This is an acid that develops in bitter almonds and cattle
fodder due to extreme drought and it produces extremely dangerous convulsions. Even the slightest taste of Hydrocyanic Acid
can cause severe intestinal colic. If tasted a little carelessly, it can cause
severe laryngeal spasm (constriction of the throat), causing suffocation and immediate
death. Since the amount of Hydrocyanic Acid found in the bitter almonds is very
little, the consumption of almonds may not even cause colic in the abdomen or
spasm of the larynx, although some possibility still remains. It is present in
the fodder in a relatively large amount, so the cattle fed on this kind of
fodder will definitely contract severe abdominal colic, and sometimes it is
impossible to save them.
In such situations Colchicum 200 is the best remedy to treat
the abdominal colic.
Most physicians have restricted the use of Hydrocyanic Acid
to severe abdominal distension and severe colic, although it is
extremely useful in the treatment
of asthma, epilepsy and whooping cough.
All these three conditions may be associated with constriction
of the throat muscles. If a patient of asthma or whooping cough becomes unconscious
due to the constriction of the upper respiratory passage, the patient can be
saved from serious possible complications with the immediate use of Hydrocyanic
Acid, otherwise due to the constriction of the air passages, the oxygen supply
to the brain would be depleted, which sometimes results in permanent brain
damage. Sometimes severe constriction of the throat may cause immediate death.
In this condition, Hydrocyanic Acid is the top most remedy. When given along
with Hydrophobinum 200, it happens to work much better than the inhalers used
in the allopathic system of medicine
Moreover, possible side effects of the
inhalers are also avoided. It is
extremely useful in the treatment of hysterical
fits and epileptic seizures in women. There is a condition called
Catalepsy, in which there is impediment of the blood flow to the brain and
flushing of the face, after which the patient either loses consciousness or his
memory is lost. The memory can sometimes slowly recover or be lost forever. Hydrocyanic Acid is very useful for the
treatment of this condition.Some patients develop cramps in the abdomen after taking
food and others before taking the food. Hydrocyanic Acid is indicated in those patients
who feel a colicky type of pain on an empty stomach, or a marked weakness and
sinking sensation over the stomach, or experience a rumbling sound in the
abdomen after taking food. Their heart beats very fast, their pulse is weak and
irregular, their hands and feet become cold, their jaws become tightly closed
during a severe convulsion, they froth at the mouth, their lips turn blue, and
there is a feeling of tightness and pain over the chest. All these symptoms require
to be treated with Hydrocyanic acid, in particular.