Nitric Acid

Questions

What is Nitric acid?

An acid combination oi Nitrogen, Oxygen and Hydrogen (Lino3).

What is the general action and principal seat of attack of Nitric acid?

The mucous membranes, especially at the outlets of the body where they join the skin is the principal seat of action of this remedy. It produces irritation and destructive ulcerations, going on even to gangrene; it also acts on the glands and bones. "What are two grand characteristic symptoms of Nitric acid?

1. Offensive, excoriating discharges. 2. Splinter-like pains.

What are the nasal symptoms of Nitric acid ?

Offensive excoriating discharge from the nose, accompanied by nosebleed and offensive odor, hard plugs in the nose, which, when detached, leave a raw surface.

What are the throat symptoms ?

Sensation of a splinter, fishbone or piece of glass in the throat, ulcers in the throat with offensive discharges and odor.

What is the character of the ulceration of Nitric acid ?

The ulcers are irregular, deep and filled with exuberant granulations, bleed on slightest touch, have sticking pains in them and burn violently.

What is the Diarrhoea of Nitric acid ?

The stools are offensive, green and putrid, and are accompanied by a great deal of straining and soreness about the anus; fissure and ulceration about the anus.

What are the urinary symptoms of Nitric acid ?

The urine smells as strong as a horse's urine; burning, tenesmus, and a sensation as if sticks were in the urethra when urinating. Give some indications for Nitric acid in Syphilis. Secondary syphilis; phagedenic chancres; soreness of the skin and cranial bones, worse from damp weather; ulcers in the throat, irregular in outline; yellowish-brown or copper-colored spots over the body.

What symptoms of Mercury does Nitric acid antidote ?

The restlessness, mental anxiety, periosteal pains, the ophthalmia, ptyalism, ulceration of the mouth and throat, and the caries of bone.

What is the cough of Nitric acid ?

Dry, tickling cough, worse at night, and often starting from a particular spot in the larynx.

What are the indications for its use in Phthisis ?

Difficult, green purulent expectoration; night sweats; soreness of the chest; hectic; hemorrhages; dyspnoea and hoarseness, worse in the morning. Compare Calcarea carb*. here. Pale, light complexion, painless hoarseness, the chest soreness is worse from touch or pressure, dyspnoea and dizziness on going up stairs, evening diarrhoea, and a loose and rattling cough are the characteristics of Calcarea ; while thin, dark complexion, stinging hoarseness, chest soreness not worse from touch or pressure, palpitation and intermittent pulse on going up stairs, morning diarrhoea, and tight and dry cough are the characteristics of Nitric acid.

When would Nitric acid be indicated in Typhoid fever ?

When the stools are green, offensive and slimy, with hemorrhage from the bowels; fainting from least movement; threatened paralysis of the lungs, rattling breathing and intermittent pulse. Give the general differences between mineral and vegetable acids, in regard to their action. Mineral acids produce a scorbutic state of the system; with manifest tendency to ulcers and low forms of disease — typhoid diseases. Vegetable acids cause great debility, but in a less degree than mineral acids, and they all show a tendency to the production of a membrane in the throat.