Author: Urenus

The attenuations are prepared from Nitric acid, HNO₃ , MW: 63.0.

Potentised Nitric Acid is one of the most important polychrests, as they are known, with typical symptoms and a wide therapeutic range, especially in chronic impregnation phases, brought about by eruptions, sycosis, vitamin deficiency or re- toxication associated with tuberculosis, syphilis and other diseases. Also in numer- ous conditions of the skin, mucosa, blood, glands, digestive system, respiratory or- gans and skeletal system.

There is a strong tendency to colds and mucous discharges after abuse of mercury, with all discharges offensive, and sticking, splinter-like pains predominating.

Fissures, ulceration and desquamation occur particularly at the muco-cutaneous borders (corners of the mouth, nose, anus). It is also indicated for aphthous ulcers, stomatitis with salivation, and gingivitis with an offensive odour, especially if there is a history of treatment with mercury.

It is indicated in anal fissures (cf. Ratanhia) and in bleeding, very painful haemor- rhoids, especially if there is “violent pain after stool, even a soft stool” (Nash). In contrast to Nux Vomica there is no relief after stool, but the patient has to walk about for an hour or two after defaecation, on account of the violent pain. As in Collinsonia, Nitric Acid also has a sticking splinter-like pain, which may be accom- panied by loss of unusually bright red blood from any orifice of the body, especially in typhus and haemorrhoids.

Another typical symptom is offensive urine, which may contain albumen and which the patient may be unable to hold if the bladder is full.

Pedunculated warts and boils appear on the skin, also ulcers which bleed easily, especially on the buttocks (cf. Sulphur), where they may be erosive with irregular edges, exuding an offensive fluid. Inflammations of the eye may be present, with specks on the cornea.

In earlier days Nitric Acid was particularly effective with syphilitic conditions arising after over-dosing with mercury. These included particularly mercurial affec- tions of the bones, with caries and inflammation of the periosteum and nocturnal rheumatic complaints, especially with changes in the weather, and possibly accom- panied by constant chilliness and offensive night-sweats, swelling and suppuration of the inguinal glands.

Nitric Acid is also called for in hearing impairment after abuse of mercury (cf. Pe- troleum), and chronic colds with watery, excoriating, offensive coryza. Especially, too, in scarlet fever and diphtheria, looseness of the teeth and bleeding of the gums, violent toothache in advanced caries and dental pulpitis, pulmonary abscess and pul- monary haemorrhages in thin elderly persons.

As in Carbo Animals and Muriaticum Acidum, there is an aversion to meat and a craving for fats and herring. There may be a bitter or sweetish taste in the mouth, and also an aversion to bread.

The wide variety of secretions of Nitric Acid have a characteristic, offensive smell, which is also found in the thin leucorrhoea. Chilblains have a light pinky-red ap- pearance and itch strongly.

Aggravation is in the evening and night, also on rising from sitting and on touch- ing the affected parts, on motion and after eating. There is a characteristic ameliora- tion from riding in a car, and also from eructations.

In Nitric Acid there is frequently a tendency to diarrhoea, at least not to hard stools, and the remedy normally helps with this.

Mentally there is irritability, obstinacy and hopeless despair; there may be malice and thirst for revenge with sensitivity to noise, pain, touch and jarring, which may give rise to fear of death. The scalp is sensitive, and there may be the sensation of a band around the head, or headache from pressure of the hat.

The tongue of Nitric Acid is characteristic: clean, red and wet with a central fur- row; bloody saliva is often present, especially when there are also ulcers on the soft palate.

