Natrium aethylosulphuricum
Natrum Æthylosulfuricum, C2H5
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Historical reference for practitioners and students.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.
KSO4 + 2HO.
Preparation , Solutions in water.
Authority.
Rabuteau, Rev. de Thérap. Méd.-Chir., 1871 (Practitioner, 7, 1872, p. 247).
- It purges in relatively feeble doses; 25 grammes, or 5 drachms, are always sufficient; 10 grammes act on children, and sometimes on adults; the number of evacuations varies according to the quantity ingested; with a dose of 20 grammes in three glasses of water, it usually produces four or five stools; and from five to eight in doses of 25 grammes; the effects usually begin to manifest themselves an hour after it has been taken; it is the mildest of saline purgatives.