GALLICUM ACIDUM

Gallic Acid


  • Should be remembered as a remedy in phthisis. 
  • It checks the morbid secretions, gives tone to the stomach, and increases the appetite. 
  • Passive hemorrhages when pulse is feeble and capillaries relaxed, cold skin. 
  • Hematuria. 
  • Hemophilia. 
  • Itching of skin. 
  • Pyrosis.

Mind

  • Wild delirium at night; very restless, jumps out of bed; sweats; is afraid to be alone; is rude and abuses every one.

Head

  • Pain in back of head and neck. 
  • Thick, stringy discharge from nose; photophobia with burning of lids.

Respiratory

  • Pain in lungs; pulmonary hemorrhage; excessive expectoration. 
  • Much mucus in throat in the morning. 
  • Dry at night.

Urinary

  • Kidneys painful, distress along ureters into bladder. 
  • Dull heavy pain in bladder, directly over pubis. 
  • Urine loaded with thick, cream-colored mucus.

Rectum

  • Copious stool; anus feels constricted. 
  • Faint feeling after stool. 
  • Chronic mucous discharges.

Relationship

  • Compare: Ars; Iod; Phos.

Dose

  • First trituration and pure acid 2 to 5 grain doses.