Aceticum Acidum (Acetic Acid)
অ্যাসেটিকাম অ্যাসিডাম (acet-ac)
The pale, waxy, wasting patient with burning thirst and floods of pale urine, bleeding from every mucous membrane.
- Source
- Acetic acid, the acid of vinegar
- Kingdom
- Mineral
- Thermal
- Sensitive to cold; also sensation of heat with pulsation coming and going
- Main spheres
- Blood and hemorrhages, Stomach and abdomen, Urine and thirst, Larynx and chest, Dropsy and extremities
- Kent's lecture
- 379 words, about 2 min
Meet the Aceticum Acidum Patient
Kent opens with the patient rather than the disease: pale, sickly people, weak for many years, often with inherited phthisis. The face is pale and waxy, or one cheek is pale and the other red. Fainting spells come in weak, anemic subjects, and young girls are chlorotic. Kent gives a combination to remember: emaciation, weakness, anemia, loss of appetite, burning thirst and copious pale urine. Waves of heat with pulsation come and go, yet the patient is sensitive to cold. The mind is confused. She may not know her own children, forgets what has just happened, has attacks of anguish, constantly borrows trouble, and is peevish and complaining.
The body bleeds and swells. Blood comes from the nose, stomach, rectum, lungs and ulcers; piles bleed profusely; the uterus floods. The stomach is sensitive, vomiting blood and all food, with hot sour eructations and a burning in stomach and abdomen that is better lying on the stomach. Urine is copious and watery, and Kent records cures of diabetes with great thirst, pallor and loss of flesh. Dropsy fills the limbs and abdomen, often with diarrhea. In the larynx and chest come hoarseness, diphtheria and a dry hacking cough. Kent calls it a deep, constitutional remedy, and reminds us that substances abused as food become great remedies.
What Kent Wants You to Remember
Pale, sickly, long-weakened people
Patients weak for many years, often with inherited phthisis. The face is pale and waxy, and fainting spells come in the weak and anemic.
This remedy is useful in complaints of pale, sickly people.
KentWasting, burning thirst, copious pale urine
Kent's key combination: emaciation, weakness, anemia and loss of appetite, joined to burning thirst and copious pale urine. Together they call for this remedy.
Emaciation, weakness, anemia, loss of appetite, burning thirst and copious pale urine are a combination calling for Acetic acid.
KentBleeding from many mucous membranes
Nose, stomach, rectum, lungs and ulcers all bleed. Piles bleed profusely, menses are copious, and there is uterine hemorrhage.
Bleeding from various mucous membranes, nose, stomach, rectum, lungs and from ulcers.
KentBurning stomach, better lying on it
A sensitive stomach that vomits blood and all food, with hot sour eructations and gnawing pain. The burning in stomach and abdomen is relieved by lying on the stomach.
burning in stomach and abdomen, ameliorated by lying on the stomach.
KentGreat thirst, wasting, watery urine
Copious watery urine with great thirst, weakness, pallor and loss of flesh. Kent records cures of diabetes with or without sugar in this picture.
It has cured diabetes, with sugar in the urine or without, where there is great thirst, weakness and pallor and loss of flesh.
KentConfused, forgetful, always borrowing trouble
She may not know her own children and forgets recent events. Attacks of anguish, a feeling that something is going to happen, peevishness and complaining.
does not know her own children; forgets what has recently happened; attacks of anguish, constantly borrows trouble; thinks something is going to happen
KentHacking cough of the inherited consumptive
A chronic dry, hacking cough in pale, sickly persons with inherited phthisis, with edema, diarrhea, dyspnoea or night sweats. The larynx is weak, with hoarseness and diphtheria.
chronic dry, hacking cough in sickly, pale persons, such as have inherited phthisis, with edema of extremities, diarrhea and dyspnoea, or night sweats
KentDropsy with diarrhea
Dropsical conditions in general: swollen feet, oedematous limbs and abdominal dropsy, often with diarrhea. The extremities are weak and lame.