Summing up the principal symptoms of Nitric Acid, we have the following reme- dy-picture:

1. Pains as from a splinter. Ulcerations and fissures at orifices of the body, on muco-cutaneous borders, especially in dark-skinned persons above middle age. Sycotic conditions and hydrogenoid constitution.
   1. Ulceration of mouth and tongue. Aphthae. Condylomata and fissures, bleeding easily. Anal fissures with pains lasting for hours after defaecation.
   1. Strongly offensive urine, faeces and sweat. Tendency to chills and diarrhoea.
   1. Irritable, obstinate patients with hopeless despair. Sensitivity to noise, fear of death. Sensation of a band around the head and headache from pressure of the hat.
   1. Corneal ulcers. Photophobia. Constant lachrymation. Offensive nasal discharge. Excoriated, bleeding nostrils (sensation of splinters in the nose). Mastoiditis.
   1. Tongue red, wet, clean with a central furrow. Bloody saliva with ulceration of the soft palate. Pain as from a splinter on swallowing.
   1. Loves fat and salt. In pregnancy, craving for earth, chalk, etc. Dyspepsia. Anal prolapse. Easy bleeding of haemorrhoids. Icterus.
   1. Urine offensive and maybe containing albumen or blood, (hypertrophy of prostate). Ulcers beneath the prepuce. Balanitis. Leucorrhoea. Menses accompa- nied by violent pains and stitching. Metrorrhagia.
   1. Hoarseness with a dry cough. Offensive foot-sweat.
   1. Chilblains. Sweating of the hands. Offensive sweating of the axilla at night. Large warts, full of cracks, bleeding on washing. Also ulcers on the lower leg, sensitive and bleeding easily with splinter-like pains and indented edges, like raw meat. Excess of granulation tissue.
   1. Aggravation in the evening and at night, from cold, and also in hot weather. Amelioration when driving.

The German Monograph-Preparation Commission for the Homoeopathic Field of Therapy has, under the Preparation Monograph for Acidum nitricum, published the following indication(s) in the German Bundesanzeiger (German Federal Gazette) for acidum nitricum: inflammations of the skin and mucosae, with tendency to cracked skin; ulceration; benign and malignant proliferation of tissue (hyperblastosis); ill- ness associated with excessive loss of weight; emotional discord or upset.

The attenuations are prepared from Pyridine-3-carboxamide, C₆H₆N₂O, MW: 122.1.

Nicotinamidum is used to activate the energy metabolism in cases of insufficien- cies of the respiratory chain. The substance which occurs naturally in the body is an important component of Nadidum and its Phosphate. Deficiencies of Nicotin- amidum lead to skin lesions with disturbances of pigmentation. Other symptoms are diarrhoea, glossitis, stomatitis as well as mental and neurological disturbances.

The drug picture of Nicontinamidum was composed in September 1995 by David Riley, M.D., Santa Fe (New Mexico), USA.

The most important symptoms from David Riley’s drug proving were:

Essential Characteristics

Strong headaches and blurry vision are prominent with this remedy. Difficult con- centration. Increased physical energy. Desires meat. Severe headaches. Dull headaches. Blurry vision. Sore throat. Cramping abdominal pain. Increased flatus.

Mind

Difficulty concentrating, particularly while reading and studying. Increased mental activity and mental restlessness. Dullness and forgetfulness, particularly for what he had just read. Vivid dreams about frogs as well as nightmares. Desire for conversa- tion and loquacity with a sense of insight. Dreams that are vivid and remembered. Dreams that are anxious and about animals. Nightmares especially in the morning.

Generalities

INCREASED ENGERGY, particularly in the afternoon improves. Increased energy also

alternating with fatigue and lassitude with a desire to lie down and take a nap. Food desires of MEAT, fried foods, potatoes, cheese, and cheesecake. Must have sauce on food. Fatigue, especially in the evening.

Vertigo

Nausea with associated with vertigo, worse in the morning. Faint sensation with vertigo. Vertigo worse with motion.

Head

HEADACHES AND PAIN. DULL HEAD PAIN in the forehead and temples, especially the right temple. Headache, worse in the evening around 8 p.m., or the onset of menses, or congestive. Pressing head pain on the left occiput. Full sensation in the head with heaviness. Itching of the scalp. Jerking of the head when falling asleep.

Eye

Scratching sensation on the eyelids. Tiredness of the eyes during headache.

