Magnesia Sulphurica

▲   GENERAL

General

The skin, Urinary, and female symptoms are most marked. The purgative action of Sulphate of Magnesia is not a quality of the drug, but a quality of its physical state, which renders its absorption impossible. The properties inherent in the substance itself can only be discovered by attenuation ( Percy Wilde.)

Dose

Magnesia Sulphurica. is of diagnostic and therapeutic value in Gallstone colic. From 2 to 4 teaspoonfuls in glass hot water taken at onset of a colicky attack may abort or stop the colic.

Epsom salts is one of the most active saline cathartics, operat

▲   RELATIONSHIPS

Relations

It is claimed that the addition of a small amount of Magnesia Sulphurica. to the usual hypodermic of Morphine increases the value of the hypodermic from 50 to 100%.

▲   MIND

Mind

Aversions, dislikes

business

company; being alone

indolence, aversion to work

afternoon

Delusions, imaginations, hallucinations, illusions

creatures and animals; mice

illusions of fantasy

visions or presence of phantoms, figures, people; sees people

visions or presence of phantoms, figures, people; strangers; about her while she is knitting

visions or presence of phantoms, figures, people; strangers; sees strangers

Excitement

Emotions, feelings, attitude, disposition

anger (see irritability and quarrelsome)

cheerful, happy

irritability; during period

mirth, hilarity, liveliness, etc.

morose; afternoon

unhappy; discontent, displeased, dissatisfied, etc.

unhappy; sadness, mental depression

morning

weeping, crying, tearful mood (lamenting)

Intellectual faculties

impaired thinking; confusion

impaired thinking; confusion; morning

impaired thinking; confusion; on rising

impaired thinking; confusion; after rising

impaired thinking; confusion; on waking

impaired thinking; confusion; evening

impaired thinking; confusion; open air

impaired thinking; confusion; stool

Insecure, uncertain, scared

anxiety

anxiety; morning

on waking

anxiety; of conscience (as if guilty of a crime)

fear; morning

fear; of death

fear; of evil; morning, on waking

fear; of misfortune

morning

fear; on waking

Quiet, peace (or lack of); feeling of tranquillity

Restlessness, nervousness

internal

Talking, conversation

dislike of talking, desire to be silent, taciturn

dislike of talking, desire to be silent, taciturn; afternoon

Thinking of complaints

▲   VERTIGO, DIZZINESS

Vertigo

Apprehensive; vertigo; head heavy during menses

Morning

Morning; on rising

Noon

Open air

On closing eyes

While eating; during dinner

After eating

after dinner

Tendency to fall over

falling forward

From movement; moving the head; raising head

On rising; from bed

▲   HEAD

Head

Eyes burn, noises in ears.

Brain

brain feels loose

brain feels loose; on movement

brain feels loose; while walking

brain feels loose; sensation of brain falling forward

Coldness

during period

Congestion (see pulsation)

morning

late morning

fullness; forehead

on rising

in forehead

Constriction, tension (see also pulling, pressing)

Hot

afternoon

with coldness of body

flashes of heat

during period

with red face

on rising

forehead

top of head (vertex)

Movements in head

when coughing

after eating

from movement

on stooping

while walking

shaking sensation

during cough

Movements of head; falling (see heaviness); forward; on stooping

Pulsating

afternoon

evening

while walking

in open air

forehead

afternoon

evening

side

in house

while walking; in open air

Headache

Heaviness (see pain

pressing)

pressing); morning; after rising

pressing); morning; on waking

pressing); after eating

pressing); during period

pressing); on rising; from stooping

pressing); on waking

pressing); forehead

as if all would come out of forehead

Pain, headache

morning

in bed

afternoon

evening

night; about midnight

air; open (see walking in open air)

eyes and vision (affecting or affected by); on moving eyes

on coughing

nose bleed

from exertion; physical exertion; from carrying weight on the shoulders

hammering pain

in women; during period

from certain movements; rising (see morning, noon, night, etc., on rising, also movement; raising head); from stooping

with other pains; pain in neck

perspiration; with perspiration

from touch

aching deep in brain; afternoon

aching deep in brain; from touch

in forehead

morning

late morning

afternoon

evening

evening; in bed

night

night; midnight

open air

while lying down

after rising; from stooping

above eyebrows; afternoon

above eyes; above left

back of head (occiput)

