{"id":1138,"remedy_name":"Salicylicum Acidum","remedy_type":"Homeopathic Remedy","alternative_names":[""],"miasm":"Psoric Miasm","temperament":"Chilly","aggravation_time":"Night","keynote_indications":"Salicylic acid is found in nature in the leaves and barks of wi llows and in wintergreen oil \n(Gaultheria), which is one of the chief sources of its supply, and is obtained synthetically from carbolic acid. \nLike Carb-ac. it has been largely used as a disinfectant, and, as it is supposed tobe non-poisonous, it is used \nfor mixing with and so preserving foods. \nMacLagan of London and Senator of Ber lin, introduced it into medicine as a remedy for rheumatism. It has a \nspecific relation to rheumatism, but the massive doses given in allopathic practice have been attended with so \nmany unpleasant symptoms of vital depression, fainting, flatulent dyspepsia and delirium. \nOverdoses led to the discovery of its power to set up Meniere\u2019s disease, auditory nerve vertigo, gastric \ndisturbances and delirium. Roaring and ringing in the ears.  Deafness with vertigo. Prostration after influenza, \nalso tinnitus aurium and deafness. Hematuria. Effects of suppressed foot sweats.","modalities":"Better by hot applications, especially by dry heat. Worse by motion. Worse at night, cold air, touch \nof anything cold.","symptoms_by_system":{"Mind":"Melancholy, wants to be quiet, feels faint. Anxiety, worrying, restless. Excited mood. Maniacal \nexaltation. Talked incessantly and disconnected. Mistakes in speaking and writing. Awkwardness, drops \nthings, bumps into things. Delirium, stupid, can hardly collect his ideas, then laughed without cause. Melancholy, wants to be quiet, feels faint. Anxiety, worrying, restless. Excited mood. Maniacal \nexaltation. Talked incessantly and disconnected. Mistakes in speaking and writing. Awkwardness, drops \nthings, bumps into things. Delirium, stupid, can hardly collect his ideas, then laughed without cause.","Vertigo":"Vertigo, tendency to fall to left side. Deafness with vertigo. Meniere\u2019s disease.  \nCOMMENTS - Sal-ac. has been notably used for corns and warts, as well as to hasten th e peeling of palms \nand soles after scarlet fever. \nBrunton noted that \u201cA mixture of 2 parts with 100 of tallow, applied directly to the feet, not to the stockings, has \nbeen found most useful in preventing sweating and soreness of the feet in soldiers after a long march.\u201d \nSal-ac. has had an accidental proving which has led to some homeopathic uses, including blood -poisoning \nconditions, such as puerperal fever and septicemia. Like carbolic acid and other disinfectants, Sal-ac. produces \nfermentative dyspepsia a nd diar rhea with putrid -smelling stools. Disorders following suppressions of foot \nsweat.","Head":"Piercing pain in temples. Headache commencing on top or back of head, running down neck, which is \ntender to touch. Headache, confusion in head on rising suddenly. Dullness of head, stupefaction.  \nRush of blood to head. Buzzing sensation in the brain as if blood were forced vio lently through a contracted \nvessel. \nKidneys - Diabetes mellitus. Albuminuria, rheumatic diathesis. Urine scanty, clear, brown. Piercing pain in temples. Headache commencing on top or back of head, running down neck, which is \ntender to touch. Headache, confusion in head on rising suddenly. Dullness of head, stupefaction.  \nRush of blood to head. Buzzing sensation in the brain as if blood were forced vio lently through a contracted \nvessel. \nKidneys - Diabetes mellitus. Albuminuria, rheumatic diathesis. Urine scanty, clear, brown.","Eyes":"Retinal hemorrhage. Retinitis after influenza, also albuminuric. Plastic iritis following acute rheumatism. \nDiminished acuteness of vision.","Ears":"Meniere\u2019s disease. Tinnitus, dependent on hyperemia. Roaring and ringing in ears,  hears music, \nswarm of bees or buzzing of flies. Auditory nerve vertigo with a troublesome nausea accompanying the head \n \n \nsymptoms. Hearing diminished. Nervous deafness. Deafness with noises in ears, with vertigo.","Face":"Dull, heavy aspect, face flushes quickly on slight excitement.","Mouth":"Taste extremely disgusting, as of something burnt, bitter. Burning, scalded feeling. Burning and \nscraping in mouth and throat. Redness of mouth and fauces. Mouth dotted with white patches. Canker sores \nwith burning soreness and fetid breath. Tongue purplish, leaden -colored, foul breath. Ulcers on tip of tongue. \nStomatitis, mouth hot and dry, tongue covered with burning vesicles. \nNose - Sneezing. Coryza. Incipient catarrh, patients, especially children, sneeze all day.","Throat":"Burning in throat. Sore, red and swollen. Tonsils red, swollen, studded white. Scraping i n throat \ncausing cough. Hemorrhagic pharyngitis with difficulty of swallowing.","Chest":"Spasmodic, flatulent asthma, fetid bronchitis, gangrene of lungs. Firmly seated pressure at side of \nsternum as large as the hand, with feeling as if the bone was sore. \nCausations - Suppression of foot-sweat. Aspirin overdose. Respiration hurried. Spasmodic, flatulent asthma, fetid bronchitis, gangrene of lungs. Dry cough of a \nhard, racking, spasmodic character, worse at night, in old people.","Stomach & Abdomen":"Weak, nervous sensation in stomach. Burning inepigastric region. Erosions \nand ulcers in stomach and bowels. Putrid fermentation and dyspepsia. Water brash. Flatulence, hot, sour \nbelching. Gagging, frequent vomiting. \nTemperature - Slight chill, crawling in spine, yawning, chill in fingertips. Fever continuous, burning, then sweat \nwith relief, fever again till exacerbation of symptoms. Weak, faint after fever and sweat. Flushes easily as in \nhectic. Profuse sweat, as sweat increased strength declined. Abdominal distention. Violent, constant pressure in abdomen with feeling of incarcerated flatus. \nUlceration of bowels.","Urinary & Genital":"Leuco-phlegmatic woman, fre quent hot flashes with irritability, forget fulness, dull, heavy pain in \ncerebellum. Septic puerperal fever.","Extremities":"Arthritis and rheumatism.  Acute joint rheumatism, worse touch and mo tion, profuse sweat. Pain \nshifts. Sciatica, burning pain, worse at night. Knees are swollen and painful. Copious foot-sweat and ill effects \nif sweat is suppressed.","Skin":"Hot and burning skin. Itching vesicles and pustules, better by scratching. Skin red and sensitive, points \nlike flea-bites. Urticaria. Herpes zoster. Purpura. Necrosis and softening of bones.","Sleep":"Y awning. Dreams of being pregnant. Frequently awakens from sleep thinking he heard music."},"schema_version":"1.0","api_provider":"Allahshafi"}