Sulphur

Sublimated Sulphur · Abbrev.: SULPH

Abdomen

William Boericke 1922

Very sensitive to pressure ; internal feeling of rawness and soreness. Movements as of something alive. [Croc.; Thuj.] Pain and soreness over

Back

William Boericke 1922

~ Drawing pain between shoulders. Stiffness of nape. Sensation as if vertebrae glided over each other.

Chest

William Boericke 1922

Difficult respiration; wants windows open. Aphonia, Heat, throughout chest Red, brown spots aU over chest Loose cough; worse talking, morning, ^ jljfr^nish, purulent, sweetish expectoration. Much rat-

William Boericke 1922

Dyspnoea in middle ot night, relieved by sitting up. Pulse more rapid in morning than in evening. \Ars.\

Dose

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Single 200C doses classically as intercurrent; low potencies in skin flares.

Ears

William Boericke 1922

Bad effects from the supjiression of an otorrhoea. Oversensitive to odors. Deafness, preceded by exceedingly sensitive hearing; catarrhal deafness.

William Boericke 1922

Whizzing in

Extremities

William Boericke 1922

Trembling of hands. Hot, sweaty hands. Rheumatic pain in left shoulder. Heaviness; paretic feeling. Rheumatic gout, with itching. Burning in soles and hands at night. Sweat in armpits, smelling like garlic. Drawing and tearing in arms and hands. Stiffness of knees and ankles. Cannot walk erect ; stoop-shouldered. Ganglion.

Eyes

William Boericke 1922

Burning ulceration of margin of lids. Halo around lamp-light. Heat and burning in

William Boericke 1922

[Ars.; Bell.] Black motes before

William Boericke 1922

First stage of ulceration of cornea. Chronic ophthalmia, with much burning and itching. Parenchymatous keratitis. Cornea like ground glass.

Female

William Boericke 1922

Pudenda itches. Vagina burns. [Rerb.; Nitr. ac.J Much offensive perspiration. [Lye.; Merc.; Petrol.; Thuj.] Menses too late, short, scanty, and difficult; thick, hlack, acrid, making parts sore. [Kali c.; Lach.; Sil.] Menses preceded bv headache [Kreos.] or suddenly stopped. Leucorrhoea, burning, excoriating. Nipples cracked; smart and burn. [Agar.; Lyc.; Sil]

Fever

William Boericke 1922

Frequent flashes of heat. Violent ebullitions of heat throughout entire body. Dry skin and great thirst Night sweat, on nape and occiput. Perspiration of single parts. Disgusting sweats. Remittent type.

Generalities

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Standing worst position; heat on crown of head with cold feet; every pus infection lingers; 'never well since' suppressed eruptions.

Guiding symptoms

William Boericke 1922

This is the great Hahnemann ian anti-psoric. Its action is centrifugal — from within outward — having an elective affinity for the skin, where it produces heat and burning, with itching; made worse by heat of bed. Inertia and relaxation of fiber; hence feebleness of tone characterizes its symptoms. Ebullitions of heat, dislike of water, dry and hard hair and skin, red orifices, sinking feeling at stomach about 11a. m., and cat-nap

William Boericke 1922

iliftff of mucus. Chest feels heavy; stitches, with heart feeling too large and palpitating. Pleuritic ejiudations* Use Tinctura sulphuris. Stitching pains shooting through to the back, worse lying on back or breathing deeply. Flushes of heat in chest rising to

William Boericke 1922

painful, weight-like pressure. Krry weak and faint about 11 A. M. ; must have something to eat. Nausea during gestiition. Water fills the patient up.

William Boericke 1922

71S death. Sulphur subjects are nearly always irritable, de^- pressed, thin and weak, even with good appetite.

Head

William Boericke 1922

[Cup. sulph.; Graph.] Heaviness and fullness, pressure in temples. Beating headache; worse, stooping, and w’ith vertigo. Sick headache recurring periodically. Tinea capitis, dry form. Scalp dry, falling of hair; worse, washing. Itching; scratching causes burning.

William Boericke 1922

Constant iifat on top of

William Boericke 1922

Oppression, as of a had on

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Congestive headaches alternating with lumbar; rush of blood to head worse stooping; burning vertex; scaly scalp with itching, matting hair.