morning

open air

cold application

jarring

while lying down

stooping

sides

sides; morning; on rising

sides; afternoon

sides; room

sides; walking; in open air

sides; extending to other parts; backward

temples; morning

temples; late morning

temples; afternoon

temples; night

temples and forehead

top of head (vertex); late morning

boring, digging, screwing; afternoon

boring, digging, screwing; evening; in bed

boring, digging, screwing; forehead; over eyes

evening in bed

boring, digging, screwing; side of head

left

afternoon

boring, digging, screwing; top of head (vertex)

cutting, darting, stabbing; as with a knife

griping

pressing (see bursting, pulling)

evening

on rising

as if in a vice

as if brain bound up

as if everything would fall out of forehead

as if everything would fall out of forehead; on stooping

forehead; as from a ball

forehead; pressing forward

forehead; on movement; on rising

forehead; pressing outward

forehead; pressing outward; as though brain would come out

back of head (occiput)

back of head (occiput); morning

back of head (occiput); open air

back of head (occiput); at sides

back of head (occiput); at sides; lying down

sides; both sides

shooting (see cutting, piercing, stabbing, shocks, stitches, etc.); extending to other parts; different places

sore bruised, sensitive to pressure; forehead

late morning

sore bruised, sensitive to pressure; back of head (occiput)

stitching, sudden, sharp

morning

forehead; over eyes

side of head

side of head; morning

side of head; turning head to right

temples

temples; late morning

tearing, rending

afternoon

open air

while knitting

forehead

forehead; afternoon; 2 to 4 p.m.

forehead; open air

temples; afternoon

top of head (vertex)

Shocks, blows, jerks, etc. (see jerking pain, pulsation, plug, nail)

when coughing

forehead

Scalp

Skin and scalp

perspiration; forehead; during fever

perspiration; forehead; when rising up in bed

▲   EYES

Eyes

Lids; eyes closed; eyes close involuntary

Discharges of mucus or pus; corner; inner

Pain

burning, smarting, gnawing, biting; evening

burning, smarting, gnawing, biting; candlelight

stitching, sudden, sharp; corner; inner

stinging

tearing; morning

tearing; in bed

Intolerance of light (photophobia)

Tears

Vision

Dim; morning

▲   EARS

Ear

Noises in ear

left

while sitting

croaking like frogs

while sitting

ringing

left

rushing

as of water

ticking sound

Pain

left

late morning

10 a.m.

while standing

boring pain in ear

left

pulling in ear

soreness

stitching, sudden, sharp

left

late morning

late morning; 10 a.m.

while standing

below the ear

Skin

out-breaks on skin; behind ears

out-breaks on skin; behind ears; itching

▲   FACE

Face

Heat; afternoon

Lips

dryness

dryness; evening

out-breaks on lips; evening

Pain

evening

lips

burning (see heat); lips

tearing

left

evening

cheek bones

Skin

discoloration; changing colour

discoloration; earthy

discoloration; pale

discoloration; red

on rising; rising up in bed

out-breaks on skin; pus-filled pimples

▲   NOSE

Nose

Sensitive to breathing in air

Nose bleed

night

Catarrh; post nasal (see discharge)

Discharge from nose

wearing away skin

watery

yellow

Pain

on breathing in

on touch

behind nostrils; as if air streamed in on coughing or talking

pressing; downward

pressing; root

sore, bruised; externally; on blowing

sore, bruised; inside

ulcerative

Discharge

Running or blocked nose (coryza)

blocked

one-sided; left

with cough

running, wet

afternoon

dry; morning

with inflammation larynx

Sneezing; frequent

▲   MOUTH

Mouth

Growths, blisters, swellings

blisters; cutting

small swellings; bleeding and burning when touched

Numbness

Pain; sore

Gums and teeth

Teeth

looseness

pain

evening

while eating

after eating

from heat; from warm food

from heat; external warmth

from heat; from warm things

heat; warm bed

pulsating

from touch

from touch; of food

while walking; in open air

grumbling (see dull)

jerking

pricking

tearing; evening

Saliva

Dryness

Tongue

Pain; cutting; tongue; edges

Taste

Taste

bitter

bitter; morning

bitter-sweet

sweetish-sour

▲   THROAT

Throat

Loss of feeling

Dryness

morning

Irritation; in air passages

Mucus

sour

can neither swallow nor hawk up

clinging

Nausea

Pain

night

on coughing

swallowing

on swallowing

when not swallowing

burning; extending to other parts; stomach

burning; larynx

burning; trachea (wind pipe)

