Willmar Schwabe Acid Picricum Common Name: Picric Acid, Carbazotic Acid, Tri-nitro-carbolic Acid Causes Symptoms for Willmar Schwabe Acid Picricum Picricum Acidum is a chief remedy for neurasthenia. Great weakness, tired feeling all over the body especially of limbs is well relieved by Picricum Acidum. Pain is worse on exertion. Weakness progressing from slight feeling of fatigue on motion to complete numbness indicates Picricum Acidum. Picricum Acidum relieves burning along spine and great weakness of spine and back with softening of cord. There is heaviness, numbness, formication and weakness of the limbs. Picricum Acidum also helps in writer's cramp. Picricum Acidum is also useful in brain-fag of literary or business people. Slightest excitement or mental exertion brings on headache and burning along spine. Mind Person has desire to be alone, Irritable, Indifference, lack of will power to undertake anything. Disinclination for mental or physical work, aversion to talking or movement, with headache. Mental prostration after reading a little, after writing a little indicates Picricum Acid. Head Picricum Acid is useful in vertigo: at noon, worse rising from a seat, at 6PM on least motion, with nausea, both repeated at 9PM, with pain in forehead and vertex and inability to sit up, on stooping or bending head or lying down, worse in evening. It relieves headache which gets worse rising, better open air, better pressure, better bandaging head, morning, worse afternoon, in with thirst and heat, scalp sore to touch. Heat and congestion of head with nose-bleed is relieved by it. Eyes Shooting in center of eye with soreness of balls on touch, and photophobia is relieved by Picricum Acid. There is sensation of sand in eyes, with smarting pain and acid tears. Picricum Acid is useful in complaint of styes, with sore feeling. Conjunctivitis, worse right eye, better washing with cold water and by cold air, worse warm room, with difficulty in keeping eyes open, and sticky feeling on reading is well relieved by Picricum Acid. Ears Puffy and burning sensation in ears as if worms were crawling in them indicates Picricum Acid. It relieves pain behind right ear running down side of neck. There is buzzing and hissing in ears. Nose Boil in left nostril, Stinging on right side of nose indicates this remedy. It is useful in acne along edges and sides of nose, indurated, elevated papules, rather dark red, painless but sore to touch, very small pustules on tips. Nose full of mucus, can breathe only through mouth, better open air is relieved by Picricum Acid, it checks bleeding from nostril, with heat and congestion of head. Mouth Indicated for person with complaint of white, frothy saliva hang in strings to the floor. Taste: bitter, with thirst, sour, bitter, sour, bad, of gas. Throat (description exceeds maximum possible length)