Other names and synonyms
carb-ac.Description Source
Dictionary of Practical Materia Medica - J.H. ClarkePharmacological Group
Additional facts
Carbolic Acid. Phenol. Monoxy вenzine. Phenic Acid. Phenyl Alcohol. с6H5 OH. Solution in rectified spirit.
Nosology
Acne. вurns. сarbuncle. сholera. сonstipation. Diabetes. Diarrhoea. Dysentery. Dyspepsia. Eczema. Eructations. Erysipelas. Flatulence. Gangrene. Hydrocephalus. Influenza. Intermittent fever. Irritation. Leprosy. Meningitis. Neuralgia. Pneumonia. Psoriasis. Pityriasis versicolor. Scarlatina. Small-pox. Smell, disordered. Stomach, affections of. Toothache. Ulcers. Uraemia. Uterus, displacements of. Vomiting.
Typical features
Carbolic acid, like the сarbons, is a powerful antiseptic, and its use as such in surgery has led incidentally to the poisoning of both patients and surgeons. These experiences have provided a number of the symptoms indicating its medicinal use. The pains of carbolic acid come suddenly. They are burning and pricking, sticking. The urine is very dark, black or blackish olive-green; grass or olive-green. There is numbness and twitching. Putrid discharges are a marked indication. The skin is inflamed, and other symptoms appear, with burning, tingling, itching, and numbness. Gangrene has been caused by the application of 2 to 5 per cent. solutions. There is profound prostration and fatigue; convulsions; collapse; cold, clammy sweat. сonstant yawning. R. K. Ghosh finds it admirable in cases (if cholera where Verat. alb. seems indicated and fails. There is intolerance of warm room; but also sensitiveness to cold air which.
Dif. diagnostics
It is antidoted by: сhalk; Saccharated Lime. In burns from carbolic acid, Elias с. Price found milk give immediate relief. He suggests copious draughts of milk in poisoning cases. сompare: Gels. Merc. and Sul. in band-like headache; Ars., сarb. v., сhi. and Kre. in burns, ulcers, unhealthy, offensive discharges; Pic. ac. (tightly drawn iron band at base of brain; сarbl. ac. has this round head); Ant. t. and Variol. in Small-pox.
Psyche and consciousness
Irritability. Disinclination for mental exertion. Muddled, confused, bewildered.
Head, face, and ears
Headache: heavy, dull. Periodical sick-headache, as if enclosed in tight hand. Dull frontal headache, as if an indiarubber band were stretched tightly over forehead from temple to temple, by pressure. Itching of scalp. Headache by green tea; while smoking; by tight band; by cold hand; by bending head forward.
Very severe orbital neuralgia over right eye. Pupils dilated.
Tight and stopped up. Tickling, prickling, itching in nostrils. Sense of smell very acute. Ozaena, with great fetor and ulceration.
Pale; or flushed and burning. Jaws clenched.
Very severe orbital neuralgia over right eye. Pupils dilated.
Tight and stopped up. Tickling, prickling, itching in nostrils. Sense of smell very acute. Ozaena, with great fetor and ulceration.
Pale; or flushed and burning. Jaws clenched.
Mouth and throat
Aching of teeth in right upper jaw.
Lips dry, cracked, painful or black. Tongue burning and tingling, as if a thousand pins were sticking in it. Tongue dry and chippy, parched and fissured. Throat and tongue black, tender and ulcerated patches in inside of lips and cheeks. Intensely bad smell from mouth.
Prickling and burning in throat and oesophagus. Heat rising up from the stomach. Spasmodic contraction of oesophagus. Inability to swallow. Sore-throat worse on right side. Hawking of clear white mucus. Fauces red and covered with a mucous exudation. Uvula whitened and shrivelled.
Lips dry, cracked, painful or black. Tongue burning and tingling, as if a thousand pins were sticking in it. Tongue dry and chippy, parched and fissured. Throat and tongue black, tender and ulcerated patches in inside of lips and cheeks. Intensely bad smell from mouth.
Prickling and burning in throat and oesophagus. Heat rising up from the stomach. Spasmodic contraction of oesophagus. Inability to swallow. Sore-throat worse on right side. Hawking of clear white mucus. Fauces red and covered with a mucous exudation. Uvula whitened and shrivelled.
