Acidum fluoricum Anhang

[Rajan Sankaran]

A remedy of the syphilitic miasm. Fluorine, along with other Halogens, belongs to Group 16 of the Periodic Table. The Halogens have the feeling of betrayal and hurt,

and in the failed state react in a repulsive manner, by rejecting, throwing off. In the coped state however, they avoid breaking relationships.

Fluorine is the lightest, most active and reactive of the Halogens. It forms and breaks relationships very quickly. This can be seen in the symptomatology of Fl-ac.

Fl-ac. is flirtatious and has many acquaintances, but no deep relationships. The term “Buoyancy” has been used to describe Fl-ac.. Its pathological processes however are

very deep and near syphilitic.

The theme of Fluor is that of an incompatible relationship and the need to break off. The theme of Acids is of a lot of effort and activity followed by weakness and exhaustion. In Fl-ac. we see a tremendous effort in the direction of breaking off the relationship. The situation of Fl-ac. is one where an incompatible marriage is causing

the patient a great suffering. He needs to break away from this marriage. Hence he becomes irresponsible and immoral. Like in other Halogens there is tremendous activity: “Increased ability to exercise his muscles without fatigue, regardless of most excessive heat of summer or cold of winter”, “Impulse to walk fast, necessity to always be

on the move” (Phatak’s Materia Medica). The Fl-ac. person can perform a lot of feats without rest, and all he needs is a short afternoon nap to gain back his energy.

The specific direction of this increased energy in the person is indicated by the increased sexual desire. He stands in the street and ogles at women.

Fl-ac. persons talk very openly about their sexuality. Even in old age, there is increased sexual desire and excessive enjoyment. The patient becomes irresponsible and indifferent towards his own family, but is pleasant and animated with strangers and will seem careless, cheerful and exuberant on the outside. All these features represent efforts that could help him break away from the incompatible marriage or relationship.

In the coped-up state however, the effort and the struggle are in the direction of not letting the relationship break. This is seen in the Fl-ac. dream: “Sudden death of his son, and also of the son of one of his friends; thinks that in both cases, he has been the one to blame, reproaches himself very much” (Allen’s Encyclopedia). This dream shows

a sense of responsibility and guilt, and also of caring for their loved ones – the opposite pole of Fl-ac.

Physical symptoms:

o Very hot patients – sensation of heat escaping from the pores of the skin.

o Desires cold bathing.

o Craves highly pungent food.

o Cracks in the tongue in all directions.

o Deep-seated, destructive disease conditions, e.g. ulcers.

o Early senility with hair fall.

o Ridged nails.

Rubrics:

o Delusion, marriage, must dissolve.

o Delusion, betrothal must be broken.

o Delusion, children out of the house, he must drive.

o Aversion, members of family, to.

o Indifference, loved ones, to, strangers, but animated, to.

o Indifference, relations, to.

o Indifference, business affairs, to.

o Indifference, important things, to.

o Lascivious, lustful.

o Anxiety, walking rapidly which makes him walk faster.

o Buoyancy.

o Deceitful.

o Libertinism.

[Kent]

o Head: hair falling in spots.

o Tongue: cracked in all directions.

o Desires highly seasoned food.

[Phatak]

o Cold and heat both aggravate.

o Responsibility, inability to realize.

o Short sleep ameliorates.

Phatak’s Materia Medica:

Inability to realize responsibility… Aversion to his own family, to those loved best. Becomes interested in and converses pleasantly with strangers.

To read about the philosophical approach to developing these remedy pictures, see Dr. Sankaran’s introduction to Soul of Remedies: https://hpathy.com/homeopathy-papers/soul-of-remedies/

[William Boericke]

Especially chronic diseases with syphilitic and mercurial history. Glabella region bloated. Acts especially upon lower tissues and indicated in deep, destructive processes, bedsores, ulcerations, varicose veins, and ulcers. Compelled to move about energetically. Complaints of old age/prematurely aged, with weak, distended blood vessels. Hob-nailed liver of alcoholics.

