Acidity :: Comparative Evaluation

POINTS	ACID SULPH	CINCHONA OFFICINALIS	CORNUS FLORIDA	LACTIC ACID	NATRUM PHOS.	ROBINIA
1) AETIOLOGY	(a) Alcohol+++ (long continued indulgence to wine / spirits +++). (b) Dysp- epsia	(a) Ill effects of tea +++. (b) Milk and Milk products. (c) Fruits. (d) Alcohol (Ref. Dr. Clarke). (e) Bad meat or fish. (f) Beer.	(a) Abuse of quinine. (b) Malaria: N.B.W.S à Acidity. .	(a) Acidity with morning sickness; with diabetes.	(a) Sugar. (b) Milk. (c) Fat foods+++. (d) Bitter foods. (e) Acidity in children fed with excess of milk and sugar.	(a) Excess of starch. (b) Acidity of children. (c) From fat & flatulent foods e.g. Cabbage, turnip, raw fruits etc.
2) CHARACTER	(a) Acid risings. (b) Sour eructations à sets teeth on edge. (c) Water = coldness of stomach. (d) Aversion: smell of coffee; desire: fresh food. (e) Nausea with chilliness. (f) Stools: Chopped, saffron yellow, sour.	(a) Belching of bitter fluid à regurgitation à No relief.. (b) Bitter taste+++. (c) Food tastes salty. (d) Nash's trio of tympanitic and flatulent medicines (affects whole abdomen). (e) Hungry (+++) without appetite: eats à remains undigested à after a meal = Fullness of stomach.	(a) Distressing acidic heartburn. (b) Nausea à vomiting à bilious diarrhoea. (c) Old cases of dyspepsia à Acid regurgitation (+++). (d) Desire: Sour++, pickles, cakes. (e) Slow digestion. (f) Ineffectual urging for stool.	(a) Copious salivation (+++). (b) Water-brush (++). (c) Hunger (+++) à salivation (+++) à constant nausea (+++) à >> by eating. (d) All edible substances à acidifies à hot & bitter eructation. (e) Plug sensation in throat. (f) Burning: Mouth à to à stomach.	(a) Lump in throat à sour vomiting. (b) Yellow, creamy, coating at the back part of tongue. (c) Desire: Strong tasting foods, eggs, fried fish, beer. (d) Aversion: Bread & butter. (e) Goneness in stomach & abdomen < after eating. (f) Colic with acidity.	(a) Associated with frontal headache (+++). (b) Acrid (+++) eructations. (c) Acrid & greenish vomiting à colic à flatulence à burning pains in stomach à constipation. (d) Sour (+++) eructation à vomiting of sour (+++) fluid. (e) Distension (+++) of stomach à flatulent colic.
3) MODALITIES	(a) Aggravation: < Touch, pressure. < Morning. < Drinking cold water. < Wine & spirits. (b) Ameliorations: > Rest.	(a) Aggravation : < Fruits; < after eating < light touch to abdomen. < Smoking. (b) Ameliorations: Bloatedness > by movement. > bending double. > Hard pressure.	(a) Aggravation: < soon after eating.	(a) Aggravation: < smoking, Coffee. (b) Ameliorations: > by eating. > by eructation.	(a) Aggravation: << Fat food. < after eating. (b) Ameliorations: > from beer.	(a) Aggravation: < lying down (Ref. Dr. Clarke). < Fat, gravies(curries), flatulent food, < cabbage, raw fruits, ice cream. (b) Ameliorations: > by passing flatus.
4) CONCOMITANT AND ASSOCIATED SYMPTOMS	Debility (Tremor weakness & hurry Impa- tient Hot Flushes	Debility Depre- ssion Puffi- ness & oedema	Debility & Drowsiness Neuralgic pain in arms. Night sweats	Acute gastro-enteritis Morning Sickness Limbs feels chilly	Colic Greenish Diarr- hoea Hives	Frontal headache Stool > Sour Perspi- ration Colic
5) PRESCRIBING POINTS	Aetiology : Alcohol +++ (long continued indulgence to wine / spirits +++). Character : Sour eructations à sets teeth on edge. Aversion: smell of coffee; desire: fresh food. Modalities : (a) Aggravation:- < Touch. (b) Amelioration:- > Rest.	Aetiology : Ill effects of tea +++. Fruits. Character : Bitter taste +++. Hungry (+++) without appetite: eats à remains undigested à after a meal = Fullness of stomach. Modalities : (a) Aggravation:- < Fruits. (b) Amelioration:- Bloatedness > by movement.	Aetiology : Abuse of quinine. Malaria: N.B.W.S. Character : Distressing acidic heartburn. Old cases of dyspepsia à Acid regurgitation (+++). Desire: Sour++.	Aetiology : Acidity with morning sickness diabetes. Character : Copious salivation (+++). Water-brush (++). Hunger (+++) à salivation (+++) à constant nausea (+++) à >> by eating. Plug sensation in throat. Burning: Mouth à to à stomach. Modalities : (a) Aggravation:- < Smoking, Coffee. (b) Amelioration:- > by eating.	Aetiology : Fat foods +++. Acidity in children fed with excess of milk and sugar. Character : Lump in throat sour vomiting. Desire: Strong tasting foods, eggs. Aversion: Bread & butter. Colic with acidity. Modalities : (a) Aggravation:- << Fat food. (b) Amelioration:- > from beer.	Aetiology : From fat & flatulent foods e.g., Cabbage, turnip, raw fruit etc. Character : Associated with frontal headache (+++). Acrid (+++) eructations. Sour (+++) eructation à vomiting of sour (+++) fluid. Distension (+++) of stomach flatulent colic. Modalities : (a) Aggravation:- < Fat, gravies, flatulent food, < cabbage, raw fruit, ice cream. (b) Amelioration:- > by passing flatus.
6) POTENCY	200C.	Q. (5 drops à in ½ cup of luke warm water à 6-8 hourly à SOS x as & when necessary à stop soon improvement ensues) 30C	Q. (5 drops à in ½ cup of luke warm water à 6-8 hourly à SOS à as & when necessary à stop soon improvement ensues) 30C	30C	6x tablets (Bio-chemic tissue salts: 3-4 tablets - in ¼ cup of luke warm water à 6-8 hourly à SOS à as & when necessary à stop soon improvement ensues) 30C	Q. (5 drops à in ½ cup of luke warm water à 6-8 hourly à SOS à as & when necessary à stop soon improvement ensues) 6C

Clinical Tips:

Atropin 3x Trituration : Hyperacidity; pyrosis. 1/4 th tsf (tea-spoon) in half cup of luke warm water X 8 hourly X S.O.S

Orexine tannate Q ; Hyperacidity; deficient and slow digestion. 10 drops à Twice daily à S.O.S.