Chininum Sulphuricum

▲   GENERAL

General

A dose of Chinin, Sulphur ^Sulph. in high potency sometimes arouses suppressed malaria, and brings back the paroxysm. Aside from its undoubted influence over malaria, it is indicated homeopathically whenever there is marked periodicity and spinal sensitiveness. Acute articular rheumatism. Polyarticular gout. Pruritis and congested conditions of the rectum. Symptoms of Chronic interstitial nephritis. Retrobulbar neuritis with sudden loss of sight. Thready vessels. Hiccough.

Dose

First to third trituration; also thirtieth potency and higher.

▲   RELATIONSHIPS

Compare

Compare: Chin. salicyl ( Deafness, tinnitus, and Meniere’s disease.) Arsenicum Album ^Ars.; Eupat.; Methyl blue. Camphora ^Camphor mono-bromide (is said to intensify the action of Quinine and render it more permanent.) Baja, an East Indian drug, (said to be almost infallible in intermittent fever, quartan type; pulsating headache injected eyes, flushed face. Liver and spleen enlarged. Oedema. Also Pambotano, Mexican remedy for intermittent and tropical fevers.)

Antidotes

Antidotes: Parthenium; Nat Mur ^{Nat. Mur}.; Lachesis ^Lach.; Arnica ^Arn.; Pulsatilla ^Puls.

▲   MIND

Mind

Emotions, feelings, attitude, disposition; sensitive, oversensitive

Insecure, uncertain, scared

anxiety; about future

fear; of evil

fear; of misfortune

▲   VERTIGO, DIZZINESS

Vertigo

Pain in forehead and temples, increasing gradually at noon, of malarial origin, with vertigo and pulsation

With nausea

▲   HEAD

Head

Worse left side

Falling in street

Inability to remain standing

Amaurosis.

Pulsating

Headache

Pain, headache

Pain, headache

recurring headache

pulsating

▲   EYES

Eyes

Lids; eyes closed; eyes close involuntary

▲   EARS

Ear

Violent ringing, buzzing, and Roaring in ears, with deafness.

Noises in ear

with vertigo, dizziness

buzzing

with vertigo, dizziness

ringing

during chill

roaring

▲   FACE

Face

Neuralgia commences under eye; extends into and around it

Pains return with great regularity; Relieved by pressure.

Expression; anxious

Heat; with headache

Skin; discoloration; pale

▲   CHEST

Chest

Heart; palpitations; from exertion

Oppressed feeling

▲   SKIN

Skin

Itching; erythema, urticaria, icterus, vesication, pustules, purpura

Great sensitiveness

Shriveled skin.

▲   BACK AND NECK

Neck

Last cervical sensitive

Pain extends to head and neck.

Pain; spine; irritation; neck

Back

Spine; Great sensitiveness of the dorsal vertebrae; pain on pressure

Pain

during chill

spine; irritation

dorsal (shoulder level)

Perspiration

▲   ABDOMEN

Abdomen

Pain; spleen; during chill

Stomach; appetite; ravenous, excessive; eating increases the hunger; soon after eating

▲   GENITALS ETC

Urine

Bloody

Turbid, slimy, clay-colored, greasy sediment

Small amount of urea and Acid Phos ^{Phosphoric Acid} with excess or uric acid and abundance of chlorides, accompanied by subnormal temperature

Excessive flow

Albuminuria.

Odour; strong

▲   EXTREMITIES, LIMBS

Extremities, limbs

Fullness; leg; during fever

Pain; lower limbs; sciatica (pain radiating from back along back of thigh); touch

▲   FEVER AND CHILL

Fever and chill

Chill daily at 3 p.m

Painful swelling of various veins during a chill

Shivering even in a warm room

Anguish

Subnormal temperature.

Afternoon

Periodic, recurring

attacks recurring earlier each time

regular and distinct intervals

With fever, but chill predominating

Shaking, shivering, rigors

At certain time of day or night; from 3 p.m.

Comes on suddenly; regular

▲   GENERALITIES

Perspiration

Profuse

morning

Generalities

Blood; An immediate and rapid decrease in red blood cells and reduction in haemoglobin with increase in elimination of chlorides

Tendency to poly nucleated leucocytosis.

Dehydration

Pain; pressing; externally

Periodic, recurring

Sensitive; externally

Touch

Weakness (see lethargic, weariness)

from perspiration

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