Hippuricum acidum
Hippuric acid (N-benzoylglycine) · Human-made/chemical
Hippuricum acidum acts chiefly on the right side, affecting the eyes, naso-pharynx, joints, liver, and mucous membranes. It is characterised by general muscular soreness, infiltration of tissues around the throat, and joint pains that were completely relieved during menstrual flow. Benzoic acid is considered an analogue.
Key symptoms
- Dull, constant pain over right eye, worse in warm room
- Eyelids inflamed and swollen
- Sore, raw, dry throat with foul odour and gummy exudate
- Acid rising; lump in pit of stomach
- Soreness and pressure over liver
- General muscular soreness with sore, swollen joints
- Backache extending down hips; shooting pain down right leg
- Itching, burning skin with papules on chest
Worse (aggravation)
- Warm room (head pain)
Better (amelioration)
- Menstrual flow (muscular and joint pains relieved)
Proved by Dr. Wm. B. Griggs (HIPPURIC ACID)
Its chief action is on the external tissues of the eyes and naso-pharynx joint surfaces, liver and mucous membranes. Right side especially affected, general muscular soreness.
Head
Pain over right eye, dull, constant, worse in warm room. Eyelids inflamed and swollen.
Throat
Sore, raw, dry, swallowing difficult, foul odor, gummy exudate; thickness and infiltration of all tissues around throat.
Stomach
Acid rising. Lump in pit of stomach. Soreness and pressure over liver.
Female
Menstrual flow for three weeks with complete relief of muscular and joint pains.
Extremities
Backache extending down hips. Pain in shoulders and extremities and sore swollen joints. Pain in middle of thigh posteriorly shooting down right leg. Tired, grating sensation in the joints.
Skin
Itching, burning. Papules looking like goose flesh on chest.
Relationship
Benzoic acid seems to be an analogue.
Dose
Lower potencies.
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