NATRUM SULFURICUM.
By Timothy F. Allen — The Encyclopedia of Pure Materia Medica
Sodium sulphate (NaOSO3 + 10aq.).
Sal mirabile; Soda vitriolata; Glauber salts.
Preparation , Triturations.
Authorities. [The classical dissertation of Hermann Wagner, "De Effectu Natri Sulphurici," Dorpat, 1853, contains a number of experiments with the drug (simple and combined with other drugs), a large number of analyses of urine and fæces, and general conclusions concerning the elimination of the salt; it is, however, needless to republish the tables of analyses entire, and general observations derived from them relate solely to the elimination of the drug and the variation in amount of urine, the latter varying inversely to the amount of the watery alvine discharges.]
1 , Schreter, Hartlaub and Trinks, Annalen, 3, 464; 2 , Nenning, H. and T. Annalen., 4, 487; 3 , Lembke, N. Z. f. Kl., 1866, vol. 11, p. 97, took 5th dil., 10 drops first, third, fourth, fifth, seventh, and twelfth days; 3 a , same, took (immediately after last proving) 10 grains of 3d cent. trit., first and fifth days, 30 grains seventh day, 10 grains of 20th trit. tenth day, 20 grains thirteenth day, 10 grains 1st trit. twentieth day, 20 grains twenty-first day, 20 drops of a solution of 5 grains to an ounce thirtieth day, a teaspoonful thirty-fourth day, three doses thirty-fifth day; 3 b , same (immediately after the last proving), took 5 drops of the 100th dil., and 10 drops on sixth day; 4 , a symptom by Dr. Raue, from Hering's compilation, Mat. Med., I; 5 , a symptom by Dr. Hering, from same.
MIND
- Taciturn, speaks but little, and is generally irritable (first day), 1.
- Cheerful, happy mood, which she notices herself; particularly after loose stools, 2.
- Music affects her very much; it makes her melancholy, and feel like crying, although it was merry, dancing music (fifth day), 2.
- Lachrymose; thinks only of sad things (after six days), 2.
- Very much disheartened; tired of life; despairs of getting well, 2.
- Great fear, with dread of a misfortune, 1.
- Very irritable, depressed (fifth day); very irritable, ill-humored, 1.
- Great irritability; she dislikes to speak or be spoken to; particularly in the morning, 2.
- Out of humor and dull, in the morning when rising, until breakfast-time (seventh day), 1. [10.]
- Very much out of humor and fretful (fifth day), 1.
- Very sensitive, even in the morning, and easily flying into a passion, which disappears towards the afternoon (after eight days), 2.
- Nothing that she undertakes succeeds well, and she does not know why, 2.
- During forenoon of first day, he seems to be in a very good humor, is cheerful; this first good humor changes into a cross, irritable mood, the third or fourth day, 2.
HEAD
- Confusion and Vertigo.
- Head confused, dull heavy (thirty-sixth day), 3a.
- Muddled feeling in the head, 1.
- Vertigo, when rising, with dulness of the head (third day), 1.
- Vertigo, followed by vomiting of sour mucus, at 6 P.M., 2.
- Vertigo, with inclination to fall to the right; with frequent yawning all day, 2.
- Dizzy after dinner, as if everything had been spinning around with him, at the same time a buzzing in the head (first day), 1.
- General Head. [20.]
- Stupid feeling in the head all day (fourth day), 1.
- Dulness in the head; with vertigo when rising (third day), 1.
- Dulness in the head, with feebleness, towards 9 A.M. (second day), 1.
- Feeling as though the brain were loose, and when stooping, as though it fell towards the left temple, frequently in the forenoon, 2.
- Heaviness of the head; not relieved by subsequent nosebleed, 2.
- Pains in the head (eleventh day), 3a.
- Headache while reading, which made him feel hot and perspire; when he stopped reading and walked about, the heat and perspiration on his head ceased, but the pain continued (third day), 1.
- Burning headache, and excessive feebleness, after vomiting, 2.
- Pressure deep in the head (tenth day), 3.
- Tearing in various parts of the head (twentieth, twenty-first, and twenty-fourth days), 3a. [30.]
- Tearing in the cranial bones (twelfth day), 3a.
- Wandering tearing in the head (twenty-third day), 3a.
- Violent pulsating headache, continuing all day, only somewhat lessened during the afternoon, 2.
- A sudden jerk in the head, so that it threw her towards the right, which frightened her very much, forenoon, while sitting, 2.
- Forehead.
- Wandering pains in the forehead (third day), 3.
- Grasping pain in middle of forehead; while taking a cold foot-bath it ceased, but returned more violently after an hour (second day), .
EYE
- Redness of eyes, with dryness and burning, 2.
- Great dryness and burning of the eyes; growing worse from afternoon till evening; it seemed to her as though her eyeballs were hot, 2.
- Burning and watering of the right eye, in the morning, so that she could not see plainly for awhile; lasted an hour, 2.
- Burning in right eye, with frequent efflux of burning water; in the afternoon, outdoors, for half an hour, 2. [100.]
- The eyes burn, in the evening, for several hours, and in the morning also, when near the fire, 2.
- Sticking pain in the eyes, during the nausea in stomach, 2.
- Pressure in the left eye, as though a lentil were in it (fifth day), 1.
- Pressing in the eyes, in the evening while reading by lamplight; at the same time the eyelids were heavy, as though lead were on them (third day), 1.
