Sarcolacticum acidum
as William Boericke recorded it in Homoeopathic Materia Medica, 1927
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General
Sarcolactic Acid Is apparently formed in muscle tissue during the stage of muscle exhaustion. Differs from ordinary Lactic acid in its relation to polarized light. It represents a much broader and more profoundly acting drug and its pathogenesis is quite dissimilar from the normal acid. Proved by Wm. B. Griggs, M. D, who found it of great value in the most violent form of Epidemic influenza, especially with violent and retching and greatest prostration, when Arsenic had failed. Spinal neurasthenia, muscular weakness, dyspnœa with myocardial weakness. General Symptoms.––Tired feeling with muscular prostration, worse any exertion. Sore feeling all over, worse in afternoon. Restless at night. Difficulty in getting to sleep. Tired feeling in morning on getting up.
Throat
Constriction in pharynx. Sore throat with tightness in naso-pharynx. Tickling in throat.
Stomach
Nausea. Uncontrollable vomiting even of water followed by extreme
weakness. Back and Extremities.––Tired feeling in back and neck and shoulders. Paralytic weakness. Wrist tires easily from writing. Extreme weakness from climbing stairs. Stiffness of thigh and calves. Arms feel as if no strength in them. Cramp in the calves.
Dose
Sixth to 30th potency. The 15x most marked action (Griggs).
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Create a free accountCite this page. William Boericke. Homoeopathic Materia Medica. 9th edition (preface dated San Francisco, June 1927). Sarcolacticum acidum — General. HomeopathyWorld, https://homeopathyworld.in/materia-medica/books/boericke/sarcolacticum-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 Reproduced as the author wrote it; a historical reference for students and practitioners, not medical advice.