Mineral
Sulphur
Sublimated Sulphur
Repertory abbreviation: Sulph.
This is the great Hahnemannian anti-psoric. Its ac- tion is centrifugal —from within outward —having an elective affinity for the skin, where it produces heat and burning, with itching; made worse by heat of bed. Inertia and relaxation of fiber; hence fecbleness of tone characterizes its symptoms. Ebullitions of heat, dislike of ter, dry and hard hair and skin, red orifices, sinking feeling at stomach about 11 A. M., and cat-nap sleep : always indicate Sulphur homcopathically. Stand- in: is the worst position for sulphur patients. it is al- ways uncomfortable. Dirty, flthy people. prone to s
Mind
Very forgetful. Difficult thinking. Delu- sions; thinks ags beautifu! things-that he is im- mensely wealthy. Busy all the time. Childish peevish- ness in grow people. Irritable. Affections vitiated; very selfish, no regard for others. Religious melancholy. Averse to business; loafs - ton lazy to arouse himself. Irnagining giving wrong things to people, causing their death. Sulphur subjects are nearly always irritable, de- pressed, thin and weak, even with good appetite.
Head
Constant hrat on top of head. [Cup. sulph.; Graph.l Heaviness and fullness, pressure in temples. Beating headache; worse, stooping, and with 1 vertigo. Sick headache recurring periodically. Tinea capitis, dry form. Scalp dry, falling of hair; worse, washing. Itchiung; sciatching causrs burning.
Eyes
Burning ulceration of margin of lids. Halo around lamp-light. Heat and burning in eyes. [Ars.; Bell.] Black motes before eyes. First stage of ulcera- tion of cornea. Chronic ophthalmia, with much burn- mg and itching. Parenchymatous keratitis. Cornea like ground glass.
Ears
Whizzing in ears. Bad effects from the sup- pression of an otorrhoea. Oversensitive to odors. Deaf- ness, preceded by exceedingly sensitive hearing; catar- rhal deafness.
Nose
Hlerpes across the nose. Nose. stuffed in- doors. Imaginary foul smells. Alc red and scabby. Chronic dry catarrh; dry scabs and readily bleecing. Polypus and adenoids.
Mouth
Lips dry. bright red, burning. Bitter taste in morning. Jerks through teeth. Swelling of gums; throbbing pain. Tongue white, with red tip and orders.
Throat
Pressure as from a lump, as from a splinter, as of a hair. Burning, redness and dryness. Ball seems to rise and close pharynx.
Stomach
Complete loss of, or excessive appetite. Putrid eructation. Food tastes too salty. Drinks much, eats little. Milk disagrees. Great desire for sweets. [4rg. nit.] Great acidity, sour eructation. Burning, painful, weight-like pressure. Very weak and faint about 11 A. M.; must have something to eat. Nausea during gestation. Water fills the patient up.
Abdomen
Very sensitive to pressure; internal feel- ing of rawness and soreness. Movements as of some- thing alive. [Croc.; Thuj.] Pain and soreness over liver. Colic after drinking.
Stool
Frequent, unsuccessful desire; hard, knotty, insufficiennt. Child afraid on account of pain. Redness around the anus, with itching. Morning diarrliaa, pain- less, drives out of bed, with prolapsus recti. Haemor- rhoids, oozing and belching. Urine. —- Frequent micturition, especially at night. Enuresis, especially in scrofulous, untidy childre!!. Burning in urethra during micturition, lasts long after. Mucus and pus in urine; parts sore over which it passes. Must hurry, sudden call to urinate. Great quantities of colorless urine.
Male
Stitches in penis. Involuntary emissions. [Vux; Calc.] Itching of genitals when going to bed. Organs cold, relaxed and powerless.
Female
Pudenda itches. Vagina burns. [Berb.; Nitr. ac.] Much offensive perspiration. [Lyr.: Merc.: Petrol.: Thui.] Menses too late, short, scanty, and difficult; thick, black, acrid, making parts sore. [Kali c.: Lach.; Sil.] Menses preceded bv headache [Krcos.] or suddenly stopped. Leucorrhcea, burning, excoriating. Nipples cracked; smart and burn. [Agar.; Lyc.; Sil.]
Respiratory
Oppression and burning senisation in
Chest
Difficult trespiratiou; wants windows open. Aphonia. Heat, throughout chest. Red, brown spots all over chest. Loose cough; worse talking. morning. 717 ling of mucus. Chest feels heavy; stitches, with heart feeling too large and palpitating. Pleuritic exudations. Use Tinctura sulphuris. Stitching pains shooting through to the back, worse lying on back or breathing deeply.1 Flushes of heat in chest rising to head. Op- pression, as of a load on chest. Dyspuaa in middle of night, relieved by sitting up. Pulse more rapid in morn- ing than in evening. [Ars.]
Back
Drawing pain between shoulders. Stiffness of nape. Sensation as if vertebre gliied over each other.
Extremities
Trembling of hands. Hot, sweaty hands. Rheumatic pain in left shoulder. Heaviness; paretic feeling. Rheumatic gout, with itching. Burning in soles and hards at night. Sweat in armpits, smelling like garlic. Drawing and tearing in arms and hands. Stiffness of knees and ankles. Cannot walk erect; stoop-shouldcrcd. Ganglion.
Skin
Dry, scaly, unhealthy; every little injury sup- urates. Freckles. Itching, burning; worse scratching and washing. Pimply eruption, pustules, rhagades, hang- nails. Excoriation, especially in folds. [Lyc.] Feeling of a band around bones. Skin affections after local medication. Pruritus, especially from warmth, in even- ing, often recurs in spring-time, in damp weather.
Sleep
Talks, jerks, and twitches during sleep. Vivid dreams. Wakes up singing. Wakes frequently, and becomes wide awake suddenly. Catnaps; slightest noise awakens. Cannot sleep between 2 and 5 A. M.
Fever
Frequent flashes of heat. Violent ebullitions of heat throughout entire body. . Dry skin and great thirst Night sweat, on nape and occiput. Perspiration of single parts. Disgusting sweats. Remittent type.
Modalities
Worse, at rest, when 'standing, warmth in bed, washing, bathing, in morning, 1l A. M., night, from alcoholic stimulants, periodically. Better, dry, warm weather, lying on right side, from drawing up affected limbs.
Relationships
Complementary: Aloe; Psorin.; Acon.; Pyrarara (a fish caught in the Amazon, clinic- ally used for various skin affections). Lepra, tuberc- lides, syphilides, varicosities, etc. Compare: Acon. (Sulph. often follows in acute dis- eases); Mercur. and Calcarca are frequently useful after Sulphur, not before. Lyc.; Sep.; Sars.: Puls.; Sulphur hydrogenisatum (delirium, mania, asphyxia) ; Sulphur terebinthinatum (chronic rheumatic arthritis; chorea); Tannic acid (constipation). Mlagues. artifi- cialis (great hunger in evening, profuse sweat on face, bruised pain in joints, rectal constriction after stool). Magnetis polus Articus (anxious, coldness of cyes as if a piece of ice lay in orbit, increased flow of saliva, constipation, sopor, trembling. abdominal flatulence). Magnetis polus Australis (dryness of lids, easy dis- location of ankle, ingrouing toe-nails, aching in patella, shooting in soles). Compare in adenoids: Agruphis.
Dose
Acts in all potencies from the lowest to) the highest. Some of the best results are obtained from the higher, and not too frequent doses. The twelfth potency is a good one to begin treatment with, going higher or lower accordling to the susceptibility of the patient. In chronic diseases, 200th and upward. In torpid eruptions the lorerst potencies. 719