Materia Medica de A a Z

PIX LIQUIDA (pix)

Tar and its constituents act on various mucous membranes.

Its skin symptoms most important. A great cough medicine. Bronchial irritation after influenza (Kreos; Kali-bi). Scaly eruptions. Much itching. CONSTANT VOMITING OF BLACKISH FLUID, WITH PAIN IN STOMACH. Alopecia (Fl-ac).

Chest

PAIN AT A SPOT ABOUT THE THIRD LEFT COSTAL CARTILAGE WHERE IT JOINS THE RIB. Rales through the lungs, and MUCO-PURULENT SPUTUM; offensive odor and taste. Chronic bronchitis.

Skin

Cracked; ITCHES INTOLERABLY; bleeds on scratching. Eruptions on BACK OF HANDS.

Relationship

Compare its constituents: Kreosol; Petrol (Petr); Pinus; Eupion (Eupi); Terebinth (Ter); Carbolic acid (Carb-ac).

Dose

First to sixth potency.