Sulphuricum acidum
By Adolph von Lippe — Keynotes and Red Line Symptoms of the Materia Medica
Common name: sulphuric acid.
In contusion and laceration of soft parts it vies with Calend. (A.).
Perspiration from every motion (Bry., Calc., Chin.).
Variableness (Ign., Kali-S., Puls.).
Stitches in the joints (Berb., Bry., Kali-B., Nit-Ac., Sil.).
Small, weak, pulse (Verat.).
Tight, dry, cough with slight hacking (Bry.).
Very effective in curing bronchitis in children with short, teasing cough (Dros., Ipec.).
Child smells sour all over, despite the actual cleanliness (Hep., Mag-C., Rheum) (N.).
Bad effects from mechanical injuries, with bruises, chafing and livid skin (N.).
Small, bluish spots as from suggilation (Arn., Ham.), or red itching spots (Merc.).
Purpura hæmorrhagica (Crot-H., Lach.) (A.).
Concussion of brain from fall or blow, where the skin is cold and body bathed in cold sweat (A.).
Tendency to gangrene following mechanical injuries, especially of old people (A.).
Cicatrices turn blood-red, or blue, and are painful (A.).
The left side is more affected (Lach., Rhus-T.).
The pains are felt during sleep (Lach.).
HAEMORRHAGES FROM EVERY OUTLET OF THE BODY (Crot-H., Ferr-P., Loch., Nit-Ac., Phos.) (N.).
Prostration (Ars., Camph., Carb-V., Kali-P., Lach., Phos., Sep., Sulph.) (N.).
SENSATION AS IF THE BRAIN WAS LOOSE IN THE FOREHEAD AND FALLING FROM SIDE TO SIDE (Bell., Bry., Rhus-T., Spig.) (N.).
PAIN OF GRADUAL AND SLOWLY INCREASING INTENSITY WHICH CEASES SUDDENLY WHEN AT ITS HEIGHT, OFTEN REPEATED (Puls.).
Weakness of the whole body, with sensation as if from trembling (Kali-P.).
SENSATION OF TREMBLING ALL OVER, WITHOUT ACTUAL TREMBLING (N.).
Internal trembling of drunkards (A.).
Drawing and tearing in the body, even in the face.
Aggravation, then sudden relaxation of the pains.
Catamenia too early and too profuse (Calc., Chin., Ferr.).
Menses are followed by bloody leucorrhœa (Ars., Caust., Chin., Pyrog., Zinc.) (Bl.).
Flushes of heat in climacteric years (Amyl-N., Graph., Sep.) (N.).
Fever with great disposition to hæmorrhages from capillaries and rapid sinking of the vital forces, oozing of dark, liquid blood; face deathly pale (Carb-V., Ferr.); tendency to collapse and gangrene (A.).
Involuntary urine (Nat-M., Sep.) (A.).
Weak and exhausted from some deep-seated dyscrasia; no other symptoms (Psor., Sulph.) (A.).
Nose-bleed (Ferr-P., Ham., Phos.) (A.).
APHTHAE (Bor., Kali-M., Nat-M.).
ULCERATION OF MOUTH, GUMS, OR ENTIRE BUCCAL CAVITY (Kali-M., Merc., Nit-Ac., Sulph.) (N.).
GUMS BLEED READILY (Carb-V., Crot-H., Hep., Kreos., Lach., Merc-C., Nat-M., Phos.) (N.).
Offensive breath (Bapt., Carb-V., Kali-P., Lach., Nux-V., Puls.) (N.).
Aphthous ulcers; painful (Ars., Bor., Nat-M.) (N.).
Relaxed feeling in the stomach (Carb-An., Ipec., Sep.) (Br.).
Hiccough (Ars., Bell., Carb-V.) (Br.).
Nausea with chilliness (Ars., Cocc., Eup-P., Ipec., Kali-Ars., Nat-M.) (Br.).
Averse to smell of coffee (Br.).
Often very useful in the stomach troubles of old whisky topers (Carb-V.) (N.).
Ailments from brandy drinking (Nux-V.) (A.).
HYPERCHLORHYDRIA (Mag-C., Nat-P., Nux-V.) (Bl.).
Eructations, after eating (Carb-V., Nux-V., Puls., Sep., Sulph.).
The ingesta rise up again (Chin., Ferr., Nux-V.).
After eating warm food, cold perspiration.
Sour, acid vomiting (Calc., Hep., Nux-V., Sulph.) (N.).
CHRONIC HEART-BURN, SOUR ERUCTATIONS; SETS TEETH ON EDGE (Rob.) (A.).
Gastralgia; the pains are either violent and contractive, or are of a dull, heavy aching character (Bl.).
Pyrosis (Nat-P., Nux-V., Puls.).
Loss of appetite (Arg-N., Chin., Puls.) (Bl.).
WATER DRUNK CAUSES COLDNESS OF THE STOMACH, UNLESS MIXED WITH ALCOHOLIC LIQUOR (A.)
Flatulence (Carb-V., Coloc., Mag-P., Nux-V., Puls.) (Bl.).
Diarrhœa, fetid, black, with sour odour of the body and faint, empty feeling in the abdomen (Br.).
SAFFRON-LIKE OR ORANGE-LIKE YELLOW STOOL (Coloc., Merc.) (K.).
Oozing piles (Aloe, Graph., Kali-B., Merc., Pœon.) (B.).
Itching, burning and sticking in the anus (Ars, Sulph.) (C.).
Dry coryza, with loss of smell and taste (Ant-T., Nat-M., Puls.) (C.).
Hardness of hearing (Calc., Phos., Sulph.) (C.).
Profuse hæmorrhage from the lungs (Ferr., Ipec., Phos.) (C.).
Hectic fever (Ars-I., Calc., Ferr., Iod., Lach., Nat-M., Sep.) (C.).
Feels in a great hurry; everything must be done quickly (Arg-N.) (A.).
Unwilling to answer questions not from obstinacy, but inaptness (A.).
Cough with expectoration in the morning, without expectoration in the evening (Hep., Puls., Squil.) (G.).
ERUCTATIONS AFTER COUGHING (Ambr., Ang., Verat.) (K.).
Bloody expectoration (Bry., Ferr-P., Phos., Sulph.) (B.).
Fingers jerk when writing (B.).
Drenching sweats (Chin., Merc., Nat-M., Verat.) (B.).
Sensation as if the white of an egg had dried on the face (D.).
AGGRAVATION: After eating; during sleep; in the open air; from excess of heat or cold in the forenoon and evening; during menopause; after traumatism; from spirits; and from odour of coffee.
AMELIORATION: From warmth; from lying on the affected side; from hot drinks; and from putting hands near the head.
RELATIONSHIP: Compare: Ars., Bor., Calend., Carb-V., Chin., Ferr-P., Hep., Ipec., Kali-P., Lach., Led., Lyc., Mag-C., Merc., Nat-M., Nit-Ac., Puls., Rheum, Ruta, Sep., Sulph., Symph. and Thuj.
Follows well after: Arn., with bruised pain, livid skin, and profuse sweat; and Led. in ecchymosis.
COMPLEMENTARY: Puls.
N. B. Sulphuric Acid, one part, with three parts of alcohol, 10 to 15 drops, three times daily for three or four weeks, has been successfully used to subdue the craving for liquor (Hr.).