The most salient feature of Benzoic Acid is extremely foul smelling urine, resembling the smell of a horse’s urine, which is difficult to get rid off. The smell is unusually foul and is so strong that it remains in the clothes even after washing. If in such a house the clothes are not washed regularly, the whole house will smell of this strong odour. If the Benzoic Acid child wets his bed, the repugnance is doubled. The stained clothes do not get clean even on washing. The urine is deep and dark in colour. If such patients have excess uric acid in the blood, they will benefit from Benzoic Acid. Uric acid causes pain in the kidneys and also decreases their functional capability. Usually, the urination is normal. If the urine becomes sparse, it will cause pain in the joints.
The Benzoic Acid patient omits
words while writing. Occasionally, this kind of omission can be due
to mental confusion. Some people’s minds work much faster than their hands; the
hands cannot keep up with the mind. This symptom may be present in other
homoeopathic medicines, so it should not be related to any particular one.
Whenever there is omission or substitution of words during writing, it
indicates that the person is looking deeply into the meanings rather than the wording
of his idea and it becomes difficult to balance both at the same time. However,
one should not simply label one whose thinking is much faster than his writing
as a patient of Benzoic Acid. If there is mental confusion and the urinary symptoms
of Benzoic Acid as well, then certainly the person will respond to Benzoic
Acid. In Benzoic Acid, there is vertigo and fear of
falling on one side. The headache becomes worse with a draft of cold air,
exposure to cold, or on exposing the head. There is sense of warmth in the
temple areas, leading to a pitting type of swelling around the ears. Along with
the headache,
there is tendency of nausea
and vomiting, cold sweats on the head and chilling of the hands.
There is irritation and pain at the nose, with a decreased sense of smell. The
eyes burn and feel warm. The eye
symptoms become worse in the open air and the tube light.
The headache starts at the nape of the neck.In Benzoic Acid, the red
spots appear on the face indicating the state of being unhealthy. This commonly happens in women. One side
of the face feels warm and burning. Sometimes, small blisters
develop on the face. The facial symptoms are relieved in a warm
climate and
In Benzoic Acid, the person sweats while eating food. The stomach feels
tight and under pressure. Over the liver area, the person feels a piercing
sensation and pain. The stools
are frothy, offensive and thin in consistency. The patient passes a
lot of gas. In Benzoic Acid, the voice is hoarse in the
morning. The sputum is greenish. The cough
becomes worse at night. The pains become intensified during sleep.
At about midnight, severe palpitation and the sensation of heat wakes the
patient up.
In most books, it is written regarding Benzoic Acid that
the attack of gout originates from the stomach. Commonly, stomachache is due to an ulcer or
indigestion, but it could also be due to the gout. I do not know
exactly how the gout affects the stomach. Possibly, the foul acidic contents of
the stomach also contain uric acids, which cause the symptoms of gout. I have
no firm knowledge about the production of Benzoic Acid in the stomach. It is
likely that when the Benzoic Acid causes inflammation of the linings of the
joints (synovial lining), it may very well affect the muscles by way of blood
and start the symptoms of gout. It may be so or not, but most homoeopaths describe
it as a symptom of Benzoic Acid.
Excess of Benzoic Acid can cause swelling and pain at the joints of
the wrist, knees,
especially the big toes, etc. Similarly, the feeling of pressure and chills in the backbone along with the swelling of the tongue are
also the symptoms of Benzoic Acid. These also exist in Picric Acid as well as
Mercury.