SULPHUR



Burning on vertex in morning in washing, then coolness. HEAT OF FACE, worse cheeks and around eyes; all day; every day from 5 till 9 P. M.; AND IN THROAT, WITHOUT REDNESS. Heat, worse about mouth; in flushes, then coolness. HEAT IN HANDS; in forenoon. HEAT IN PALMS, at night. Burning in tips of fingers. BURNING IN FEET; across dorsum, in evening; IN EVENING IN BED, WITH NECESSITY TO UNCOVER THEM, THEN UNEASINESS, ITCHING AND CRAWLING; IN SOLES, on stepping after long sitting; in soles, worse walking, with itching.

Sweat :

In morning, worse waking; always after waking about 6 or 7 A. M.; AT NIGHT, WITH RESTLESS SLEEP. Sweat when walking is open air. Sweat smelling sulphur; in morning on waking; worse hands; and metal articles about his body turns black. Sour sweat at night. OFFENSIVE SWEAT IN AXILLA. Cold sweat on feet. Profuse night sweat (Cinch.; Phos.; Sil.; Sulph. ac.) Perspiration from the least exertion (Ambr.; Calc.c.; Hep.s.; Phos.; Sil.).

“It is indicated in various types of fever, idiopathic or symptomatic; in the malarial types there is tendency to torpor, with nocturnal aggravation; heat of the head, with cold feet or heat of the palms and soles at night. In eruptive fevers the eruption is partial and scanty; the tongue is usually dry and red at the tip and edges (Rhus t.).”.

Aggravation :

In left half of the body; from beer; when standing; pains worse cold; from warmth of bed. In evening, or after midnight; during rest; from touch; from washing or bathing; in open air.

Amelioration :

After emission of flatus; during motion; on walking.

Similar :

Ars.; Bell.; Cinch.; Colch.; Iod.; Lyc.; Merc.; Nit. ac.; Nux v.; Psor.; Puls.; Rhus t.; Sep.; Sil.

Complements :

Acon.; Ars.; Aloe.; Bad.; Nux.; Psor.

Remedies that follow well :

AEsc. h.; Acon.; Alum.; Apis.; Ars.; Bell.; Bry.; Bar. c.; Berb.; Borax.; Calc. c.; Carb. v.; Graph.; Guaia.; Kali. c.; Merc.; Nit. ac.; Nux v.; Phos.; Puls.; Podo.; Rhus t.; Sars.; Sep.; Samb.

SULPH., CALC.; LYC.; as also SULPH., SARSA., SEP. follow well in the given order.

Inimical :

Ran b.

SULPH. follows LYC., but Lyc. does not follow Sulph. It is the chronic of Aconite. It follows Aconite well in pneumonia and other acute diseases.

Duration of action :

40 to 60 days.

Dose :

All potencies from the lowest to the highest. The high potencies should not be repeated frequently.

N C Bose
DR. N. C. Bose, M.D.C.H
Calcutta
Chief Editor, Homeopathic Herald