Weakness and lameness in extremities, with swelling, rheumatic or oedematous; dropsy of limbs, with diarrhea.
Kent
The Picture on One Screen
Mind
- Confusion of mind
- Does not know her own children
- Forgets what recently happened
- Attacks of anguish
- Constantly borrows trouble
- Thinks something is going to happen
- Peevish, complaining
Generals
- Pale, sickly, waxy face
- Emaciation and long-standing weakness
- Anemia; chlorosis in young girls
- Hemorrhages from mucous membranes
- Dropsical conditions in general
- Sensitive to cold
- Heat with pulsation, coming and going
- Fainting spells in anemic subjects
Worse
- Cold
- Touch on the abdomen
- Eating: vomits all food taken
- Bad effects of chloroform
- Bad effects of stings and bites
Better
- Lying on the stomach
- Relieves burning in stomach and abdomen
- No other amelioration given by Kent
Desires and aversions
- Burning, unquenchable thirst
- Loss of appetite
- Vomits all food taken
- Hot, sour eructations
Where it acts
- Blood and mucous membranes
- Stomach and abdomen
- Kidneys and urine
- Larynx and lungs
- Uterus and menses
- Extremities (dropsy)
Do Not Confuse It With
Natrum Muriaticum
Kent names common salt beside vinegar as a food substance that becomes a great remedy for stubborn chronic cases. He gives no Natrum symptoms here, so Acetic acid is known by its own combination: pallor, wasting, burning thirst, copious pale urine and bleeding.
Coffea Cruda
Coffee is the other food Kent sets beside vinegar as a great remedy we should look to oftener. Within this lecture the distinguishing picture of Acetic acid is the pale, emaciated, thirsty, dropsical patient who bleeds from mucous membranes.
China
Kent does not name China in this lecture, but the student will weigh it in a pale, bleeding, weakened patient. By Kent's lecture, Acetic acid adds burning unquenchable thirst, copious watery urine, dropsy with diarrhea and relief from lying on the stomach.
Test Yourself
Answer in your head first, then tap to check. Come back tomorrow and try again: spaced recall is how keynotes stay.
1Which combination of symptoms does Kent say calls for Acetic acid?
Emaciation, weakness, anemia, loss of appetite, burning thirst and copious pale urine.
2What relieves the burning in the stomach and abdomen?
Lying on the stomach.
3Describe the mental state Kent gives for this remedy.
Confusion of mind; she does not know her own children and forgets recent events. Attacks of anguish, constantly borrowing trouble, thinking something will happen, peevish and complaining.
4From which parts does bleeding occur in Kent's picture?
From the nose, stomach, rectum, lungs and ulcers, with profuse bleeding from piles. There is also uterine hemorrhage and copious menses.
5In what kind of person does Kent describe the chronic cough?
In sickly, pale persons who have inherited phthisis: a dry, hacking cough with edema of the extremities, diarrhea and dyspnoea, or night sweats.
6What general lesson does Kent draw at the close of the lecture?
All substances abused as food, such as vinegar, coffee and common salt, become great remedies. We should look to them oftener for the stubborn chronic cases.
Aceticum Acidum by J. T. Kent
Complete and unabridged, with a faithful Bangla translation. Switch on parallel reading to see both languages paragraph by paragraph.
Pale Sickly Patients and Mind
This remedy is useful in complaints of pale, sickly people. Patients who have been weak for many years, who have inherited phthisis. Emaciation, weakness, anemia, loss of appetite, burning thirst and copious pale urine are a combination calling for Acetic acid. Sensation of heat with pulsation coming and going, like orgasms; chlorosis in young girls; dropsical conditions in general; bad effects from stings and bites, have been cured by this remedy. Vinegar is an old remedy for bad effects from chloroform. It is useful in the hemorrhagic constipation.
