Benzoicum acidum
Remedy of gouty and rheumatic conditions with highly offensive urine. Urine smells like horse urine — dark, pungent. Arthritic nodes. Bunions. Gouty deposits crack on walking.
Source
Prepared from benzoic acid (C6H5COOH), gum benzoin resin, triturated and potentised.
Available Potencies
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Keynote Symptoms
Urine highly offensive — smells strongly of horse urine, dark, concentrated. Gouty nodosities on joints. Rheumatism and gout alternating with urinary symptoms. Bunions. Cracking of joints. Gouty concretions. Tearing pains in great toe.
Mind & Emotional Symptoms
Inclined to dwell on unpleasant things. Depression alternating with exhilaration. Restless. Child constantly wants to be nursed — awakens and cries.
General Symptoms
Gouty, rheumatic diathesis with offensive urine. Worse from cold, open air, motion, change of weather. Better from warmth, heat.
Physical Symptoms
Head
Throbbing in temples. Rheumatic headache from drafts.
Ears
Swelling behind ears. Nodes.
Stomach
Nausea with sweat. Pressure in stomach after eating.
Urinary
Urine very offensive — pungent, smelling like horse urine. Dark, brown. Hot. Uric acid deposits. Cystitis.
Extremities
Gouty concretions, nodes, tophi on joints. Bunions. Cracking of joints. Tearing, stitching pain in great toe (gout). Ganglion. Rheumatic pains worse from motion and cold.
Back
Dull pain in kidney region. Stiffness of loins.
Chest
Pain in heart region. Palpitation with flushing.
Modalities
Better From
Warmth, heat, rest
Worse From
Cold, open air, motion, change of weather, uncovering, night
Constitutional Type
Gouty individuals. Those with highly offensive, concentrated urine. Rheumatic diathesis.
Clinical Indications
Gout, bunions, arthritic nodes, cystitis, offensive urine, rheumatism, renal calculi, enuresis with offensive urine
Comparative Materia Medica
Nitricum acidum also has offensive urine (like horse) but with more splinter pains and vindictiveness. Colchicum has gout but with more nausea from cooking smells. Ledum has gout of great toe but more ascending direction of pains.
Safety Information
Copaiva, Nitricum acidum.
Benzoic acid is a common food preservative (E210). Low toxicity in normal doses. Large amounts can cause GI irritation. Safe in all potencies.
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