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Note: Wherever it is found,
"<" denotes aggravation (worse by) and ">" denotes
amelioration (better by) |
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| COMMON NAME |
: | -Sulphuret
of Lime -Hahnemann's Calcium Sulphide |
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| FAMILY |
: | Mineral
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| A/F |
: | -Abuse
of mercury 3 -Cold, dry winds 3 -Injury -Suppressed eruptions -Tobacco smoking. |
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| MODALITIES |
: | < Cold air < Uncovering < Eating or drinking cold things < Touching affected parts < Abuse of mercury < Night < Lying on painful side > Warmth in general > Wrapping up warmly, especially head > Damp, wet weather |
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| MIND |
: | -Oversensitiveness
3 (physical or mental), to cold,
pain, touch, noise, odours, draught of air. -Faints from pain. -Critical, impatient. -Hasty3 in speech, drinking. -Peevish, highly impulsive 3. Impulse to stab or kill. -Anguish in evening and night, with thoughts of suicide. -Irritable 3 and dissatisfied with oneself and others. -Starting on falling asleep. -Agoraphobia. -Fear and dreams of fire. Wants to set things or house on fire. Throws things into fire. -Fear -hearing of violent accidents or movies
-injury -dentist. |
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| GUIDING INDICATIONS |
: | -Intense
sensitivity to pain. -Suppuration-tendency for all inflammations to terminate in suppuration 3. -suppuration sudden and rapid. -here, connective tissue is affected (Graph, Merc, Sil). -Chilliness 3 -extreme sensitiveness to cold air -takes cold from slightest exposure to fresh air -can feel air if door is opened in next room (Tub). -Pains-sore, sticking, like sharp splinters3 (sensation of splinter in parts). -Discharges-profuse, foul, sour 3, like spoiled cheese 3, offensive. -Sourness 3 -diarrhoea of children, perspiration. -Sweat 3 -easy, profuse, sour, but dose not uncover, without relief. -Periodicity-everyday, every 4 weeks (paralysis), every 4 months, winter, spring, autumn. -Persons with light hair and complexion, slow to act, muscles soft and flabby. Yellowish complexion., middle of lower lip cracked. -Head-Sensation as if a plug or nail were being driven into head -A feeling as if the eyes were being pulled backward into head. -> binding head up tightly. -Eyes-Iritis. Blepharitis. -Corneal ulcers. -Eruptions on eyelids. -Ears-Severely painful otitis media, child cannot be comforted, wakes up with pain, shrieking. -Mouth-Teeth-loose, sore, sensitive to cold drinks, abscesses at roots of teeth. -G.I.T.-Craving for sour, strong things, acids, wine, vinegar, pickles, spicy, pungent. -Aversion to fat 2 food. -Diarrhoea-chronic, painless, white or clay coloured, green or undigested, sour or decayed odour. -Even soft stool is passed slowly and with difficulty. -Eructations and flatus smelling like bad eggs. -Rectal abscess. -Respiratory system-Recurrent bronchitis from every cold. -Asthma-anxious, wheezing, rattling, short, deep breathing, threatens suffocation. -> sitting up with head bent backwards. -Asthma from suppressed eruptions. -Cough-when any part of the body is uncovered 3 -croupy, choking, strangling 3. -deep, barking cough with hoarseness < cold things3, < cold air 3 -Sensation of splinter in throat, stitches in throat extending to ear when swallowing. -Quinsy with impending suppuration. -Urinary system-Urine-is voided slowly with force -drops vertically -is obliged to wait awhile before it passes -bladder weak, unable to finish it. -Male genitalia-Urethral stricture. -Prostatitis. -Balanitis. -Extremities-Paronychia. -Cold extremities, Raynaud's syndrome. -Skin-Tendency to suppurate 3. -Very sensitive to touch. -Unhealthy 2. -Chapped skin, with deep cracks on hands and feet. -Ulcers very sensitive to contact, burning, stinging, easily bleeding. -Can't bear to be uncovered (even one part of the body), wants to be wrapped up warmly. -Chronic and recurring urticaria. Urticaria preceding or also with chill, disappears as heat begins. |
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| KEYNOTES |
: | 1.
Sensitiveness 3 to cold air, pain, touch etc. 2. Sensation of splinter and splinter-like pains. 3. Tendency towards suppuration, which is rapid. 4. Easy sweating with relief. 5. Sourness 3 of all discharges. 6. Discharges smell like spoiled cheese. 7. Faints 2 from pain. |
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| NUCLEUS OF REMEDY |
: | -Adapted
to the psoric, scrofulous diathesis.
Persons extremely sensitive, susceptible to cold. -Oversensitive to external impression, pain may cause fainting. -Tendency to suppuration with (old cheesy) sour discharges. -Easy sweating. |
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| CONFIRMATORY SYMPTOMS |
: | 1.
Chilliness 3. 2. Sensation of splinter 3. 3. > Warmth 3. 4. Easy sweating with relief. 5. Great sensitiveness to all impressions. 6. Tendency to suppuration. |
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| CLINICAL |
: | -Abscess,
Acne, Adenopathy, Agoraphobia, Asthma,
Balanitis, Blepharitis, Bronchitis, Croup, Eczema, Iritis, Laryngitis,
Mastitis, Otitis media, Paronychia, Pharyngitis, Pleurisy, Pneumonia,
Prostatitis, Rectal abscess, Sinusitis, Tonsillitis, Urethral
stricture, Urethritis. -It has been used for chronic malarial poisoning that has been maltreated with calomel and quinine. -In otitis media, in the adolescence, give Hepar sulph- Dr. Foubister. |
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| REMEDY RELATIONSHIPS |
: | -Compare-Ars,
Calc, Graph, Iod, Merc, Mez, Nit-ac,
Nux-v, Psor, Rheum, Sil, Sulph. -Tendency to suppurate every injury-Graph., Merc, Sil. -Sensation of splinter-Arg-n, Nit-ac. -Complementary to- Calendula in injuries of soft parts. -Antidotes bad effects of Mercury, other metals, Iodine, Iodide of potash, Cod-liver oil. |
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