Benzoicum Acidum (HMT)

Benzoic Acid
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Benzoicum Acidum (HMT) Reference Specimen Benzoic Acid
🧬 Remedy Miasm: Tubercular Miasm The Tubercular miasm is a combination of Psora and Syphilis. It manifests as a susceptibility to respiratory illnesses, rapid weight loss, and a constant desire for mental and physical change.
📚 Hazrat Mirza Tahir Ahmad Materia Medica:
This homeopathic remedy profile is compiled directly from the authoritative Materia Medica lectures of Hazrat Mirza Tahir Ahmad (ra), former head of the Worldwide Ahmadiyya Muslim Community and a renowned homeopath. It presents clinical insights, comparative analysis, and potency guidelines.
GENERAL
  • Benzoic Acid 127 The most salient feature of Benzoic Acid is extremely foul smelling urine, resembling the smell of a horse’s urine, which is difficult to get rid off.
  • The smell is unusually foul and is so strong that it remains in the clothes even after washing.
  • If in such a house the clothes are not washed regularly, the whole house will smell of this strong odour.
  • If the Benzoic Acid child wets his bed, the repugnance is doubled.
  • The stained clothes do not get clean even on washing.
  • The urine is deep and dark in colour.
  • If such patients have excess uric acid in the blood, they will benefit from Benzoic Acid.
  • Uric acid causes pain in the kidneys and also decreases th eir functional capability.
  • Usually, the urination is normal.
  • If the urine becomes sparse, it will cause pain in the joints.
  • The Benzoic Acid patient omits words while writing .
  • Occasionally, this kind of omission can be due to mental confusion.
  • Some people’s minds work much faster than thei r hands; the hands cannot keep up with the mind.
  • This symptom may be present in other homoeopathic medicines, so it should not be related to any particular one.
  • Whenever there is omission or substitution of words during writing, it indicates that the person is looking deeply into the meanings rather than the wording of his idea and it becomes difficult to balance both at the same time.
  • However, one should not simply label one whose thinking is much faster than his writing as a patient of Benzoic Acid.
  • If there is mental confusion and the urinary sy mptoms of Benzoic Acid as well, then certainly the person will respond to Benzoic Acid.
  • In Benzoic Acid, there is vertigoSensation of dizziness or spinningA feeling of movement or spinning of oneself or the surroundings when there is no actual movement. and fear of falling on one side.
  • The headache becomes worse with a draft of cold air, exposure to cold, or on exposing the head.
  • There is sense of warmth in the temple areas, leading to a pitting type of swe lling around the ears.
  • Along with the headache, there is tendency of nausea and vomiting, cold sweats on the head and chilling of the hands.
  • There is irritation and pain at the nose, with a decreased sense of smell.
  • The eyes burn and feel warm.
  • The eye symptoms become worse in the open air and the tube light.
  • The headache starts at the nape of the neck.
  • Benzoic Acid 128 In Benzoic Acid, the red spots appear on the face indicating the state of being unhealthy.
  • This commonly happens in women.
  • One side of the face feels warm and burning.
  • Sometimes, small blisters develop on the face.
  • The facial symptoms are relieved in a warm climate and by applying local pressure.
  • In Benzoic Acid, the person sweats while eating food.
  • The stomach feels tight and under pressure.
  • Over the liver area, the person feels a piercing sensation and pain.
  • The stools are frothy, offensive and thin in consistency.
  • The patient passes a lot of gas.
  • In Benzoic Acid, the voice is hoarse in the morning.
  • The sputum is greenish.
  • The cough becomes worse at night.
  • The pains become intensified during sleep.
  • At about midnight, severe palpitationRapid or irregular heartbeatA noticeably rapid, strong, or irregular heartbeat due to agitation, exertion, or illness. and the sensation of heat wakes the patient up.
  • In most books, it is written regardin g Benzoic Acid that the attack of goutArthritis with severe joint pain and swellingA disease in which defective metabolism of uric acid causes arthritis, especially in the smaller joints of the feet. originates from the stomach.
  • Commonly, stomachache is due to an ulcerOpen painful sore on skin or mucous membraneAn open sore on an external or internal surface of the body, caused by a break in the skin or mucous membrane. or indigestion, but it could also be due to the gout.
  • I do not know exactly how the gout affects the stomach.
  • Possibly, the foul acidic contents of the stomach also contain uric acids, which cause the symptoms of gout.
  • I have no firm knowledge about the production of Benzoic Acid in the stomach.
  • It is likely that when the Benzoic Acid causes inflammation of the linings of the joints (synovial lining), it may very well affect the muscles by way of blood and start the symptoms of gout.
  • It may be so or not, but most homoeopaths describe it as a symptom of Benzoic Acid.
  • Excess of Benzoic Acid can cause swelling and pain at the joints of the wrist, knees, especi ally the big toes, etc .
  • Similarly, the feeling of pressure and chills in the backbone along with the swelling of the tongue are also the symptoms of Benz oic Acid.
  • These also exist in Picric Acid as well as Mercury.
  • PotencyStrength level of a remedyThe dilution and succussion scale of a remedy (e.g., 6C, 30C, 200C, 1M), indicating its energetic concentration.: 30 to 200

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📚 Literature Citation & References:
This clinical profile is compiled from: Hazrat Mirza Tahir Ahmad — Homoeopathy: Like Cures Like (English Rendering of Lectures delivered on MTA International). Compiled exclusively in accordance with the clinical insights and Materia Medica of Hazrat Mirza Tahir Ahmad (ra).
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