Acetanilidum acetan

← Homeopathic Materia Medica
General
  • Depresses heart, respiration and blood pressure, lowers temperature. Cyanosis and collapse. Increased susceptibility to cold. Destroys red blood corpuscles; pallor.
Head
  • Enlarged sensation. Fainting. Moral depravity.
Eyes
  • Pallor of optic discs, contracted visual field and shrinking retinal vessel; mydriasis.
Heart
  • Weak, irregular, with blue mucous membranes, albuminuria, oedema of feet and ankles.
Relationship
  • Compare: Antipyrin.
Dose
  • Used as a sedative and antipyretic for various forms of headache and neuralgia in doses of one to three grains. For the homeopathic indications use the third potency.