Fluoricum acidum

Common name: hydro-fluoric acid.

Complaints of old age, or of premature old age; in syphilitic mercurial dyscrasia (A.).

YOUNG PEOPLE LOOK OLD (Agn., Ambr., Bar-C., Bufo, Kali-C., Lyc., Sel.) (A.).

Pale, miserable, cachectic, flabby and broken down (B.).

DISEASES OF THE BONES, ESPECIALLY OF LONG BONES (Calc-F., Calc-P., Kali-I., Merc., Mezer., Nit-Ac., Phos., Sil.), BETTER FROM COLD (relieved by warmth- Sil.) (N.).

Caries and necrosis, especially of long bones, in psoric or syphilitic subjects; or after abuse of mercury or silica (A.).

Aversion to all about him, even his own family (Sep.); sensation as if danger menaced him.

Increased ability to exercise without danger (Coca) (A.).

Forgetfulness of dates and of his common employment.

FISTULA DENTALIS OR LACHRYMALIS (Merc., Sil., Sulph.) (A.).

Roughness and harshness of the skin, with great itching in spots; worse from warmth and better from cold (D.).

Nævus or birth-marks on children (N.).

Capillary aneurism (Calc-F.) (A.).

Is of service when the liver is engorged or indurated; hepatic cirrhosis, with ascites (Bl.).

RAPID CARIES OF TEETH (Calc., Calc-F., Kreos., Merc., Phos., Staph.) (A.).

Old cicatrices become inflamed around the edges and itch violently (Graph.) (N.).

Ulcers: red edges and vesicles; decubitus; copious discharge; worse from warmth, and better from cold; violent pains, like streaks of lightning, confined to a small spot (A.).

Cannot bear the extremes of heat and cold in summer and winter (N.).

Always too hot; wants to bathe in cold water (B.).

Exostoses of bones of face (Aur., Calc., Calc-F., Hecla, Merc., Sil.) (A.).

Alopecia (Calc., Graph., Phos-Ac.) (Bl.)

Brittle, tousy hair (Bor., Kali-C.) (B.).

Varicose veins and ulcers (Ham., Nat-M., Sep.) (A.).

ONYCHIA (Ant-C., Graph., Merc., Sil., Thuj.) (Bl.).

FELON (Apis, Ars., Dios., Hep., Lach., Merc., Sil.) (B.).

Offensive or pungent perspiration on the male sexual organs (K.).

Sweat on the hands and feet (B.).

Stunning headache, ameliorated by urination (B.).

Severe pressing pain in the temples, from within outward (C.).

A short sleep suffices and refreshes him (C.).

Pain along the cranial sutures (C.).

Gnawing hunger; for pungent or cold things (B.).

Acrid leucorrhœa (Bor., Nit-Ac.) (C.).

Impaired hearing, ameliorated by bending the head backward (K.).

Bed-sores (Arn., Ars., Bapt., Carb-V., Lach., Lyc., Merc., Nit-Ac., Phos., Sec.) (B.).

RELATIONSHIP: Complementary: Coca, Sil.

Follows well: after Ars. in ascites of drunkards; after Kali-C. in hip-joint disease; after Coff., Staph. in sensitive teeth; after Phos-Ac. in diabetes; after Sil., Symph. in bone diseases; and after Spong. in goitre.

Is especially useful after the abuse of Sil. in suppurations.