Kali Sulphuricum

Sulphate of Potash. K^ SO^.

, One of the Twelve Tissue Kemedies introduced by Schuessler. Needs proving.

Clinical Atjthoeities Vertigo, Schlegelmann, Schuessler's Biochera., p. 75 ; Falling off of hair, Wesselhceft, Schuessler's Tissue Kemedies, p. 27 ; Ear affection, Wesselhceft, Schiissler's Tissue Remedies, p. 25 ;

Disease of antrum Highnori, Wessel- hceft, Schu^sler's Tissue Remedies, p. 26 ; Ozcena, Wesselhreft, Schuessler's Tissue Kemedies, p. 27 ; Whooping cough, Wesselhceft, Schuessler's Tissue Kemedies, p. 25; Whooping cough, Knerr, Schuessler's Tissue Kemedies, p. 26;

Chorea (13 cases), Cat- tell, B. J. H., vol. 11, p. 343; Articular rheumatism, Schlegehiiann, Schuessler's Biochem., p. 75;

Epithelioma (2 cases), Orth,- Schuessler's Biochem., p. 68; Itch eruption in children, Cattell, B. J. H., vol. 11, p. 352;

Ivy poisoning (Khus tox.j, Wesselhceft, Schuessler's Tissue Remedies, p. 26.

^ Sensorium. ■ Dreadful vertigo, especially on rising from lying, on standing from sitting, and when looking up- wards; every moment in fear of falling and dare not leave her room. ^ Inner Head. ' ' Rheumatic headache, < in warm room and

in evening, > in open air. * Outer Head. ' ' Great pain on moving head from side to side or backwards; can move it forward without pain, I Yellow scales (dandruff) on scalp.

I Bald spot as large as a silver dollar on 1. side of head ; hair falls out easily when combing, all over head, also hair of beard. ^After gonorrhoea. • Copious scaling of scalp, moist and sticky. I Yellow dandruff. ^ Sight and Eyes, i i Purulent or yellow mucus in eye diseases.

■ Catarrh of conjunctiva, with yellow secretion. I I Ophthalmia neonatorum.

I Eyelids, with thin, yellow crusts.

■ Discharge from eyes yellow, slimy, or sticky watery. I I Cataract.

® Hearing and Ears, i Deafness caused hy catarrh and swell- ing of Eustachian tube and middle ear.

■ Watery, mattery discharge from ear; yellow slimy tongue.

■ Secretion of thin, yellow, sticky fluid after inflammation.

i Brown offensive secretion from r. ear; polypoid excres- cence closes meatus near opening; entirely deaf in r. ear for eight weeks.

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iStinking otorrhoea of four years' standing. '' Smell and Nose, i Taste and smell lost. fe'Ozsena.

iCoryza, yellow mucous discharge.

iThick, yellow, offensive discharge, alternating with watery discharge for eighteen months; 1. nostril <; catamenia every three weeks; takes cold easily. ^Ozasna.

lAbout once a week a thick, dark brown, semi-fluid accu- mulation of pus formed in upper 1. nostril, on being blown out emitted a terrible stench; about a month previous a piece of carious bone was taken from antrum Highmori, through an upper 1. alveolus, from which a tooth had been drawn four years previous.

I Old catarrh with yellowish viscous secretion. ^ Upper Face. iFaceache, < in warm room and in evening; > in cool or open air.

I I Epithelioma on r. cheek, extending from lower eyelid to ala nasi; size of a silver dollar; ulcerating stage; in- durated base and wall-like, hard, elevated edges (greatly improved).

■ Epithelioma, size of half dollar, situated on r. side of nose just under canthus of eye; eye sympathetically affected, either through extension of disease process, or through irritating discharge, entrance of which was facilitated by a slight destruction of edge of lower lid at canthus; conjunctivitis palpebrarum et bulbi, with haziness of cornea. ^ Lower Face, l l Blistered lips and mouth. ^Whooping cough.

I I Lower lip swollen. ^Epithelioma. ^^ Teeth and Gums, l Toothache < in warm room and to- ward evening, > in cool open air. ^^ Taste and Tongue. ' i Loss of taste. ^Ozsena.

I I Lisipid, pappy taste.

iTongue: coated with yellow mucus; yellow, slimy, some- times with whitish edge. ^^ Scrobiculum and Stomach, i Sensation of faintness at stomach, and befogged feeling in head, fearing to lose her reason.

I I Pressure and feeling of fulness in stomach with a yel- low mucous coating on tongue.

I I Indigestion, with sensation of pressure as of a load, and fulness at pit of stomach. ^Dyspepia.

I I Chronic catarrh of stomach ; yellow, slimy coated tongue.

