Materia Medica
Sulfonal
A Coal-tar Product
Vertigo of cerebral origin, cerebellar disease, ataxic symptoms, and chorea, present a field for the homceo- pathic employment of this drug. Profound weakness, gone, faint feeling, and despondency. Loss of control of sphincter. Muscular inco-ordination.
Mind
Mental confusion, incoherency, illusions; apathetic. Alternation of happy. hopeful states vith depression and weakness. Extreme irritabiliy.
Head
Dropsy, stupid; pain on attempting to raise Double vision; heavy look about eyes; tinnitus, aphasia; tongue as if paralyzed. Eyes bloodshot and Vertigo, unable to rise. Double vision; ptosis; tinnitus; dysphagia, difficult speech.
Urinary
Albuminuria, with casts. Scanty. Pink color. Constant desire to urinate; scanty, brownish red. Hematoporphyrinuria.
Respiratory
Congestion of lungs; stertorous breathing. Sighing dyspnoea.
Extremities
Ataxic movements, staggering gait; cold, weak, trembling; legs seem too heavy. Extreme restlessness; muscular twitchings. Knee-jerks disap- ear. Stiffness and paralysis of both legs. Anzsthesia of legs.
Skin
Itching, bluish purpura. Erythema.
Sleep
Fidgety, wakeful, drowsy.
Relationships
Trional (vertigo, loss of equilibrium, ataxia, nausea, vomiting, diarrhcea, stertorous breath- ing, cyanosis, tinnitus, hallucinations).
Dose
Third trituration. Non-Homocopathic Uses.— As a hypnotic. Dose, ten to thirty grains in hot water. Takes about two hours to act.