Magnesia Sulphurica

Magnesium Sulphate; Epsom Salts. Mg SO 4^ IH^ 0.

Proved by Kenning (Hartlaub and Trinks' Annalen, vol. 4, p. 466) and Jencke (Nenes Archiv., vol. 3, p. 185).

Clinical Authorities.— Dtaieifes, Eaue's Eec, 1874, p. 211.

Mind

Very lively, or greatly depressed.

Sad and weeping ; foreboding anxiety, as if some accident would happen.

Ill humor, irritable.

Sensorium

Vertigo, heaviness of head; spontaneous closing of eyes.

Inner Head

▌ Dulness in head, on rising in morning, disappearing after an hour.

Dull feeling of head, as if bandaged or screwed in.

Heaviness of head with vertigo.

Stitches, stabbings in head.

Boring in vertex.

Sensation in forehead on stooping as if something would fall forward.

Sight and Eyes

Violent pains in eyes, especially r., as if it would start out of socket.

Stinging in both eyes.

Dimness of eyes with frequent drowsiness.

Burning of eyes, especially at candlelight.

Lachrymation, with photophobia.

Smell and Nose

Bleeding of nose (at night) with diminution of headache.

Fluent coryza, with rough voice, pain in chest and frequent flow of water from nose.

Pain in posterior nares, as from air pressing through with violence, when talking or coughing.

Upper Face

Tearing in r. facial bones or in 1. malar bone.

Lower Face

Burning of lips in evening, with dryness.

Teeth and Gums

Toothache on entering room from cold air, < by contact of food, cold and warm things.

Inner Mouth

Mouth and throat very dry, as if numb.

Throat

Stinging in fauces, more between than during act of deglutition.

Frequent mucus in throat, which can neither be swallowed nor hawked up.

Appetite, Thirst. Desires, Aversions p. 259

Thirst early in morning on rising, going off after breakfast.

Thirst in evening, particularly during menses.

Hiccough, Belching, Nausea and Vomiting p. 259

Rising of water from stomach, also with loathing and nausea.

Vomiting (in afternoon) first of ingesta, then of mucus.

▌ Frequent eructations tasting like bad eggs.

Scrobiculum and Stomach p. 259

Trembling of stomach, with subsequent gulping up of water, sometimes putrid taste.

Feeling of coldness in stomach, with inclination to vomit.

Hypochondria p. 259

Sticking in 1. hypochondriac region, particularly when sitting or in evening.

Abdomen p. 259

Distension, fulness and hardness of abdomen, even after a moderate meal.

Rumbling in abdomen, with emission of flatus.

Itching of 1. inguinal region, not removed by scratching.

Stool and Rectum p. 259

Stools: alternate hard and soft; liquid, with tenesmus; soft, early after rising; diarrhoea, with discharge of ascarides; soft, with burning at anus or with subsequent tenesmus.

Diarrhoea preceded by rumbling in abdomen.

Urinary Organs p. 259

Increased emission of clear, greenish urine.

Nocturnal micturition (involuntary).

▌ Diabetes.

Male Sexual Organs p. 259

Frequent stinging about penis when sitting or walking.

Erections without amorous fancies or sexual desire.

Female Sexual Organs p. 259

Menses: too late ; too short; too early; stop for two days, then flow again.

During menses : great heaviness in head ; bruised pain in small of back ; pain in groins.

Discharge of blood between menstrual periods.

Leucorrhoea: burning, particularly during motion; thick, with bruised pain in small of back and thighs; thick,

profuse like menses.

Voice and Larynx. Trachea and Bronchia p. 259

hollow bass voice (as in catarrh).

Cough p. 259

Loose cough, with soreness in mouth and throat.

Dry cough: with burning from larynx to pit of stomach;

in evening in bed, during which he falls asleep.

Inner Chest and Lungs p. 259

Painful burning in chest when

coughing, as if a piece of lung would come out.

Oppression of chest, with burning in chest when walking.

^^ Burning in middle of chest; under upper part of sternum.

Neck and Back p. 259

Tension in nape of neck and between

shoulders, with stitches, particularly in morning on

rising, with great sensitiveness to touch, > by walking.

Rheumatic pain between shoulders.

Bruised pain in small of back, with pains in groins when sitting or standing, > when walking.

Nightly pain in small of back and thighs.

Upper Limbs p. 260

Rheumatic pains in 1. elbow and wrist joint.

Trembling of hands.

Tingling in fingers; going off by rubbing.

Lower Limbs p. 260

Pain in thighs when walking.

