Ferrum Sulfuricum


Ferrum Sulfuricum homeopathy medicine – drug proving symptoms from Encyclopedia of Pure Materia Medica by TF Allen, published in 1874. It has contributions from R Hughes, C Hering, C Dunham, and A Lippe….


Introduction

Ferrous sulphate; SO3 FeO7 H2O; Iron or green vitrol, Copperas.

Preparation, Trituration with sugar of milk.

General symptoms

Headache.-Sickness, which continued for two hours, during which he vomited two or three times. Colicky pains in abdomen.

Contractions in arms, hands, and feet. Arms bent at elbows, and fingers drawn towards forearm by flexure of wrist. Knees slightly flexed; toes drawn upwards rigidly towards ankle. Hands yield to forcible extension, but immediately return to same condition. Limbs very painful, especially the feet and calves, where the pain was “distracting.”.

TF Allen
Dr. Timothy Field Allen, M.D. ( 1837 - 1902)

Born in 1837in Westminster, Vermont. . He was an orthodox doctor who converted to homeopathy
Dr. Allen compiled the Encyclopedia of Pure Materia Medica over the course of 10 years.
In 1881 Allen published A Critical Revision of the Encyclopedia of Pure Materia Medica.