Homoeopathy — Page 335
Fluoricum Acid 335 Fluoricum Acidum (Hydrofluoric Acid) Fluoric Acid is a deeply rooted and vastly effective remedy. It is indicated in deep, slowly progressive ailments, which ultimately become part of one’s life. It works slowly and does not produce its effect immediately. Fluoric Acid resembles Sulphur in one aspect and Natrum Mur in another. Some patients are labelled as Sulphur or Natrum Mur but do not respond to either of them. In fact, they are patients of Fluoric Acid. In this respect, it is a very interesting remedy. In Natrum Mur, the nails become unsightly, loose and grow rapidly, while their ends crack, shrivell and become lifeless. Similarly the hair loses its lustre and becomes weak and lifeless. It splits at the ends. These symptoms lead one’s attention towards Natrum Mur, whereas the feeling of warmth, burning and sweating remind one of Sulphur. All these signs are found together in Fluoric Acid, which is a very effective remedy. If Fluoric Acid is ignored in this set of symptoms, the patient may be severely harmed. This kind of patient will not respond to any medication other than Fluoric Acid. In those patients in whom the diseases progress to a stage where other remedies do not work, then certainly one has to look for profoundly acting remedies, Fluoric Acid is one of them. The deep illnesses, which pass on from one generation to another such as syphilis, gonorrhoea and leprosy, have been divided into three basic categories by many homoeopaths. Fluoric Acid exhibits the symptoms of all three. Tuberculosis of the lung is also passed from one generation to another, but it would need to be treated separately, as a fourth category. In Fluoric Acid, symptoms of cold and warmth alternate with each other. At night, the patient feels intense heat while in bed and asks for cold water to be sprinkled on him as in Pulsatilla. In Sulphur, in spite of feeling hot, the patient still dislikes water. The feet burn and the patient exposes his feet out of the covers. Both hands and feet sweat profusely. The web spaces between the fingers and toes soften and decay. Fluoric Acid is very useful in this situation. In contrast to Natrum Mur and Sulphur, patients of Fluoric Acid react badly to coffee and tea. They lose sleep or develop other