Muriaticum acidum
as William Boericke recorded it in Homoeopathic Materia Medica, 1927
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Mind
Irritable and peevish; fretful Loud moaning. Great restlessness. Sad, taciturn; suffers in silence.
General
Muriatic Acid This acid has an elective affinity for the blood, producing a septic condition similar to that found in low fevers with high temperature and great prostration. Patient becomes so weak she slides down the bed. Decomposition of fluids. Involuntary stools while passing urine. Hæmorrhages. Mouth and anus chiefly effected.
Modalities
Worse, in damp weather, before midnight. Better, lying on left side.
Head
Vertigo; worse lying on right side; occiput heavy as if filled with lead. Sound of voice is intolerable. Pain as if brain were crushed.
Face
Lower jaw fallen; pimples and freckles; lips raw, dry, cracked.
Nose
Hæmorrhage; much sneezing.
Mouth
Tongue, pale, swollen, dry, leathery, paralyzed. Deep ulcers on tongue.
Hard lumps in tongue. Epithelioma; edges bluish-red (Carbol ac). Aphthous mouth. Gums and glands swollen. Fetid Breath. Sordes on teeth.
Throat
Uvula swollen. Ulcers and false membrane. Œdematous, dark, raw. Attempted swallowing produces spasm and choking.
Stomach
Cannot bear sight or thought of meat. At times, ravenous appetite and constant desire to drink. Achlorhydria and fermentation of food.
Rectum
Tendency to involuntary evacuations while urinating. Hæmorrhoids most sensitive to all touch; even sheet of toilet paper is painful. Anal itching and prolapsus ani while urinating. Hæmorrhoids during pregnancy; bluish, hot with violent stitches.
Urinary
Cannot urinate without having bowels move at same time.
Female
Menses appear too soon. Leucorrhœa. During menses, soreness of anus. Ulcer in genitals.
Heart
Pulse rapid, feeble, and small. Intermits every third beat.
Extremities
Heavy, painful, and weak. Tottering gait. Pain in tendo-Achilles.
Skin
Papular and vesicular eruptions, with great itching (Rhus). Carbuncles; foul-smelling ulcers on lower extremities. Scarlet fever, livid, with petechiæ; scanty eruption. Eczema on back of hands.
Fever
Cold extremities. Heat without thirst. Typhoid types, stupid. Hæmorrhages. Restlessness. Involuntary discharges. Bed-sores. Pulse rapid and feeble. Excessive prostration.
Relationships
Compare: Phos ac; Ars; Bapt. Follows well after Bry and Rhus. Antidote; Bryonia.
Dose
First to third potency.
What the other books say about Muriaticum acidum
The same remedy read by a different author. They disagree, and the disagreements are where the remedy becomes recognisable.
- Muriaticum acidum in Allen's Keynotes — The few symptoms that, when genuinely present, point at one remedy and not its neighbours.
- Muriaticum acidum in Farrington — Lectures that teach remedies in families, by comparing them with each other.
- Muriaticum acidum in Kent — Kent teaching a class, one remedy at a time — fewer remedies, far more on each.
- Muriaticum acidum in Boger — A compressed key — the generals and the characteristic modalities, with very little narrative.
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Create a free accountCite this page. William Boericke. Homoeopathic Materia Medica. 9th edition (preface dated San Francisco, June 1927). Muriaticum acidum — Mind. HomeopathyWorld, https://homeopathyworld.in/materia-medica/books/boericke/muriaticum-acidum. Published 1927: public domain in the US (since 2023) and in India (author died 1929). Reproduced as the author wrote it; a historical reference for students and practitioners, not medical advice.