Calcarea sulphurica
by Adolph von Lippe — Keynotes and Red Line Symptoms 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Historical reference for practitioners and students.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.
Common names: sulphate of lime; plaster of paris; gypsum.
It corresponds to the suppurative processes, abscesses, etc. (D.).
Glandular swellings (Bad., Bell., Brom., Calc., Carb-An., Graph., Hep., Iod., Kali-M., Lyc., Merc., Nit-Ac., Phos., Rhus-T., Sil., Sulph.) (Bl.),
When the abscess has broken or has been lanced and is discharging, then Calc-S. comes in; the presence of pus with a vent is the characteristic indication (D.).
Pus: thick, yellow, lumpy and bloody (B.).
Glands are enlarged and hard (Bad., Carb-An., Merc-I., Phyt.) (Bl.).
Fistulæ (Fluor-Ac., Hep., Sil.) (B.).
Deafness, with discharge of matter from the middle ear, sometimes mixed with blood (Br.).
Pimples around ear (Rhus-T., Tell.) (Br.).
Edges of nostrils sore (Ars., Bor., Graph., Hep., Kali-Ars, Nit-Ac.) (C.).
Yellowish discharge from the posterior nares (Hydr., Kali-B., Lyc., Nat-S.) (Br.).
One-sided discharge from the nose (Alum., Aur., Bell., Hep., Kali-C., Nux-V., Phos., Phyt., Plat., Rhod., Stann., Staph.) (C.).
Yellow coating at the base of the tongue (Nat-P.) (Br.).
Pain in the region of the liver (Bry., Chel., Dig., Hep., Iod., Lach., Merc., Podo., Sep., Sulph.) (C.).
Pus-like, slimy discharge from the bowels (Merc., Sil.) (Br.).
Unhealthy skin; ulcers do not heal rapidly (Hep., Sil., Sulph.) (C.).
Profuse perspiration, especially with hectic rise of temperature (Chin., Hep., Kali-I., Merc., Nat-M., Sil.).
Suppuration of the tonsils (Bell., Hep., Merc., Sil.) (D.).
Eczema: the eruption has yellowish scales, and there are many pimples and points of suppuration (Crot-T., Kali-S., Rhus-T.) (Bl.).
Cough with purulent and sanious sputa and hectic fever (Hep., Lach., Nit-Ac., Phos., Puls., Sep., Sil.) (Br.).
Inflammation of the eyes, with discharge of thick, yellow matter (Br.).
Abscess of the cornea (Hep., Merc-C., Sil.) (D.).
Ophthalmia neonatorum (Arg-N., Hep., Puls., Sil.) (Br.).
Sees only one half of an object (Ars., Aur., Bov., Calc., Caust., Dig., Gels.) (C.).
Burning of the soles of the feet (Ars., Calc., Carb-V., Graph., Lach., Lyc., Phos., Sep., Sulph., Sulph-I., Zinc.) (K.).
Inside of lips sore (Sil.) (C.).
Suppurative processes in the lungs (Ars-I., Calc., Ferr-P., Hep., Kali-I., Lach., Lyc., Merc., Nit-Ac., Phos., Sil., Sulph.) (D.).
Rattling of mucus in the chest (Ant-T., Carb-V., Hep., Lyc., Nat-S., Puls., Seneg., Stann., Sulph.).
Difficulty of breathing worse in the evening and during night; also when ascending, during cough and on lying.
AGGRAVATION: In the evening; during night; when walking; during sleep; after dinner; during menses; and on rising from sitting.
AMELIORATION: In the morning; after washing; from doubling up; and after scratching.
RELATIONSHIP. It is deeper acting than Hepar, and acts after that remedy ceases to act; Silicea comes in before this remedy to favour or to prevent the suppuration.
COMPARE: Calc., Calend., Hep., Kali-M., Nux-V., Sil. and Sulph.