Goitre (Dr. Woakes) (Kali fluoride produced bronchocele in dogs). Early decay of teeth. Old cases of nightly fevers, coming on periodically.

Mind: Indifference towards those loved best; inability to realize responsibility; buoyancy. Mentally elated and gay.

Head: Alopecia. Caries of skin. Pressure on sides of head from within outward. Caries of ossicles and mastoid, with copious discharge; < warmth (Sil. < cold). Exostosis.

Eyes: “As if wind blowing through eyes”. Lachrymal fistula. Violent itching of inner canthus.

Nose: Chronic nasal catarrh with ulceration of the septum; obstructed and dull heavy pain in forehead.

Mouth: Dental fistula, with persistent bloody, salty discharge. Syphilitic ulceration of throat very sensitive to cold. Teeth feel warm. Affects teeth/bones of upper jaw.

Stomach: Heaviness and weight in stomach; heat in stomach before meals. Sour eructations. Averse to coffee, wants fancy dishes. Symptoms > tight clothes.

Desires highly seasoned food. Craves cold water, hungry. Warm drinks produce diarrhœa.

Abdomen: Soreness over liver. Flatus and eructations.

Stool: Bilious diarrhœa, with aversion to coffee.

Urine: Scanty, dark. In dropsy, produces frequent and free discharge, with great relief.

Male organs: Burning in urethra. Sexual passion and desire increased with erections at night, during sleep. Swollen scrotum.

Female organs: Menses copious, frequent, too long. Ulceration of uterus and os. Copious and excoriating leucorrhœa. Nymphomania.

Respiratory: Oppression of chest, difficult breathing, great dyspnœa. Hydrothorax.

Extremities: Inflammation of joints of fingers. “As of a splinter under nail”. Nails crumble. Caries and necrosis (long bones). Coccygodynia. Ulcer over tibia.

Perspiration: Profuse, sour, offensive

Skin: Varicose veins. Nævi. Ulcers; red edges and vesicles. Decubitus; < warmth. Syphilitic rupia. Itching of cicatrices. Feels as if burning vapor were emitted from pores. Itching (orifices and in spots, < warmth). Nails grow rapidly. Periosteal abscess. Syphilitic tubercles. Dropsy of limbs in old, feeble constitutions. Atony of capillary and

venous system. Tissues bloated.

Modalities: < morning/warmth/warm drinks. > cold while walking.

Mainly a male remedy. A materialist – a man of the world.

Enjoy life to its full extent – not bothered about spiritual development, awareness, discipline, etc.

Crude energy – makes itself known early in life by a driving force for sexual intercourse. Often begins at age 13 - 14 and has to have sex every day.

Not easy to discern. May come with falling of hair, or sleeplessness, or anxiety beyond their control.

Destructiveness is the keynote of this acid. Fl-ac. produces slow deeply destructive effects, decay of long Bones, ulcerations, bedsores, varicose veins. Acts especially upon lower tissues and indicated in deep, destructive processes, bedsores, ulcerations, varicose veins and ulcers.

Especially adapted to chronic diseases with syphilitic and mercurial history. Glabella region bloated.

Patient is compelled to move about energetically. Complaints of old age or the prematurely aged with weak, distended blood vessels. Hob-nailed liver of the alcoholics.

Early decay of Teeth. Old cases of nightly fevers, coming on periodically. Goiter. Always feels too hot, wants to bathe in cold water. Tissues are puffy indurated, fistulous. Discharges are thin, foul, acrid or salty, causing itching. Edema. Felon. Nevi.

Secondary syphilis. Numbness of the part not lain on in brain diseases, spinal disorders. Calcareous degeneration. Nevus, flat. Suffering, if the call for evacuation is not immediately attended to. Dropsy with numbness or without.

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