Homoeopathy — Page 388
Hydrocyanic Acid 388 Some patients develop cramps in the abdomen after taking food and others before taking the food. Hydrocyanic Acid is indicated in those patients who feel a colicky type of pain on an empty stomach, or a marked weakness and sinking sensation over the stomach, or experience a rumbling sound in the abdomen after taking food. Their heart beats very fast, their pulse is weak and irregular, their hands and feet become cold, their jaws become tightly closed during a severe convulsion, they froth at the mouth, their lips turn blue, and there is a feeling of tightness and pain over the chest. All these symptoms require to be treated with Hydrocyanic acid, in particular. Antidotes: Ammonium, Camphor, Opium Potency: 30 to 200