- Alternating pressure in the eyes, which induces him to rub them, after which it ceases for a short time (third day), 1.
- Several stitches in the inner canthus of the left eye (first and second days), 3a.
- Violent stitches in the left inner canthus (twenty-sixth day), 3a.
- An often-returning sensation in left eye, as if a bug were crawling in it; removed by rubbing (second day), 1.
- Itching, sometimes in the left, then in the right eye; the same in right ear; he had to put his finger into it to scratch it (fourth day); itching in right eye and left ear (fifth day), 1.
- Brow and Orbit.
- A breaking pain around the eye, in the forenoon (tenth day), 1. [110.]
- A pressure as of two fingers above the left orbit at noon, 2.
- On the lower edge of the left orbit a tearing sensation at short intervals (the first forenoon), 2.
- Lids.
- Both eyes agglutinated in the morning, with photophobia (fourth day), 1.*
- Left eye agglutinated; he had to wash it with water, at the same time some photophobia (third day), 1.
- Vision.
- Eyes weak; objects appear dim to her, .
EAR
- External.
- Boring in the bone behind the right ear (eighth, twelfth, and thirteenth days), 3a.
- Pressure behind the left ear (seventeenth day), 3a.
- Tearing above both ears (seventh day), 3a.
- Middle.
- Earache, as if the tympanum were being pressed out of both ears (second day), 1.
- Pressure in right ear; worse towards 9 A.M. (third day), 1.
- Pressure from the ear outward, as if something were pressing on the tympanum as far as the beginning of the meatus externus; yet at the same time he hears well (after two hours), 1.
- Sticking pain in right ear (after one hour), 1. [130.]
- Several sharp stitches fly like lightning out of the right ear, 2.
- Suddenly a violent stitch into the right ear, which startled her so that she jumped up from her chair, 8 P.M., 2.
- Many fine stitches shoot into the right ear, at 3 P.M., 2.
- Hearing.
- Hissing in left ear (fourth day), 1.
- Ringing in right ear, as if near a belfry (fifth day), 2.
- Ringing in ears, as of a small, tinkling bell (second day), 1.
- Sound in left ear as of distant bells, 2.
- Sounds as of a bell in right ear, fulness of both ears for several minutes (fourth day), 2.
NOSE
- Objective.
- Coryza, with stoppage of nose; he can hardly breathe through the nose, 2.
- Nose bleeding, at 2.30 P.M., while walking, often stopping for awhile and then returning, light red; sometimes also while sitting, even at night in bed; during catamenia, 2.
- Subjective. [140.]
- Drawing near the right side of the nose (second day), 3b.
- Pressure near the nose at noon (third day), 3.
- Tearing pain in right side of nose towards the forehead, 2.
- Violent tearing on the back of the nose (twenty-fourth day), 3a.
FACE
- Looking pale and wan in the face, as if he had been up and dancing for several nights, immediately on awaking in the morning; at the same time very cross and ill-humored; looked cross and was ready to quarrel with every one (second day), 1.
- Tearing in the left side of the face (eighth day), 3b.
- Tearing in the right side of the face; after the tearing and throbbing in the neck, 2.
- Cheeks.
- Drawing in the left cheek, as if the skin were pulled up (thirtieth day), 3a.
- Sticking, and a sensation as if the skin were pulled up in the left zygoma (thirteenth day), 3.
- Pressure on the right zygoma (seventeenth day), 3a. [150.]
- Tearing on the right zygoma (twelfth day), 3a.
- Tearing on the left zygoma (twentieth day), 3a.
- Tearing pain in the left zygoma, not relieved by either rubbing or pressure, at 9 P.M., 2.
- Painful tearing in the left zygoma, afterwards grasping and raging pain in the root of an upper tooth, left side, generally in the morning, particularly when exposed to cold air, 2.
- While having a pain in the nape of the neck and still more afterwards, a painful tearing in the left zygoma, which is stopped by hard rubbing, but soon returns, lasting ten minutes, 2.
- Lips.
- Dryness of the upper lip, and the skin peels off, 2.
- Her lips burn in the evening, as though they had been rubbed with pepper, 2.
- Chin.
- In the morning after rising, great pain in maxillary joint, which is stiff, so that she could only open her mouth with difficulty; it seemed to her as though a bone were lying there which made it hard for her to open her mouth; after repeated and strong efforts it gradually disappeared, 2.
- Boring as with a dull instrument, in the right angle of the lower jaw, afterwards in the right side of the forehead, then extending over the forepart of the head (seventh day), 3.
- Drawing in the left side of the lower jaw (thirty-first day), 3a. [160.]
- Pressure in the left angle of the lower jaw (second day), 3b.
- Pressure as with a plug, in the right angle of the lower jaw, in the evening (eighth day), .
MOUTH
- Teeth.
- A tooth in the right upper row becomes loose, seems longer, and there is a drawing pain; cold air seems to make it feel better; tobacco-smoke also relieves the pain, 2.
- Grasping, raging pain in the root of an upper left tooth, 2.
- Drawing in the lower teeth (ninth day), 3.
- Frequent drawing pains in the right upper teeth (third day), 3a.
- Tearing pain in several decayed lower left teeth, at night, when out of bed, 2.
- Beating toothache in the upper left side, in the evening, after lying down; could not sleep all night; if she dozed awhile the pain would wake her up again; the pain only ceased, so that she could sleep, in the morning, 2.
- Drawing pain in the lower incisors, in the evening (tenth day), 3.
