Materia Medica

Chromicum Acidum

Chromic Acid

Diphtheria. post-nasal tumors, and epithelioma of the tongue have been benefited by this drug. Bloody. foul- smelling lochia. Symptoms come and go suddenly, and return periodically.

Nose

Ulcer and scabs in nose. Offensive smell. Corrosive pain. Ozaena. [Aur.]

Throat

Diphtheria; sore throat. Tough mucus, with inclination to swallow it; worse, morning, cans- ing hawking. Post-nasal tumors.

Stool

Watery, frequent, copious, with nausea and vertigo. Haemorrhoids, internal and bleeding. Weak- ness in small of back.

Extremities

Uneasiness in limbs. Pain in shoulder- blades and back of neck. Pain in knees and balls of feet.

Relationships

Compare: Kali bich.; Rhus; Chro- mium Sulphate (in locomotor ataxia, goitre, prostatic hy'pertrophy. Herpes preputialis. Wry neck. Also ex- ophthmalic, inhibits the vagus, relieving tachycardia. Acts like a nerve tonic where there is lack of nervous tone. Fibroid tumors. Infantile paralysis. Dose for a sa e sl g g 's

Dose

Third to sixth trituration. 233