with cough

sore

sudden, sharp

night

on swallowing

Roughness; larynx

Voice

bass

deep

hoarseness

with running nose

hollow

nasal

rough

▲   CHEST

Chest

Oppressed feeling

while walking

sides

Pain

morning

in bed

night

expectoration

warm room

while writing

sides; evening

sides; warm room

burning

late morning

during coughing

after coughing

while walking

middle of chest

middle of chest; afternoon

breast bone

breast bone; under

cutting (sudden sharp pain); coughing

pressing

morning; in bed

night

expectoration

while writing

rawness; when coughing

stitching, sudden, sharp

arm pit; extending to chest

sides; evening; on entering house from open air

Pulsation; while writing

Respiration

Difficult (dyspnea)

morning

in bed

late morning; while writing

night

Loud

breathing out

breathing in

▲   COUGH

Cough

Morning

on waking

Evening

in bed

Night

Dry cough

morning

on waking

evening

night

during sleep

on waking

Exhausting cough

morning; after waking

Hacking cough

night

Sensations in throat and air passages (either from coughing, or causing coughing); with burning sensation; larynx

from irritation in air passages

throat at back of mouth

Loose

While lying down

bed

must sit up

during sleep

falls asleep during dry cough

Racking

On rising

from bed

With shaking of chest, during cough

Standing

Tickling

throat

throat; night

On waking

▲   EXPECTORATION

Expectoration

Mucous

daytime

Noticeable taste; sour

▲   SKIN

Skin

Small pimples over the whole body, that itch violently

Suppressed itch ( Sulphur ^Sulph.) Crawling in the tips of the fingers of the left hand; better on rubbing

WARTS

Erysipelas (applied locally as a saturated solution)

Dropsy (physiological doses).

Out-breaks on skin

herpetic; red

pus-filled pimples; stretching skin

tubercles (nodules, knob-like lumps)

burning

hard

itching

▲   BACK AND NECK

Back and neck

Pain

sore, bruised, beaten

sore, bruised, beaten; morning; on waking

sore, bruised, beaten; after waking

sore, bruised, beaten; neck; walking

sore, bruised, beaten; dorsal (shoulder level); between shoulder blades

sore, bruised, beaten; lumbar (lower half of back)

in women; during period

while sitting

while standing

walking

Neck

neck; night; midnight

stitching, sudden, sharp, shooting; neck

Tension

neck (see spasmodic pulling)

neck (see spasmodic pulling); morning

on rising

neck (see spasmodic pulling); while walking

Back

Bruised and ulcerative pain between the shoulders, with a feeling as of a lump as large as the fist, on which account she could not lie upon her back or side; relieved by rubbing

Violent pain in the small of the back, as if bruised, and as before menstruation.

Heaviness, weight

lumbar (lower half of back)

sacrum (base of spine)

Lumps between shoulder blades

Pain

morning

in bed

on waking

night

after midnight

while lying down

on back

on waking

walking

in women; during period

dorsal (shoulder level); shoulder blades; rheumatic

dorsal (shoulder level); shoulder blades; between

night; after midnight

rheumatic pain

lumbar (lower half of back)

night

while lying down; on back

during period

sacrum (base of spine)

night

aching; morning

in bed

aching; lumbar (lower half of back)

stitching, sudden, sharp, shooting; dorsal (shoulder level); between shoulder blades

tearing; dorsal (shoulder level); shoulder blades; between shoulder blades; after midnight

tearing; lumbar (lower half of back)

night

while lying down; lying on back

Skin

out-breaks on skin; pimples

like insects crawling on skin

afternoon

evening

itching

Shivering; evening

Tension

dorsal (shoulder level)

dorsal (shoulder level); walking

▲   ABDOMEN

Abdomen

Stomach; Frequent eructations, tasting like bad eggs

Rising of water in mouth.

Urinary Organs.

Stitches and burning the orifice of the urethra after urinating

Stream intermits and dribbles

The urine passed in the morning copious, bright yellow, soon becomes turbid, and deposits a copious red sediment

The urine is greenish as passed; is of a clear color, and in a large quantity

Bromium ^Brom.)

