Materia Medica de A a Z

SALICYLICUM ACIDUM (sal-ac)

The symptoms point to its use in rheumatism, dyspepsia, and MENIERE'S DISEASE. Prostration after influenza; also tinnitus aurium and deafness. Haematuria.

Head

Vertigo; tendency to fall to left side. Headache; confusion in head on rising suddenly. Incipient coryza. Piercing pain in temples.

Eyes

Retinal haemorrhage. Retinitis after influenza, also albuminuric.

Ears

ROARING AND RINGING IN EARS. Deafness, with vertigo.

Throat

Sore, red and swollen. Pharyngitis; swallowing difficult.

Stomach

CANKER SORES, with burning soreness and fetid breath. FLATULENCE; HOT, SOUR BELCHING. Putrid fermentation. FERMENTATIVE DYSPEPSIA. Tongue purplish, leaden-colored; foul breath.

Stools

Putrid diarrhoea; gastro-intestinal derangements, especially in children; stools like green frog's spawn [Magn carb (Mag-c)]. Pruritus ani.

Extremities

Knees swollen and painful. Acute articular rheumatism; worse, touch and motion, profuse sweat. Pain shifts. Sciatica, burning pain; worse at night. Copious foot-sweat and ill affects where suppressed.

Skin

Itching vesicles and pustules; better by scratching. Sweat without sleep. Urticaria. Hot and burning skin. Purpura. Herpes zoster. Necrosis and softening of bones.

Relationship

Compare: Salol (rheumatic pain in joints, with soreness and stiffness, headache over eyes; urine violet-smelling); Colch; Chin; Lact ac (Lac-ac). Spirae and Gaultheria (Gaul) contain salicyl acid.

Dose

Third decimal trituration. In acute articular rheumatism, 5 grains every 3 hours (Old school dose).