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Acidum Boracicum: Boric Acid for Infants
Acidum Boracicum, prepared from boric acid, has a strong affinity for infants and young children — particularly thrush and aphthae of the mouth, nervous excitability, and convulsions. Clarke and Allen document its characteristic frightened, old-looking appearance in affected children.
Apr 7, 2026 · 2 min read
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Acidum Butyricum: Band-Like Headaches and Flatulence
Acidum Butyricum, prepared from butyric acid, is studied for its band-like head sensation, offensive perspiration, and flatulent digestive complaints. Clarke and Allen document the constricting ring around the head and rancid quality to bodily secretions as its most prescribable features.
Apr 7, 2026 · 2 min read
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Acidum Carbolicum: Sepsis, Burns, and Rapid Collapse
Acidum Carbolicum, from carbolic acid, is associated with septic states, putrid discharges, and collapse disproportionate to visible disease. Farrington, Clarke, and Allen identify its paradoxical keynote: burning pain that suddenly ceases — among the most distinctive in the materia medica.
Apr 7, 2026 · 2 min read
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Acidum Chrysophanicum: Skin Eruptions and Psoriasis
Acidum Chrysophanicum, from chrysophanic acid in senna and rhubarb, is studied for skin eruptions and psoriasis-like conditions. Clarke documents its action on scaly, yellowish, itching skin eruptions — consistent with the yellow dye properties of the crude substance.
Apr 7, 2026 · 2 min read
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Acidum Citricum: Citric Acid for Scorbutic States
Acidum Citricum, prepared from citric acid, is studied in homeopathy for scorbutic conditions, haemorrhage from the gums, intense thirst, and skin pigmentation changes. Clarke and Allen document its affinity for nutritional depletion affecting the gums, mucous membranes, and blood.
Apr 7, 2026 · 2 min read
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Acidum Fluoricum: Bone Caries and Varicose Veins
Acidum Fluoricum, from hydrofluoric acid, is a deep remedy for chronic tissue degeneration, varicose ulcers, bone caries, and fistulae. It suits older patients with emotional indifference and an acceleration of bodily processes alongside tissue breakdown.
Apr 7, 2026 · 2 min read
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Acidum Formicum: Arthritis, Gout, and Muscle Weakness
Acidum Formicum, from formic acid in ant venom, is studied for rheumatic and arthritic conditions, gout, and muscle weakness. Clarke and Allen document its affinity for joints and muscles, with pain worse from cold and better from warmth.
Apr 7, 2026 · 2 min read
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Acidum Gallicum: Passive Haemorrhage and Bleeding
Acidum Gallicum, from gallic acid of oak galls, is studied primarily for passive haemorrhage — bleeding that is slow, dark, and persistent rather than sudden and arterial. Clarke and Allen document its affinity for haemorrhage from the lungs, bowel, uterus, and kidneys.
Apr 7, 2026 · 2 min read
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Acidum Hippuricum: Joints, Uric Acid, and Articular Pain
Acidum Hippuricum, from hippuric acid found in horse and human urine, is studied for articular pain and uric acid conditions. Clarke documents its joint affinity, placing it among acid remedies with a relationship to the uric acid diathesis and gouty states.
Apr 7, 2026 · 2 min read
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Acidum Hydrochloricum: Exhaustion and Mucosal Inflammation
Acidum Hydrochloricum, from hydrochloric acid, is studied for profound debility, mucosal inflammation, and typhoid-like states. Clarke documents its affinity for the deeply exhausted constitution, placing it alongside Acidum Muriaticum in the materia medica.
Apr 7, 2026 · 2 min read
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Acidum Hydrocyanicum: Collapse, Spasms, and Heart Failure
Acidum Hydrocyanicum, from prussic acid, is among homeopathy's most dramatic remedies — studied for sudden collapse, convulsions, respiratory arrest, and cardiac failure. Farrington, Clarke, and Allen describe its picture of instantaneous prostration with cold, clammy skin.
Apr 7, 2026 · 2 min read
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Acidum Hydrofluoricum: Varicose Ulcers and Bone Decay
Acidum Hydrofluoricum, an alternative name for fluoric acid, is documented for varicose ulcers, bone caries with fistulae, and deep tissue degeneration. Clarke and Allen describe its action on broken-down constitutions with rapid nail growth and emotional indifference.
