Homeopathy LibraryHydrocyanic Acid
Dewey - Essentials of Homoeopathic Materia Medica · Willis Alonzo Dewey · 596 chars
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How is Hydrocyanic acid prepared ?
The officinal Hydrocyanic acid is mixed with equal parts of distilled water. Drug power, 1/100.
Give the principal homoeopathic indications for Hydrocyanic acid.
In convulsions simulating epilepsy, tetanus, with stiffness about the jaws and neck ; another symptom indicating its use is a gurgling which extends from the throat to the stomach when swallowing. It suits especially recent cases. It has also been used in the dry, hacking cough of consumptives.
What drug does this last symptom suggest ?
Laurocerasus which probably contains Hydrocyanic acid .