Vision

BLURRY VISION.

Ear

Aching pain, worse in the right ear.

Nose

Discharge that is thick, yellowish and green in color. Discharge alternating with coryza. Sense of fullness, particularly in the area of the frontal sinus. Sneezing. Con- gestion with coryza.

Face

Contraction and tension of the jaw articulation improves. Aphthae on the lips.

Taste

Bad taste in the mouth, particularly after eating.

Throat

PAIN. Throat pain worse in the morning or with clearing the throat. Raw throat pain worse on swallowing and clearing the throat. Itching of the uvula. Dry throat. Swelling of the throat with swelling of the tonsils.

Stomach

APPETITE is excessive or decreased. Gnawing pain in the stomach, worse with hunger. NAUSEA, worse in the morning. Increased thirst.

Abdomen

CRAMPING ABDOMINAL PAIN, causing waking at night, particularly at 2 a.m. Cramp- ing abdominal pain associated with passing flatus. Abdominal pain in the hypochondria and umbilical area. Abdominal distension with flatus, with improve- ment during the menses.

Rectum

INCREASED FLATUS that is copious and offensive. Constipation with sensation of a lump in the rectum. Cramping pain. Increased urging for stool. Constipation and di- arrhea.

Stool

Yellow mucous with the stools. Offensive stools. Stools that are hard, or loose, or frequent.

Bladder

Frequent need to urinate. Genitalia, Male Decreased sexual urge. Genitalia, Female

Itching of the external genitalia. Clear leucorrhea. Cramping uterine pain, worse before onset of menses.

Larynx & Trachea

Tickling in the air passages with cough as from dust.

Speech & Voice Painless hoarseness. Respiration

Short, superficial respirations.

Cough Dry cough. Back

Back pain in the lumbar region. Stiffness in the cervical region, particularly on the right side.

Extremities

Sensation like an electrical vibrations or current in the arms. Pain in the right fore- arms extending to the head. Left forearm pain as if crushed in a vise. Weakness of the arms. Trembling and weakness in the forearm, and extending to the hand. Itching of the skin of the legs.

Sleep

Overpowering sleepiness, worse in the afternoon around 5 p.m.

Perspiration

Increased perspiration in general.

Skin

Skin eruption associated with an itching rash.

The attenuations are prepared from metallic Nickel, Ni, AW: 58.7.

The main indications are:

Hoarseness, spasmodic coughing and nosebleeds. Constipation. Dysmenorrhoea. The German Monograph-Preparation Commission for the Homoeopathic Field of Therapy has, under the Preparation Monograph for Niccolum metallicum, published the following indication(s) in the German Bundesanzeiger (German Federal Gazette) for niccolum metallicum: inflammations of the mucosae of the respiratory

passages; rheumatism; headaches; emotional discord or upset.

The attenuations are prepared from Nickel acetate, C₄H₆NiO₄ · 4H₂O, MW: 248.9.

Characteristic of the symptomatology of nickel and its salts are tearing, contrac- tive pains, itching, burning stinging pains, as if from insect-bites here and there on the body, associated with lassitude and feeling generally unwell, weakness and trem- bling of the limbs, which is ameliorated in fresh air.

Sleep is usually restless, with frequent waking from a sensation of heat and pain in the head and limbs. Not until nearly morning does the patient achieve calm sleep with fantastic, lascivious dreams, and then he feels sleepy during the daytime. He exhibits extremely changeable moods, varying between timidity, despondency, peev- ishness, anger and brawling, as well as cheerfulness.

All over the body there are itching eruptions like herpes, and also pustular acne on the face with swelling of the tissue.