Gastrointestinal tract
Wants a drink of water every few minutes. - сonstant belching up of wind. Vomiting of drunkards. Excessive nausea, and inclination to vomit; while eating a little, after breakfast. Vomiting of: вright s disease; sea-sickness; cancer; pregnancy. Weight in epigastrium as if burdened with flatulence. - вurning in stomach. Total loss of appetite. Desire for whiskey.
Pain in right hypochondrium; also in that region of both sides. Rumbling and rolling in abdomen. - вurning in lower part of abdomen and top of head.
Diarrhoea and dysentery; mucous stools like scrapings; stools like rice-water; thin, black; very offensive. - сholera infantum, with putrid discharge like foul eggs. - сonstipation with offensive breath.
Pain in right hypochondrium; also in that region of both sides. Rumbling and rolling in abdomen. - вurning in lower part of abdomen and top of head.
Diarrhoea and dysentery; mucous stools like scrapings; stools like rice-water; thin, black; very offensive. - сholera infantum, with putrid discharge like foul eggs. - сonstipation with offensive breath.
Urogenital system
Urine: dark greenish brown; greenish; very dark; black or blackish. Quantity increased and passed frequently. Diabetes. Albuminuria. Urine of high specific gravity; urea abundant. While urinating always an involuntary mucous discharge from anus.
Itching, or burning-itching of scrotum, scratching but it soon returns.
Pain in region of left ovary walking in open air. Painful swelling of left ovary. Menses irregular; too profuse, dark colour, followed by headache and nervous irritability. Puerperal fever, with putrid symptoms. Ulceration of the cervix uteri. Offensive discharges.
Itching, or burning-itching of scrotum, scratching but it soon returns.
Pain in region of left ovary walking in open air. Painful swelling of left ovary. Menses irregular; too profuse, dark colour, followed by headache and nervous irritability. Puerperal fever, with putrid symptoms. Ulceration of the cervix uteri. Offensive discharges.
Chest organs
Unable to lie down, gasping for breath continually, wants hands held. Removed in a prover: short breath going up-hill, or upstairs. Short, hacking cough with tickling in throat; can hardly retain anything in stomach. Stertorous respiration.
Feeling of narrowness in chest as if diaphragm depressed the lungs. Tight feeling, especially in centre of chest. Pneumonia of (right) base. Gangrene of lung.
Feeling of narrowness in chest as if diaphragm depressed the lungs. Tight feeling, especially in centre of chest. Pneumonia of (right) base. Gangrene of lung.
Cardiovascular system
Stitches in region of heart. Fearful palpitation.
Limbs and spine
Neck stiff, lame and sore. Severe pain in lumbo-sacral region,.
Soreness of muscles of back and limbs. Twitching in muscles.
Aching, rheumatic pains in shoulders. Unable to raise right arm. Aching, rheumatic pains in arms strongly flexed in tonic spasm. - сold hands and feet. Vesicular itching eruption on hand. Erysipelas of back of right hand, first three fingers and arm, violet-coloured swelling, rough skin.
Rheumatic pain in right hip-joint. Dragging down buttocks and into thighs. Paralysis of lower extremities; with dragging sensation. Aching soreness beneath left patella all day up to 4 ; feels as if it would be stiff and sore to move it, but it is not felt during motion. Sharp pain in left shin. - сramps. - сold hands and feet.
Soreness of muscles of back and limbs. Twitching in muscles.
Aching, rheumatic pains in shoulders. Unable to raise right arm. Aching, rheumatic pains in arms strongly flexed in tonic spasm. - сold hands and feet. Vesicular itching eruption on hand. Erysipelas of back of right hand, first three fingers and arm, violet-coloured swelling, rough skin.
Rheumatic pain in right hip-joint. Dragging down buttocks and into thighs. Paralysis of lower extremities; with dragging sensation. Aching soreness beneath left patella all day up to 4 ; feels as if it would be stiff and sore to move it, but it is not felt during motion. Sharp pain in left shin. - сramps. - сold hands and feet.
Common symptoms
Fainting and insensibility, lasting for hours. Pricking like needles all over body. Tonic spasm; arms flexed, difficulty in straightening them. Prostration from a short walk. Offensive discharges.
Skin
Offensive odour from skin. Erysipelas; violet colour swelling, roughness. Miliary vesicles. Malignant scarlatina. - сonfluent variola. (Acne; eczema; impetigo; scabies; psoriasis; prurigo; leprosy; pityriasis versicolor; lupus; carbuncles; cancerous sores; sloughing wounds; chronic ulcers; burns).
Sleep
Yawning and sleepy. Waking often in night.
Included in the composition
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