Uricum Acidum – Uric Acid

The attenuations are prepared from Uric acid, C₅H₄N₄O₃, MW: 168.1.

Uric acid is at the centre of the intermediate metabolism of the nucleic acids. Ex- ogenous uric acid has its origins in the foodstuffs, whilst endogenous uric acid aris- es from the continual shedding of cells. Thus one can always use Uric Acid if dis- turbances occur in the breakdown of the nucleic acids, and thus also in gouty symp- toms (cf. Colchicum etc.) One may also think of Uric Acid prophylactically in cases of extreme carnivorous diet.

General indications are: disturbances in the intermediate uric acid metabolism, and, experimentally, also in gout.

The German Monograph-Preparation Commission for the Homoeopathic Field of Therapy has, under the Preparation Monograph for Acidum uricum, published the following indication(s) in the German Bundesanzeiger (German Federal Gazette) for acidum uricum: gout.