ACETICUM ACIDUM
Glacial Acetic Acid
(ACETIC ACID)
This drug produces a condition of profound anæmia, with some dropsical
symptoms, great debility, frequent fainting, dyspnœa, weak heart, vomiting, profuse urination
and sweat. Hæmorrhage from any part. Especially indicated in pale, lean persons, with lax,
flabby muscles. Wasting and debility. Acetic acid has the
power to liquefy albuminous and fibrinous deposits.
Epithelial cancer, internally and locally (W Owens). Sycosis with nodules and formations in
the joints. Hard chancre. The 1x solution will soften and cause formation of pus.
Mind.–
Irritable, worried about business affairs.
Head.–
Nervous headache, from abuse of narcotics. Blood rushes
to head with delirium. Temporal vessels distended. Pain across root of tongue.
Face.–
Pale, waxen, emaciated.
Eyes sunken, surrounded by dark rings. Bright red. Sweaty. Epithelioma of lip. Cheeks hot and
flushed. Aching in left jaw-point.
Stomach.–
Salivation. Fermentation
in stomach. Intense burning thirst. Cold drinks distress. Vomits after every kind of food.
Epigastric tenderness. Burning pain as of an ulcer. Cancer of stomach. Sour belching and
vomiting. Burning waterbrash and profuse salivation. Hyperchlorhydria and gastralgia. Violent burning pain in stomach and chest, followed by coldness of skin and
cold sweat on forehead. Stomach feels as if she had taken a lot of vinegar.
Abdomen.–
Feels as if abdomen was sinking in. Frequent watery
stools, worse in morning. Tympanitic. Ascites. Hæmorrhage
from bowels.
Urine.–
Large quantities of pale urine. Diabetes, with great
thirst and debility (Phos ac).
Female.–
Excessive catamenia. Hæmorrhages
after labor. Nausea of pregnancy. Breasts painfully enlarged, distended with milk.
Milk impoverished, bluish, transparent, sour. Anæmia of nursing mothers.
Respiratory.–
Hoarse, hissing respiration; difficult
breathing; cough when inhaling. Membranous croup. Irritation of trachea and
bronchial tubes. False membrane in throat. Profuse bronchorrhœa. Putrid sore throat (gargle).
Back.–
Pain in back, relieved only by
lying on abdomen.
Extremities.–
Emaciation. Œdema of feet and legs.
Skin.–
Pale, waxen, œdematous. Burning, dry, hot skin, or
bathed in profuse sweat. Diminished sensibility of the surface of body. Useful after stings,
bites, etc. Varicose swellings. Scurvy; anasarca. Bruises;
sprains.
Fever.–
Hectic, with drenching
night-sweats. Red spot on left cheek. No thirst in fever. Ebullitions. Sweat profuse, cold.
Relationship.–
Acetic acid is antidotal to all anæsthetic
vapors. Counteracts sausage poisoning.
Compare: Ammon acet (Profuse saccharine
urine, patient is bathed in sweat). Benzoin oderiferum–Spice-wood
(night sweats). Ars; China; Digitalis; Liatris (General anasarca in heart and
kidney disease, dropsy, and chronic diarrhœa).
Dose.–
Third to thirtieth potency. Not to be repeated too often,
except in croup.