Synonym: Nitric Acid

For piles, fissures, mouth ulcers, skin cracks, enlarged glands

Indications for Acidum nitricum LM potency medicine:

The action of Nitric acid is strongly marked at the mucocutaneous orifices and adjoining parts which includes the the region of the mouth and anus.

Itching, burning eruption between the fingers is relieved with help of Nitric acid.

Loss of breath and palpitation of heart on walking and going up stairs is a symptom of this medicine.

Swelling of the infra-maxillary glands, Inguinal glands swollen not painful with suppuration indicates Acid Nitricum.

Vertigo with tendancy to fall after stooping or lying down is resolved with Nitric acid medicine.

Nitric acid is useful for the discharges from the body that are offensive, thin, excoriating, purulent,dirty, yellowish green.

A keynote of Nitric acid is stools, whether loose or constipated, is pain after stool.

Difficulty in digesting milk is seen in Nitric acid.

The symptoms are worse by touch, pressure (of hat), better riding in carriage.

Patient profile: Acidum nitricum LM potency medicine

Mind and Head: Mind easily affected, inclined to weep, quarrelsome, fits of rage and cursing, excessive weakness of memory.

The head pains generally are aggravated by riding in a car or by stepping hard.

Drawing and pressive pains in bones of head, with sensation as if they were constricted by a tape is resolved with Nitric acid.

Eyes, Ear, Nose and Mouth: Aching and shooting pains in eyes, Frequent lachrymation, especially when reading, with painful sensitiveness of eyes.

Glandular swelling behind and below the ear, from which stitching pains extend into the ear, Dryness in interior of ear is relieved with Nitric acid.

Hardness of hearing relieved while riding or in motion indicates this remedy.

Discharges offensive, yellowish with mucus and frequent epistaxis, Violent fluent coryza with headache is relieved with Nitric acid.

Sneezing, dry nasal catarrh with Soreness and constriction of the chest.

Soreness of the tongue, palate and gums; and ulcerated spots on the cheeks is resolved with Nitric acid.

Vesicles upon the tongue and sublingual glands is helped with Nitric acid.

Throat and Cough: Hoarseness, especially when talking for a long time is resolved with Nitric acid.

Great dryness and heat in the throat with redness and swollen tonsils.

Tickling Cough , seems to annoy all night, dry barking cough, especially in evening, on lying down.

Stomach and Abdomen: Sour eructation and rising of half-digested food in the mouth is indication of Nitric acid.

Nausea and vomiting along with headache; most symptoms occur after eating and at night with profuse sweat.

Accumulation of flauts in abdomen with Stitches in hepatic region, worse from motion. Tensive pressure and shootings in the left hypochondrium.

Haemorrhoids protrude and at every stool bleed.

Stool and Urine: Moist soreness at the anus with burning and itching. Sticking pain in the rectum, chiefly when coughing and at stool.

Long pressing pains toward the rectum and anus; stool not hard but difficult, violent pains after stool, lasting for hours.

White or clear red deposit in the urine sometimes granular. Burning and soreness after urinating.

Urine offensive, scanty, sometimes acid, sometimes alkaline is resolved with Nitric acid.

Male complaints: Male urethra painful to pressure; orifice swollen and red; discharge of bloody or thick yellow mucus indicates Nitric acid.

Swelling and drawing in the testes, warts and ulcer on the inner surface of the prepuce and on the glands is relieved with help of this medicine.

Female complaints: Nitric acid is beneficial in white discharges with offensive smell and with back pains.

Violent pains through abdomen after menses with muddy water, brown or thick white discharge

Menses reappearing a few days after cessation, and pale red, fourteen days after cessation, not profusely indicates Nitric acid.

Extremities: Cracking joints, Jerking in muscles of arm, Warts on arms is benefited with Nitric acid.

Swelling of fingers, especially at joints, with shooting pain.

Constant coldness of feet with cramps in the calves and soles of the feet at night and towards morning on stretching out the feet.

Skin: Ulcers that bleed easily, Blackness of pores. Dryness of the skin and Itching with rash on face especially in open air points to Nitric acid.

Itching nettle-rash, also on face, and especially in open air.

Pimples with a red areola, leaving a hard lump after suppuration

About LM potency homeopathy medicines

In the sixth edition of ‘Organon’ Dr. Hahnemann had introduced a new system of dilution and potentization and called it “renewed dynamisation” with a diluting ratio of 1:50,000. It was named as 50 millesimal potency or LM potency by Dr. Pierre Schmidt. In some parts of the world, it is also called as Q potency. It soon got professional acceptance. As on date, it is recognized by different homoeopathic pharmacopoeias including American and Indian.

What are they and how are they denoted?

These homoeopathic potencies are prepared in the diluting scale of 1:50,000 and denoted as 0/1, 0/2, 0/3…..etc. They are generally used up to 0/30.

Perceived advantages

• Highest development of power at each potency level.
• Mildest reaction – no medicinal aggravation.
• Frequent repetition is permitted; every hour or oftener in urgent cases.
• Quick cure in chronic cases where it can be given daily or oftener.
• 0/3 is more subtle than 30C or 200C and the 0/30 is sharper than CM as believed by many classical homoeopaths.

LM potency dosage: Generally LM potencies are administered as follows:

1. Take a 4oz (120ml) to 6oz (180ml) clean glass bottle. Fill it 3/4th with water. Take 1or 2 globules of the desired potency (often starting at LM 0/1) and place it into the bottle. 
2. Succuss the bottle just prior to ingestion 1 to 12 times depending on the sensitivity of the patient. This slightly raises the potency and activates the remedy.
3. Take 1, or more teaspoons of the medicinal solution and place it into 8 to 10 tablespoons of water in a dilution glass and stir it. Most cases are started with 1 teaspoon and the amount is increased only if necessary. In children the amount should be 1/2 teaspoon. Infants may only need 1/4 of a teaspoon.

The dosage of the medicinal solution can be carefully adjusted to suit the sensitivity of the individual’s constitution

Note: We dispense SBL LM potency medicines in 1/2, 1 & 2 dram plastic containers, image for illustrative purpose only