Picricum acidum
picr-aciPicric Acid Trinitrophenol Causes degeneration of the spinal cord, with paralysis. Brainfag and sexual excitement. Acts upon the generative organs probably through the lumbar centers of the spinal cord; prostration, weakness and pain of back, pins and needle sensation in extremities. Neurasthenia (Oxal ac). Muscular debility. Heavy tired feeling. Myelitis with spasms and prostration. Writer's palsy. Progressive, pernicious anæmia. Uræmia with complete anuria. A one per cent solution applied on l
Picricum acidum — Materia Medica
Picricum acidum — keynotes · Cyrus Maxwell Boger
Weak, tired and heavy, in mind and body. Profound anæmia. Easily prostrated. Burning, in many parts; along spine; in legs, etc. Numbness. Formication. .................... Weak will. Heavy occiput; down spine and in lower limbs. Brain-fag. Headache, < mental exertion, > nose-bleed (Fer-p.). Neurasthenia. Oily burning stool. Ammoniacal, dribbling urine. Priapism, or sexual erethism. Backache with languor; from mental exertion. Writers' cramp. Aching, legs. Small, painful boils, < nape. Sleepiness.
Picricum acidum — mind · James Tyler Kent
The weakness of body and mind is the first impression wrought upon the mind of the reader who goes carefully over this proving. It is progressive, passing from weariness to paralysis. The evidences of softening of brain and cord are strong. He, soon becomes sensitive to heat and desires the cool air which ameliorates his head and bodily condition. Cold air and cold bathing are grateful to him. He is sensitive to wet weather. Numbness of many parts, trembling, lassitude, heaviness, must lie down, worse from least exertion are marked features. Loss of sleep, mental, worry, mental labor, are the exciting causes of symptoms. Extreme indifference. It is a typical brain-fag remedy with indifference and lack of will power, aversion to talk, think, or perform any mental exertion. He is quickly prostrated from the least mental work, and it brings on many complaints, such as soreness and lameness, diarrhea, burning along the spine, general weakness and heaviness of limbs and back. He loses all interest in things; becomes irritable from any mental exertion.
Picricum acidum — general · H.C. Allen
HC H 2 (NO ) O Is often restorative of a washed and worn-out system; a fair picture of “nervous prostration” (Kali-p.). Progressive, pernicious anemia; neurasthenia.
Picricum acidum — black letter · Margaret Lucy Tyler
Neurasthenia. Tired feeling, on least exertion, all over body ; with heaviness ; excessive languor ; no desire to talk or do anything ; indifferent to everything ; is obliged to lie down ; it seems difficult to move limbs ; great muscular debility ; readily winded by walking up hill ; inclined to day sleepiness ; poor appetite ; general sense of torpidity. Some ok the Italic, or Curious Symptoms Brain fag. Disinclined for mental or physical work ; desire to sit still without taking any interest in surroundings. Headaches ; dull throbbing ; heavy feeling, or sharp pains. Worse study, or movement of eyes. Better rest, open air, binding head tightly. After every severe mental effort, intense throbbing headache ; worse base of brain ; often with congestion of spine, sexual excitement, etc. Headaches of overworked business men ; or when grief or depressing emotions have resulted in nervous exhaustion. Seat of pain, occipito-cervical region. Brain fag of literary or business people ; slightest excitement, mental exertion or overwork brings on headache. Ears. Furuncular or circumscribed inflammation of meatus: Chronic or sub-acute forms of otitis. Furuncles in external auditory meatus. Terrible erections ; priapism ; satyriasis, etc. Burning along spine, and very great weakness of legs and back ; soreness of all muscles and joints, worse from study. Heat in lower part spine ; aching and dragging (lumbar). Great weakness of legs, especially left, which trembles; heavy like lead ; lifted from floor with difficulty. Great weakness, hips. Extremities cold.
Picricum acidum — introduction · Margaret Lucy Tyler
^55 Picric acid h a s t a k e n i t s p l a c e a s p e r h a p s t h e g r e a t e s t r e m e d y o f a ll f o r Brain Fac;. One of its queerest symptoms, is that the least study causes burning along the spine. Other remedies noted as having burnings of back or spine are Arsenicum, Phosphorus, Lycopodium, and Zincum. But, while the burning spine of Ars. is not qualified, except that the burnings of Ars. generally are relieved by heat, the Lyc. burnings are chiefly between the scapulae (as are those of P hos. and Kali b i c .) : but those of Phos. throb, and want to be rubbed. Those of Picric acid, only, are caused by mental exer tion. Phos., in poisonings, is like Picric acid in causing fatty degenerations; Phos., especially of liver: Picric.acid especially of brain and spinal cord. Everything in Picric acid is worse from study, its great characteristic ; this applies not only to the pains of spine, but also those of joints. One may mention, while about it, that the spider poison Theridian, stands in black type for burning in lumbar region ; but Theridian is distinguished by extreme sensitiveness to noise and touch. Picric acid was discovered by a doctor of observation and application, who noticed that the bums of Picric acid are painless: and its chief use has been as a dressing for burns. (Urt., Canth.) We have always associated Picric acid with Phosphoric acid : their uses being so similar that one would wonder sometimes which to employ. Let us study, once for all, their distinctions, in order to prescribe one or other with a maximum of good result. Phos. acid. Weakness and debility. Slowness : apathy. Picric acid. Weak ; tired ; heavy, mind and body. Easy pros tration. Phos. acid. Affects especially Min d; nerves; spine, with paralytic weakness ; bones. Picric acid.
Picricum acidum — modalities · H.C. Allen
Amelioration: From cold air and cold water. Aggravation: Least mental exertion; motion; study; wet weather.
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