Materia Medica de A a Z

BENZOICUM ACIDUM (Benz-ac)

The most marked characteristic pertains to the odor and color of the urine. It has a marked action on metabolism. It produces and cures symptoms of a uric acid diathesis, with urine highly colored and very offensive, and gouty symptoms. Renal insufficiency. Child wants to be nursed in the arms, will not be laid down. Pains suddenly change their locality. Anti-sycotic. Gouty and asthmatic.

Mind

Prone to dwell on unpleasant things in the past. Omits words in writing. Depression.

Head

Vertigo inclination to fall sideways. Throbbing in temporal arteries, causes puffing around ears. Noises when swallowing. Ulceration of tongue. Swelling behind ears [Caps]. Cold sweat on forehead. Pricking, puckered constriction of mouth, bluish and bleeding gums. Wens.

Nose

Itching of septum. Pain in nasal bones.

Face

Copper-colored spots. Red, with little blisters. Circumscribed redness of cheeks.

Stomach

Sweat while eating; pressure in stomach, sensation of a lump.

Abdomen

Cutting about navel. Stitching in liver region.

Rectum

Stitches and CONSTRICTED feeling. Puckering constriction of rectum. Itching and watery elevations around anus.

Stool

Frothy, OFFENSIVE, LIQUID, light-colored, like soapsuds, bowel movements mostly windy.

Urine

REPULSIVE ODOR; changeable color; brown, acid. ENURESIS; dribbling, OFFENSIVE URINE OF OLD MEN. Excess of uric acid. Vesical catarrh from suppressed gonorrhoea. Cystitis.

Respiratory

Hoarse in morning. Asthmatic cough; worse night; lying on right side. Chest very tender. Pain in region of heart. Expectoration, green mucus.

Back

Pressure on spinal column. Coldness in sacrum. Dull pain in region of kidneys; worse, wine.

Extremities

Joints crack on motion. Tearing with stitches. PAIN IN TENDO ACHILLIS. Rheumatic gout; nodes very painful. Gouty deposits. Ganglion; swelling of the wrist. Pain and swelling in knees. Bunion of great toe. Tearing pain in great toe.

Fever

Cold hands, feet, back, knees. Chilliness; cold sweat. Internal heat on awakening.

Skin

Red spots. Itching in spots.

Modalities

Worse: in open air; by uncovering.

Relationship

Useful after Colchic (Colch) fails in gout; after Copaiva (Cop) in gonorrhoea.

Compare: Nitric acid (Nit-ac); Ammon benz (Am-be); Sabin; Tropaeolum (Trop)

Garden Nasturtium —(FETID URINE).

Antidote: Copaiva (Cop).

Incompatible: Wine.

Dose

Third to sixth potency.