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Butyricum Acidum

30CButyr Ac

Butyric Acid · "The Nervous Headache Remedy"

but-ac.OtherRarePsoric✨ Boericke only

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Exclusively Documented in Boericke

This remedy is documented exclusively in Boericke's Materia Medica. It does not appear in other classical references in this encyclopedia.

🎯 It acts primarily on the digestive system and skin, addressing gas, abdominal cramps, and offensive perspiration.

📖 Boericke writes:

A volatile acid obtained chiefly from butter

(BUTYRIC ACID)

👤 Constitution

•Individuals who may require this remedy often present with digestive weakness, abdominal discomfort, and specific skin issues like offensive perspiration.

⭐ Key Symptoms — Give When You See

Profuse, offensive sweat of feet.

skin

🩺 Systems & Indications

✨ Boericke Exclusive

🍽️STOMACH

Useful for digestive complaints involving gas, abdominal cramping, and painful, strained bowel movements.

Poor appetite.

Much gas in stomach and bowels.

Cramps in pit of stomach, worse at night.

Stomach feels heavy and overloaded.

Cramp in abdomen below umbilicus.

Bowels irregular.

Stool accompanied by pain and straining.

🔑 Modalities

✨ Boericke Exclusive

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💊 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.

Decimal

📝Third attenuation.

Primary Dosage

Boericke's Materia Medica

In Boericke’s Repertory

About the repertory →

Butyricum Acidum is listed in 21 rubrics across 10 chapters — italicised by Boericke in 3 of them, marking the remedy as more frequently verified there.

Locomotor System4 Stomach4 Modalities3 Head2 Fever2 Mind2 Skin1 Urinary System1 Abdomen1 Nervous System1

See all 21 rubrics for Butyricum Acidum →