- Tearing and sticking pain in the last molar, left side, but only during the day, 2. [170.]
- Raging, pulsating pain in an upper molar, left side; wakes her at 2 A.M., at the same time heavy feeling in the head, increased warmth of the whole body, and restlessness, so that she did not know where to lay her head, 2.
- Jerking pain in an upper left molar, beginning while outdoors, but continuing afterwards in the house, 2.
- Gums.
- A movable, painless swelling on the outside of the gum of the left lower row, 2.
- A blister on the upper gum, which suppurated and then dried, 2.
- Her gums burn like fire, so that she cannot eat bread, 2.
- Tongue.
- Blisters, with a burning pain on the tip of the tongue; disappear soon, 2.*
- Burning on the left side of the tongue (eighth day), 3a.
- The tongue burns, as if covered with blisters , on the tip, in the afternoon, 2.*
- Constant burning on the margin and tip of the tongue, and, towards evening, with burning on the lower lip (second day), 3b.
- Burning on the tip of the tongue (seventh, fourteenth, and twentieth days, etc.), 3a.* [180.]
THROAT
- Objective.
- In the morning she had to clear her throat several times, irritated by a collection of mucus there, 2.
- Much hawking of mucus in the morning (fourth day), 1.
- In the morning, after clearing her throat, she expectorated mucus of a salty taste, which had collected during the night, 2.
- Subjective.
- Dryness of the throat, as if she did not have enough saliva (after seven days), 2. [200.]
- Dryness in the throat, without thirst; often extends into œsophagus (third day), 2.
- A feeling of contraction in the throat, often intermitting, while walking all day, 2.
- Sore throat; an obstacle when swallowing, which causes pain; he had to swallow saliva often, evening (second day), 1.
- Sore throat; an obstacle when swallowing; the tonsils and uvula swollen and inflamed for three days; the inflammation was worse on the morning of the second day (third day), 1.
- Sore throat when swallowing and when not swallowing, left side, in the morning on awaking until after breakfast, a few hours before and during catamenia, 2.
- External Throat.
- Painful burning and stiffness in the left cervical muscles (third day), 3a.
- Pressure in the left cervical muscles, extending behind the left ear, with stiffness and painfulness on moving the head (first, second, and fifth days), 3a.
- A tearing sensation in the veins of the right side of throat, so that one can see the pulsation in the arteries, frequently intermitting for a quarter of an hour at a time, also returning in a few days, 2.
- Intermitting tearing pain and tension in the tendons on the right side of throat, while sitting, 2.
STOMACH
- Appetite.
- Great appetite, without thirst (first and fifth days), 1. [210.]
- A want of appetite; she is often obliged to yawn, and is thirsty (second morning), 2.
- Voracious hunger, 2.
- Immediately after taking the medicine, feeling in stomach as in voracious hunger, with boring pain; disappears after breakfast, 2.
- Hunger, but no appetite; while eating she feels disgusted, 2.
- Fasting sensation in the stomach, with griping; wandering about of flatus, 2.
- The first day, seems to have more appetite than usual; afterwards appetite and hunger are wanting altogether (ninth and tenth days), 2.
- Thirst.
- Forenoon, thirst, with remission of headache; afternoon, heat, without thirst, 2.
- Thirst in the evening , without any especial cause, 2.
- After a renewed dose, generally thirst in the evening, which ceased at night, 2.
- Thirst at night, and also the following morning before rising, 2. [220.]
- During the night, chill, thirst; ceases in the morning (ninth day), 2.
- Great thirst in the evening (fifth day), 1.*
- Great thirst in the evening after violent exercise (first day), 1.*
- Thirst for something very cold for three days, and dryness in the mouth all the ninth day, 2.*
- Particular want of thirst the first days of the proving, 2.
- Eructations and Hiccough.
- Eructation of a disagreeable taste and smell, 1.
- With the nocturnal headache, and also during the day, sour water often collects in her mouth, which makes her want to spit constantly, with nausea, 2.
- Constant rising in throat of sour water (third day), 2.
- Hiccough, lasting a long time, and which could not be stopped, after eating bread and butter, afternoon, 2.
ABDOMEN
- Hypochondria.
- Tension and sticking pain under the short ribs on the right side, when walking out of doors, 2.*
- In the left hypochondrium, and left side of chest, sticking pain, as of a dull instrument, while sitting, in the forenoon, followed by sticking in right side of chest, but less violent (fifth day), 1.
- Sticking and pulsating pain under the last short ribs, in the region of the liver, when walking in the morning (second day), 2.
- Continuous sticking pain in the left hypochondrium, when walking outdoors (eighth day), 1.
- Dull stitches in the left hypochondrium, 1.
- When taking a deep breath, a sharp violent stitch in right side of abdomen, as if in the liver, as if it would burst open there, while sitting; unchanged by pressure, at 4 P.M ., 2.* [250.]
- Great sensitiveness in the region of the liver when walking; very painful when touched, for five minutes, at 1.30 P.M ., 2.*
- Umbilical and Sides.
- Bellyache around the umbilicus, while sitting at his desk (fourth day), 1.
- Tearing pain around the umbilicus, with flatulence , before breakfast; after breakfast it was better, but an hour later it returned, only less violent (fourth day), 1.*
- Flatulent colic above umbilicus; flatus will not pass, evening (first day), 1.
- He was awakened during the night by violent pain in the right flank, with a sensation as if a soft body were lying there inside, for half an hour, after midnight and several times, 2.
