Source: Chemical Origin
Common Name: Vinegar Acid, Glacial Acetic Acid
Chemical Formula: CH₃COOH
Prover: Dr. Hering
Miasm: Psora & Sycosis
Temperament: Irritable and depressed
Diathesis: Hemorrhagic and Cachectic
Thermal: Chilly patient
Duration of Action: Short to medium
Active Principle: Acetic acid (Acidum aceticum)
Inimical to: None recorded
Side Affection: Acts mainly on blood, GI tract, kidneys, and skin
INTRODUCTION
Acetic Acid is a valuable deep-acting homeopathic remedy derived from vinegar. It acts primarily on the blood, digestive system, and urinary organs, leading to emaciation, profound debility, hemorrhage, and dropsical conditions. The patient often looks pale, waxy, and weak, with profuse discharges, especially sweat, saliva, urine, and hemorrhage.
Dr. Hering classified Acetic Acid as a remedy for wasting diseases, where the body is being slowly drained by excessive discharges.
GUIDING SYMPTOMS (Boericke & Allen)
- Profound debility and great emaciation, even with increased appetite.
- Face pale, waxy, and emaciated with sunken features.
- Great thirst for cold water, even during chill or fever.
- Burning pain in stomach, cannot tolerate milk.
- Frequent vomiting, especially of blood or acid fluid.
- Profuse night sweats with great exhaustion.
- Hemorrhage from every outlet – nose, mouth, rectum, uterus, etc.
- Watery, chronic diarrhea, exhausting the patient.
- Dropsical swelling of limbs, face, and abdomen with extreme weakness.
- Profuse salivation with dry mouth and extreme thirst.
- Glowing red face with high fever, alternating with cold sweat.
- Diabetes mellitus & insipidus with excessive thirst and urination.
- Sensation as if skin was drawn tight over the body.
MIND / MENTAL SYMPTOMS
- Low-spirited, anxious, and depressed.
- Mind confused, dull, with inability to think clearly.
- Irritable and impatient during illness.
- Weak memory, forgetfulness.
- Anxiety about health and future.
DIGESTIVE SYSTEM
- Burning in stomach, worse after eating.
- Increased appetite, yet losing flesh rapidly.
- Violent thirst with aversion to milk.
- Acid eructations, sour belching, and frequent vomiting.
- Cannot tolerate vinegar, pickles, or fermented food.
URINARY & DROPSY
- Profuse urination, pale and watery.
- Great thirst with diabetes, especially in thin, emaciated patients.
- Albuminuria with dropsy and general debility.
- Swelling of limbs, especially feet and ankles, with pale skin.
RESPIRATORY SYSTEM
- Dry, suffocating cough with expectoration of bloody or watery mucus.
- Hemoptysis (coughing of blood), especially in phthisical patients.
- Larynx sensitive with hoarseness and raw feeling.
- Oppression in chest with rapid breathing and extreme fatigue.
FEMALE COMPLAINTS
- Uterine hemorrhage with pale, watery blood.
- Profuse leucorrhoea, exhausting in nature.
- Debility after abortion or chronic uterine disease.
SKIN
- Pale, waxy, cold skin.
- Cold sweat, particularly on the forehead.
- Skin dry, tight, and may crack.
- Ulcers that bleed easily.
- Dropsy with swollen legs, face, and hands.
MODALITIES
- Worse: Cold air, cold drinks, night, milk, during sweat
- Better: Rest, warmth, lying down, after passing urine or sweat
SUITED TO
- Patients with wasting diseases like tuberculosis, diabetes, cancer
- Children who look pale, weak, and emaciated despite eating well
- Women with uterine hemorrhages or anemia
- Elderly with diabetes, dropsy, or chronic weakness
- Debilitated states after hemorrhage, chronic illness, or prolonged diarrhea
MEMORIZING TIPS
A-C-E-T-I-C
- A – Anemia with waxy, emaciated face
- C – Chronic diarrhea with extreme debility
- E – Emaciation despite good appetite
- T – Thirst for cold drinks, profuse urination
- I – Incurable diseases with palliative action
- C – Cold sweat, cachexia, and collapse
Best Used In:
- Diabetes with weakness and thirst
- Hemorrhage from uterus, lungs, nose, rectum
- Profuse night sweats and salivation
- Post-operative or post-abortion weakness
- Dropsy and ascites in debilitated patients
- Advanced tuberculosis or cancer for palliation
CONCLUSION
Acetic Acid is a life-supporting, restorative remedy used in cases of collapse, weakness, wasting diseases, and hemorrhagic conditions. It strengthens the constitution, reduces excessive discharge, and improves vitality. Ideal for diabetic, anemic, or phthisical patients who are losing weight despite eating well.
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