Introduction

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The ragged philosopher: theoretical, selfish-ish, heat-aggravated, with burning soles wanting them out of bed and skin that itches when warmed.

Liver

William Boericke 1922

Colic after drinking. Stool. — Frequent, unsuccessful desire; hard, knotty, insufficient. Child afraid on account of pain. Redness around the anus, with itching. Morning diarrhoea, painless, drives out of bed, with prolapsus recti. Hsemorrhoids, oozing and belching. Urine. — Frequent micturition, especially at night. Enuresis, especially in scrofulous, untidy children. Burning in urethra during micturition, lasts long after. Mucus and pus in urine ; parts sore over which it passes. Must hurry, sudden call to urinate. Great quantities of colorless urine.

Male

William Boericke 1922

Stitches in penis. Involuntary emissions. [.Vttjr; Calc.] Itching of genitals when going to bed. Organs cold, relaxed and powerless.

Mind

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Speculative theorist preferring theory to practice; selfish regarding comfort; foolish optimism about health and finances; forgetful, difficult arithmetically.

William Boericke 1922

Very forgetful. Difficult thinking. Delusions; thinks rags beautiful things — that he is immensely wealthy. Busy all the time. Childisli peevishness in gro\^Ti people. Irritable. Affections vitiated; very selfish, no regard for others. Religious melancholy. Averse to business; loafs — too lazy to arouse himself. Imagining giving wrong things to people, causing their

Modalities

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Worse: warmth of bed, bathing, 11 a.m., standing, suppression of skin disease. Better: dry warm weather, lying on right side.

William Boericke 1922

Wofsc, at rest, when standing, warmth 718

Mouth

William Boericke 1922

Lips dry, bright red, burning. Bitter taste in morning. Jerks through

Nose

William Boericke 1922

Nose^ stuffed indoors. Imaginary foul smells. Ala red and scabby. Chronic dry catarrh; dry scabs and readily bleeding, Ikilypus and adenoids.

William Boericke 1922

Herpes across the

Rectum

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Morning diarrhoea driving out of bed about 5 a.m., painless, offensive; piles oozing and itching; redness around the anus like a ring.

Relationships

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Complementary Aconite, Psorinum, Calcarea; the grand chronic intercurrent of the tradition; compares with Psorinum (lack of reaction vs Sulphur's excess).

Respiratory

William Boericke 1922

Oppression and burning sensation in

Skin

William Boericke 1922

Dry, scaly, unhealthy; every little injury suppurates. Freckles. Itching, burning; worse scratching and washing. Pimply eruption, pustules, rhagades, hangnails. Excoriation, especially in folds. [Lyc.] Feeling of a band around bones. Skin affections after local medication. Pruritus, especially from warmth, in evening, often recurs in spring-time, in damp weather.

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Dry, scaly, unhealthy skin; itching violently when warm in bed, from washing; burning soles at night wanting them uncovered; orifices red.

Sleep

William Boericke 1922

Talks, jerks, and twitches during

William Boericke 1922

always indicate Sulphur homoeopathically. Standing is the worst position for sulphur patients, it is always uncomfortable. Dirty, filthy people, prone to skin affections. Aversion to being washed. When carefully’- selected remedies fail to act, especially in acute diseases, it frequently arouses the reactionary powers of the organism. Complaints that relapse. General offensive character of discharge and exhalations. Very red lips and face, flushing easily.

William Boericke 1922

Vivid dreams. Wakes up singing. Wakes frequently, and becomes wide awake suddenly. Catnaps; slightest noise awakens. Cannot sleep between 2 and 5 a. m.

Stomach

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Morning hunger with faintness at 11 a.m. needing food; burning in stomach; aversion to meat and fat; milk worsens.

William Boericke 1922

Complete loss of, or excessive appetite. Putrid eructation. Food tastes too salty. Drinks much, eats little. Milk disagrees. Great desire for sweets. [Arg. ni/.] Great acidity, sour eructation. Burning, 716

Teeth

William Boericke 1922

Swelling of gums; throbbing pain. Tongue white, with red tip and borders.

Throat

William Boericke 1922

Pressure as from a lump, as from a splinter, as of a hair. Burning, redness and dryness. Ball seems to rise and close pharynx.

References

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