- Pain in the right flank, as if puffed up, distended (no matter what she eats) up into the stomach, when sitting in the evening, and also next morning, 2.
- Violent pinching pain around the umbilicus, for three minutes, extending into the groin, while sitting, with urging to urinate; the urine was so burning that it was retained, with pain in the small of the back, 2.
- Sticking pain, and as if drawn together, in the left flank, when resting or in motion, also at night, 2.
- Dull sticking pain and pulsating in right side of abdomen, for a quarter of an hour, while walking in the afternoon, .
RECTUM AND ANUS. [290.]
- Itching in the anus (first day), 1.
- Constant urging to stool, which, however, she can resist (second forenoon), 2.
STOOL
- Diarrhœa.
- Seems to promote stool in its primary effect, and to retard it in the secondary effect; the first doses cause soft stools, the later doses more solid ones, 2.
- A renewed dose, after a long interval, causes diarrhœa, 2.
- The first day after a renewed dose, diarrhœa; the second day, regular; the third, none at all; the fourth and fifth, regular; the sixth and seventh days, each time, two soft stools, preceded by pinching pain in the abdomen, 2.
- Diarrhœa, after pain in the groin and abdomen, 2.
- An hour and a half after a renewed dose, slight pinching pain followed by diarrhœa; the second time, in the evening, it was slight, and the third time, 9 P.M., very soft, 2.
- Diarrhœa, yellow, fluid, in the morning after rising (second day), 2.
- Diarrhœa, after farinaceous food; notwithstanding she had already had regular stool, in the afternoon and evening it was repeated, 2.
- Diarrhœa, preceded by a drawing together in the belly, up into the chest, 2. [300.]
- Two and three stools, once semifluid with tenesmus in the anus, during catamenia, 2.
- The first day, three usual, but softer stools, with flatulency; four soft stools after a renewed dose (first day); a second stool the first forenoon, and contrary to his habit, 2 . [Diarrhœa worse in the morning, preceded by flatulent colic; stools, thin yellow water, mixed with small lumps of fæces, and coming away with a gush; with each stool, violent discharge of flatus. [°]
-Lippe.]
- After six days, renewed pinching pain in the abdomen, and at first hard stool, with blood and scum, then the same day soft stool, four times, 2.
- A second soft stool, at 3 P.M. (thirty-fourth day), 3a.
- The second soft stool in the evening (third day), 3.
- A second soft stool, at 11 P.M. (thirty-second day), 3a.
- Immediately after a renewed dose, regular stool, notwithstanding he had had one before taking the drug, 2.
- First day, in the morning, regular stool, with burning in the anus during and after the stool; another in the afternoon, without the burning, 2.
- Knotty stool , with smarting pain in the anus, during and after the passage of the stool (after a quarter of an hour), 2.*
- Two stools, the first hard and difficult, the second soft (fifth day), 1. [310.]
- After each dose, painless motion in the belly, and first, hard, then soft stool, 2.
- The whole first day, stool once, hard; the second morning also, but soon followed by a soft stool, 2.
- Soft stool at a very unusual time, 6 A.M. (thirty-second day), 3a.
- Stool as usual; at the same time, frequent emission of flatus, and the urine seems increased (first days), 2.
- Not very hard, regular stool, which, however, obliged her to strain and press very hard (third day), 2.
- The stool was hard, the first time, soon after taking a dose, 2.
- Hard stool, with much straining (eighth day), 2.
- In the evening, very hard stool; he had to strain very hard (sixth day), 1.
- Two successive days very hard stool, streaked with blood, 2.
- Constipation.
- After renewed doses the first days, constipation; sometimes hard fæces, even with some blood, and sometimes first hard or regular, then, soft, or like diarrhœa, but generally, first diarrhœa, and later, hard stool, 2. [320.]
- No stool the first day, but frequent very fetid flatus, 2.
- The first day after taking the second dose no stool, but the second morning, regular stool, 2.
- No stool the first day, but very early the second morning, .
URINARY ORGANS
- Urethra.
- The urine burns during micturition and is much less in quantity (after eight days), 2.*
- After passing urine, burning in the urethra (fifth day), 1.
- Great burning in the urethra when passing urine (second day), 1.
- Cutting at the orifice of the urethra, while urinating (third day), 3a.
- Cutting in the orifice of the urethra, while urinating, and continuing even afterwards (seventh day), 3a.
- Violent cutting in the forepart of the urethra, while urinating (thirty-first day), 3a. [330.]
- Frequent stitches in the meatus urinarius (first day), 3a.
- Micturition.
- Urging to urinate, with sticking pain in both groins, 2.
- The urine was passed more seldom, and was more scanty than the first day, but after twelve days with burning in the orifice of the urethra, 2.
- Urine.
- Urine increased, so that she had to get up several times during the night, 2.
- Urine increased in quantity and passed more frequently than usual, the urine also seemed darker (seventh day), 3.
- Urine seems greatly increased (first day), 2.
- More urine than usual, with burning sensation when passing it ; at night, burning sensation when passing urine increased; is obliged to rise twice during the night on that account (first day), 2.
- Soon after taking the drug, less urine; but after two hours more, 2.
- Urine rather profuse, with a brick-red sediment (first days), 1.
- The urine of the evening left a yellow-red sediment, (second day), 1. [340.]
- Urine of the morning has a whitish-yellow sediment (fourth day), 1.
