship.– Acetic acid is antidotal to all anæsthetic vapors. Counteracts sausage poisoning. Compare: Ammon acet (Profuse saccharine urine, patient is bathed in sweat). Benzoin oderiferum–Spice-wood (night sweats). Ars; China; Digitalis; Liatris (General anasarca in heart and kidney disease, dropsy , and chronic diarrha).