CARBOLICUM ACIDUM

  
CARBOLICUM ACIDUM
Phenol-Carbolic Acid

Carbolic Acid is a powerful irritant and anćsthetic. A languid, foul,
painless, destructive remedy. Stupor, paralysis of sensation and motion, feeble pulse and
depressed breathing, death due to paralysis of respiratory centers. Acts primarily on the
central nervous system. Increased olfactory sensibility.

Produces mental and bodily languor, disinclination to study, with
headache like a band. Very marked acuteness of smell is
a strong guiding symptom. Stomach symptoms are also important. Pains are terrible; come and
go suddenly. Physical exertion brings on abscess somewhere. Putrid discharges (Bapt). Scarlet fever, with marked tendency to destruction of
tissue internally, and fetid odor. Spasmodic coughs. Arthritis (See Dose).

Head.–

Disinclined to mental work. Tight feeling, as if
compressed by a rubber band (Gels; Mahonia). Orbital
neuralgia over right eye. Headache, better, by green tea; while smoking.

Nose.–

Smell very acute.
Putrid discharge. Ozćna, with fetor and ulceration. Influenza and resulting debility.

Throat.–

Ulcerated patches on inside of lips and cheeks. Burning in mouth to stomach. Fauces red, and covered with
exudation. Uvula whitened and shriveled. Putrid discharge.
Almost impossible to swallow. Diphtheria, fetid breath,
regurgitation on swallowing liquids, but little pain (Bapt).
Face dusky red; white about mouth and nose. Rapid sinking of vital forces.

Stomach.–

Appetite lost. Desire for
stimulants and tobacco. Constant belching, nausea, vomiting,
dark olive green. Heat rises up śsophagus. Flatulent distention of stomach and abdomen.
Painful flatulence often marked in one part of the bowel (Sulpho-Carbolate
of Soda). Fermentative dyspepsia with bad
taste and breath.

Stool.–

Constipation, with very
offensive breath. Bloody, like scrapings of intestines. Great tenesmus.
Diarrhśa; stools thin, black, putrid.

Urine.–

Almost black. Diabetes. Irritable bladder in old men
with frequent urination at night, of probable prostatic nature. Use 1x.

Female.–

Discharges always offensive (Nitr
ac; Nux; Sep). Pustules about vulva containing bloody pus. Agonizing backache
across loins, with dragging-down thighs. Pain in left ovary; worse walking in open air.
Erosions of cervix; fetid, acrid discharge. Leucorrhśa in children (Cann
s; Merc; Puls; Sep). Puerperal fever, with offensive discharge. Irritating
leucorrhśa, causing itching and burning (Kreos).

Extremities.–

Cramps in fore part of leg, close to tibia during walking. Gnawing pains in shin bones. Arthritis.

Skin.–

Itching vesicles, with burning pain. Burns tend to
ulcerate.

Relationship.–

Compare: Chrysarobin
(local in ringworm of the scalp 5-10 per cent in
glycerine and alcohol. Equal parts). Ars; Kreosot; Carbo; Guano
(Violent headache as from a band around head. Itching of nostrils, back, thighs, genitals.
Symptoms like hay-fever).

Antidote: Alcohol; Vinegar; Chalk; Iod.
Glauber’s Salt in watery solution.

Incompatible: Glycerine and vegetable oils.

Dose.–

Third to thirtieth potency. Phenol in Arthritis,
according to Goodno. Must be absolutely pure. Crystals Solution (25 %) in equal parts of
water and glycerine, dose 20 minims well diluted 3 times daily (Bartlett).