Fluoricum acidum
as H.C. Allen recorded it in Keynotes and Characteristics with Comparisons of Some of the Leading Remedies of the Materia Medica, 1899
Fluoris acidum
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Keynotes
Fluoric acid
Hydrofluoric Acid. flP'
Complaints of old age, or of premature old age; in syphilitic mercurial dyscrasia; young people look old.
Increased ability to exercise without fatigue (Coca) ; is less affected by excessive heat of summer or cold of winter.
Old cicatrices become red around edges, and threaten to become open ulcers (Caust., Graph.).
Varicose veins and ulcers, obstinate, long standing cases, in women who have borne many children.
Caries and necrosis, especially of long bones, psoric or syphilitic, abuse of mercury or silica (Angus.).
Nsevus, flat, of children (r. temple) ; capillary aneurism (compare. Cal. fl.. Tub.).
Ulcers : red edges and vesicles ; decubitus ; copious discharge; < from warmth, > from cold; violent pains, like streaks of lightning, confined to a small spot.
Rapid caries of teeth ; fistula dentalis or lachrymalis ; exostoses of bones of face (Hekla).
Follows well : after, Ars. in ascites of drunkards ; after. Kali c. in hip disease; after, Coff., Staph, in sensitive teeth; after, Phos. ac. in diabetes; after, Sil., Symph. in bone diseases ; after, Spong. in goitre.
What the other books say about Fluoricum acidum
The same remedy read by a different author. They disagree, and the disagreements are where the remedy becomes recognisable.
- Fluoricum acidum in Boericke — The concise clinical Materia Medica that most Indian colleges teach from, in full.
- Fluoricum acidum in Farrington — Lectures that teach remedies in families, by comparing them with each other.
- Fluoricum acidum in Kent — Kent teaching a class, one remedy at a time — fewer remedies, far more on each.
- Fluoricum acidum in Boger — A compressed key — the generals and the characteristic modalities, with very little narrative.
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Cite this page. H.C. Allen. Keynotes and Characteristics with Comparisons of Some of the Leading Remedies of the Materia Medica. 3rd edition (1910). Philadelphia: Boericke & Tafel. Fluoricum acidum — Keynotes, pp. 125–126. HomeopathyWorld, https://homeopathyworld.in/materia-medica/books/allen/fluoricum-acidum. Published 1910: public domain in the US (before 1931) and in India (author died 1909). Replaces B. Jain's 2005 "rearranged and classified" edition (© the publisher), per the owner's decision of 13 Sep 2026. Reproduced as the author wrote it; a historical reference for students and practitioners, not medical advice.