Tannicum acidum
Tannic acid · Plant · Fagaceae
Boericke
Key symptoms
- Excessive secretion from mucous membranes
- Obstinate nervous cough
- Blood in urine (hematuria)
- Obstinate constipation
- Abdominal pain sensitive to pressure
- Intestines palpable as cylindrical enlargements through abdominal wall
- Fetor of perspiration (osmidrosis)
William Boericke
Homoeopathic Materia Medica · 1901
Tannin - Digallic Acid (TANNIC ACID)
Mostly used locally against excessive secretion of mucous membranes, to contract tissue and check hæmorrhage. In Osmidrosis, corrects fetor of the perspiration. Obstinate nervous coughs. Hæmaturia. Obstinate constipation. Pain in abdomen, sensitive to pressure. Intestines can be felt like cylindrical enlargements. One-half per cent solution.
Relationship
Gallic acid q. v.
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