Muriatic Acid
Dewey, Essentials of Homœopathic Materia Medica, 1894, p. 181
Questions
What is Muriatic acid?
The acid of Chlorine or Hydrochloric acid.
What is the general action of this remedy ?
This acid acts upon the ganglionic S3\stem and through it upon the blood, skin and alimentary tract; it increases the coagulability of the blood and renders it prone to disorganization, hence its application in low adynamic conditions, putrid fevers, etc.
Give three characteristics of this remedy ?
1. Great general debility. 2. The dry tongue rattling in the mouth. 3,. Offensive discharges.
What is the debility of Muriatic acid ?
It is general and so great that the patient slips down to the foot of the bed and must be lifted up every little while, inability to void the urine unless the bowels move.
What are the indications for Muriatic acid in Typhoid fever?
The tongue is dry and rattles in the mouth, there is a watery diarrhcea which is often involuntary while urinating, the patient is so weak that he slides down towards the foot of the bed; there is dropping of the lower jaw and cold extremities, the heart is feeble, irregular and intermits every third beat, bedsores, etc.