SEXUAL ORGANS
- Male.
- Erection, with desire, in the morning (second day), 1.
- Itching on the glans; obliged to scratch (sixth day), 1.
- Excited sexual desire, in the evening (first day), 1.
- Female.
- Some leucorrhœa, 2.
- Sticking pain in the vulva and vagina, in the afternoon, while sitting, 2.
- Catamenia three days too late; more than usual, and with bellyache, which she did not generally have, 2.
- Catamenia sixteen days too late, which bellyache, and costiveness, or hard stool, 2.
- Menstruation almost at the usual time; more profuse on the second day, otherwise normal, 2.
- Catamenia flows much when walking, in the afternoon, 2. [350.]
- Catamenia flows more again, and is more fluid for a day, before the end of the period, 2.
- Catamenia, very little, without complaints, and at the regular time, 2.
- Catamenia every forenoon, for five days; lumps of coagulated blood, 2.
- During catamenia, in the morning in bed, pinching pain; and when moving, walking, in the forenoon, several times, passing coagulated dark blood, from the vagina, at long intervals, 2.
- On the third day of the catamenia in the morning, white bloody mucus instead of blood, 2.
- The menstrual blood is acrid, makes the thighs sore, and only flows much the first two days, 2.
RESPIRATORY ORGANS
- Cough and Expectoration.
- Cough and want of breath, with sticking pain in left side of chest, 2.
- Generally dry cough, particularly in the morning after rising, 2.
- Tickling in the larynx, with dry cough, night and morning (seventeenth day), 2a . [Several acquaintances are suffering from the same cough, and I am also treating a hooping-cough. -LEMBKE.]
- Dry cough, with soreness in the chest and rough feeling in the throat, particularly at night; she had to sit up and hold her chest with both hands to get relief, 2. [360.]
- Frequent scraping in the larynx, and completely dry cough (eighteenth day), 3a.
- Dry cough (twenty-third day), 3a.
- Dry cough, with tickling in the trachea, for half an hour, 2.
- Tickling in the throat, provoking a loose cough, in the morning (fifth day), 2.
- Frequent cough, with some expectoration; if he coughs while standing, he feels a sharp stitch in the left side of chest, with shortness of breath, 2.*
- After heavy, anxious dreams, much expectoration of mucus (fourth day), 1.
- Respiration.
- Short breath, with sticking pain in left side of chest, 2.
- Short breath when walking, which is gradually relieved by rest ; later, the want of breath continues, even while sitting, 2.*
- Oppressed breathing, from constriction in the abdomen, extending to the chest, 2.
- Difficult breathing, with sensation of fulness in the stomach, extending up into the chest, 2. [370.]
- Want of breath, with pressure and trembling sensation in pit of stomach, 2.
CHEST
- Wandering pains in the left wall of the chest, especially below the left nipple, not affecting respiration (fifth day), 3a.
- Drawing and pressure beneath the left ribs, anteriorly (second day), 3b.
- Drawing and pressure in the pectoral muscles (second day), 3b.
- A pressure on the chest, as of a heavy load, 2.*
- Oppression of the chest, 1.*
- *Oppression of the chest, in the morning on awaking (fifth day), 1.
- Cutting pains beneath the right ribs, anteriorly, while sitting (fifteenth day), 3.
- Sticking in the region of the left short ribs, while sitting (also noticed previously while walking), (fifth day), 3.
- Stitches below the left ribs, anteriorly (ninth and eleventh days), 3a. [380.]
- Stitches in the right pectoral muscles, aggravated by inspiration (seventeenth day), 3a.
- Several stitches beneath the left ribs, anteriorly (fourth day), 3.
- Violent stitches below the left ribs, anteriorly, aggravated by inspiration and pressure; occurring, and also disappearing, while walking (tenth day), 3a.
- An internal trembling or quaking in the chest, makes her irritable, 2.
- Front.
- Pressure in the chest, between the nipples (tenth day), 3a.
- Pressure between the sternum and right nipple, while sitting, aggravated by pressure and inspiration (eighth day), 3a.
- Sides.
- Pressure in the left side, near the lumbar region, aggravated by motion of the body, and by pressing upon it (thirtieth day), 3a.*
- Sticking pain in the left side of the chest, with cough and want of breath when moving about, 1 P.M., relieved during rest, 2.
- Sticking pain in the left side of the chest, when stooping toward that side; but when she stoops towards the right side, the pain is there, this continues all the first day, 2.
- Sticking pain in right side of chest, directly above the nipple, 5.30 P.M. while sitting, 2. [390.]
NATRUM SULFURICUM. HEART
- An anxious feeling about the heart, a sudden short beating of the heart (thirty-second day), 3a.
- Pressure in the region of the heart (thirty-fourth day), 3a.
NECK AND BACK
- Neck.
- Stiffness in the left side of the nape of the neck (ninth day), 3a.
- Pain in the left side of the nape of the neck (sixth day); with stiffness (thirteenth day), 3a.
- Pain in the left side of the nape, with stiffness (thirteenth day), 3a.
- Pain in the left side of the nape, with burning, and a subsequent feeling of coldness (fifteenth day), 3a.
- Frequent pain in the left side of the nape, at night (thirty-first day), 3a. [410.]
- Constant pain in the nape, with stiffness (twenty-first day), 3a.
- Indescribable pain in the right side of the nape of the neck, extending far into the occiput, so violent that it made her scream; it lasted five minutes, and disappeared only after rubbing it a long time while sitting, 2.
