Homoeopathy — Page 221
Carbolic Acid 221 Carbolic Acid At one time Carbolic acid soap was used in hospitals and dispensaries as an antiseptic. It has a very pungent smell. Usage in is quite different. Carbolic Acid in Homoeopathic form is the best treatment for severe allergic reaction to a sting by a bee or a wasp. A dose or two can offer complete cure. Carbolic Acid acts on the sensory perceptions of the body. Its patient has an unusually sharp sense of smell. The normally imperceptible smell may easily be noticed by the patient of Carbolic Acid. In Carbolic Acid, the pain is severe and sudden in nature. It comes on suddenly and disappears just as fast. Some parts of the body may be numb. Some parts feel as if tied in a rubber band. Carbolic Acid has been found very useful in the treatment of mouth ulcers. There is neuralgic type of pain in and around the eye. Carbolic Acid would prove very useful in treating such a pain that has settled inside the eye. One symptom of Carbolic Acid is that there is complete loss of appetite. The abdomen becomes distended with gas. Excessive amount of distension of the abdomen in a localised area is typical of Carbolic Acid because Carbolic Acid causes spasmodic constriction of the intestines at different places. The gas gets loculated between the so formed constriction rings. Carbolic Acid should be well- remembered for treating such sicknesses. The Carbolic Acid patient has a bad taste in the mouth. There is no sense of thirst, and a loss of appetite. Sometimes, he experiences severe constipation and at other times, severe diarrhoea. The stools smell very offensive. In the case of constipation, even the breath smells foul. What this shows is that the foul gases cannot be expelled naturally. Instead, they become absorbed through the walls of the intestines and reach the lungs via the blood, resulting in bad breath.