Sulphur iodatum

by C.M. Boger — A Synoptic Key of the 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Historical reference for practitioners and students.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.

REGION

Tissues.
Skin.
Glands.
Right side.

WORSE

Exertion; slight.
Heat.
Lying on R. side.
Before storms.
Night.

BETTER

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. Suppuration. Infiltration. Favors reabsorption. .................... Headache, > sundown. Hair seems erect. Zigzags before vision. Teeth feel soft. Glazed tongue. Raw, dry mouth and throat; painful swallowing; wants to moisten it. Tremor in epigastrium on exertion. Mesenteric disease. Bright yellow stools. Stubborn obstipation. Foul anal discharge. Urine scanty; purulent; brown sand in. Soft testes. Deficient erections. Cracked prepuce. Aching soreness below knees. Itching. Ulcers. Moist eczema. Acne. Barber's itch.

Follows: Sulphur.

Sulphur iodatum across the other classic books

Sulphur iodatum appears in 7 of the 21 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 — A compiled symptom record drawing on proving reports and other named observations.
“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…”
Boericke — The quick clinical read — keynotes, modalities and the conditions it is actually prescribed in.
“Iodide of Sulphur Obstinate skin affections, notably in barber's itch and acne . Weeping eczema. Uvula and tonsils enlarged and reddened. Swollen. Tongue thick. Parotid hypertrophied. Itching on ears, nose, and in urethra. Papular eruption on face. Cold-sores on lips. Boils on neck. Barber's itch. Acne . Lichen…”
Boger (GA) — Which general headings this remedy belongs under — the analytical scaffolding.
“SUPPURATION YELLOW, golden, bright or orange”
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 /…”
Hale — The introduction story — early pathogenetic and clinical evidence for medicines new to Hale's generation.
“[Iodide of Sulphur.) Description. — Iodine and Sulphur combine when heated together, even under water. The Iodide is a blackish-gray radio-crystalline mass, resembling native Sulphide of antimony. It decomposes at. higher temperatures, gives off Iodine on exposure to air, and is insoluble in water. Preparation. …”
Hughes & Dake — The source evidence — provings and poisonings retained with their experimental context.
“Sulphur iodatiun, iodide of sulphur, Sjlj. V 1. Provirtgs. — I. Some years ago 1 happened to take 10 dr. of linct. of iodine. It was soon followed by symptoms of influenza, which I did not at the time attribute to the action of the drug. Some d. later, however, on repeating the dose, the same symptoms recurred …”

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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