Rheumatic pain in hip, in 1. femur.

Cracking of tarsal joint at every step.

Limbs in General p. 260

Rheumatic pains in limbs, particularly at night.

Rest. Position. Motion p. 260

Cannot lie on back : pain in small of back.

Raising head in bed : vertigo.

Stooping : sensation in forehead as if something would fall forward.

Sitting: sticking in 1. hypochondriac region; stinging about penis; pains in groins.

Standing : pains in groins.

Motion : burning leucorrhoea.

At every step : cracking of tarsal joint.

"Walking: stinging about penis; burning and oppression of chest ; tension in nape of neck > ; pains in groins > ; bruised pains in back > ; pain in thighs.

Nerves p. 260

Great languor, with staggering gait or trembling of body.

Sleep p. 260

Sleeplessness from violent headache, colic, pain in small of back which does not allow him to lie on back.

Anxious dreams, with starting.

Time p. 260

Morning, on rising: dulness in head; thirst; soft stools; stitches in nape of neck and between shoulders; chilliness, with thirst. I

All day: cold feet.

Afternoon : vomiting ; sweat.

Evening: burning of lips; thirst; sticking in 1. hj^hypochondriac region; in bed, dry cough; shuddering in back.

9 P.M. : chill, violent headache, going off in bed ; till 10 a.m. chill.

Night: bleeding of nose; involuntary micturition; rheumatic pain in limbs.

Temperature and Weather p. 260

From cold air into room : toothache.

Cold or warm food : toothache.

Fever p. 260

Shuddering in back, in evening, from below upwards.

Chilliness: with thirst, early in morning after waking.

Shaking chill, with violent headache in evening, 9 p.m., going off in bed, succeeded by thirst.

Chill from 9 p.m. till 10 a.m., followed by sweat in afternoon.

Alternation of heat and shuddering, with alternate redness and paleness of face.

Heat in one part of body and chill in another.

Heat and vertigo on raising head in bed, with sweat on forehead and redness in face.

Heat of head, with coldness of rest of body.

Cold feet all day, although otherwise hot.

Attacks, Periodicity p. 261

Nightly pain in small of back and thighs.

For two days : menses stop, then flow again.

Locality and Direction p. 261

Right: violent pains in eye; tearing in facial bone.

Left: tearing in malar bone; sticking in 1. hypochondriac region; itching of inguinal canal; rheumatic pains in elbow and wrist joint; rheumatic pain in femur.

From below upwards: shuddering in back.

Sensations p. 261

As if some accident would happen; head as if bandaged or screwed in; as if something would fall forward; as if eye would start out of socket; as if air was pressing through posterior nares ; mouth and throat as if numb ; as if piece of lung would come out.

Pain: in chest; in posterior nares; in teeth; in groins; in small of back and thighs.

Violent pain : in head ; in eyes.

Tearing: in r. facial bones or in 1. malar bone.

Boring; in vertex.

Stitches, stabbing: in head.

Stitches : in nape of neck and between shoulders.

Stinging: in both eyes; in fauces; about penis.

Sticking: in 1. hypochondriac region.

Painful burning: in chest.

Burning: of eyes; of lips; from larynx to pit of stomach; in middle of chest; under upper part of sternum; of blotches ; at anus.

Heat: of head; in one part of bod}'^, chill in another.

Colic: in abdomen.

Soreness: in mouth and throat.

Bruised pain : in small of back ; in thighs ; in whole body.

Rheumatic pain : between shoulders ; in 1. elbow and 1. wrist joint; in hip; in 1. femur; in limbs.

Tingling: in fingers.

Tension: in nape of neck and between shoulders.

Oppression : of chest.

Heaviness: of head.

Fulness: of abdomen.

Dulness: in head.

Dull feeling: of head.

Trembling: of stomach ; of hands.

Dryness: of lips; of mouth and throat.

Itching : of 1. inguinal canal ; of blotches.

Shuddering: in back.

Violent itching : of tetter on arms.

Coldness: of stomach ; of body ; of feet.

Touch. Passive Motion. Injuries p. 262

Touch : great sensitiveness of neck.

Rubbing: tingling in fingers going off.

Scratching: does not remove itching of inguinal canal ; of blotches causes burning.

Skin p. 262

Itching blotches, either hard or as from nettles, with burning after scratching.

Small red tetter on arms, with violent itching.

Relations p. 262

Compare: Act. rac. and Pulsat. in sadness, weeping, foreboding anxiety; Ignat. in stinging in fauces between acts of deglutition ; Hepar in eructations.