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Citric Acid
Acidum Citricum
Cit-ac.OtherRarePsoric
Source
🎯 Citric acid acts as a potential causative agent for scorbutic conditions when used in excess.
About: Citric acid is a substance historically noted for its potential to induce scurvy-like symptoms when consumed in excessive quantities. It is rarely utilized in classical homeopathic practice and lacks a broad clinical profile in the source material.
👤 Constitution
•Not defined in the source material.
⭐ Key Symptoms — Give When You See
Scurvy induced by excessive use of citric acid.
Allen
History of excessive consumption as a preventive measure.
Allen
Clinical observation of scorbutic symptoms following long-term ingestion.
Allen
Used by an American gentleman as a preventive against yellow fever.
Allen
Only one case of scurvy observed in twenty years in the West Indies.
Allen
🩺 Systems & Indications
⚙️Generals
Consider in cases of scurvy or scorbutic-like symptoms where there is a history of excessive citric acid intake.
During a residence of twenty years in the West Indies I have only seen one case of scurvy, and that case was decidedly brought on by the excessive use of Citric acid, which an American gentleman had been recommended to use a preventive against the yellow fever .
🔑 Modalities
↓Worse from
Lemonade
diarrhea
📚 Sources & References
✓ Kent's Materia Medica↗✓ Allen's Encyclopedia↗Boericke's Materia MedicaHering's Guiding SymptomsHahnemann's Materia Medica PuraClarke's DictionaryPhatak's Concise MM
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