- Violent pain in the left side of the nape of the neck; at first a burning, then associated with a feeling of coldness beneath the skin (third day), 3a.
- Drawing in the nape of the neck (seventh day), 3a.
- Drawing in the left side of the nape of the neck (eighth and thirty-eighth days), 3a.
- Drawing in the left side of the nape, and in the occiput (twentieth day), 3a.
- Drawing in the left side of the nape of the neck, with pressure (fifth day), 3a.
- Pressure in the nape of the neck, extending to the occiput, aggravated by moving the neck (first day), 3a.
- Pressure on the left side of the nape of the neck (tenth day), 3a.
- Violent pressure in the nape of the neck, extending into the occiput, aggravated by moving the head, lasting ten minutes (fifteenth day), 3. [420.]
- Violent pressure in the left side of the nape (thirty-first day), 3a.
- Violent pressure and burning in the left side of the nape, extending into the occiput and towards the clavicle, with stiffness, not aggravated by motion, followed by a feeling of coldness and prickling in the skin, lasting more than an hour (fifth day), 3a.
- A sticking pain in the nape of the neck, continuing a long time (third day and following night), 2.
- Sticking pain in the left side of the nape of the neck (fourth day), 3a.
- Tearing in the nape of the neck (twenty-fifth day), .
EXTREMITIES IN GENERAL
- Twitching, sometimes here, then there, in all the limbs, during the day, 2.
- Twitching of the hands and feet at night, particularly during the sleep after midnight, 2. [450.]
- In the morning, after the nocturnal attack of fever, feels weary in the hands and feet, 2.
- Pains in the joints (first day), 3a ; (fourteenth, fifteenth, etc., days), 3b.
- Pains in the joints of the elbows and feet (twenty-seventh day), 3a.
- Frequent pains in the joints, in the cranial bones, and in the nape of the neck (tenth day), 3a.
- Many pains in the joints of the great toes and fingers (twentieth day), 3a.
- Violent pains in the joints, immediately; occurring while walking (first day), 3a.
- Very violent pains in the joints of the great toe, and in the hands (twenty-second day), 3a.
- Drawing and pressure in all the joints (second day), 3b.
- Drawing in the joints, in the evening (thirtieth day), 3a.
- Drawing about the left knee and right elbow (second day), 3b. [460.]
- Drawing in the fingers and toes (thirty-sixth day), 3a.
- Drawing in the left fingers and hand, left side of the nape of the neck, and the muscles of the right leg, even while walking; and in the right ankle (eleventh day), 3.
- Drawing pain in the left ankle, right toes, and right shoulder-joint, in the evening (tenth day), 3.
- Pressure in various joints (seventeenth day), 3a.
- Pressure in several joints (eighth day), 3b.
- Pressure and tearing in several joints (thirty-second day), 3a.
- Pressure in the joints, especially in the knees, shoulders, and fingers (twelfth day), 3a.
- Pressure in the joints of the fingers, knees, ankles, elbows, and great toes (thirteenth day), 3a.
- Pressure in the wrists and ankles, immediately after lying down, in the evening (first day), 3b.
- Pressure in the left knee, right elbow, and right shoulder (thirty-eighth day), 3a. [470.]
- Pressure in the joints of the fingers, shoulders, knees, and wrists, becoming more frequent and more severe (sixth day), .
SUPERIOR EXTREMITIES
- Feeling of heaviness in the right arm, with tearing pain in the middle of the upper arm (tenth day), 2.
- Transient burning sensation in different places, above and below the elbow (fourth day), 2.
- Drawing in the arms (seventh day), 3a.
- Drawing pain in the left arm, starting from the left shoulder (thirteenth day), 3a.
- Pressure in the left arm (thirty-seventh day), 3a.
- Pressure in the whole left arm (seventh day), 3.
- Frequent pressure and bruised pain in the right arm (twenty-second day), 3a. [500.]
- Tearing pain in the middle of the bones of the left upper and forearm, 2.
- Shoulder.
- Constant feeling of stiffness in the left shoulder (second day), 3b.
- Pains in the shoulder-joints (fourteenth day), 3a.
- Pains in the right shoulder-joint, afterwards in the left (eighteenth day), 3a.
- Boring in the forepart of the left shoulder (tenth day), 3.
- Boring in the right shoulder-joint (third day), 3a.
- Drawing in the shoulders (thirty-first and thirty-third days), 3a.
- Drawing in the right shoulder-joint (fifth day), 3a.
- Pressure in the shoulders (thirty-fifth and thirty-sixth days), 3a.
- Pressure in the right shoulder (eighth day), 3a. [510.]
- Pressure in the left shoulder (seventh day), 3 ; (tenth and thirty-ninth days), 3a.
- Pressure in the shoulder-joints (twenty-first day), 3a.
- Pressure in the shoulder-joint (fifteenth day), 3.
- Pressing in the left shoulder-joint (first day), 3a.
- Pressure with a feeling of heaviness in the right shoulder-joint (eleventh day), 3.
- Violent pressure in the shoulder and muscles of the upper arm (thirty-eighth day), 3a.
- Violent pressure in the left shoulder (thirty-ninth day), 3a ; in evening (eighth day), 3.
- Violent pressure in the left shoulder-joint (second day); several times (third day), .
NATRUM SULFURICUM. INFERIOR EXTREMITIES
- Drawing in the toes, ankles, and knees (tenth day), 3b.