Apr 7, 2026 · 2 min read
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Acidum Iodatum: Catarrh, Glands, and Thyroid Conditions
Acidum Iodatum, from iodic acid, is studied for catarrhal inflammation, glandular affections, and thyroid conditions. Clarke and Allen document its affinity for mucous membranes and lymphatic glands, with an iodine-group picture of wasting despite good appetite.
Apr 7, 2026 · 2 min read
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Acidum Lacticum: Nausea, Diabetes, and Rheumatism
Acidum Lacticum, from lactic acid, has a well-defined keynote: profuse salivation and morning nausea, particularly in pregnancy. Clarke and Allen also document its indications in diabetes mellitus and rheumatic conditions with morning aggravation.
Apr 7, 2026 · 2 min read
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Acidum Muriaticum: Profound Prostration and Typhoid States
Acidum Muriaticum, from muriatic acid, is a primary remedy for profound prostration — typhoid states where the patient slides down in bed and cannot sustain muscular effort. Farrington, Clarke, and Allen describe its picture of deep debility with oral ulceration.
Apr 7, 2026 · 2 min read
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Acidum Nitricum: Splinter Pains, Ulcers, and Offensiveness
Acidum Nitricum, from nitric acid, is defined by splinter-like pains at muco-cutaneous junctions, intensely offensive discharges, and a deep unforgiving quality. Farrington, Clarke, and Allen all give it prominent coverage for ulceration, fissures, and the sycotic-syphilitic constitution.
Apr 7, 2026 · 2 min read
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Acidum Nitro-Muriaticum: Liver and Skin Conditions
Acidum Nitro-Muriaticum (Aqua Regia) is studied for liver congestion, skin eruptions, and conditions from metal toxicity. Clarke and Allen document its affinity for the liver, skin, and mucous membranes in sluggish, torpid constitutions.
Apr 7, 2026 · 2 min read
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Acidum Oxalicum: Left-Sided Pain and Spinal Remedy
Acidum Oxalicum, from oxalic acid, is a homeopathic remedy of striking laterality — symptoms are predominantly left-sided. Farrington, Clarke, and Allen emphasise its affinity for the spine and heart, with the keynote that symptoms worsen when the patient thinks about them.
Apr 7, 2026 · 2 min read
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Acidum Phosphoricum: Debility from Grief and Fluid Loss
Acidum Phosphoricum, from phosphoric acid, is a remedy for debility arising from grief, disappointed love, or loss of vital fluids. Farrington, Clarke, and Allen describe its progression from mental exhaustion to physical collapse, with marked indifference as the central keynote.
Apr 7, 2026 · 2 min read
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Acidum Picricum: Brain Fag and Sexual Neurasthenia
Acidum Picricum, from picric acid, has a highly specific affinity for brain fag, mental exhaustion, and sexual neurasthenia. Allen's keynote of occipital tiredness after the slightest mental effort, with ascending paralysis, defines its clinical territory precisely.
Apr 7, 2026 · 2 min read
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Acidum Salicylicum: Tinnitus, Vertigo, and Meniere's Disease
Acidum Salicylicum, from salicylic acid, is studied primarily for tinnitus, vertigo, and Meniere's disease. Clarke and Allen document the roaring in the ears and disturbed equilibrium, along with rheumatic and gastric indications.
Apr 7, 2026 · 2 min read
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Acidum Sarcolacticum: Muscular Exhaustion and Weakness
Acidum Sarcolacticum, from the muscle form of lactic acid, is studied for profound muscular weakness and exhaustion. Clarke and Allen document its specific picture of rapid muscular fatigue and physical depletion disproportionate to visible disease.
Apr 7, 2026 · 2 min read
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Acidum Stearicum: A Lesser-Known Homeopathic Acid
Acidum Stearicum, prepared from stearic acid — the saturated fatty acid found in animal and plant fats — is a homeopathic remedy with a limited proving. Clarke documents its place in the materia medica with attention to skin and mucous membrane indications consistent with fatty acid properties.
Apr 7, 2026 · 2 min read
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Acidum Sulphuricum: Haste, Trembling, and Hot Flushes
Acidum Sulphuricum, prepared from sulphuric acid, is defined by its keynote of extreme haste — everything must be done quickly. Farrington, Clarke, and Allen describe a triad of trembling, hot flushes, and great hurry, suited to constitutions weakened by alcohol, trauma, or the abuse of stimulants.
Apr 7, 2026 · 2 min read