GALLICUM ACIDUM
Gallic Acid
Should be remembered as a treatment in phthisis. It exams the morbid secretions, offers tone to the stomach, and will increase the appetite. Passive haemorrhages when pulse is feeble and capillaries relaxed, bloodless skin. Haematuria. Haemophilia. Itching of skin. Pyrosis.
Mind.–Wild delirium at night; very restless, jumps out of bed; sweats; is afraid to be alone; is impolite and abuses each one.
Head.–Pain in returned of head and neck. Thick, stringy discharge from nose; photophobia with burning of lids.
Respiratory.–Pain in lungs; pulmonary haemorrhage; immoderate expectoration. Much mucus in throat in the morning. Dry at night.
Urinary.–Kidneys painful, misery alongside ureters into bladder. Dull heavy ache in bladder, at once 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 two to 5 grain doses.