Sensation as if diarrhoea would come on

Bloated

evening

after eating

Sensation of fullness; after eating

Hard

Heaviness

As if something were in abdomen (movements, lumps, etc.); movements in abdomen

Noises from abdomen

rumbling; afternoon

rumbling; as if diarrhoea would come on

rumbling; before diarrhoeic stool

Pain

evening; after drinking milk

night

as if diarrhoea would come on

in women; during period

stretching out

groin region

during period

while sitting

as from standing

spleen; evening

burning; navel; region of

cramping, griping; evening

cramping, griping; after drinking milk

cutting; lower part of abdomen

dragging, bearing down

groin region

pulling

sore, bruised, tenderness, etc.; groin region

sudden, sharp (sticking, etc.)

late morning

evening; 6 p.m.

after eating potatoes

behind lower ribs

behind lower ribs; left

behind lower ribs; evening

behind lower ribs; after lying down

behind lower ribs; after lying down; on back

behind lower ribs; pressure

behind lower ribs; while sitting

groin region; while sitting

groin region; walking

spleen

navel

navel; on movement

twisting

Skin; itching; groin region; scratching

Tension

groin region

Bladder

urination; dribbling (by drops)

urination; interrupted (intermittent)

stream first, then flows out drop by drop

urination; involuntary, incontinence; night, bed wetting

urination; unconscious; no feeling in urethra (urinary part of genitals)

Stomach

appetite; reduced

appetite; easily satisfied

coldness

morning, in bed

burping, belching; bitter

burping, belching; like rotten eggs

morning; on rising

burping, belching; mucus

burping, belching; putrid

burping, belching; of water

after potatoes

sensation of movement in stomach; trembling

pain; morning

thirst; morning

on waking

thirst; late morning

thirst; afternoon

thirst; evening

thirst; after chill

thirst; during period

Eating

Pain

while eating; during dinner

after eating (including certain foods); after drinking milk

after eating (including certain foods); after eating potatoes

cramping, griping; during dinner

Stomach

aversion to certain foods or drinks; breakfast

aversion to certain foods or drinks; all food; daytime

aversion to certain foods or drinks; all food; morning

aversion to certain foods or drinks; all food; when thinking of eating

aversion to certain foods or drinks; warm food

aversion to certain foods or drinks; meat

aversion to certain foods or drinks; tobacco

smoking (his accustomed cigar)

loathing of food (see nausea)

vomiting; food; afternoon

Nausea

burping, belching; of water; morning; during nausea

nausea; morning; in bed

nausea; night

nausea; after chilliness

Vomiting

vomiting; noon

vomiting; afternoon

vomiting; mucus; afternoon

▲   RECTUM, ANUS, STOOL

Rectum

Constipation; alternating with diarrhoea

Diarrhoea

morning

morning; after rising

afternoon

Flatulence; morning

Pain

urge to stool, or urinate, but producing nothing; during diarrhoea

urge to stool, or urinate, but producing nothing; after stool

Worm; worms

Stool

Hard

alternating hard and soft

Scanty

Soft

Clinging

Watery

▲   GENITALS ETC

Urine

Colour

greenish

pale

Copious

morning

Scanty

Sediment; red

Sugar in urine

Urethra

Urethra (urinary part of genitals); numbness; sensation absent, when urinating

pain

burning; passage

pain; cutting; when not urinating

Male

Male

pain; stitching, sudden, sharp; penis

pain; stitching, sudden, sharp; penis; sitting and walking

Female

Some blood from the vagina between the menses

Female

vaginal discharge

vaginal discharge; strong and sharp (acrid), wearing away skin

vaginal discharge; burning

vaginal discharge; copious

like the period

vaginal discharge; while exercising

vaginal discharge; like the period

vaginal discharge; thick

Genitals

Male

erections; troublesome

erections; without sexual desire

Female

pain; burning

Menses

Thick leucorrhoea, as profuse as the menses, with weary pain in the small of the back and thighs, on moving about

Menstruation returned after fourteen days; the discharge was thick, black, and profuse

Menses too early, intermit.

Female

period; copious

period; dark

period; frequent

period; intermittent

period; late

period; painful; and difficult (dysmenorrhea)

period; protracted

period; short duration

period; thick

metrorrhagia (non-menstrual bleeding); between the menstrual periods

pain; pressing; during period

▲   EXTREMITIES, LIMBS

Extremities, limbs

The left arm and foot fall asleep in bed, in the morning after waking.

