Formalinum
formaAqueous Solution (35 per cent) of Formaldehyde Gas Is a powerful disinfectant and deodorant; a potent poison. Prevents growth and kills almost any pathogenic micro-organism. It seems to have the peculiar property of eating into malignant tumors, leaving the surrounding healthy tissue uncharred and unchanged. Read on in Homoeopathic Materia Medica, General ↓
This text comes from a classic Materia Medica dating from 1927, reproduced in full because they are in the public domain. They record what their authors observed and taught, as historical reference for students and practitioners of homeopathy — not current clinical evidence. Nothing on this page is medical advice: for any health problem, see a qualified doctor.
Homoeopathic Materia Medica
William Boericke · 9th edition (preface dated San Francisco, June 1927)
Formalinum — Mind
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William Boericke. Homoeopathic Materia Medica. 9th edition (preface dated San Francisco, June 1927). Formalinum — Mind. HomeopathyWorld, https://homeopathyworld.in/materia-medica/formalinum#s-78a8b609-1bba-4aaa-939a-44e9b4a2f5f6.
Forgetfulness. Anxiety. Unconscious.
Formalinum — General
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William Boericke. Homoeopathic Materia Medica. 9th edition (preface dated San Francisco, June 1927). Formalinum — General. HomeopathyWorld, https://homeopathyworld.in/materia-medica/formalinum#s-40818593-7c9c-499d-9a1e-0fdd9472254a.
Aqueous Solution (35 per cent) of Formaldehyde Gas Is a powerful disinfectant and deodorant; a potent poison. Prevents growth and kills almost any pathogenic micro-organism. It seems to have the peculiar property of eating into malignant tumors, leaving the surrounding healthy tissue
uncharred and unchanged. A plug of cotton wool soaked in a 20 per cent solution of Formaldehyde, and applied for a few hours, will produce a necrotic slough, which must be scraped away before the next application, otherwise it hardens. Formalin in hot water as vapor most valuable therapeutic agent in pertussis, phthisis, in catarrhal affections of upper air-passages.
Formalinum — Head
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William Boericke. Homoeopathic Materia Medica. 9th edition (preface dated San Francisco, June 1927). Formalinum — Head. HomeopathyWorld, https://homeopathyworld.in/materia-medica/formalinum#s-fe94bcfb-895b-404e-bb19-6fd1fcf34996.
Coryza; eyes water; vertigo.
Formalinum — Mouth
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William Boericke. Homoeopathic Materia Medica. 9th edition (preface dated San Francisco, June 1927). Formalinum — Mouth. HomeopathyWorld, https://homeopathyworld.in/materia-medica/formalinum#s-7cceed25-b34c-414c-9089-9eb49c3efc62.
Ptyalism, thick saliva; loss of taste.
Formalinum — Stomach
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William Boericke. Homoeopathic Materia Medica. 9th edition (preface dated San Francisco, June 1927). Formalinum — Stomach. HomeopathyWorld, https://homeopathyworld.in/materia-medica/formalinum#s-6e44bd7f-2286-4f9b-8a91-f6bd2aaef797.
Food feels as if it were a ball in stomach. Burning in mouth and stomach.
Formalinum — Abdomen
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William Boericke. Homoeopathic Materia Medica. 9th edition (preface dated San Francisco, June 1927). Formalinum — Abdomen. HomeopathyWorld, https://homeopathyworld.in/materia-medica/formalinum#s-4ab31e66-5d15-460a-a820-68b39c941d01.
Intense urging to stool, watery stools.
Formalinum — Urinary
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William Boericke. Homoeopathic Materia Medica. 9th edition (preface dated San Francisco, June 1927). Formalinum — Urinary. HomeopathyWorld, https://homeopathyworld.in/materia-medica/formalinum#s-4e4d312b-ecb8-490a-9de0-f0b372c23906.
Anuria; albuminous urine.
Formalinum — Respiratory
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William Boericke. Homoeopathic Materia Medica. 9th edition (preface dated San Francisco, June 1927). Formalinum — Respiratory. HomeopathyWorld, https://homeopathyworld.in/materia-medica/formalinum#s-b3c50ac8-2999-4526-b55e-f9cab5b77b3b.
Dyspnœa. Laryngismus stridulus. Whooping-cough.
Formalinum — Skin
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William Boericke. Homoeopathic Materia Medica. 9th edition (preface dated San Francisco, June 1927). Formalinum — Skin. HomeopathyWorld, https://homeopathyworld.in/materia-medica/formalinum#s-d0e99b13-bf27-4fd0-b449-6b7b55400ee6.
Puckers skin like leather; wrinkles; scales off. Eczema in neighborhood of wound. Damp sweat most marked on right upper extremity.
Formalinum — Fever
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William Boericke. Homoeopathic Materia Medica. 9th edition (preface dated San Francisco, June 1927). Formalinum — Fever. HomeopathyWorld, https://homeopathyworld.in/materia-medica/formalinum#s-02a7245c-524e-4101-b8ad-8a1776f6f88e.
Chills in forenoon, followed by long fever. Bones ache during whole paroxysm. During fever forgets where he was.
Formalinum — Relationships
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William Boericke. Homoeopathic Materia Medica. 9th edition (preface dated San Francisco, June 1927). Formalinum — Relationships. HomeopathyWorld, https://homeopathyworld.in/materia-medica/formalinum#s-174536da-a8ce-49f6-b0a5-a12d7a451e3b.
Antidote: Ammonia water. Compare: Ammonium formaldehyde, known commercially as Cystogen (Dose, five to seven grains two to four times daily, dissolved in hot water, after meals. Prevents the decomposition of urine in the bladder, kidneys, and ureters. Turbid urine rendered clear and non-irritating; phosphatic deposits dissolved, and growth of pyogenic bacteria arrested). Also, Urotropin (A diuretic and solvent of uric acid concretions; relieves cystitis associated with putrefaction. Three to five grains well diluted. When administered invariably appears in the cerebro-spinal fluid and therefore advised in threatened meningeal infection).
Formalinum — Dose
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William Boericke. Homoeopathic Materia Medica. 9th edition (preface dated San Francisco, June 1927). Formalinum — Dose. HomeopathyWorld, https://homeopathyworld.in/materia-medica/formalinum#s-aad4b9c9-4afe-4947-92b5-6f017e1b828a.
As vapor in hot water in respiratory affections; 1 per cent spray, otherwise 3x potency.
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