Calcarea sulphurica
By Adolph von Lippe â Keynotes and Red Line Symptoms of the Materia Medica
Common names: sulphate of lime; plaster of paris; gypsum.
It corresponds to the suppurative processes, abscesses, etc. (D.).
Glandular swellings (Bad., Bell., Brom., Calc., Carb-An., Graph., Hep., Iod., Kali-M., Lyc., Merc., Nit-Ac., Phos., Rhus-T., Sil., Sulph.) (Bl.),
When the abscess has broken or has been lanced and is discharging, then Calc-S. comes in; the presence of pus with a vent is the characteristic indication (D.).
Pus: thick, yellow, lumpy and bloody (B.).
Glands are enlarged and hard (Bad., Carb-An., Merc-I., Phyt.) (Bl.).
FistulÃĻ (Fluor-Ac., Hep., Sil.) (B.).
Deafness, with discharge of matter from the middle ear, sometimes mixed with blood (Br.).
Pimples around ear (Rhus-T., Tell.) (Br.).
Edges of nostrils sore (Ars., Bor., Graph., Hep., Kali-Ars, Nit-Ac.) (C.).
Yellowish discharge from the posterior nares (Hydr., Kali-B., Lyc., Nat-S.) (Br.).
One-sided discharge from the nose (Alum., Aur., Bell., Hep., Kali-C., Nux-V., Phos., Phyt., Plat., Rhod., Stann., Staph.) (C.).
Yellow coating at the base of the tongue (Nat-P.) (Br.).
Pain in the region of the liver (Bry., Chel., Dig., Hep., Iod., Lach., Merc., Podo., Sep., Sulph.) (C.).
Pus-like, slimy discharge from the bowels (Merc., Sil.) (Br.).
Unhealthy skin; ulcers do not heal rapidly (Hep., Sil., Sulph.) (C.).
Profuse perspiration, especially with hectic rise of temperature (Chin., Hep., Kali-I., Merc., Nat-M., Sil.).
Suppuration of the tonsils (Bell., Hep., Merc., Sil.) (D.).
Eczema: the eruption has yellowish scales, and there are many pimples and points of suppuration (Crot-T., Kali-S., Rhus-T.) (Bl.).
Cough with purulent and sanious sputa and hectic fever (Hep., Lach., Nit-Ac., Phos., Puls., Sep., Sil.) (Br.).
Inflammation of the eyes, with discharge of thick, yellow matter (Br.).
Abscess of the cornea (Hep., Merc-C., Sil.) (D.).
Ophthalmia neonatorum (Arg-N., Hep., Puls., Sil.) (Br.).
Sees only one half of an object (Ars., Aur., Bov., Calc., Caust., Dig., Gels.) (C.).
Burning of the soles of the feet (Ars., Calc., Carb-V., Graph., Lach., Lyc., Phos., Sep., Sulph., Sulph-I., Zinc.) (K.).
Inside of lips sore (Sil.) (C.).
Suppurative processes in the lungs (Ars-I., Calc., Ferr-P., Hep., Kali-I., Lach., Lyc., Merc., Nit-Ac., Phos., Sil., Sulph.) (D.).
Rattling of mucus in the chest (Ant-T., Carb-V., Hep., Lyc., Nat-S., Puls., Seneg., Stann., Sulph.).
Difficulty of breathing worse in the evening and during night; also when ascending, during cough and on lying.
AGGRAVATION: In the evening; during night; when walking; during sleep; after dinner; during menses; and on rising from sitting.
AMELIORATION: In the morning; after washing; from doubling up; and after scratching.
RELATIONSHIP. It is deeper acting than Hepar, and acts after that remedy ceases to act; Silicea comes in before this remedy to favour or to prevent the suppuration.
COMPARE: Calc., Calend., Hep., Kali-M., Nux-V., Sil. and Sulph.