- Hip.
- Pain in the hip, particularly from some movements; always when rising from a seat, and moving in bed, 4.
- Pain in the left hip-joint, on walking (eighth day), 3a.
- Pain in the left hip-joint, as after lying in a bad position; makes it difficult to ascend, also to sit down or get up again; awakes him at night; can bear any position for only a short time; the joint pains so from some movements that he can hardly help screaming, at times, one spot is sensitive to pressure; at times, not, 5.
- Pain in the right trochanter (eighth day), 3a.
- Excruciating pain in the right hip-joint, when she got out of bed in the morning, continuing all that day and the next, particularly when stooping, and from some motions ; when stretching, or walking, she feels nothing; when rising from a seat, or moving in bed, she feels it most, 2.
- Constant pressure, deep in the right hip-joint (thirteenth day), 3a.
- Violent pressure in the left trochanter (first day), 3a. [660.]
- After a fall, piercing pain, as of knives, in the left hip, in the abdomen, and small of the back, only during rest; disappears when moving, and from rubbing, but not from pressure, 2.
- Stitches in the left trochanter, in the evening, aggravated by pressure (seventeenth day), 3a.
- Thigh.
- Burning sensation in the bend of thighs, between the menstrual periods, in the evening; disappears when in bed, 2.
- Sensation of burning and soreness in the bend of the thigh, while walking, in the evening; disappears during rest, 2.
- Drawing in various parts of the right thigh (seventh day), 3.
- Drawing in the muscles of the right thigh (second day), 3b.
- A pain in the extensors of the left thigh, as if they had been stretched too much (seventh day), 1.
- Pressive pain in the muscles of the anterior portion of the left thigh, while sitting, afterwards in the left knee (sixth day), 3.
- In the evening, violent piercing and tearing from the os coccygis into the middle of the left thigh, in the bone, during rest and motion, .
GENERAL SYMPTOMS
- Objective.
- In spite of the pains, I am not weak or depressed, but, on the contrary, am more than usually inclined to mental and physical activity (twenty-second day), 3a. [800.]
- Trembling of the whole body, with spasmodic, visible motion of the muscles; most violent in the left side of the chest, with great apprehension and fear of a misfortune (third day), 1.
- Weary, feeble, tired, as if she was going to be very ill, 2.
- Weariness of the whole body, particularly in the knees, that it seems as if they can hardly bear him (third day), 1.
- Weariness, with dulness of the head, towards 9 A.M. (second day), 1.
- Weary and sleepy all the afternoon (fifth day), 1.
- Great weariness of the whole body, more in the afternoon, and particularly about 3 P.M., so that he had to lie down; he felt better when walking, 2.
- Very great weariness and burning headache, 2.
- After vomiting, extreme feebleness and a burning headache, 2.
- Subjective.
- Sticking pain, as if of a needle in different places, with burning, 2.
- No pains in the evening after lying down (eighth day), 3. [810.]
- No pains during the night (tenth day), 3.
- It was remarkable that during a violent storm, without rain, but with a cloudy sky, there were scarcely any pains (sixth day), 3a.
SKIN
- Eruptions, Dry.
- A pimple on the chin, with a burning tensive pain when touched, 2.
- Two small pimples appear deep in the skin, on the right side of the lower jaw, 2.
- A number of small pimples on the inner surface of the right hand, which tempts him to scratch, 2.
- Itching pimples on the inner side of the right forearm, that burn after being scratched, and disappear next day, 2.
- Eruptions, Moist.
- Several itching pimples on the right forearm, that burn after being scratched, and contain limpid water, during the catamenia, 2.
- A blister, with inflamed edges and a burning pain, on one side of the left upper lip, lasting five days, 2.
- Small vesicles break out on the under lip, which disappear after a short time, 2.
- Small itching vesicles between the left thumb and forefinger, that contain water, 2.
- Sensations. [820.]
- Going to sleep of the great toe, right foot, in the morning, while sitting, 2.
- Burning, with redness, on the back of both hands, as of nettles, afternoon till evening, 2.
- On the outside of the left foot, near the little toe, a glow, as of fire, in the afternoon (second day), 1.
- Drawing in the skin on the right zygoma (eighth day), 3a.
- Drawing in the skin of the left leg (tenth day), 3.
- Several stitches like fleabites in the left side of chest, and then again in the right side of the forehead, 2.
- Tearing and sticking pain on the external surface of the humerus, in the evening, disappearing after rubbing, 2.
- Crawling sensation in the finger-tips of the right hand, as if they were going to sleep, or becoming numb (first evening and second morning), 2.
- Crawling, as of insects, on the back of the nose, several times (seventh and twenty-sixth days), 3a.
- Sensation as though an insect were crawling on the back of the nose, not entirely relieved by wiping, and immediately becoming worse, lasting half an hour, while walking in the evening (eighth day), 3. [830.]
- Externally on both wings of the nose, itching, which makes him scratch and rub (second day), .
SLEEP AND DREAMS
- Sleepiness.
- Stretching and yawning, with internal coldness (fourth day), 1.
- Sleepiness; he fell asleep while reading, in the forenoon (second day), 1.
- Great sleepiness after dinner, 2.
- Lazy, sleepy, directly after breakfast; had no inclination to work; fell asleep while thinking about something (fifth day), 1. [850.]
- While writing in the forenoon he grew very sleepy (seventh day), 1.
