Sulfonal
A Coal-tar Product
Dose
William Boericke 1922
Third trituration. Non~Homocopathic Uses. — As a hypnotic. Dose, ten to thirty grains in hot water. Takes about two hours to act.
Extremities
William Boericke 1922
Ataxic movements, staggering gait; cold, weak, trembling; legs seem too heavy. Extreme restlessness; muscular twitchings. Knee-jerks disappear. Stiffness and paralysis of both legs. Anaesthesia of legs.
Eyes
William Boericke 1922
tinnitus, aphasia; tongue as if paralysed. Eyes bloodshot and restless. V ertigo, unable to rise. Double vision ; ptosis ; tinnitus; dysphagia, difficult speech.
Guiding symptoms
William Boericke 1922
Vertigo of cerebral origin, cerebellar disease, ataxic symptoms, and chorea, present a field for the homoeopathic employment of this drug. Profound weakness, gone, faint feeling, and despondency. Loss of control of sphincter. Muscular inco-ordination.
Head
William Boericke 1922
Dropsy, stupid; pain on attempting to raise
William Boericke 1922
Double vision; heavy look about
Mind
William Boericke 1922
Mental confusion, incoherency, illusions ; apathetic. Alternation of happy, hopeful states with depression and weakness. Extreme irritability.
Relationships
William Boericke 1922
Trional (vertigo, loss of equilibrium, ataxia, nausea, vomiting, diarrhoea, stertorous breathing, cyanosis, tinnitus, hallucinations).
Respiratory
William Boericke 1922
Congestion of lungs; stertorous breathing. Sighing dyspnoea.
Skin
William Boericke 1922
Itching, bluish purpura. Erythema.
Sleep
William Boericke 1922
Fidgety, wakeful, drowsy. 714 SULFONAL — SULPHUR
Urinary
William Boericke 1922
Albuminuria, with casts. Scanty. Pink color. Constant desire to urinate; scanty, brownish red. Hjematoporphyrinuria.
References
This monograph is an original summary faithful to the classical tradition. It condenses material from these public-domain sources:
- James Tyler Kent, Lectures on Homoeopathic Materia Medica (1905)Primary remedy pictures; characteristic mental and general symptoms. · Public domain (USA, pre-1930 publication)
- William Boericke, Pocket Manual of Homeopathic Materia Medica and Repertory (1927)Reproduced here in full — the complete classical repertory-style monographs. · Public domain (USA, pre-1930 publication)
- Constantine Hering, The Guiding Symptoms of Our Materia Medica (1879–1891)Confirmed symptom aggregates behind the section organization. · Public domain
- Timothy Field Allen, Encyclopedia of Pure Materia Medica (1874–1879)Provings background referenced by the verification tradition. · Public domain
Published by Gentle Pills under CC0 1.0 — original wording, dedicated to the public domain. Not a substitute for the primary texts.
Reminder: this information is published for qualified practitioners. Patients must not self-medicate — homeopathic prescribing depends on the complete individual symptom picture, which only a doctor can evaluate. Please visit a homeopathy doctor.