Sulfur Iodatum

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

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.

Sulfur Iodatum across the other classic books

Sulfur 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…”
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 /…”

Sulfur Iodatum in Kent's Repertory

Kent's Repertory lists Sulfur 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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