- Allen HC — The keynotes that separate this remedy from its nearest neighbours.
“Brimstone; Flowers of Sulphur. (The Element.) Adapted to persons of a scrofulous diathesis, subject to venous congestion; especially of portal system. Persons of nervous temperament, quick motioned, quick tempered, plethoric, skin excessively sensitive to atmospheric changes (Hep., Kali c., Psor.). For lean…”
- Allen TF — A compiled symptom record drawing on proving reports and other named observations.
“The element, Sulphur. Preparation , Trituration of sublimed sulphur. (Flores Sulfuris). Authorities. (Nos. 1 to 8 , from Hahnemann, Chr. Kn.). [The last contribution of the late Dr. Dunham to this work was handed me by the late Mrs. Dunham, soon after his death, viz., a list of his verifications of Sulphur, taken from…”
- Boericke — The quick clinical read — keynotes, modalities and the conditions it is actually prescribed in.
“Sublimated Sulphur This is great Hahnemannian anti-psoric. Its action is centrifugal-from within outward-having an elective affinity for the skin, where it produces heat and burning , with itching; made worse by heat of bed. Inertia and relaxation of fiber; hence feebleness of tone characterizes its symptoms…”
- Boger (GA) — Which general headings this remedy belongs under — the analytical scaffolding.
“ACRIDITY, EXCORIATIONS, ETC. AIR Open, Amel.:- IN ROOM, agg., air hunger, etc. ALIVE, sensations (Comp. Formication) ALTERNATING EFFECTS, sides, states, etc.(Comp. Periodicity, Wandering, Waves). ANGER, irritability fretfulness, bad temper, etc. (Comp. Emotions) APPETITE, CHANGED ASSOCIATED effects. BATHING, cold…”
- Boger (Syn) — Generals and modalities in a short analytical portrait rather than a symptom list.
“CIRCULATION: VENOUS. Portal. Abdomen. NUTRITIVE ORGANS. MEMBRANES: Mucous. Serous. Rectum. Chest. SKIN; folds. VERTEX. SOLES. Joints. Glands. SUPPRESSIONS. BATHING. Milk. HEATED: EXERTION. IN BED, by woolens, etc. Atmospheric changes. Speaking. Periodically: 11 A.M. Climacteric. Full moon (Cina. Sil.). Open air…”
- Clarke — The widest entry — sources, provings, clinical uses, relationships and antidotes in one place.
“Brimstone. Sublimed Sulphur. S. (A. W. 3l.98). Trituration of "Flowers of Sulphur." A saturated solution of Sulphur in absolute alcohol constitutes the Ø tincture. [A trituration of amorphous Sulphur has also been used. Effects of "Milk of Sulphur" or Precipitated Sulphur, i.e ., Sulphur prepared by precipitation from…”
- Farrington — The differential diagnosis — remedy families narrowed through direct clinical comparison.
“SULPHUR. Sulphur: Psorinum; Merc., Nitric ac., Lach.; Nux, Puls., Bry.; Bapt., Arsenicum; Calc. ostr., Lyc., Silic., Sepia; Aconite, Bell., Bry.; Phos., Ant. t., Ars. Sulphur ↓ Calc. ostr. Sulphur ↓ Acon. Sulphur ↓ Aloes. Sulphur > Nux, Puls., Merc. Sulphur is an element with which you are all familiar. You must be…”
- Guernsey — The leading characteristics — a compact bridge from repertory result to remedy study.
“Mental.--Peevishness; childish peevishness in grown people. Fantastic illusions of the intellect, especially if one turns everything into beauty, as an old rag or stick looks to be a beautiful piece of workmanship--everything looks pretty which the patient takes a fancy to. Happy dreams where one wakes up singing…”
- Hahnemann (CD) — The antipsoric proving record — Hahnemann's later materia medica in its chronic-disease setting.
“For homœopathic use the roll sulphur of commerce is redistilled at a gentle heat, forming flowers of sulphur (flores sulphuris) and then washed by shaking with alcohol to remove any acid that may adhere to it. For more than 2, 000 years sulphur has been found a most efficacious remedy against the itch, while not a…”
- Hahnemann (MMP) — The proving record — numbered observations closest to Hahnemann's primary materia medica.
“(Flowers of sulphur, Flores sulphuris, sublimed in fine acicular form into the receiver of a retort, washed by being shaken up with alcohol, in order to remove any acid that may be adhering to them.) From vol. iv, 2nd edit., 1825. Though sulphur has been employed for many centuries, by medical and non-medical persons…”
- Hering — Graded symptoms, each weighted by how often provers and practice confirmed it.
“Brimstone ; Flowers of Sulphur. The Element. Introduced by Hahnemann, proved by himself, Fr. Hahnemann, Nenning, Wahle, Walther, Chronische Krankh., vol. 4, p. 27 ; Gross, Archiv, vol. 19 ; Helbig, Heraclides, p. 64 ; Knorre, A. H. Z. , vol. 6, p. 37 ; Molin, Archiv. de la Méd. Hom., vol. 3, 1835, p. 377 ; Wurmb…”
- Hughes & Dake — The source evidence — provings and poisonings retained with their experimental context.
“SULPHUR. ominon brimstone. (The "flowers of sulphur" carefully washed with distilled water, and dried in the open air.) f I. Pravings. — 1. Hahnemann, yWtf/. yi/ir^. Para, vol. iv of original, vol. ii of translation. Contains 755 symptoms from self, and 60 from his son Friedrich and a few authors. 2. Ibid., Chronic…”
- Kent — The mental and general picture — how Kent organizes the remedy’s historical symptom portrait.
“Sulphur Sulphur is such a full remedy that it is somewhat difficult to tell where to begin. It seems to contain a likeness of all the sicknesses of man, and a beginner on reading over the proving of Sulphur might naturally think that he would need no other remedy, as the image of all sickness seems to be contained in…”
- Lippe (MM) — The strict Hahnemannian reading — the symptom picture without clinical interpretation.
“Peevishness; irritability; restless, quick temperament. Melancholy, with great inclination to philosophical and religious speculations; with anxiety about the salvation of one's soul, and great indifference to the welfare of others. Hypochondriac mood (through the day, in the evening he inclined to be merry). Dulness…”
- Lippe (Red) — Keynotes with the most-trusted ones marked as red-line symptoms.
“Common names: brimstone; flowers of sulphur. The king of remedies around which centres the whole Materia Medica (Bt.). It acts upon every organ and tissue of the body (Ars., Calc., Merc.) (D.). Is especially applicable to chronic diseases (Sep.) (D.). IS THE LEADING ANTIPSORIC (N.). Adapted to persons of a scrofulous…”
- Nash — The comparisons — the remedy set beside the ones it is most often confused with.
“Hahnemann’s king of anti-psorics; combatting all psoric manifestations, as described in Hahnemann’s chronic diseases. Itching eruptions on the skin everywhere; scratching is followed by burning. Burning everywhere, general and local, especially feet; has to stick them out of bed to cool them. Redness of all orifices…”
