Salicylicum Acidum

Salicylic acid has a field of usefulness in rheumatic troubles that is clearly indicated : rheumatic pains in fingers and little toes, drawing in left calf extending into thigh ; then transferred to left arm.

Joints are hot, red, exquisitely sensitive; burning pains suddenly changing about from one place to another.

Colchicum in rheumatic states and subsequent weakness.

(Salicylicum acidum)

Inflammatory rheumatism followed by plastic iritis, nightly pain most agonizing, temporarily > by hot applications.

SUPERIOR EXTREMITIES . — (Salicylicum acidum)

Rheumatic gout or rheumatoid arthritis, pains disappeared, the engorgement and nodes on fingers subsided.

INFERIOR EXTREMITIES . — (Salicylicum acidum)

Rheumatic pains after suppression of foot sweat, < especially at night ; pains drive him out of bed.

Left ischiatic nerve, going from behind forward and downward to the knees : pains drawing, shooting.

EXTREMITIES IN GENERAL — (Salicylicum acidum)

HEAT, REDNESS, SORENESS AND SWELLING ABOUT JOINTS, < KNEES, WITH ACUTE PIERCING PAINS, < MOTION, > DRY HEAT.

ACUTE INFLAMMATORY ARTICULAR RHEUMATISM ATTACKING ONE OR MORE JOINTS, ESPECIALLY ELBOWS AND KNEES, WITH GREAT SWELLING AND HIGH FEVER ; PARTS EXQUISITELY SENSITIVE.

SEVERE PAINS IN ALL JOINTS.

LARGE JOINTS ON LEFT SIDE AND SEVERAL ON RIGHT SIDE AFFECTED ; OR LARGE JOINTS ON LEFT SIDE ATTACKED WHILE ON RIGHT SIDE THE WRIST JOINT AND ANKLE ONLY AFFECTED.

ACUTE ARTICULAR RHEUMATISM ; CHRONIC, GONORRHEAL.

AGGRAVATIONS . — (Salicylicum acidum)

COLD AIR OR TOUCH OF COLD OBJECTS.

AMELIORATIONS . — (Salicylicum acidum)

HOT APPLICATIONS.

CONCOMITANTS . — (Salicylicum acidum)

CANKER SORES.

TONSILS RED, SWOLLEN, WITH WHITE SPOTS.

VERTIGO WITH TENDENCY TO FALL TO THE RIGHT.