Mineral
Benzoicum Acidum
Benzoic Acid
Repertory abbreviation: Benz-ac.
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. Child wants to be nurse in the arms, will not be laid down. Pains sud- denly change their locality. Antisycotic.
Mind
Omits words in writing. Depression.
Head
Throbbing in temporal arteries, causes puff- ing around ears. Noises when swallowing. Ulcera- tion of tongue. Swelling behind ears. [Caps.] Cold sweat on forehead. Pricking, puckered constriction of mouth, bluish and bleeding gums.
Nose
Itching of septum. Pain in nasal bones.
Face
Copper-colored spots. Red, with little blis- ters. Circumscribed redness of cheeks.
Stomach
Sweat while eating; pressure in stomach, sensation of a lump.
Abdomen
Cutting about navel. Stitching in liver region.
Stool
Frothy, offensive, liquid, light-colored, like soapsuds, bowel movements mostly wind. Urine. -- Repulsiz'e odor: changeable color; brown, acid. Enuresis; dribbling urine of old men. Excess of uric acid. Vesical catarrh from suppressed gonor- rhcea.
Rectum
Stitches and constricted feeling. Pucker- ing constriction of rectum. Itching and watery eleva- tions around anus.
Respiratory
Hoarse in morning. Asthmatic cough ; worse night; lying on right side. Chest very tender. Pain in region of heart. Expectoration, green mucus.
Back
Pressure on spinal coiumn. Coldness in sacrum. Dull pain in region of kidneys; worse, wine.
Extremities
Joints crack on motion. Tearing with stitches. Pain in tendo Chillis. J Rheumatic gout; nodes very painful. Gouty deposits. ( Ganglion; swell- ing of the wrist. Pain and swelling in knees. Union of great toe. Tearing pain in great toe.
Skin
Red spots. Itching in spots.
Fever
Cold hands, feet, back, knees. Chilliness ; cold sweat. Internal heat on awakening.
Modalities
Worse, in open air.; by uncovering.
Relationships
Useful after Colchic., fails in gout; after Copaiva in gonorrhocea. Compare: Nitric acid; Ammon. benz.: Sabina; Tropeolum -- Garden Nasturtium - (fetid urine). Antidote: Copaiva. Incompatible: Wine.
Dose
Third to sixth potency.