Sulphur

Where are studies of Sulphur found ?

In Hahnemann's Materia Medica Pura ; Chronic Diseases ; Hartlaub and Trinks ; British Journal of Homoeopathy , Vols. XV and XVI.

What is Sulphur and how is it prepared ?

It is one of the elements, and we prepare it for use by triturating the Sublimed Flowers of Sulphur ; the tincture of Sulphur is a saturated solution of Sulphur and Alcohol , and is equivalent to the 2x dilution.

Give the general action of Sulphur.

It acts upon every organ and tissue of the body. It produces venous engorgement, chronic in nature, with long trains of symptoms. The discharges are excessively acrid. By its action on the sympathetic nerve it causes defective assimilation. It is especially applicable to chronic diseases, which originate in the ganglionic system.

What is the temperament of the Sulphur patient ?

Light complexioned, easily angered people, who have a harsh, dirty skin, and who are afraid of water ; children look tired, dirty and old, "use their sleeves both for a handkerchief and looking-glass" ; the patient is coarse in fibre and dirty in habits, and walks stooped from weakness of the spine.

Give ten characteristics of Sulphur.

4. "Cat-nap" sleep.

5. Heat on top of head and burning of palms and soles.

6. Defective reaction, after carefully chosen remedies fail to act.

What are the mental symptoms of the drug ?

Irritable ; chronic constitutional grumblers ; a "ragged philosopher", life having been a failure ; religious melancholia, dresses up in rags and imagines that they are the finest silk ; anxious about his own salvation, but indifferent to that of others.

Give the scalp symptoms of Sulphur.

Great dryness and heat of the scalp, with intense itching ; and scratching, though it relieves, causes burning ; all the eruptions are greatly aggravated by washing and by being wet ; wetting produces burning ; there may be also an eruption of yellow crusts on the scalp.

What are the characteristic discharges of Sulphur ?

All discharges are burning and acrid, be they from the eyes, ears, nose, vagina or bowels ; the diarrhoea burns, the urine burns ; excretions burn parts over which they pass is characteristic.

Give indications for Sulphur in eye troubles.

Give some of the nasal symptoms of Sulphur.

Chronic, dry catarrh ; the nose bleeds easily ; the nose is stuffed up and burning, and there is a smell of old catarrhs before the nose.

What of the face symptoms ?

It is careworn and old looking, with all sorts of eruptions on it, especially comedones.

What are the indications for Sulphur in stomach troubles ?

Give the action of Sulphur on the liver.

It increases the flow of bile ; there is also much pain and soreness of the liver.

When is Sulphur indicated in constipation ?

There is an uneasy feeling all through the intestinal tract, and the constipation usually alternates with the diarrhoea. Constipation, with haemorrhoids, from abdominal plethora or passive congestion of the portal system.

What is the diarrhoea of Sulphur ?

The stools are changeable in color and may contain undigested food. It occurs in the morning and drives the patient out of bed ; there is a great deal of abdominal uneasiness, the odor of the stool clings to the patient for a long time, and there is much soreness at the anus.

How does the stool of Podophyllum compare ?

It has a morning stool, with a great deal of soreness and fullness in the region of the liver, and it continues throughout the day. ?

What are other drugs having early morning diarrhoea ?

Aloes, Thuja and Bryonia .

When should Sulphur be given in gleet ?

In persons subject to catarrhs, where the case has been maltreated by injections, and where there is much irritation and soreness and the urine burns the parts.

What are the indications of Sulphur in the respiratory sphere ?

In cases of pneumonia where there is no tendency to recuperation and resolution ; the lungs tend to break down ; there are râles all over the chest, muco-purulent expectoration and symptoms of hectic fever ; all the symptoms being worse at night, and the cough is apt to be dry. Sense of internal oppression.

Give the indications for Sulphur in tuberculosis.

In the beginning of the disease, with pain through the left chest, heat on the head, cold feet, frequent flushes, the patient wanting the window open.

What are the circulatory symptoms of Sulphur ?

There are flashes of heat, and heat on top of the head with burning of the soles ; the patient has to put the feet out of bed at night to keep them cool.

When should Sulphur be given in fevers ?

The patient is drowsy, the skin is dry and hot, and there is no sweat ; and it comes in after Aconite .

What is its relation to Aconite ?

It is a passive or chronic Aconite , holding the same relation to the veins that Aconite does to the arteries.

Give some of the indications for Sulphur in scrofula.

Tendency to eruptions ; defective osseous growth ; open fontanelles ; bone affections ; rickets and curvature of the spine. Appetite voracious, caused by defective assimilation from diseased glands.

The child looks like a little old man or woman ; the skin is wrinkled and flabby.

What are the chief skin symptoms of Sulphur ?

The troubles of the skin are apt to alternate with some internal trouble ; there is the great aggravation from washing, and the more the eruption is scratched the more it itches and burns ; the skin is rough, coarse and measly ; the eruptions are usually pustular, and there is tendency to soreness in the folds of the skin.

What is characteristic about the sleep of Sulphur ?

The patient sleeps in "cat-naps" ; the slightest noise awakens, and there is great difficulty in falling asleep again.

Why should Nux and Sulphur never be alternated ?

Because they antidote each other is reason enough.