এই ঔষধটি ফ্যাকাশে, রুগ্ণ মানুষের কষ্টে উপযোগী। যেসব রোগী বহু বছর ধরে দুর্বল, যারা উত্তরাধিকারসূত্রে যক্ষ্মা (থাইসিস) পেয়েছে। শীর্ণতা, দুর্বলতা, রক্তাল্পতা, ক্ষুধামান্দ্য, জ্বালাকর পিপাসা এবং প্রচুর ফ্যাকাশে প্রস্রাব: এই লক্ষণগুলো একসঙ্গে থাকলে অ্যাসেটিক অ্যাসিডের কথা ভাবতে হয়। স্পন্দনসহ উত্তাপের অনুভূতি, যা আসে আর যায়, যেন ঢেউয়ের মতো উচ্ছ্বাস (অর্গাজম) ওঠে; অল্পবয়সী মেয়েদের ক্লোরোসিস (সবুজাভ রক্তাল্পতা); সাধারণভাবে শোথ (ড্রপসি) অবস্থা; হুল ফোটানো ও কামড়ের কুফল: এসব এই ঔষধে আরোগ্য হয়েছে। ক্লোরোফর্মের কুফলে ভিনেগার একটি পুরোনো প্রতিকার। রক্তক্ষরণযুক্ত কোষ্ঠকাঠিন্যে এটি উপযোগী।
Bleeding from various mucous membranes, nose, stomach, rectum, lungs and from ulcers. Sensitive to cold. Confusion of mind; does not know her own children; forgets what has recently happened; attacks of anguish, constantly borrows trouble; thinks something is going to happen; peevishness, complaining.
বিভিন্ন শ্লৈষ্মিক ঝিল্লি থেকে রক্তক্ষরণ: নাক, পাকস্থলী, মলদ্বার ও ফুসফুস থেকে, আর ক্ষত থেকেও। ঠান্ডায় সংবেদনশীল। মনের বিভ্রান্তি; নিজের সন্তানদের চিনতে পারে না; সম্প্রতি যা ঘটেছে তা ভুলে যায়; উদ্বেগ-যন্ত্রণার আক্রমণ হয়, অনবরত অকারণে দুশ্চিন্তা ডেকে আনে; ভাবে কিছু একটা ঘটতে যাচ্ছে; খিটখিটে ভাব, অনুযোগ করতে থাকে।
Fainting spells in weak, anemic subjects, headaches, face pale and waxy; epistaxis; one cheek pale and the other red; diphtheria in throat or larynx, unquenchable thirst; sensitive stomach; vomiting blood, and all food taken; ulceration of stomach; hot, sour eructations, frothy vomiting; gnawing pain; distension of stomach, with a constant commotion; burning in stomach and abdomen, ameliorated by lying on the stomach.
দুর্বল, রক্তাল্পতাগ্রস্ত রোগীদের মূর্ছার আক্রমণ হয়; মাথাব্যথা; মুখ ফ্যাকাশে ও মোমের মতো; নাক দিয়ে রক্তপাত; এক গাল ফ্যাকাশে, অন্য গাল লাল; গলায় বা স্বরযন্ত্রে ডিপথেরিয়া; মেটানো যায় না এমন পিপাসা; পাকস্থলী সংবেদনশীল; রক্ত বমি হয়, আর যা কিছু খাওয়া হয় সবই বমি হয়ে যায়; পাকস্থলীতে ক্ষত; গরম, টক ঢেকুর, ফেনাযুক্ত বমি; কুরে কুরে খাওয়ার মতো ব্যথা; পাকস্থলী ফেঁপে থাকে, সঙ্গে অনবরত তোলপাড়; পাকস্থলী ও পেটে জ্বালা, যা উপুড় হয়ে শুলে উপশম হয়।
Abdomen, Urine and Sexual Organs
In the abdomen there is great pain, distension, flatulence or dropsy, sore to touch, diarrhea, thin, bloody or pure blood; profuse bleeding from piles; chronic diarrhea.
