Oxalicum Acidum – Oxalic Acid

The attenuations are prepared from Oxalic acid, C₂H₂O₄ · 2H₂O, MW: 126.1.

The main symptoms are as follows:

Paresis of the legs. Neuralgia of the spermatic cord. Oxaluria. Hyperemesis. Oxalic acid can also be helpful in the following conditions:

Great lassitude and weariness with weakness in the back, as though the spine could no longer support the body, along with a sensation of numbness. Complaints occur only in small, circumscribed sites and fitfully, with aggravation from motion and amelioration from stretching and lying down.

The skin is sensitive with a marbled appearance. Itching eczema on neck and fin- gers.

Incontinence of urine. Light-coloured, strong, sour urine, remaining sour a long time, with burning pains in the renal area and in the glans penis on urination.

Libido increased, with erections. Seminal emissions with lascivious dreams. Ag- gravation of the neuralgia of the spermatic cord from the least movement.

Also effective in attacks of angina pectoris with air-hunger, pains radiating into the arms and a sensation of coldness in the stomach with violent stomach-pains. (Ten- dency to ulcer.)

The German Monograph-Preparation Commission for the Homoeopathic Field of Therapy has, under the Preparation Monograph for Acidum oxalicum, published the following indication(s) in the German Bundesanzeiger (German Federal Gazette) for acidum oxalicum: neuralgia and rheumatism; nervous cardiac complaints; disor- ders involving kidney stones; nephrolithiasis; paralytic disorders; nervous disorders and emotional discord or upset.