Pic-ac, Picricum Acidum

Clinic

• In certain concentrations, this acid becomes highly sensitive to impact, and for this reason, it is considered an explosive material.
• Poisoning with it causes GI and CNS problem.

Mental Struggling

• Sudden brain-fag + General symptoms (Kali-p) After an intense mental Activity
• He can no longer concentrate.

• Slight Mental activity such as Reading causes Nausea/ Vomiting/ Dizziness.

  GENERALS - WEAKNESS - mental exertion - from

• Hands weakness, spine weakness, back pain

• Dumbness, lethargy and irritability

Headache

• Headache, nausea, eye pain

Headaches - FOREHEAD, headaches, general - eyes, above - mental exertion, during

Eyes - ACHING, pain - aching, above the eyes - mental exertion, during

Headaches - EXERTION, of body, agg. - exertion, of mind, agg.

• Pain and muscle spasms

Intellectual problems

• Pic-ac has not insomnia (Opposed to Cocc) but has problems in intellectual activity (Cocc ₳ Pic-ac)
• Physical activities also cause problems, but the focus is mental fatigue.
• In such a situation, the patient likes to continue, but when starting the work, he gets a severe headache and feels very weak mentally and physically.
• He has become very Fragile /Lazy /Dumb /Confused /Apathetic /Forgetful
• He has no tolerance and willingness to accept any responsibility.

MIND - UNDERTAKING - lacks willpower to undertake anything

Modalities

• Heat agg/ Cold amel

• Resting amel:
  • He likes to sit in a quiet corner.
  • Sleeping for a long time in open and cool air amel him generally

MIND - SITTING - inclination to sit - still

• After sleeping, he feels better and tries to continue, but after reading one or two sentences, general agg comes back.

Increase sexual desires

• As soon as mental and physical performance decreased, sexual desires increase. (Only in men)
• Not only lustful thoughts increased (Lyc), but there are also painful priapism and increased performance. (Plat)

Male - SEMINAL, emissions - excitement, from sexual :CALC

Male - ERECTIONS, penis, troublesome - excessive - erotic, lascivious thoughts, during

HEAD - PAIN - accompanied by - sexual desire

BACK - PAIN - Spine - accompanied by - priapism

Male - ERECTIONS, penis, troublesome - night

Male - ERECTIONS, penis, troublesome - strong

Male - ERECTIONS, penis, troublesome - violent

Male - SEXUAL, behavior - lasciviousness

Spinal excitability

• Feeling of Heat/ Heaviness in Back / Spine

  Back - HEAT, in - heat, thoracic

Back - HEAVINESS, sensation, weight - heaviness, lumbar

Back - HEAVINESS, sensation, weight - heaviness, spine

Sankaran

• Three main illusions from Sankaran's language:
• His Hands /Tongue / Forehead go to the sky and clouds.

  MIND - DELUSIONS - arms - reach the clouds - sleep; when going to

MIND - DELUSIONS - tongue - seems to reach the clouds; tongue - sleep; when going to

MIND - DELUSIONS - faces, sees - reaching the clouds - sleep; on going to

MIND - DELUSIONS - clouds - reach the clouds; he seems to - arms, face, tongue and forepart of brain seem to reach to the clouds

• Language is the symbol of speech, Hand is the symbol of action, and Forehead is the symbol of thought, which he mistakenly used beyond his capacity.
• In fact, he has a wrong perception of his abilities, and on the other hand, after weakening and stopping the patient's mind, he realizes sexual desire, which is a completely non-intellectual activity.

Differential Diagnosis

• Mur-ac: Excessive physical activity causes extreme weakness (Mur-ac ₳ Pic-ac)
• Ph-ac: Intense emotional pressure causes Apathetic weakness / Completely discouraged. (Ph-ac ₳ Pic-ac)
• Nat-c: Social and emotional tensions makes him Misanthropic. He was very sympatric and even Selfless but now becomes very irritable and sensitive to all stimuli such as sound and music. (Nat-c ₳ Pic-ac)

Exam remedies

• General / Intellectual weakness after Mental struggling. (Anac ₳ Pic-ac) , (Gels ₳ Pic-ac) , (Aeth ₳ Pic-ac) (Kali-p ₳ Pic-ac) (Nux-v ₳ Pic-ac)

Weak Leg

• Restless weakness of leg is important feature of Pic-ac

  Legs - ACHING, pain - posterior part

Legs - BURNING, pain - posterior part

Legs - HEAVINESS, sensation, tired legs - exertion, after

Legs - WEAK, legs

Limbs - HEAVINESS, sensation, tired - walking, while

Limbs - MOTIONS, convulsive - use, on attempting to

Limbs - TOTTERING

MS

• Pricking, Needle sensation in limbs.
• Worn out persons, both mentally and physically.
• Great weakness, tired, heavy feeling all over the body esp limbs.
• Worse from exertion.
• Burning sensation in many parts , especially along spine.