Sulphuric Acid

COMMON NAME:

      SULPHURIC ACID.

Symptoms

      In contusion and laceration of soft parts it vies with Calendula (A.).

Perspiration from every motion (Bryonia, Calcarea, China).

Variableness (Ignatia, Kali-S., Pulsatilla).

Stitches in the joints (Berberis, Bryonia, Kali bichromicum, Acid nitricum, Silicea).

Small, weak, pulse (Veratrum).

Tight, dry, cough with slight hacking (Bryonia).

Very effective in curing bronchitis in children with short, teasing cough (Drosera, Ipecac.).

Child smells sour all over, despite the actual cleanliness 9Hepar, Magnesia carb., Rheum) (N.).

Bad effects from mechanical injuries, with bruises, chafing and livid skin (N.).

Small, bluish spots as from suggilation (Arnica, Hamamelis), or red itching spots (Merc).

Purpura haemorrhagica (Crotalus horridus, Lachesis). (A.).

Concussion of brain from fall or blow, where the skin is cold and body bathed in cold sweat (A.).

Tendency to gangrene following mechanical injuries., especially of old people (A.).

Cicatrices turn blood-red, or blue, and are painful (A.).

The left side is more affected (Lachesis, Rhus toxicodendron).

The pains are felt during sleep (Lachesis).

HAEMORRHAGES FROM EVERY OUTLET OF THE BODY (Crotalus horridus, Ferr-P., Lachesis, NIt-Ac., Phosphorus). (N.).

Prostration (Arsenicum, Camph., Carbo vegetabilis, Kali-P., Lachesis Phosphorus, Sepia, Sulphur) (N.).

SENSATION AS IF THE BRAIN WAS LOOSE IN THE FOREHEAD AND FALLING FROM SIDE TO SIDE (Belladonna, Bryonia, Rhus toxicodendron, Spigelia). (N.).

PAIN OF GRADUAL AND SLOWLY INCREASING INTENSITY WHICH CEASES SUDDENLY WHEN AT ITS HEIGHT, OFTEN REPEATED (Pulsatilla).

Weakness of the whole body, with sensation as if from trembling (Kali-P.).

SENSATION OF TREMBLING ALL OVER, WITHOUT ACTUAL TREMBLING ALL OVER, WITHOUT ACTUAL TREMBLING (N.).

Internal trembling of drunkards (A.).

Drawing and tearing in the body, even in the face.

Aggravation, then sudden relaxation of the pains.

Catamenia too early and too profuse (Calcarea, China, Ferrum).

Menses are followed by bloody leucorrhoea (Arsenicum, Causticum, China, Pyrog., Zincum met.) (Bl.).

Flushes of heat in climacteric years (Amyl. nitrosum, Graphites, Sepia,) (N.).

Fever with great disposition to haemorrhages from capillaries and rapid sinking of the vital forces, oozing of dark, liquid blood; face deathly pale (Carbo vegetabilis, Ferrum); tendency to collapse and gangrene (A.).

Involuntary urine (Natrum muriaticum, Sepia). (A.).

Weak and exhausted from some deep-seated dyscrasia; no other symptoms (Psorinum, Sulphur). (A.).

Nose-bleed (Ferr-P., Hamamelis, Phosphorus) (A.).

APHTHAE (Borax, Kali-M., Natrum muriaticum).

ULCERATION OF MOUTH, GUMS OR ENTIRE BUCCAL CAVITY (Kali-M., Mercurius, NIt-Ac., Sulphur). (N.).

GUMS BLEED READILY (Carbo vegetabilis, Crotalus horridus, Hepar, Kreosotum, Lachesis, Merc- C., Natrum muriaticum, Phosphorus). (N.).

Offensive breath (Baptisia, Carbo vegetabilis, Kali-P., Lachesis, NUx-V., Pulsatilla) (N.).

Aphthous ulcers; painful (Arsenicum, Borax, Natrum muriaticum) (N.).

Relaxed feeling in the stomach (Carb-An., Ipecac., Sepia). (Br.).

Hiccough (Arsenicum, Belladonna, Carbo vegetabilis) (Br.).

Nausea with chilliness (Arsenicum, Cocc., Eup-P., Ipecac., Kali-Arsenicum, Natrum muriaticum) (Br.).

Averse to smell of coffee (Br.).

Often very useful in the stomach troubles of old whisky topers (Carbo vegetabilis). (N.).

Ailments from brandy drinking (Nux vomica). (A.).

