Benzoicum Acidum

Abdomen

Abdomen.--Cutting about navel. Stitching in liver region.

Antidote

Antidote: Copaiva.

Back

Back.--Pressure on spinal column. Coldness in sacrum. Dull pain in region of kidneys; worse, wine.

Compare

Compare: Nitric acid; Ammon benz; Sabina; Tropoeolum. Garden Nasturtium--(fetid urine).

Description

The most marked characteristic pertains to the odor and color of the urine. It has a marked action on metabolism. It produces and cures symptoms of a uric acid diathesis, with urine highly colored and very offensive, and gouty symptoms. Renal insufficiency. Child wants to be nursed in the arms, will not be laid down. Pains suddenly change their locality. Anti-sycotic. Gouty and asthmatic.

Dose

Dose.--Third to sixth potency.

Extremities

Extremities.--Joints crack on motion. Tearing with stitches. Pain in tendo Achillis. Rheumatic gout; nodes very painful. Gouty deposits. Ganglion; swelling of the wrist. Pain and swelling in knees. Bunion of great toe. Tearing pain in great toe.

Face

Face.--Copper-colored spots. Red, with little blisters. Circumscribed redness of cheeks.

Fever

Fever.--Cold hands, feet, back, knees. Chilliness; cold sweat. Internal heat on awakening.

Head

Head.--Vertigo inclination to fall sideways. Throbbing in temporal arteries, causes puffing around ears. Noises when swallowing. Ulceration of tongue. Swelling behind ears (Caps). Cold sweat on forehead. Pricking, puckered constriction of mouth, bluish and bleeding gums. Wens.

Incompatible

Incompatible: Wine.

Mind

Mind.--Prone to dwell on unpleasant things in the past. Omits words in writing. Depression.

Modalities

Modalities.--Worse, in open air; by uncovering.

Nose

Nose.--Itching of septum. Pain in nasal bones.

Rectum

Rectum.--Stitches and constricted feeling. Puckering constriction of rectum. Itching and watery elevations around anus.

Relationship

Relationship.--Useful after Colchic fails in gout; after Copavia in gonorrhea.

Respiratory

Respiratory.--Hoarse in morning. Asthmatic cough; worse at night; lying on right side. Chest very tender. Pain in region of heart. Expectoration, green mucus.

Skin

Skin.--Red spots. Itching in spots.

Stomach

Stomach.--Sweat while eating; pressure in stomach, sensation of a lump.

Stool

Stool.--Frothy, offensive, liquid, light-colored, like soapsuds, bowel movements, mostly windy.

Urine

Urine.--Repulsive odor; changeable color; brown, acid. Enuresis; dribbling, offensive urine of old men. Excess of uric acid. Vesical catarrh from suppressed gonorrhea. Cystitis.