- At 9 P.M. he grew sleepy, earlier than usual, but he also woke up earlier (second day), 1.
- Sleeplessness.
- Restlessness at night, which keeps her awake a long time, 2.
- Very restless night; she wakes at times from violent headache, 2.
- Restless sleep; he awoke often; had heavy anxious dreams, and afterwards raised much mucus (fourth day), 1.
- When she is hardly asleep she starts up, without waking up entirely, 2.
- Dreams.
- Dreams often, but does not remember what, 2.
- Dreams of gardens, flowers, delightful picnics (after eight days), 2.
- Dream that she bought beautiful bouquets of flowers in the market (fourth night), 2.
- Dream of a wedding procession that passed by her (seventh night), 2. [860.]
- Dream of a lottery; he saw the numbers which he had taken, 2.
- Only anxious dreams; for instance, that she poured boiling lard into the fire, 2.
- Anxious dream that priests had discovered that she had committed crimes, 2.
- Dream that a gentleman, she knew lay sick in her house, 2.
- Dream that wood was being floated down the neighboring stream, which might be the cause of much damage, 2.
- Dream that she was sailing on the Danube, and was very much afraid, 2.
- Dream of a great expanse of water, into which her daughter went, and then cried for help, 2.
- Dream that her daughter had been struck by paralysis, which frightened her so that she woke covered with perspiration, .
FEVER
- Chilliness.
- Cold shuddering chilliness, with thirst; he drank much water; the chilliness did not last long, and was not followed by either heat or sweat; the thirst lasted all the forenoon (third day), 1.
- Chilly towards evening; she thinks she will get the fever, 2.
- In the evening he is always chilly, without any thirst; he longs to be near the stove, 2. [880.]
- Chilly in the evening in bed, so that he could not get warm all night (after twelve days), 2.
- In the morning, immediately after rising, chill without thirst, but with external coldness, 2.
- Chill without thirst, afternoon, during catamenia, 2.
- 4 P.M., chill with icy coldness and gooseflesh, increases, until 8 P.M.; after going to bed it disappears, without being followed by hot stage; at 4 A.M., sweat without thirst, during catamenia, 2.
- Chill without thirst, at 6 P.M., which ceases after lying down, and is not followed by sweat, 2.
- Chill in the evening, which ceases after lying down, without heat or thirst, 2.
- Chill at 7 P.M., for a quarter of an hour, not followed by heat or sweat (second and third days), 2.
- In the morning, after walking, on an empty stomach, coldness and violent shaking chill, with a feeling of internal heat in the head and a pale face; she believes that her head must also be hot externally; the coldness lasts all day till evening, when moving or resting, but disappears after lying down, 2.
- Internal coldness, with stretching and yawning (fourth day), 1.
- She awakes about 1.30 A.M. shaking all over, and her teeth chatter as though she were out in the cold, with anxiety, for eight minutes, then she falls asleep again, 2. [890.]
- She woke about 1.30 A.M. with shuddering over the whole body and chattering of the teeth, as if the cold; it lasted eight minutes, with anxiety, but afterwards she fell asleep again, 2.
- Violent chill up the back, with chattering of teeth and shaking, without external coldness, 2.
- Heat.
- After vertigo, heat, rising from the body towards the head, constantly becoming more violent until sweat broke out on the forehead, after dinner (first day), 1.
- She often has sudden flushes of heat towards evening, .
CONDITIONS
- Aggravation.
- ( Morning ), Irritability; until breakfast, out of humor, etc.; headache from occiput; particularly when exposed to cold air, tearing in zygoma; no taste, etc.; expectoration of mucus; after rising, burning, etc.; in stomach; when getting up, sprained sensation in ankle; on waking, tearing in ankle, etc.
- ( Forenoon ), Loose feeling in brain; while sitting, jerk in head; beating on back of hands.
- ( Afternoon ), Towards evening, the pains, 3 ; dryness, etc., of eyes; tearing in forearm; while writing, sticking in second finger; towards evening, flushes of heat; dry heat.
- ( Evening ), The pains, 3a; thirst ; sticking in thumb; itching in edges of nose; itching on back; chilliness.
- ( Night ), Pin in left side of nape; pain in small of back; twitching of hands, etc.; sweat.
- ( After eating ), Pressure in forehead; grumbling, etc., in abdomen; stitch in left side of chest.
- ( Rest ), Tearing in occiput; piercing in hip, etc.
- ( Sitting ), Pressure between sternum and nipple; sticking in sacrum; pain in upper arm; tearing along thumb; pressive pain in muscles of thigh, etc.; drawing in hollow of knee; pressure in legs, etc.; sticking in toe.
- ( Walking ), Sentitiveness in region of liver; pains in joints; pain in hip-joint; burning, etc.; in bend of thigh; bruised pain in muscles of thigh; bruised pain in knee; boring in tibia; pressure in ankle.
- Amelioration.
- ( Evening ), After lying down, the pains, 3.
- ( Night ), The pains, 3.
- ( Open air ), The pains, 3; *general feelings, 2.
- ( Cold air ), Toothache.
- ( After dinner ), Many symptoms.
- ( Motion ), Most symptoms, .
SUPPLEMENT: NATRUM SULFURICUM. Authority.
6 , Dr. W. Roe, Practitioner, vol. ii, 1869, p. 239, ordered 10 grains of the bisulphite in distilled water with tincture of orange-peel, three times daily, for a girl troubled with ascarides. [900.]