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Carbolicum Acidum

30C / 200CCarbol Ac
Carbolic Acid · Phenol · "The Putrid Septic Shock Remedy"
carb-ac.MineralUncommonPsoric
🎯 A powerful, fast-acting remedy for conditions characterized by extreme foulness, discharges, and a sense of deep, painless destruction.
📖 Boericke writes:
Phenol-Carbolic Acid
Carbolic Acid is a powerful irritant and . A languid, foul, painless, destructive remedy. , paralysis of sensation and motion, feeble pulse and depressed breathing, death due to paralysis of respiratory centers. Acts primarily on the central nervous system. Increased olfactory sensibility.
Produces mental and bodily , disinclination to study, with headache like a band. Very marked acuteness of smell is a strong guiding symptom. Stomach symptoms are also important. Pains are terrible; come and go suddenly. Physical exertion brings on somewhere. discharges (Bapt). , with marked tendency to destruction of tissue internally, and odor. Spasmodic coughs. (See ).
👤 Constitution
•Typically indicated for individuals who feel physically and mentally languid, with a tendency toward sudden, intense pains and a marked susceptibility to abscesses.
⭐ Key Symptoms — Give When You See
Increased olfactory sensibility.
introduction
Smell very acute.
nose
discharge.
nose
, breath, regurgitation on swallowing liquids, but little pain (Bapt).
throat
Desire for stimulants and tobacco.
stomach
Fermentative with bad taste and breath.
stomach
, with very offensive breath.
stool
🩺 Systems & Indications
👤HEAD
Useful for characterized by a tight, band-like sensation and mental fatigue.
Disinclined to mental work.
Tight feeling, as if compressed by a rubber band (Gels; Mahonia).
Orbital over right eye.
Headache, better, by green tea; while smoking.
🔑 Modalities
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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.

3rd to 30th
Centesimal
Primary Dosage
1X
Decimal
📝For irritable bladder in old men.
🌿 Remedy Relationships
🚫 Antidotes
Iodium →Alcohol
🔄 Compare With
Arsenicum Album →Kreosotum →Chrysarobinum →Guano
⚠️ Inimical
Glycerinum →

Boericke's Materia Medica

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Carbolicum Acidum is listed in 175 rubrics across 21 chapters — italicised by Boericke in 58 of them, marking the remedy as more frequently verified there.

Stomach21Female Sexual System20Urinary System20Skin19Abdomen16Generalities13Throat11Fever10Head9Nervous System7Respiratory System7Locomotor System4Mind4Nose3Circulatory System3Face2Mouth2Tongue1Modalities1Eyes1Teeth1

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