Tearing headaches occur in the morning with vertigo, spasmodic twitching of the eyelids, itching, burning and lachrymation of the eyes with redness and swelling of the rims and slight conjunctivitis. Also there are various neuralgic pains in the neck muscles, dislocated pain in the shoulder joints, pains in the sacrum, stinging pains in the fingers (especially the joints) and toes, pain in the hips, crawling and cramps in the toes, tearing pains in the knee joint and muscle pains in the thigh. These may be replaced by shivering and alternating heat and chill with thirst, a dominating feeling of heat by day and by night with violent thirst, and sweating in the afternoons and after midnight. The picture of Niccolum and its salts may be rounded off by frequent sneezing with dry nasal mucosa, nocturnal nasal congestion and nose-bleeds, laryn- geal catarrh and tickling sensation with bursts of dry coughing, slight expectoration, nocturnal attacks of coughing with a sensation of pressure on the chest and shortness of breath while sitting, and general painfulness of the chest.

Other symptoms include toothache, offensive mouth-odour with dryness of the oral mucosa, swollen gums, tonsillitis, accumulation of mucus in the pharynx with lack of appetite, violent thirst, eructations and hiccups, nausea and a sensation of cramp and pressure in the stomach with burning, stinging pains, plentiful wind with distension in the intestines, and stools which, even when soft, can only be voided with difficulty and with stabbing pains in the rectum. In the genito-urinary organs there is burning at the urethral meatus, increased and frequent urination, particularly unusually copious urination at night, and itching of the genitalia which is not re- lieved by scratching. The menses arrive too early and are then interrupted with a feeling of great weakness and replaced by watery discharge.

The whole picture suggests the presence of impregnation phases, which have the tendency to become inflammations with temporary fevers. There are vertigo and states of weakness as well as spasmodic complaints, particularly hoarseness and at- tacks of coughing with epistaxis, flatulent complaints with diarrhoea or unaccus- tomed spastic constipation, likewise menstrual complaints with leucorrhoea.

Simpson recommends Niccolum Sulphuricum particularly for stubborn, periodic headaches; Hale observed good results in periodic neuralgic pains following malar- ia.

The attenuations of this nosode are prepared from the surgically removed neurofi- broma.

Recklinghausen’s disease or generalised neurofibromatosis are the names given to multiple neurofibromata which are distributed throughout the body, the neurofibro- mata arising from the peripheral nerve branches, with a possibility of sarcomatous degeneration.

Apart from symptoms of sensory irritation there are occasionally conductive dis- orders of the affected nerves; other possible symptoms include anomalies of skin pigmentation, multiple naevi, bone anomalies and background lesions of the eyes; there may also be mental disorders. It is also possible for fibromatous tumours to de- velop on the nerves of the brain (acoustic neuroma). The basis for the disease lies probably in a rudimentary malformation, and often in dominant hereditary factors within the family. Thus the Neurofibroma Nosode will be used both in Reckling- hausen’s disease and possibly also in sarcomas of the skin, neuralgias and neurally determined degenerations, and experimentally in pareses also.

The attenuations of this sarcode are prepared from the fresh optic nerve removed from a healthy pig (Sus scrofa domesticus).

The main indications are:

Atrophy of the optic nerve (post-syphilitic or toxic). Disturbances of vision. Flick- ering scotoma. Migraine.

The attenuations of this sarcode are prepared from fresh olfactory nerve removed from a healthy pig (Sus scrofa domesticus).

The main indications are:

Anosmia. Vasomotor rhinitis. Hay fever (prophylactic). Illnesses resulting from re- flex action of the nasal mucosa; may also be tried in bronchial asthma.

The attenuations are prepared from dehydrated Sodium sulphate, Na₂ SO₄, MW: 142.0.

The main indications are:

Aggravation in wet weather. Asthma in fog (!). Bitter taste. Pain in the heel, pene- trating. Cracking of the joints. Chronic liver problems, chronic diarrhoea. Diabetes mellitus, Hydrogenoid constitution, compatible with Dulcamara and Aranea Diadema. The German Monograph-Preparation Commission for the Homoeopathic Field of Therapy has, under the Preparation Monograph for Natrium sulphuricum, published the following indication(s) in the German Bundesanzeiger (German Federal Gazette) for natrium sulphuricum: hepatobiliary disorders; morning diarrhoea; bronchial asthma; sequelae of a trauma suffered by the nervous system; rheumatism.

