Chininum Sulfuricum

by C.M. Boger — A Synoptic Key of the Materia Medica

REGION

NERVES.
CIRCULATION.
Dorsal spine.

WORSE

EXACT PERIODICITY.
Cold, 10-11 A.M.
Head to left.

BETTER

Yawning.

Neuralgias. .................... Sensitive. Nervous. A net, fog or mote before eyes. Tinnitus. Deafness. Brow ague. Granular, brickred, urinary sediment. Vertigo, with tinnitus (Sal-ac.). Spine (cervico-dorsal) aches, or is tender. Anticipating chills. Delirium during heat. Increasing fever and prostration, with profuse nightsweats. Profuse sweat which >, but exhausts. Thirst in all stages. Clear apyrexia. Typical malaria. Itching. Petechiæ.

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Chininum Sulfuricum across the other classic books

Chininum Sulfuricum appears in 6 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.
“Sulphate of quinine or chinin. Formula ,SH2O4 +7H2 O (Regnault). Preparation for use , Triturations. Authorities.”
Boericke — The quick clinical read — keynotes, modalities and the conditions it is actually prescribed in.
“Sulphite of Quinine A dose of Chinin sulph in high potency sometimes arouses suppressed malaria, and brings back the paroxysm. Aside from its undoubted influence over malaria, it is indicated homeopathically whenever there is marked periodicity and spinal sensitiveness. Acute articular rheumatism . Polyarticular gout…”
Boger (GA) — Which general headings this remedy belongs under — the analytical scaffolding.
“SPINE AND CORD TIME, 8 A.M. to 12 Noon. 10-11 A.M. 3 P.M. 7 P.M. 10 P.M.”
Clarke — The widest entry — sources, provings, clinical uses, relationships and antidotes in one place.
“Sulphate of Quinine. (C 20 H 24 N 2 O 2 ) 2 H 2 SO 4 15 H 2 O. Trituration. Angina pectoris / Asthma / Brow ague / Cancerous ulcers / Cholera / Delirium / Diarrhœa / Dropsy / Dysmenorrhœa / Ear affections / Gangrenous and fetid suppurations / Gravel / Hæmaturia / Hæmoglobinuria / Hæmorrhages / Headache / Intermittent…”
Hering — Graded symptoms, each weighted by how often provers and practice confirmed it.
“Sulphate of Quinine or Chinin. C 20 H 24 N 2 O 2 , H 2 SO 7 + 7H 2 O. One of the earliest provings was that by A. Noack, in 1839, Journal für Arzneimittellehre, vol. ii, p. 379, who also proved Cinchoninum sulfuricum, in 1842, Hygea, vol. xvi. For other provings see Encyclopædia, vol. iii . The pernicious and…”

Chininum Sulfuricum in Kent's Repertory

Kent's Repertory lists Chininum Sulfuricum in 1,142 rubrics. These are the ones where it carries the highest grade — the symptoms Kent treated as most characteristic. Most of them sit in EXTREMITIES (173), HEAD (142), MIND (83), STOMACH (76), FACE (61).

EXTREMITIES - FULLNESS - Leg - fever,during
FEVER - PAROXYSMS increasing in severity - regular
EAR - NOISES in - ringing - chill,during
EAR - NOISES in - buzzing - vertigo - with
ABDOMEN - PAIN - Spleen - chill,during
FACE - HEAT - headache,with
CHILL - ANTICIPATING
EXTREMITIES - PAIN - Lower Limbs - sciatica - touch agg.
CHILL - PERIODICITY regular and distinct
BACK - PAIN - sore - bruised - beaten - Spine - spinal irritation - Cervical region
EYE - CLOSE, - involuntary
PERSPIRATION - PROFUSE - morning
CHILL - TIME - 3 p.m.
STOMACH - APPETITE - ravenous,canine,excessive - .ìeating - after,soon
BACK - PAIN - sore - bruised - beaten - Spine - spinal irritation - Dorsal region
BACK - PAIN - chill - during
BACK - PERSPIRATION
EAR - NOISES in - vertigo, - with
URINE - ODOR - strong
GENERALITIES - WEAKNESS,enervation - perspiration,from

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