{"id":13643,"remedy_name":"Flouricum Acidum (HMT)","remedy_type":"Remedy","alternative_names":["Hydrofluoric Acid"],"miasm":"Tubercular Miasm","temperament":"Neutral","aggravation_time":"Neutral\/Anytime","keynote_indications":"Fluoricum Acid 335\nFluoricum Acidum\n\nFluoric Acid is a deeply rooted an d vastly effective remedy.  It is\nindicated in deep, slowly progressive ailments, which ultimately\nbecome part of one\u2019s life. It wo rks slowly and does not produce its\neffect immediately.  Fluoric Acid resembles Sulphur in one aspect and\nNatrum Mur in another.  Some pa tients are labelled as Sulphur or\nNatrum Mur but do not respond to eith er of them.  In fact, they are\npatients of Fluoric Acid.  In this respect, it is a very interesting\nremedy.  In Natrum Mur, the nails become unsightly, loose and grow\nrapidly, while their ends crack, shrivell and become lifeless.  Similarly\nthe hair loses its lustre and becomes weak and lifeless. It splits at the\nends. These symptoms lead one\u2019s attention towards Natrum Mur,\nwhereas the feeling of warmth, burning and sweating remind one of\nSulphur.  All these signs are found together in Fluoric Acid, which is a\nvery effective remedy.  If Fluoric Acid is ignored in this set of\nsymptoms, the patient may be severely harmed.  This kind of patient\nwill not respond to any medication other than Fluoric Acid.\n\nIn those patients in whom the diseases progress to a stage where other\nremedies do not work, then cert ainly one has to look for profoundly\nacting remedies, Fluoric Acid is one of them. The deep illnesses,\nwhich pass on from one generation to another such as syphilis,\ngonorrhoea and leprosy, have been di vided into three basic categories\nby many homoeopaths. Fluoric Acid exhibits the symptoms of all\nthree.  Tuberculosis of the lung is  also passed from one generation to\nanother, but it would need to be treated separately, as a fourth\ncategory.\n\nIn Fluoric Acid, symptoms of cold and warmth alternate with each\nother.  At night, the patient feels intense heat while in bed and asks for\ncold water to be sprinkled on him as in Pulsatilla.  In Sulphur, in spite\nof feeling hot, the patient still dislikes water.\n\nThe feet burn and the patient exposes his feet out of the covers.  Both\nhands and feet sweat profusely.  Th e web spaces between the fingers\nand toes soften and decay.  Fluori c Acid is very useful in this\nsituation.  In contrast to Natrum Mur and Sulphu r, patients of Fluoric\nAcid react badly to coffee and tea.  They lose sleep or develop other\n\nFluoricum Acid 336\nsymptoms. Fluoric Acid patients de velop boils on the skin which do\nnot heal easily. Often a boil develops  on the face that does not soften\nfor a long time.  Silicea, which woul d ordinarily work on boils, will\nnot be effective in Fluoric Acid patients unless Fluoric Acid is also\nused after the Silicea.  If the bo il still does not subside, symptoms\nindicating other remedies will show up.\n\nIf Silicea has been used by mistake, Fluoric Acid will abate its\nharmful effects, but not its useful action.  In Fluoric Acid, the hair\nbecomes weak and thin, with split ends, but it is limited to patchy\nareas of the scalp.  But, in the case of  Natrum Mur, the hair is affected\nall over the head.  Such distinctive signs must always be examined, in\norder for a proper diagnosis and precise, timely treatment.\n\nTypically in a Fluoric Acid patient, when the patient has the urge to\npass urine but withholds, he will  experience a headache associated\nwith a sensation of warmth all over.  Nevertheless, this feeling will\nsubside after urination.\n\nFluoric Acid is one of the best tr eatments for patients who have been\nafflicted with sexual misconduct , and have virtually ruined\nthemselves.  Unfortunately, such patients will not give up their\nlicentious behaviour.  They can be nefit from Fluoric Acid, Picric\nAcid, Lycopodium and Sepia, depe nding upon their constitution.  In a\nPulsatilla patient who does not resp ond to Pulsatilla anymore, Silicea\nor Fluoric Acid can be used to a significant advantage.\n\nFluoric Acid is the best remedy for varicose veins and associated\nulcers.  Women are very susceptible to  developing varicose veins due\nto multiple pregnancies and childbirths, causing pressure on the deep\nveins in the lower part of the abdomen and pelvis.  Varicose veins can\nbleed too, causing significant discomfo rt.  In such a serious situation,\nArnica, Aesculus, Lachesis, Sulphuri c Acid, Nitric Acid or Fluoric\nAcid can be put to use for the tr eatment based on the symptoms and\nthe signs as well as the constitution of  the patient.  If  one is unable to\nthink of a suitable remedy for vari cose veins, one should try to\ndiagnose on basis of the constitution  of the patient.  Many a time the\nconstitutional remedy will also cure varicose veins.\n\nIn some patients, the  scalp feels numb  and senseless, especially the\nback of the head feels wooden. Fluoric Acid is the best remedy for this\n\nFluoricum Acid 337\ndisorder.  There can also be numbness of the hands and the feet. The\nnumbness is absent in the areas under pressure of the body and\nweight-bearing areas.  The backbo ne may also feel numb. Fluoric\nAcid should be promptly  started to avoid the  possibility of paralysis ,\nwhich can occur suddenly.  It must be remembered that Fluoric Acid\nis a slow-acting remedy and it should  be continued for two to three\nmonths for better response.  It shou ld be ensured that the condition of\nthe patient keeps improving.\n\nEczema of the infants affecting their scalp  also responds well to the\nFluoric Acid.  In the ad ults, the hairy part of the scalp does not itch;\nonly the hairless part itches severely .  A peculiar sign of Fluoric Acid\nnot found in other remedies is that th e left side of the child\u2019s head is\nrelatively small due to incomplete development of the skull bones.\nThe left eye is also comparatively small, and depressed in appearance.\nFluoric Acid, being useful in bone development, will prove useful in\nthis condition.  This useful eff ect has been found by experiments on\nmany patients, although proper provi ng regarding this has not been\ndone.\n\nIn Fluoric Acid, the patient desires to drink cold water and to eat as\nwell.  Usually, one loses one\u2019s appetite when thirsty, but this is not the\ncase in Fluoric Acid. Fluoric  Acid is beneficial for chronic ulcers of\nthe throat. Thus it is compatible with Silicea and Mercury, which are\nnot compatible to each other, and should not be used together.  When\nswitching from Mercury to Silicea, Hepar Sulph must be used in\nbetween.  High potency Silicea can only be used to counteract the ill\neffects of Mercury if used in error.\n\nIn Sulphur, the patient experiences morning diarrhoea.  In case of\nFluoric Acid also, there is morning di arrhoea that tends to be chronic,\nintractable and debi litating.  This will respond  to Fluoric Acid only.\nFluoric Acid is also very good for the relief of the swelling of the\nbody due to  liver disorder , with which there can be sensation of\nwarmth, presence of bile in the st ools and distension of the abdomen.\nFluoric Acid symptoms aggravate on exposure to heat, with hot drinks\nand in the morning.  The cold ameliorates its symptoms.\nAdjuvant: Silicea\nPotency: 30 or higher as required.\n\nFluoricum Acid 338","modalities":"","symptoms_by_system":[],"schema_version":"1.0","api_provider":"Allahshafi"}