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Formalinum

Aqueous Solution
12 sectionsBoericke · 12

At a glance

Cardinal features · auto-extracted from Boericke
  • Formalin in hot water as vapor most valuable therapeutic agent in pertussis
  • Forgetfulness

Essence

Prologue
Boericke

Aqueous Solution (35 per cent) of Formaldehyde Gas (FORMALIN)

Is a powerful disinfectant and deodorant; a potent poison. Prevents growth and kills almost any pathogenic micro-organism. It seems to have the peculiar property of eating into malignant tumors, leaving the surrounding healthy tissue uncharred and unchanged. A plug of cotton wool soaked in a 20 per cent solution of Formaldehyde, and applied for a few hours, will produce a necrotic slough, which must be scraped away before the next application, otherwise it hardens.

Formalin in hot water as vapor most valuable therapeutic agent in pertussis, phthisis, in catarrhal affections of upper air-passages.

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Mentals

Mind
Boericke

Forgetfulness. Anxiety. Unconscious.

Head

Head
Boericke

Coryza; eyes water; vertigo.

Mouth

Mouth
Boericke

Ptyalism, thick saliva; loss of taste.

Stomach

Stomach
Boericke

Food feels as if it were a ball in stomach. Burning in mouth and stomach.

Abdomen

Abdomen
Boericke

Intense urging to stool, watery stools.

Urinary

Urinary
Boericke

Anuria; albuminous urine.

Respiratory

Respiratory
Boericke

Dyspnoea. Laryngismus stridulus. Whooping-cough.

Skin

Skin
Boericke

Puckers skin like leather; wrinkles; scales off. Eczema in neighborhood of wound. Damp sweat most marked on right upper extremity.

Fever

Fever
Boericke

Chills in forenoon, followed by long fever. Bones ache during whole paroxysm. During fever forgets where he was.

Relations

Relationship
Boericke
  • Antidote: Ammonia water.
  • Compare: Ammonium formaldehyde, known commercially as Cystogen (Dose, five to seven grains two to four times daily, dissolved in hot water, after meals.
  • Prevents the decomposition of urine in the bladder, kidneys, and ureters.
  • Turbid urine rendered clear and non-irritating; phosphatic deposits dissolved, and growth of pyogenic bacteria arrested).
  • Also, Urotropin (A diuretic and solvent of uric acid concretions; relieves cystitis associated with putrefaction.
  • Three to five grains well diluted.
  • When administered invariably appears in the cerebro-spinal fluid and therefore advised in threatened meningeal infection).

Posology

Dose
Boericke

As vapor in hot water in respiratory affections; 1 per cent spray, otherwise 3x potency.

Classical Posology

Acute
  • 30C or 200C · repeat every 1–4 h depending on intensity
  • Stop on improvement · reassess in 24–48 h
  • For sensitive / elderly / paediatric: prefer LM1 or 30C
Constitutional
  • 200C or 1M single dose · wait 4 weeks
  • Alternative: LM1 daily × 10 days · ascend on retest
  • Hering's-Law follow-up adapts the next script
Citations: Organon §246 (interval / repetition) · §161 (plussed water) · §282 (LM ascension) · Kent on selection · Vithoulkas on second prescription. Open Repertify for the case-specific dose with the rule cited inline.
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