HYPERCHLORHYDRIA (Magnesia carb., Natrum phos., Nux vomica) (Bl.).

Eructations, after eating (Carbo vegetabilis, Nux vomica, Pulsatilla, Sepia, Sulphur).

The ingesta rise up again (China, Ferrum, Nux vomica).

After eating warm food, cold perspiration.

Sour, acid vomiting (Calcarea, Hepar, Nux vomica, Sulphur). (N.).

CHRONIC HEART-BURN, SOUR ERUCTATIONS SETS TEETH ON EDGE (Rob.). (A.).

Gastralgia; the pains are either violent and contractive, or are of a dull, heavy aching character (Bl.).

Pyrosis (Natrum phos., NUx-V., Pulsatilla).

Loss of appetite (Argentum nitricum, China, Pulsatilla) (Bl.).

WATER DRUNK CAUSES COLDNESS OF THE STOMACH, UNLESS MIXED WITH ALCOHOLIC LIQUOR (A.).

Flatulence (Carbo vegetabilis, Coloc., Magnesia phos., Nux vomica, Puls) (Bl.).

Diarrhoea, fetid, black, with sour odour of the body and faint, empty feeling in the abdomen (Br.).

SAFFRON-LIKE OR ORANGE-LIKE YELLOW STOOL (Coloc., Mercurius). (K.). Oozing piles (Aloe., Graphites, kali bichromicum, Mercurius, Paeon). (B.).

Itching, burning and sticking in the anus (Arsenicum, Sulphur). (C.).

Dry coryza with loss of smell and taste (Ant-T., Natrum muriaticum, Pulsatilla) (C.).

Hardness of hearing (Calcarea, Phosphorus, Sulphur) (C.).

Profuse haemorrhage from the lungs (Ferrum, Ipecac., Phosphorus) (C.).

Hectic fever (Ars-I., Calcarea, Ferrum, Iodium, Lachesis, Natrum muriaticum, Sepia) (C.).

Feels in a great hurry; everything must be done quickly (Argentum nitricum) (A.).

Unwilling to answer questions not from obstinacy, but inaptness (A.).

Cough with expectoration in the morning, without expectoration in the evening (Hepar, Pulsatilla, Squil) (G.).

ERUCTATIONS AFTER COUGHING (Ambr., Ang., Veratrum) (K.).

Bloody expectoration (Bryonia, Ferr-P., Phosphorus, Sulphur). (B.).

Fingers jerk when writing (B.).

Drenching sweats (China, Mercurius, Natrum muriaticum, Veratrum) (B.).

Sensations as if the white of an egg had dried on the face (D.).

AGGRAVATION:

      After eating; during sleep; in the open air; from excess of heat or cold in the forenoon and evening; during menopause; after traumatism; from spirits; and from odour of coffee.

AMELIORATION:

      From warmth; from lying on the affected side; from hot drinks; and from putting hand near the head.

RELATIONSHIP:

      Compare: Arsenicum, Borax, Calendula, Carbo vegetabilis, China, Ferr-P., Hepar, Ipecac., Kali-P., Lachesis, Ledum, Lycopodium, Magnesia carb., Mercurius, Natrum muriaticum, Acid nitricum, Pulsatilla, Rheum, Ruta, Sepia, Sulphur, Symphytum and Thuja

Follows well after: Arnica, with bruised pain, livid skin, and profuse sweat; and Ledum in ecchymosis.

COMPLEMENTARY: Pulsatilla N.B. Sulphuric Acid, one part, with three parts of alcohol, 10 to 15 drops, three parts of alcohol, 10 to 15 drops, three times daily for three or four weeks, has been successfully used to subdue the craving for liquor (Hr.).

Adolph Lippe

Adolph Lippe (born near Goerlitz, Prussia, 11 May 1812; died in Philadelphia, 23 January 1888) was a homeopathic physician who worked in the United States. Adolph got a legal education at Berlin. After completing his legal studies, Lippe became interested in homeopathy, and emigrated to the United States in 1837 to further his study. In 1838, he enrolled in the North American Academy of Homeopathy at Allentown, Pennsylvania, from where he graduated in 1841. He settled in Philadelphia, where from 1863 until 1868 he was professor of materia medica in the Homeopathic College of Pennsylvania. Besides some essays and treatises from the French, German, and Italian which became standards, Lippe was the author of:
Comparative Materia Medica (Philadelphia, 1854)
Text-Book of Materia Medica (1866)