Benzoic acid (Benzoicum acidum)

Mind and Disposition

Inclination to dwell on unpleasant subjects.

While writing, he often omits words.

Head

Giddiness, especially in the afternoon, as if he would fall on his side.

Pressure on the vertex, extending to the spine, -without pain, but with anxiety.

Rheumatic pains in the head.

Headache from a draft of air; from uncovering the head; in the morning, when awaking; worse when at rest, returning periodically, and accompanied by pain the stomach, nausea, and cold hands.

Cold perspiration on the head.

Face

Burning heat of one side of the face.

Circumscribed redness on the cheeks.

Copper-colored spots on the face.

Cold perspiration of the face.

Tongue

The tongue is spongy on the surface, with deep cracks, and with spreading ulcers.

Throat

Sensation, as of a lump in the pit of the throat, as if some food had lodged there.

Sensation of swelling or constriction in the throat.

The throat symptoms are relieved by eating.

Stool and Anus

Watery, light-colored, very offensive stools, (in children) with unusually strong-smelling urine.

Urinary Organs

Soreness, or hot, burning pain in the (left) kidney.

Frequent desire to urinate.

Urine contains mucus and pus, (with enlargement of prostate gland).

Urine of dark color, with unusually strong smell; heavy, hot.

Chest

Long-continued, dry cough, after suppressed gonorrhœa.

Pains in the region of the heart.

Awakens every morning at 2 o'clock, with violent internal heat, and hard, beating pulse, compelling him to lie on the back, because the beating of the temporal arteries causes a humming in the ears, and prevents him from going to sleep.

Awakens after midnight with violent palpitation of the heart, and hard beating of the temporal arteries.

Extremities

Tearing and stitches, especially in the right big toe, (gout).

Generalities

Great weakness, perspiration, and comatose condition.

Trembling, with palpitation of the heart.

Sleep

Awakens with oppression of breathing, with palpitation of the heart, (after midnight), with heat and hard pulse.

Fever

Chilliness before the stool.

Great internal heat when awaking.

Perspiration while eating.

Conditions

The pains suddenly change their locality, but are mostly felt in the region of the heart.

When moving, cracking of the joints.

Aggravation of the headache, when at rest; of the toothache, when lying; of the eye and ear symptoms in the open air; of the head symptoms, when uncovering one's self, and when in a draft of air.

Amelioration of the face symptoms by heat.

The most of the symptoms appear first on the left, and then on the right side.