A Primer of Materia Medica for Practitioners of Homœopathy

Oxalicum Acidum ox-ac.

Allen (1892)In every bookSave

General action

Gastro-enteritis.
Inflammation of the spinal cord and motor paralysis.
Stupor, convulsions and collapse, with irregular pulse.
Pains in small spots; transient, violent, < motion and thinking of them.

Mouth

Inflammation; salivation, with aphthæ.

Stomach

Eructations after eating.
Vomiting, with griping and twisting pain.
Violent heartburn, especially in the evening, > eructations and eating.

Abdomen

Burning pain, worse about navel, < evening and at night.

Stool

Involuntary, watery, mixed with blood, Diarrhœa, < coughing.
Dysentery preceded by colic, with much ineffectual urging.

Urinary organs

Clinical:
Oxaluria; with pyrosis, pains in the back and extremities; weakness.

Sexual organs

Bruised pain in the testicles and shooting along the spermatic cord; < motion.

Respiratory organs

Breathing spasmodic, difficult, with constriction in the larynx and chest.
Dry cough < violent exertion, with swelling and dryness in the larynx, soreness and pains in the chest.

Heart and Pulse

Palpitation.
Irregular action of the heart; < lying down at night.
Pulse very feeble, often scarcely perceptible, with cold, clammy sweat.
Livid extremities.

Back and Extremities

Pains extending to the thighs.
Bruised sensation from the shoulders to the hips and in the extremities.
Numbness and weakness in the limbs; could not ascend the steps.
Numbness and tingling in the thighs.

Clinical:
Violent pains, starting from the spine and extending through the extremities, with tenderness of the spine, numbness and weakness of the back and legs; numbness of the whole body, with coldness and motor paralysis.
Drawing and lancinating pains, involving the left lung and heart, with dyspnœa.
Spinal pains, shooting down the extremities, with dyspnœa and numbness.
Lower extremities become cold, blue and immovable.
Lameness and stiffness.

Fever

Cold extremities and livid nails, especially in the legs and feet.
Flashes of internal heat, with sweat.