- Common Name: Acidum oxalicum
- Chemical Formula: C₂H₂O₄
- Source: Prepared from oxalic acid — an organic compound found in sorrel, spinach, rhubarb, etc.
Sphere of Action
Primarily affects the spinal cord, muscles, nerves, and digestive system. Causes degeneration of motor nerves, numbness, and weakness. Induces rapid prostration, neuralgic pains, and paralytic states.
Constitutional Indications
- Suited to nervous, weak, and prostrated individuals
- People prone to gastric trouble, paralysis, and degenerative diseases
Mind
- Great depression of spirits
- Fear of impending misfortune
- Weary of life, irritable, forgetful
- Mental confusion and dullness
- Inability to think continuously — thoughts vanish
Head
- Violent neuralgic pain in small spots
- Pains in temples, especially left side
- Head feels cold; scalp sensitive
- Headache from mental exertion or talking
Eyes
- Dim vision; black spots before eyes
- Burning in eyes, cannot keep them open
- Eyeballs feel too large, with shooting pains
Face
- Neuralgic face pains, especially left-sided
- Twitching of facial muscles
- Face pale or bluish, expression anxious
Chest & Respiration
- Oppression of chest, cannot expand lungs fully
- Sharp stitching pain in chest from sudden movement
- Breathing difficult, must breathe slowly and carefully
- Useful in angina pectoris with neuralgic component
Gastrointestinal
- Nausea, sour belching, acid dyspepsia
- Burning in stomach, sour eructation
- Diarrhea, greenish, sudden, gushing, with prostration
- Pain better lying still, worse slightest motion
- Flatulence and cutting colic pain
Extremities
- Sudden loss of power in limbs
- Numbness, tingling, crawling, especially in spine and legs
- Paralysis of lower limbs, spasms or weakness
- Shooting pains in fingers and toes
- Legs give way when walking
Back & Spine
- Pain in the spine, worse slightest motion
- Trembling, numbness of spinal nerves
- Useful in multiple sclerosis, paralysis, neurasthenia
Sleep
- Great drowsiness and fatigue
- Sleeplessness due to over-excitement or nervousness
- Restless sleep with twitching
Fever
- Chilly and cold sensations
- Internal burning heat with cold skin
- Intermittent fever with great prostration
Modalities
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Worse From |
Better From |
|
Mental exertion, slightest motion, noise, touch |
Lying still, warmth |
Miasmatic Influence
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Mainly syphilitic and pseudo-psoric
Keynotes
- Excessive weakness and paralysis, especially of lower limbs
- Neuralgic pains in small spots, very severe but transient
- Great prostration, collapse, and nervous exhaustion
- Pain worse from slightest motion; must lie still
Relationship
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Complementary Remedies |
Compare With |
Antidotes |
|
Phosphoric acid |
Picric acid, Gelsemium, Zincum |
Camphor |
Potency & Dosage
- Commonly used in 3x to 30C in neuralgic and paralytic cases
- In nervous exhaustion, higher potencies like 200C or 1M may be used under guidance
Clinical Tips
- Useful in multiple sclerosis, post-viral fatigue, paralytic conditions
- Gastric and intestinal affections with great prostration
- Painful urination with burning in bladder (cystitis-like conditions)
One-Line Summary
"Oxalic Acid is a remedy of sharp neuralgic pains, numbness, and profound nervous prostration—worse from slightest motion."
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MATERIA MEDICA