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Muriaticum acidum (Mur‑ac.)

Muriaticum acidum (Mur‑ac.) appears in 404 rubrics in the Repertory. Of these, 19 are single-remedy rubrics in which only this remedy is listed, and 29 are small rubrics with at most two other remedies. The emphasis lies on Delusions, Anxiety, Delirium, Thoughts, Speaking, and Anger. The picture is that of a person whose strength is failing and whose mind nevertheless remains active and irritable.

Weakness and Anger

Weakness is the foundation. Irritability arises from weakness, and weakness follows anger: "Anger – weakness, followed by." Anger also appears in particular circumstances, in the afternoon in the open air and after dreams. In bed the person tends to slide down, and in mental exhaustion in the afternoon in the open air the weakness is plainly evident. Also belonging here are disgust for life in the open air and in the afternoon, indifference, discontent, and brooding.

Clarity in Weakness

More remarkable is the counter-movement. Two single-remedy rubrics combine clearness of thought and abundance of ideas with weakness, "Thoughts – clearness of – weakness, with." At work the thoughts crowd in and whirl in confusion, and the fancies become soaring. One can read in this a mind that is still working when the body gives way and that is worn down by this tension. Vain effort is also recorded as a single-remedy rubric.

Delirium and Delusions

Delirium leads with 21 rubrics: nocturnal before midnight, raving in sleep, scolding in meningitis. The delusions change constantly and alternate continually, even to images that pass from the past into the present. They are connected with anxiety, especially with distended abdomen and the feeling of bursting.

Speaking and Moaning

Speech shows the same falling apart. In sleep the person speaks cheerfully, in typhoid confusedly; when awake he is laconic and taciturn, as if dying. The moaning and wailing becomes loud and accompanies typhoid. The hands play involuntarily, and aphasia goes with numbness of the right arm.

Menses

The state of mind also follows the cycle: during menses the thoughts are absorbed, absent-minded, quiet, and reserved.

Summary

The picture shows an exhausted person whose strength is spent, but whose mind keeps on working in delirium, in speaking, and in anger. The irritability seems to be fed by this discrepancy.

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