Sulphur Iodatum

Iodide of Sulphur

by William Boericke — Pocket Manual of Homoeopathic Materia Medica & Repertory

Obstinate skin affections, notably in barber's itch and acne . Weeping eczema.

Throat

Uvula and tonsils enlarged and reddened. Swollen. Tongue thick. Parotid hypertrophied.

Skin

Itching on ears, nose, and in urethra. Papular eruption on face. Cold-sores on lips. Boils on neck. Barber's itch. Acne . Lichen planus. Arms covered with itching rash. Hair feels as if erect.

Dose

Third trituration.

Sulphur Iodatum across the other classic books

Sulphur Iodatum appears in 5 of the 13 classic books on Similia. Each was written to do a different job — here is what each adds on this remedy, with the opening of its entry.

Allen TF — The raw proving record — symptoms as the provers reported them, unedited.
“Iodide of Sulphur, S2 Preparation , Triturations. Authorities. Doubtful, 2d. Anxious, 2d. Unsteadiness of ideas, 2d. Apathy and inaptitude for business, 2d. Dread of exertion, 2d. Headache, 1. Headache continued (second morning), 2. Head feels swollen, 2d. A recurrence of the feelings in the head and throat followed…”
Boger (GA) — Which general headings this remedy belongs under — the analytical scaffolding.
“SUPPURATION YELLOW, golden, bright or orange”
Boger (Syn) — Generals and modalities in a short analytical portrait rather than a symptom list.
“Tissues. Skin. Glands. Right side. Exertion; slight. Heat. Lying on R. side. Before storms. Night. Cool air. Standing. Grippy feeling. Weak; and sensitive to everything. Faint and sick. Raw, burning heat, internally, with external coldness. Acrid discharges. Single parts, fingers, etc., turn white and insensible…”
Clarke — The widest entry — sources, provings, clinical uses, relationships and antidotes in one place.
“Iodide of Sulphur. S 2 I 2 . Trituration. Acne; punctata / Barber's itch / Coryza / Ears, noises in / Eczema, weeping / Gonorrhœa / Hay asthma / Influenza / Kidneys, pain in / Lichen planus / Lip, upper, eruption on / Parotid glands, hypertrophy of / Prostate, affections of / Scalp, soreness of / Spine, weakness of /…”

Sulphur Iodatum in Kent's Repertory

Kent's Repertory lists Sulphur Iodatum in 80 rubrics. These are the ones where it carries the highest grade — the symptoms Kent treated as most characteristic. Most of them sit in EXTREMITIES (15), HEAD (11), MIND (7), BACK (4), EAR (4).

SKIN - ERUPTIONS - eczema
GENERALITIES - HEAT - sensation of
STOMACH - DESIRES - lemonade
BLADDER - URINATION - frequent - morning
NOSE - PAIN in - rawness
EXTREMITIES - ERUPTION - Upper Limbs - rash
GENERALITIES - SYPHILIS
URETHRA - ITCHING
NOSE - DISCHARGE, - greenish
STOMACH - DESIRES - sour,acids,etc.
SKIN - ERUPTIONS - discharging,moist
EXTREMITIES - PAIN - burning - Foot - sole
NOSE - DISCHARGE, - excoriating
SKIN - ERUPTIONS - urticaria
NOSE - DISCHARGE, - thick
EAR - NOISES in - buzzing
HEAD - PAIN, - sore bruised,sensitive to pressure
LARYNX TRACHEA - IRRITATION in air passages - Larynx
SKIN - ERUPTIONS
RECTUM - ITCHING

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