Cuprum Sulphuricum
Clarke, A Dictionary of Practical Materia Medica, 1900, Vol. I, p. 643
Sulphate of Copper. Cu SO sao. Trituration.
Clinical
Alopecia. Diarrhoea. Dysentery. Eyes, granular lids ; catarrhal and purulent conjunctivitis. Itch. Syphilis. Trachoma.
Characteristics
Sulphate of Copper is a well-known emetic and caustic. It causes forcible vomiting and much nausea. Paleness of f2ce ; or jaundiced appearance ; pale skin generally ; a peculiar diarrhoea ; enlarged liver. T. D. Merrell (Med. Adv., xix. 14) mentions the case of a lady who could not use Cupr. suL for " stamping " fancywork, because it '' made her face hurt and swell so she could scarcely see, and her lips became everted, 'turned inside out,' she said." It is a well-known application in allopathic practice for stimulating flabby granulations, and it has cured itching eruptions, and manifestations of syphilis. Rest > pains.
Relations
It is antidoted by : Milk ; eggs ; pure yellow prussiate of potash. Compare : Kali bich. (cough) and Merc.
Mind
Anxiety ; or great apathy. — Remarkable disturbance of mind, every utterance distorted.
Head
Bald spot over r. parietal bone, not depending on any discoverable cause.
Eyes
Twitching of closed lids.— Eyes stiff and dim.
Face p. 644
*-Lips pale, bluish, at comers and internal edges. — Face painful and swollen so she can scarcely see; lips turned inside out.
Mouth p. 644
Tongue cold; coated, bluish. — Greenish tint along free border of gums. — Burning in mouth and oesophagus in morning.
Stomach p. 644
Excessive nausea; forcible vomiting retnmiDg from time to time ; vomits greenish-brown mucus. — Violent pain in stomach followed by faintness.
Abdomen p. 644
Tearing pains in hypochondria, on inspiration, painful to touch as if bruised. — Liver enlarged. — Abdomen drawn in.
Stool and Anus p. 644
Four pultaceous greenish-yellow stools, without the least trace of blood. — Stool pultaceous, brown-red, with streaks of blood and tenesmus during stool. — Constipation.
Respiratory Organs p. 644
Hacking cough which impedes respiration. — Croupy cough with very tenacious mucus.
Heart p. 644
Feeling as of a throbbing lump in heart internally, beating of heart seems louder ; lasted five minutes and went away gradually.
Limbs p. 644
Limbs cold, nearly cyanotic. — Dull aching soreness in middle of tibia, when walking; > at rest; tenderness on pressure.
Skin p. 644
Pale, colourless. — Icterus. — Itching nodules on shoulders.— Itchiness ; a kind of dry itch.