Calcarea sulphurica

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.).

Fistulæ (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.