The attenuations are prepared from the sodium salt of pyruvic acid, C₃H₃NaO₃, MW: 110.1.

In its sphere of use, Natrum Pyruvicum has certain similarities to the indications for Sulphur, since pyruvic acid is situated at a focal point in the Citric Acid cycle, and Sulphur-like symptoms occur when there is an accumulation of pyruvates, e.g. in iatrogenic damage. Thus Natrum Pyruvicum can be advantageously combined with Engystol, Sulphur and possibly Hepar Sulph., and with all sarcodes and nu- merous nosodes, especially in cellular phases of all kinds, also in chronic conditions, such impregnation phases as asthma, angina pectoris, pruritus, skin diseases and psoriasis, and in other degeneration phases, e.g. organic nervous diseases, and in pre-cancerous states and neoplasm phases. The regressive vicariations which follow should be tackled with suitable single remedies.

The homotoxins which require Natrum Pyruvicum do not depend so much on dis- orders of the direct energy extraction and utilisation, as in respiratory disorders, but rather they concern an integral part of the energy extraction, which precedes the in- troduction of the decomposing carbohydrates into the Citric Acid cycle.

As well as sodium pyruvate, the additional prescription of α-liponic acid can be of use. Pyruvic acid stands at the dividing line between respiration and fermentation.

We find from practical experience that all cellular phases represent an indication for Natrum Pyruvicum, possibly in combination with Fumaricum Acidum and Na- trum Oxalaceticum.

The action can be completed with the sarcodes Embryo, Cerebrum, Corpus Pineale, Hepar and Ren, and a treatment which has become deadlocked may be re- actived again to some extent by the additional use of Natrum Pyruvicum and sup- porting remedies.

This is especially true of the treatment of chronic impregnation phases, such as asthma, skin diseases and pruritus, and particularly in allergies, alergic eczema, rheumatic and gouty symptoms, psoriasis, angina pectoris, organic nervous diseases and psychoses, and treatment of pre-cancerous states.

In practice, the following indications are particularly noteworthy:

Migraine occurring in the morning and lasting until sunset with head-pain, retch- ing and vomiting. Raised pressure in the eye and frontal sinus conditions. Swim- ming in the head, headaches after washing the hair, cutting the hair and cold food (ice-cream). Bronchial asthma and bronchiectasis. Damage following retoxic treat- ment of acute reaction phases (influenza, otitis media, etc.).

Circulatory disorders (peripheral and central) with gangrene, ulcer of the lower leg, chilblains, marbled skin and circulatory collapse in acute reaction phases. Com- plaints similar to angina pectoris. Either tachycardia, arrhythmia or bradycardia with severely lowered blood-pressure (it may be expedient to prescribe along with it DL- Malicum Acidum and a suitable nosode).

Natrum Pyruvicum patients are said to walk slowly, dragging their feet, and to try to avoid all physical exertion.

The skin is dry or may be excessively greasy. Itching, scaly eczemas, possibly al- ternating with asthma, and also pustular suppurations from the sebaceous glands with scarring (also after chicken pox) are indications for Natrum Pyruvicum, like- wise sore corners of the mouth with deep cracks and inflammations of the alae nasae, and dry eczema on the buttocks. The joints give way easily (cf. Natrum Car- bonicum). Dental fistulae may exist for years, likewise dental caries without appre- ciable pain or periodontitis.

Natrum Pyruvicum should be borne in mind particularly in all disorders of glu- cose metabolism, and especially where there is circulatory disturbance (diabetic gangrene).

Natrum Pyruvicum proved its worth in a case of gangrenous ulcer on the Achilles tendon (in a young woman with juvenile-onset diabetes). Cure took place after 8–10 s.c. injections, likewise in the relapse which occurred a year later.

Psychoses which occur after childbirth and in the menopause are reputed to react well to Natrum Pyruvicum, also.

