Natrum Sulphuricum

Questions

What is the common name of this drug ?

Glauber' s Salt.

What is the general action of this drug ?

It corresponds somewhat to the uric acid diathesis and gastro-bilious conditions; malarial troubles and complaints worse in wet weather. Corresponding to the hydrogenoid constitution and sycotic dyscrasia.

What are the special characteristic head symptoms or head indications of this drug ?

It is a useful remedy for ill effects of falls and injuries to the head, and especially so if mental troubles arise therefrom.

What are the mouth and tongue symptoms of Natrum sulphuricum?

There is a bitter taste in the mouth and a dirty, brownish coating on the tongue. Give the symptoms of Natrum sulphuricum in liver affections. There is aching and cutting in the region of the liver. The liver is engorged, and the symptoms are worse lying on the left side. There is jaundice, bilious colic, vomiting of bile and bitter mucus. Give the Diarrhoea of Natrum sulphuricum. The diarrhcea is of dark, bilious or greenish stools, accompanied with an irritable liver and flatulent colic, coming on in the morning after the patient gets up and moves about.

What are the sexual symptoms of Natrum sulphuricum ?

It is one on the principal remedies in sycosis, especially where there are condylomata. "What is another Sycotic remedy ?

Thuja.

In what respiratory affection is Natrum sulphuricum useful?

In asthma. In asthma which is worse upon change to damp weather. Moist asthma, with a great deal of rattling on the chest. The shortness of breath is especially worse in damp weather.

What are the febrile symptoms of Natrum sulphuricum ?

It is a useful remedy in bilious intermittent fevers, accompanied by liver affections, jaundice and bilious diarrhoea.

In what intestinal affection has Natrum sulphuricum also been found useful ?

In lead colic.

What is a special sycotic symptom of Natrum sulphuricum?

Paranitium, inflammation and suppuration around roots of the nails, warts, etc.

What is the spere of action of Cadmium sulphate ?

It is a cross h^\.-suq.Q.u Arsenic zvA Bryonia, and comes in between those two drugs in certain stomach conditions where we have the characteristic Arsenic symptoms, and a desire to keep perfectly quiet, as under Bryonia, Give some indications for the use of Cerium oxalate. Vomiting of pregnancy or vomiting that is reflex from intestinal or cerebral irritation, spasmodic in character.