Benzoic Acid – The Homeopathic Remedy for Gout, Urinary Troubles & Offensive Discharges

Basic Information:

• Source: Acid from resin benzoin (plant origin)
• Family: Not applicable (acid)
• Miasm: Psoric, Sycotic
• Preparation: Trituration of crystals
• Constitution: Gouty, uric acid diathesis, old people with joint deformities
• "The gouty, offensive-smelling acid remedy"

Keynote Symptoms:

• Highly offensive urine, dark, strong-smelling like horse's urine
• Gouty concretions, nodes, and cracking joints
•  Copious urination with fetid odor
•  Alternating rheumatism and urinary symptoms

Clinical Indications:

Rheumatism & Gout:

• Metastatic gout – when gout moves to internal organs
• Nodes in joints, painful and stiff
• Pain shifts from joints → heart or urinary tract
• Cracking, creaking, swelling of joints

Urinary System:

• Urine very offensive, dark brown, stains the toilet
• Uric acid diathesis, high uric acid levels
• Gravel, sand in urine
• Frequent urging, especially at night

Children:

• Enuresis (bedwetting) with strong-smelling urine
• Involuntary urination at night

Heart:

• Pain in region of heart associated with joint or urinary complaints
• Palpitation when gout is suppressed

Mind:

• Anxiety with urinary or joint complaints
• Irritable, forgetful
• Confused in the morning

General Characteristics:

• Shifting complaints between joints and urinary organs
• Uric acid constitution – persons who are stout, red-faced, gouty
• Offensive discharges – urine, stools, sweat
• Rheumatism better when urination increases

Modalities:

Worse From	Better From
Wine, meat, cold air	Discharge of urine
Motion, exposure	Warmth, rest
Suppressed gonorrhea	Profuse urination

Potency & Dosage:

• 6C, 30C frequently used in chronic conditions
• 200C in severe gout, once weekly
• Repetition based on intensity and constitution

Compare With:

Remedy	Differentiation
Lycopodium	Red sand in urine, right-sided complaints
Ledum Palustre	Rheumatism ascending, with coldness
Colchicum	Gout in small joints, < slightest motion
Urtica Urens	Gouty diathesis, uric acid excess

MEMORY TRICK: "BENZ-GOUT"

• B – Bad odor of urine
• E – Enuresis in children
• N – Nodes in joints (gouty)
• Z – Zig-zag shifting of pains
• G – Gout alternates with heart/urinary
• O – Offensive urine
• U – Uric acid high
• T – Thick, brown urine

One-Line Summary:

“Benzoic Acid is a top remedy for gout with offensive urine, shifting pains, and uric acid excess.”