by C.M. Boger — A Synoptic Key of the Materia Medica
Diarrhœa, with diuresis. Greenish urine; with red sediment. Profuse, dark, intermittent menses. Much, thick leucorrhœa. As of a lump between shoulders. Back feels broken. Left arm and foot fall asleep. Crawling in fingertips (l). Warts.
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Magnesia Sulfurica 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.
“Magnesium sulphate. MgSO4 ,7H2 O. (Epsom Salts.) Preparation , Triturations. Authorities. Emotional. Lively mood; contented with himself and others (second, third, and fourth days), 1. She was very lively and joyous, in a greater degree than for a long time before, as if somewhat intoxicated, 1. She was so depressed…”
“Epsom Salt (MAGNESIA SULPHURICA) The skin, urinary , and female symptoms are most marked. The purgative action of Sulphate of Magnesia is not a quality of the drug, but a quality of its physical state, which renders its absorption impossible. The properties inherent in the substance itself can only be discovered by…”
“Sulphate of Magnesia. Epsom Salts. Magnesia sulphate. MgSO 4 7 H 2 O. Trituration. Cough / Diabetes / Diarrhœa / Dysentery / Dysmenorrhœa / Enuresis / Epithelioma / Eyes, pains in / Hernia / Intermenstrual hæmorrhage / Leucorrhœa / Lumbago / Menorrhagia / Neuralgia / Toothache / Warts The ancient reputation of Mag…”
“Magnesium Sulphate ; Epsom Salts. Mg SO 4 7H 2 O. Proved by Nenning (Hartlaub and Trink's Annalen, vol. 4, p. 466) and Hencke (Neues Archiv., vol. 3, p. 185). CLINICAL AUTHORITIES. Diabetes , Raue's Rec., 1874, p. 211. Very lively, or greatly depressed. Sad and weeping ; foreboding anxiety, as if some accident would…”
“Sad and weeping mood, with foreboding anxiety, as if some accident would happen. Ill-humor, irritable. Vertigo with heaviness of the head; with spontaneous closing of the eyes. Dull or stupid feeling of the head, as if bandaged or screwed in. Feeling of heaviness of the head with vertigo. Stitches, stabbings in the…”
Kent's Repertory lists Magnesia Sulfurica in 903 rubrics. These are the ones where it carries the highest grade — the symptoms Kent treated as most characteristic. Most of them sit in HEAD (157), EXTREMITIES (136), ABDOMEN (59), BACK (56), SLEEP (54).
