Dyspepsia of the drunkards. from the excessive use of Brandy or Beer, rather than wines, sometimes calls for Sulphur. He cannot take any milk; if he attempts to do so the vomits it at once-the vomited matters are apt to be sour and mixed with undigested food.
It is also indicated in Dyspepsia from farinaceous food. The patient cannot digest farinaceous food and vomits a great deal; the vomited matters are just like the above. There are all sorts of abnormalities of appetite. He is hungry at 10 or 11 o’clock in the forenoon, even after eating a moderate breakfast; he has goneness, faintness or gnawing feeling in the epigastrium, as if he must have food or sink, but when he gets the food and relieves his hunger, he begins to feel puffed up-he feels heavy and sluggish, and so low-spirited that the scarcely cares to live. It will be well to remember that Sulphur is indicated not so much in the beginning of these affections but after Nux vomica, which has exactly the same symptoms as above; when that remedy, only partially relieves, Sulphur comes in to complete the cure.
It is to be compared with Carbo Veg., Colchicum, Nux Vomica and Sepia.
Sulphuric Acid [Sul-ac]
It is indicated in the Dyspepsia of the drunkards like Carbo Veg., but it is more of a sour remedy, whereas the latter is a putrid remedy. The symptoms indicating it are : The eructations are sour. The stomach feels relaxed and cold and cannot tolerate any food; it even rejects cold water, unless it contains whisky. Wine may palliate and distilled liquors aggravate [Lachesis]. The liver is enlarged. The abdominal muscles are spasmodically retracted. the stools are yellow [Lachesis], but present a chopped appearance and are stringy or watery, diarrhoeic and very offensive. Frequently there are Piles, which are moist, burning and so large that they full up the rectum and may prevent defaecation. There is always dampness or oozing of moisture from the rectum. These cases are relieved by Sulphuric Acid.
It is to be compared with Carbo Veg. and Lachesis.
Tabacum [Tab]
Indicated in Dyspepsia when there are deathly nausea and vomiting. The patient is deathly pale, does not care whether he live or die. Distress in the stomach, as if hanging down [Ipecac.].
Thea [Thea]
It is indicated in the Dyspepsia of the women. There is gone, faint feeling in the epigastrium. Distress in stomach; it feels relaxed, as i hanging down [Ipecac., Lobelia, Staphysagria, Tabacum].
Valeriana [Valer]
It may be required in the Dyspepsia of the hysterical women. The indicating symptoms are : The digestion is disturbed. Before dinner she has a taste as of foetid tallow, while in the morning, on awaking, the taste is flat or slimy. Nausea, as if a thread were hanging in the throat; nausea begins in the region of umbilicus and gradually rises in the fauces. Bloated abdomen.
Besides the above remedies the following remedies also may be needed infrequently :
Mag. Carb., Mephitis, Muriatic Acid, Sabina, Secale and Thuja.