I Catarrh of stomach and duodenum, with a yellow coated tongue; jaundice from it. '^ Abdomen. iGastro-duodenal catarrh; jaundice.

I Hard and tympanitic abdomen. ^Whooping cough. ^° Stool and Rectum. ' i Diarrhoea: yellow, slimy or watery mattery stools.

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I Black, thin, offensive stools. ^Whooping cough.

■ Habitual constipation with coated tongue.

I Hemorrhoids with catarrh of stomach and yellow, mucus coated tongue. ^^ Male Sexual Organs, i Gonorrhoea of glans or urethra; discharge purulent, yellow mucous, or greenish.

■ Orchitis after suppression of gonorrhoea. I Gleet.

^^ Female Sexual Organs. ■ Menstruation, too late and too scanty, with a feeling of weight and fulness in abdomen. I I Catamenia every three weeks. ^Ozaena. I I Headache during catamenia. I I Metrorrhagia.

iLeucorrhoea yellowish, or watery mattery. ^' Voice and Larynx. Trachea and Bronchia. 1 1 Hoarse- ness after taking cold.

■ Bronchitis, if mucus is distinctly yellow and slimy, thin,

or watery mattery and profuse.

I Yellow mucus coughed up without great exertion. ^Bron- chitic asthma. ^ Cough. I Whooping cough, with retching, without vomit- ing; inflammatory catarrhal stage; decidedly yellow, slimy expectoration.

iLast stageof whooping cough; blistered lips and mouth; black, thin, offensive stools five times a day, hard, tym- panitic abdomen; wasted to a shadow, given up to die.

■ Coarse rales; cannot cough up large amount of mucus.

^Pneumonia.

■ Yellow mucous expectoration.

^^ Inner Chest and Lungs. "Inflammation of lungs, with

wheezing; if yellow, loose rattling phlegm be coughed

up with difficulty, or sputa consist of watery matter.

I I Pneumonia with coarse rales, cannot cough up mucus.

^' Neck and Back, l l Pains in back, nape of neck, or in limbs;

periodical < in evening, or in warm room ; > in cool

or open air.

■Backache and pains in limbs; < in warm room and

towards evening, > in cool open air. I I Stiff neck, head inclined towards 1.; shoulder raised. ^' Upper Limbs, l i Eruption in 1. axilla, about neck and on

back of both hands (Rhus poisoning). ^^ ■Scaly eruption mostly on arms, > from hot water. Lower Limbs. ■ Varicose ulcer on r. leg just above instep, after kick of a horse three years ago; eight inches in circumference, concave, dark blue, emitting a stinking odor. ^ Limbs in General, Pain in limbs

Acute and wandering rheumatism of joints.

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lAfter being chilled while overheated, frightful pains in r. shoulder and violent fever; pains leave shoulder and attack 1. knee, then go from joint to joint, and again several joints affected at a time; maddening pains, unceasing, day and night. ^Articular rheumatism.

iPains passing from joint to joint; serous exudations. ^ Rest. Position. Motion. Rising from lying : dreadful vertigo.

Sitting: dreadful vertigo.

Standing : dreadful vertigo.

Moving head from side to side or backwards : great pain. ^^ Nerves. ■ Chorea. ^^ Sleep. • I Very vivid dreams. ^* Time. Evening: rheumatic headache <; faceache <;

toothache < ; pains in back and limbs <. ^^ Temperature and Weather. Pains grow < in warm room and in evening ; > in open, cool air.

Hot water : scaly eruption on arms >.

Warm room : rheumatic headache < ; faceache < ; tooth- ache < ; pains in back, neck and limbs <.

After being chilled while overheated : frightful pains in r. shoulder.

Open air : rheumatic headache > ; faceache > ; tooth- ache > ; pains in back, neck and limbs >.

Cold water : eruption > . ^^ Fever. ' ' Intermittent fever with yellow, slimy coated tongue.

I Rheumatic fever; pains shifting, wandering. "*' Attacks, Periodicity. Five times a day : black, thin, offensive stools.

Periodical pains : in back, neck and limbs < in evening.

About once a week : a thick, dark brown semi-fluid ac- cumulation of pus formed in upper L nostril.

Every three weeks : catamenia.

For eight weeks : entirely deaf in r. ear.

For eight months : effects of ivy poisoning.

For eighteen months : thick, yellow, offensive discharge^ from nose.

Four years' standing : stinking otorrhoea. ^^ Locality and Direction. Right : brown offensive secretion from ear; entirely deaf for eight weeks; epithelioma on cheek ; epithelioma on side of nose ; varicose ulcer on leg just above instep ; frightful pains in shoulder.

