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Picricum acidum

Picric acid) (trinitrophenol

14 health issues Boericke 1927

Main symptoms

  • Brainfag and sexual excitement.
  • Acts upon the generative organs probably through the lumbar centers of the spinal cord; extreme weakness, weakness and pain of back, pins and needle sensation in extremities.
  • Neurasthenia. Muscular debility.
  • Heavy tired feeling.
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  • Myelitis with spasms and extreme weakness.
  • Writer's palsy.
  • Progressive, pernicious anaemia.
  • Uraemia with complete anuria.
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  • Sallow complexion.

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Mind & mood

  • Lack of will-power; disinclined to work.
  • Cerebral softening.
  • Dementia with extreme weakness, sits still and listless.

What makes it better or worse

Worse

Least exertion, especially mentalAfter sleepWet weather

Better

From cold airCold waterTight pressure

Symptoms by body part

Head

Head pains; relieved by bandaging tightly. Occipital pain; worse, slightest mental exertion. Dizziness and noises in ear. Boils within ears and back of neck. After prolonged mental strain, with anxiety and dread of failure at examination. Brain fag.

Eyes

Chronic with mucus conjunctivitis with copious, thick yellow discharge.

Stomach

Bitter taste. Aversion to food.

Urinary

Scanty; complete anuria. Dribbling micturition. Urine contains much indican, granular cylinders and fatty degenerated epithelium. Inflammation of kidneys with profound weakness, dark, bloody, scanty urine. Nightly urging.

Male

Emissions profuse, followed by great exhaustion, without sensual dreams. Priapism; satyriasis. Hard erections, with pain in testicles and up cord. Prostatic hypertrophy, especially in cases not too far advanced.

Female

Pain in left ovary and white vaginal discharge before menstruation. Itching vulvae.

Extremities

Burning along spine. Great weakness. Tired, heavy feeling all over body, especially limbs; worse, exertion. Feet cold. Cannot get warm.

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