Coldness

upper limbs; hands

lower limbs; foot

daytime

Constriction; sensation as if bandaged; knee; right

Contraction of muscles and tendons

hand

fingers

toes

Cracking noise in joints

joints of lower limbs; when stepping

knee

when stretching

while walking

ankle

Heaviness; hip

Movements and positions

movement of fingers; difficult; afternoon

trembling; hand

twitching; hand

between index finger and thumb

Numbness (see tingling); upper limbs; morning; on waking

foot

morning; in bed

Pain

noon until midnight

evening

rheumatic

in bones

upper limbs

upper arm; bone

elbow

rheumatic

wrist

left

rheumatic

fingers; night

lower limbs; night

hip

rheumatic

thigh

night

rheumatic

while standing

walking

lower leg

rheumatic; left

walking

aching; upper arm; bone

pulling

evening

evening; 9 p.m.

hand; inward

fingers

leg; shin

shooting (see stitching, sudden, sharp); lower limbs

sore, bruised

upper limbs; on waking

elbow

buttocks

buttocks; while walking

stitching, sudden, sharp; hand

stitching, sudden, sharp; fingers

stitching, sudden, sharp; thumb; tip

after dinner

stitching, sudden, sharp; foot; sole

stitching, sudden, sharp; toes

first toe (large toe)

first toe (large toe); after dinner

first toe (large toe); fine

tearing

evening

extending to feet

upper limbs

shoulder

shoulder; afternoon

shoulder; movement

upper arm

upper arm; morning

upper arm; in bed

elbow

forearm

forearm; late morning; 11 a.m.

forearm; tendons of

wrist

wrist; afternoon

hand

fingers

fingers; night, in bed

fingers; tips of

fingers; tips of; night

lower limbs

lower limbs; evening

lower limbs; extending downwards

lower limbs; bones

hip

hip; evening

hip; extending to other parts; downward

hip; extending to other parts; of foot

thigh

knee

toes

toes; first toe (large toe)

toes; first toe (large toe); evening; before lying down

Pulsation, throbbing; fingers; first finger

Skin

itching

itching; like insects crawling on skin; fingers

tips

first

second

third

fourth

itching; upper limbs

rubbing

itching; forearm

itching; hand; palm

rubbing

itching; lower limbs

itching; toes

out-break on skin

itching

red

upper limbs

upper limbs; herpes

upper limbs; itching

upper limbs; pimples; red

upper limbs; red

upper arm; itching

forearm

forearm; herpes

forearm; pimples

Tension, tightness

knee; hollow of knee

knee; hollow of knee; while walking

Tingling, prickling, asleep (see numbness); fingers

Weakness

thigh

thigh; evening

thigh; after sitting

thigh; while walking

leg

foot

night

▲   FEVER AND CHILL

Fever and chill

Chill from 9 to 10 a.m

Shuddering in back; heat in one part and chill in another.

Daytime

Morning

Morning

in bed

after perspiration

on waking

Noon; after dinner

Evening

in bed

Night

in bed

after midnight

In the open air

Running upwards

Bed

Chilliness (see also whole body

temperature); morning

temperature); morning; on waking

temperature); evening

lying in bed

With perspiration; after chill

Shaking, shivering, rigors

morning

in bed

morning; rising

evening

in bed

9 p.m., lasting until 10 a.m.

At certain time of day or night

from 10 a.m.

from 7-30 p.m.

from 8 p.m.

from 9 p.m.

to 10 a.m.

Afternoon

Afternoon; 2 p.m.

Evening; 7 p.m.

Night

9 p.m.

midnight

before midnight

Alternating with chills

night

shuddering

In bed (see night and warmth)

Localised; stomach (gastric fever)

Fever without chill; night; before midnight

Dry heat

Remittent

night

▲   GENERALITIES

Sleep and dreams

Disturbed; by dreams

Dreams

amorous

anger (see quarrels)

animals, insects, beasts; horses

kicking

animals, insects, beasts; mice

yellow

animals, insects, beasts; vermin

anxious

of being at a banquet

confused

dancing

danger

of dead people

dead bodies

relatives

disease; epilepsy

of falling; into water

farming

feasting

fire

journey

as if lost in a forest

many

pleasant

of being pursued; soldiers

quarrels

robbers

shooting; of being shot

soldier; of being pursued by a

unsuccessful; efforts to do various things

unsuccessful; to dress for a ball

vexatious, stressful

water

falling into water

men jumping into water

wedding

Prolonged sleep

Restless

morning

night; feeling comes on after midnight

Sleepiness, tiredness

evening

overpowering

morning

overpowering; evening

Sleeplessness, insomnia

night

from before midnight

night; from coldness

Waking

from dreams

frequent

after midnight

Perspiration

Morning

Morning; after waking

Afternoon

3 p.m.

Evening

7 p.m.

8 p.m.

Night

midnight

During headache

While lying

After waking from sleep

Generalities

Open air

Eating and food; potatoes

Pain

sore, bruised

sore, bruised; evening; after lying down

sore, bruised; after waking

Trembling; externally

Weakness (see lethargic, weariness)

evening

9 p.m.

night; 9 p.m.

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