Kalium sulphuricum
Potassium sulphate, K2
by Timothy F. Allen — The Encyclopedia of Pure Materia Medica
Historical reference for practitioners and students. The statements below reflect the named author’s homeopathic teaching and do not establish treatment effectiveness. This text is not medical advice and must not replace appropriate diagnosis or care.
SO4
Common names , Sal catharticum.
Preparation , Triturations or solutions in water.
Authorities.
1 , Bayard, Ann. d'Hyg., 27, p. 397 (from Am. J. Med. Sc., 1844), effects of forty grammes taken in six doses at intervals of one-quarter of an hour; 2 , Merat and Delens (same reference), effects, of one ounce in a woman; 3 , Greusellius, Mem. Acad. Nat. Cur., 1672 (Frank's Mag.), effects of half a drachm; 4 , Sobaux, Journ. de Med., 62, effects of two drachms in a woman after parturition; 5 , Marchand, Journ. Univ. Med. Sc., 1824, poisoning of a child by a small quantity.
FACE
MOUTH
STOMACH
- Burning thirst, 5.
- Nausea and vomiting, 1.
- Vomiting, 2.
- Repeated vomiting of a whitish substance (after two minutes), 5. [10.]
- Violent pain in the stomach and bowels, 2.
ABDOMEN
- Tympanitic abdomen, cramp and every indication of approaching peritonitis, 4.
- Abdomen very tense, 5.
- Severe colic, 4.
STOOL
- Purging; the nurse declared that much of the medicine passed undissolved, and was found at the bottom of the night stool, 1.
- Violent purging, 3.
PULSE
- Pulse scarcely perceptible, 5.
EXTREMITIES
- Cramps of upper and lower extremities, 1.
FEVER
SUPPLEMENT: KALI SULFURICUM. Authority.
6 , Dr. Bonnassies, Gaz. des Hôp., Dec. 1843 (Pharm. Journ., vol. iii, p. 259), a woman took 600 grains in three doses.
- The first dose was rejected by the stomach; the second dose brought on sickness, vomiting, purging, and cramps; on taking the third dose all the symptoms of cholera were manifested, and the patient died.