Materia Medica
Lacticum Acidum
Lactic Acid
Morning sickness, diabetes, and rheumatism offer a field for this remedy. Troubles in the breasts. Locally, in the tuberculous ulceration of vocal cords.
Throat
Fullness or lump like a puff ball. Keeps swallowing. Constricted low down.
Stomach
Tongue dry, parched. Thirst; voracious hunger. Ca:ker, cofious salivation and water-rash. Nausea; morning sickness, especially in pale, anemic women. Hot, acrid eructation. Nausea; better, eating. Burning, hot gas from stomach to throat, causing pro- fuse secretion of tenacious mucus, worse smoking.
Chest
Pain in breasts, with enlargement of axillary glands, and pain extends into hand.
Extremities
Rheumatic pain in joints and shoulders, wrists, knees, with much weakness. Trembling of whole body while walking. Limbs feel chilly. Urine.- Large quantities passed, frequently. S Sac- charine.
Relationships
Compare: Sarcolactic acid q. V. Lithia; Phos. ac.
Dose
Third to thirtieth potency.