Left : bald spot on side of head; a thick dark brown semi- fluid accumulation of pus formed in upper nostril ; a piece of carious bone was taken from antrum Highmori through an upper alveolus; head inclined to shoulder; eruption in axilla; pains leave shoulder and attack knee. *^ Sensations. Pressure as of a load : at pit of stomach.

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Pains : in back ; nape of neck ; in limbs.

Maddening pains: in joints.

Frightful pains : in r. shoulder ; in 1. knee ; from joint to joint.

Great pain : in head.

Acute and wandering rheumatism of joints.

Rheumatic headache.

Pressure : in stomach.

Feeling of fulness : in stomach ; at pit of stomach ; in abdomen.

Befogged feeling : in head.

Faintness : at stomach.

Burning, itching papular eruption.

Itching pimples arising singly on skin. ^^ Tissues. I I Its sphere of action is in lymphatic vessels ; when there is a lack of this substance, a yellow mucous catarrh arises or a yellow sticky discharge from isolated places on membranes.

Secretions from mucous membranes yellowish; green.

Catarrhs, colds, with yellow, slimy secretions or expectora- tion of watery matter.

Inflammations, with yellow, slimy or serous secretions.

In third stage of inflammation, resolution, when a yellow mucous discharge occurs.

Effusions, watery matter}'; favors resorption.

Fungoid inflammation of joints; white swelling.

■ Migratory rheumatism of joints.

I I Wasted to a shadow. ^Whooping cough. Epithelioma; soft polypi.

Ailments accompanied by desquamation, peeling off skin, or with itching pimples arising singly on skin. ^ Touch. Passive Motion. Injuries. After kick of a

horse three years ago: varicose ulcer on r. leg. ^ Skin. I I Jaundice caused by gastro-duodenal catarrh.

■ Suppressed rash of measles or other eruptive diseases,

wdth harsh and dry skin.

I I Abundant scaling of epidermis.

I I Promotes desquamation after erysipelas; accelerates re- moval of scabs in smallpox.

I I Scarlet fever; stage of desquamation.

■ Burning, itching, papular eruption exuding puslike

moisture.

■ Recurring eruption of fine red pimples running together,

presenting a red, swollen appearance ; a thoroughly alkaline fluid oozes out copiously; after subsiding cuti- cle comes off" in fine scales; itches and stings intensely > ; formerly by cold water, lately by hot.

■ Scurfs, scaling, chapping.

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Sores on skin, with yellow, sticky secretions on limited portions, or discharges of thin, watery matter, sometimes with peeling of surrounding skin.

I I Epithelial cancer, discharge thin, yellow, serous.

I Eczema, or skin affections; discharge decidedly yellow, slimy, sometimes sticky or watery mattery ; when sud- denly suppressed.

■ Effects of ivy poisoning (Rhus tox.) for eight months;

repeatedly broke out with small, hard, herpetic vesicles, forming a thin scab, with itching and some moisture; eruption appears in 1. axilla, about neck and on back of both hands; she has a sensation of faintness at stom- ach and befogged feeling in head, fearing to lose her reason; very vivid dreams.

I I Nettlerash, with or without yellow, slimy tongue, generally caused by indigestion.

I Itch eruption in children.

I Chafing of children.

■ Diseased condition of nails, shown in interrupted growth. ^'' Stages of Life, Constitution. Child, set. 18 months ; whoop- ing cough.

Boy, set. 10, small, dark, lean; whooping cough.

Girl, set. 19, light complexion, scrofulous; ear affection.

Woman, set. 25, single, dark complexion, suffering eight months; ivy poisoning (Rhus tox.).

Woman, set. 25, married, dark complexion; ozsena.

Man, set. 26, healthy, powerful; articular rheumatism.

Man, set. 27, dark; falling off of hair, after gonorrhoea.

Man, set. 30, light complexion; disease of antrum High- mori.

Man, set. 33, light complexion; ozsena.

Woman, set. 54; vertigo.

Man, set. 55, factory operative, ulcer on side of nose for four years, at first there was a somewhat reddened spot which was moderately elevated, and which became after- ward covered with a horny crust, which later, dropping off, left an ulcer which steadily increased in depth and breadth; epithelioma.

Widow, set 70, suffering for years; epithelioma. ^^ Relations. Compare : Kali mur., in deafness, hoarseness, pertussis; Natr. mur., in deafness, pains in stomach, coarse rales, profuse exudations.

Compatible: ^cel ac, in itching and redness of skin; Arsen.y Calc. osir., Hepar, Pulsat, Rhus tox., Sepia, Silica, Sulphur.

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