Materia Medica
Picricum Acidum
Picric Acid
Causes degeneration of thie spinal cord, with paraly- sis. Brain-fag and sexual excitement. Neurasthenia. [Oxal. ac.] Muscular debility. Writer's pals. Pro- gressive, pernicious anemia. Uremia with complete anuria. In a one per cent. solution applied on lint, is the best application for burns until granulations begin to form.
Mind
Lack of will-power; disinclined to work.'
Head
Head pains; relieved by bandaging tightly. Occipital pain; worse, slightest mental exertion. Ver- tigo and noises in ear. Boils within ears and back of
Stomach
Bitter taste. Aversion to food.
Urinary
Scanty; complete anuria. Dribbling mic- turition. Urine contains much indica, granular cylin- ders and fatty degenerated epithelium. Infamnation of kidneys with profound weakness, dark, bloody, scanty urine. Nightly urging.
Male
Emissions profuse. followed by great cxhaus- tion, without sensual dreams. Priapism; satyriasis. Hard erections, with pain in testicles and up cord. Prostatic hypertrophy, especially in cases not too far !advanced.
Female
Pain in left ovary and leucorrhoea before menstruation. Pruritus vulva.
Extremities
Burning along spine. Great wcakucss. Tired, hcazy fccliny all over body. especially limbs: worse, exertion. Feet cold.
Neck
After prolonged mental strain, with anxiety and dread of failure at examination.
Modalities
Il'ors, least exertion, especially mental, after sleep, wet weatlicr. Better, from cold air, cold water, tight pressure.
Relationships
Compare: Oxal. ac., Gels.: Phos.; Sit.; Arg. nit. Compare: Zinc. pic. (facial pals and paralysis agitans): Ferr. pic. (buzzing in ears, deaf- ness; chronic gout; epistaxis; prostatic troubles) ; (alc. pir. (boils in and around ears).
Dose
Sixth potency.