Pic-ac, Picricum Acidum
In certain concentrations, this acid becomes highly sensitive to impact, and for this reason, it is considered an explosive material.
Poisoning with it causes gastrointestinal and CNS problems.
Mental Struggling agg
After an intense mental Activity / Struggle, he suddenly suffers from brain-fag and general symptoms.
Because of the intense mental work, he can no longer concentrate and mental activity becomes impossible, general symptoms appear (Kali-p), E.G.
Reading three sentences causes nausea, vomiting, dizziness and makes him feel bad.
GENERALS - WEAKNESS - mental exertion - from
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
Hands weakness, spine weakness, back pain
Dumbness, lethargy and irritability
Intellectual problems
Pic-ac has not insomnia (Opposed to Cocc) but has problems in intellectual activity (Cocc ₳ Pic-ac)
Other 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 and has no tolerance and willingness to accept any responsibility.
MIND - UNDERTAKING - lacks willpower to undertake anything
Modalities Heat agg
Sleeping for a long time in open and cool air amel him generaly
Resting amel
He likes to sit in a quiet corner.
MIND - SITTING - inclination to sit - still
The interesting thing is that after sleeping, he feels better and thinks he can continue, but after reading one or two sentences of general Agg comes back to him.
Increase sexual desires
As soon as mental and physical performance decreased, sexual desires increase. (Only in men)
o Not only are lustful thoughts increased (Lyc), but there are also painful priapisms 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
Male - SEXUAL, desire, general - increased
Male - SEXUAL, desire, general - violent
Spinal excitability:
Feeling of heat/heaviness in the back and 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. The patient is completely discouraged. (Ph-ac ₳ Pic-ac)
Nat-c: Problems caused by social and emotional tensions makes him Misanthropic, He was very sympathic and even Selfless but now becomes very irritable and sensitive to all stimuli such as sound and music. (Nat-c ₳ Pic-ac)
Exam remedies
Pic-ac is a good exam remedy because of his general / Intellectual weakness after Mental struggling. (Anac ₳ Pic-ac) , (Gels ₳ Pic-ac) , (Aeth ₳ Pic-ac) (Kali-p ₳ Pic-ac) (Nux-v ₳ Pic-ac)
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