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Benzoicum Acidum

30CBenz Ac
Benzoic Acid · "The Offensive Urine Remedy"
benz-ac.MineralUncommonPsoric
🎯 It acts primarily on metabolism to treat acid conditions, , and urinary disorders characterized by highly offensive, dark-colored urine.
📖 Boericke writes:
The most marked characteristic pertains to the odor and color of the urine. It has a marked action on metabolism. It produces and cures symptoms of a acid , with urine highly colored and very offensive, and symptoms. Renal insufficiency. Child wants to be nursed in the arms, will not be laid down. Pains suddenly change their locality. Anti-. and asthmatic.
👤 Constitution
Often indicated for individuals with a or asthmatic tendency, or elderly men suffering from urinary dribbling and bladder irritation.
Key Symptoms — Give When You See
; dribbling, offensive urine of old men.
urine
Pain in tendo Achillis.
extremities
🩺 Systems & Indications
🧠Mind
Useful for mental states characterized by dwelling on the past and depressive moods.
Prone to dwell on unpleasant things in the past.
Omits words in writing.
Depression.
🔑 Modalities
Worse from
💊 Dosage & Potency

Historical record, not a prescription. Boericke published this in 1927. It is not medical advice — consult a qualified practitioner before acting on it.

Summarised from the passage below — Boericke’s own wording is the record.

3X to 6X
Decimal
Primary Dosage
🌿 Remedy Relationships
🚫 Antidotes
Copaiva Officinalis
🔄 Compare With
Colchicum AutumnaleNitricum AcidumAmmonium BenzoicumSabinaTropaeolum

Boericke's Materia Medica

In Boericke’s Repertory

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Benzoicum Acidum is listed in 116 rubrics across 18 chapters — italicised by Boericke in 48 of them, marking the remedy as more frequently verified there.

Urinary System39Locomotor System33Abdomen13Respiratory System5Generalities4Fever3Male Sexual System3Modalities3Face2Mind2Circulatory System2Head1Eyes1Skin1Ears1Gums1Nose1Female Sexual System1

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