পেটে তীব্র ব্যথা, ফাঁপা ভাব, বায়ু জমা বা শোথ; ছুঁলে টাটানি; উদরাময়, মল পাতলা, রক্তমিশ্রিত বা একেবারে খাঁটি রক্ত; অর্শ থেকে প্রচুর রক্তক্ষরণ; পুরোনো উদরাময়।
Copious watery urine. It has cured diabetes, with sugar in the urine or without, where there is great thirst, weakness and pallor and loss of flesh.
প্রচুর পানির মতো প্রস্রাব। এই ঔষধ বহুমূত্র (ডায়াবেটিস) আরোগ্য করেছে, প্রস্রাবে শর্করা থাকুক বা না থাকুক, যেখানে প্রবল পিপাসা, দুর্বলতা, ফ্যাকাশে ভাব ও শরীরের মাংস ক্ষয় থাকে।
Weakness with seminal losses; relaxed genitals and swollen feet.
বীর্যক্ষয়ের সঙ্গে দুর্বলতা; জননাঙ্গ শিথিল এবং পা ফোলা।
Uterine hemorrhage; copious menses, or watery menstrual flow; scanty menses with chlorosis.
জরায়ু থেকে রক্তক্ষরণ; প্রচুর ঋতুস্রাব, অথবা পানির মতো ঋতুস্রাব; ক্লোরোসিসের সঙ্গে স্বল্প ঋতুস্রাব।
Larynx, Chest and Constitutional Use
Weakness of larynx; croup; diphtheria. It has cured many cases of laryngeal diphtheria; hoarseness, with pale mucous membranes; chronic dry, hacking cough in sickly, pale persons, such as have inherited phthisis, with edema of extremities, diarrhea and dyspnoea, or night sweats; hemorrhage from the lungs; burning in chest and stomach; rattling in chest; chronic bronchitis. Weakness and lameness in extremities, with swelling, rheumatic or oedematous; dropsy of limbs, with diarrhea.
স্বরযন্ত্রের দুর্বলতা; ক্রুপ; ডিপথেরিয়া। এই ঔষধ স্বরযন্ত্রের ডিপথেরিয়ার বহু রোগী আরোগ্য করেছে; স্বরভঙ্গ, সঙ্গে শ্লৈষ্মিক ঝিল্লি ফ্যাকাশে; রুগ্ণ, ফ্যাকাশে মানুষের, যেমন যারা উত্তরাধিকারসূত্রে যক্ষ্মা পেয়েছে, তাদের পুরোনো শুকনো, খুকখুকে কাশি, সঙ্গে হাত-পায়ে শোথ, উদরাময় ও শ্বাসকষ্ট, অথবা রাতে ঘাম; ফুসফুস থেকে রক্তক্ষরণ; বুকে ও পাকস্থলীতে জ্বালা; বুকে ঘড়ঘড় শব্দ; পুরোনো ব্রংকাইটিস। হাত-পায়ে দুর্বলতা ও খঞ্জভাব, সঙ্গে ফোলা, বাতজনিত বা শোথজনিত; উদরাময়ের সঙ্গে অঙ্গপ্রত্যঙ্গে শোথ।
It is a deep-acting, constitutional remedy, and when well studied will be very useful. All substances abused as food become great remedies, such as vinegar, coffee, common salt, etc. We should look to them oftener than we do for the stubborn chronic cases.
এটি গভীরভাবে ক্রিয়াশীল একটি ধাতুগত ঔষধ, এবং ভালোভাবে অধ্যয়ন করা হলে খুবই উপযোগী হবে। খাদ্য হিসেবে যেসব পদার্থের অপব্যবহার হয়, সেগুলোই বড় ঔষধ হয়ে ওঠে, যেমন ভিনেগার, কফি, সাধারণ লবণ ইত্যাদি। একগুঁয়ে পুরোনো রোগের ক্ষেত্রে আমরা এখন যতটা করি, তার চেয়ে বেশি বার এগুলোর দিকে আমাদের নজর দেওয়া উচিত।
Original text: James Tyler Kent, Lectures on Homoeopathic Materia Medica (1905), public domain. Section headings, light punctuation fixes, study notes and the Bangla translation: IZ Homeo.
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