The drug picture of Natrum pyruvicum was composed in August 1995 by David Riley, M.D., Santa Fe (New Mexico), USA.

The most important symptoms from David Riley’s drug proving were:

Essential Characteristics

Stitching or sharp pains in the eyes, chest, and abdomen.

Mental dullness. Increased physical energy. Forehead headaches. Coryza. In- creased appetite. Burping and rumbling in the stomach. Flatus.

Mind

Delusions that she is being watched. Vivid dreams on going on a journey. Mental dullness while writing or in the evening. Euphoria. Impatient and irritable. Sensi- tive.

Generalities

INCREASED ENERGY and desires physical exercise. Food desires of chocolate, eggs, pizza, and salt. Aggravated by spicy foods. Puffiness of the body.

Vertigo

Vertigo, particularly during bathing.

Head

Fullness especially at the vertex. Dull head pain. FOREHEAD PAIN particularly be- hind the left. Pressing pain between the eyes. Pulsations in the head.

Eye

Agglutination of the eyelids and lashes. Creamy white discharge from the canthi of the eyes. Itching of the right eye. Stitching pain in the right eye lid. Prickling pain.

Vision

Spots that are yellow spots in the visual fields.

Ear

Dull pain alternating with sharp pain. Piercing pain in the left ear. Sore pain that extends from the throat.

Nose

Nasal congestion. Coryza with discharge. Clear discharge. Sneezing. Tingling in- side the nose. Twitching of the nose.

Face

Eruptions of large pimples on the chin, or itching eruptions on the cheek bone, or below the nose. Fullness. Biting pain. Dull jaw pain. Swelling under or around the eyes or on the left jaw glands. Tingling in the forehead.

Mouth

Painful ulcerations on the tongue. Dryness in the mouth.

Teeth

Sensitive in general. Sensitive to pressure. Sensitive to warmth and cold.

Throat

Painful cervical glands on either side that extends to the ear and are sensitive to the slightest touch. Sensation of a lump when swallowing especially on the left side. Sore pain that extends to the right ear.

Stomach

Feels as if filled with air. APPETITE IS INCREASED on waking and is insatiable or de- creased. Distension. Eructations. Full sensation. Gurgling and rumbling. Nausea with salivation. Pain after eating.

Abdomen

ABDOMINAL DISTENSION after eating. Sharp pain in the umbilicus.

Rectum

Constipation. FLATUS, worse and night. Loud sound to flatulence. Flatus may be

offensive or odorless. Urging that is frequent, ineffectual, or at night.

Stool

Frequent, loose stool.

Bladder

Frequent need to urinate.

Genitalia, Female

Clear leucorrhea. Diminished sexual desire.

Chest

Sense of oppression in the chest. Aching pain in the left breast. Burning, stitching pain in the middle of the chest, worse with deep inspiration.

Back

Compressing pain in the cervical region. Pain in the lumbar region at 3 a.m. when in bed. Stiffness in the cervical or scapulae regions.

Extremities

Cracking or heaviness of the knee joint. Eruption on the hips. Swelling of the knee, leg, or ankle. Knee weakness in the evening. Feeling of dislocation in the knee or hip.

Sleep

Sleepiness, particularly in the afternoon.

Perspiration

Perspiration, particularly in the evening. Offensive odor to perspiration.

Skin

Scaly, red eruptions on the skin. Skin sensitive to the touch.

The attenuations are prepared from Disodiumhydrogen phosphate Na ₂ HPO₄ · 12H₂ O, MW: 358.1.

The main indications are:

Dyspepsia. Heartburn, sour eructations, sour vomiting, sour stools, yellow coating of the tongue.

The German Monograph-Preparation Commission for the Homoeopathic Field of Therapy has, under the Preparation Monograph for Natrium phosphoricum, pub- lished the following indication(s) in the German Bundesanzeiger (German Federal Gazette) for natrium phosphoricum: gastrointestinal disorders.