Aceticum Acidum

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A Primer of Materia Medica

for practitioners of Homoeopathy

by Timothy Field Allen

Presented by Médi-T.

ACETIC ACID

This acid, more positively than other organic acid, produces a profound anaemia followed by general malnutrition, emaciation, cough, night sweats, etc. It seems also to produce an immediate inflammation of some mucous membranes characterized by a membranous (or plastic) exudation (larynx, bronchi, uterus).

Mouth and Stomach :

Salivation ; tongue pale and flabby.

Vomiting of food.

In the stomach gnawing and burning.

General aggravation by cold drinks.

Epigastrium sore.

Stools :

Watery, with colic, sore abdomen, etc.

Bloody.

Respiratory organs :

Croup, membranous, with prostration, coldness, etc. (later stages).

Membranous, bronchitis.

Respiration difficult, hurried.

Coldness.

Hectic fever with emaciation, night sweats.