Natrum sulphuricum
nat-sNatrium sulfuricum
Sulphate of Sodium Glauber's Salt A liver remedy, especially indicated for the so-called hydrogenoid constitution, where the complaints are such as are due to living in damp houses, basements, cellars. They are worse in rainy weather, water in any form. Feels every change from dry to wet; cannot even eat plants growing near water, nor fish. Always feels best in warm, dry air. Read on in Homoeopathic Materia Medica, General →
These texts come from 5 classic Materia Medicas dating from 1908 to 1931, now in the public domain. They record what their authors observed and taught, as historical reference for students and practitioners of homeopathy — not current clinical evidence. Nothing on this page is medical advice: for any health problem, see a qualified doctor.
Where each author writes about Natrum sulphuricum
A map of the books. Each number counts the sections, or the paragraphs the author labelled himself, that one book gives a topic, and opens the first of them in that book. Kent and Farrington wrote lectures, so only what they labelled is counted.
| Topic | Boger | Allen | Boericke | Kent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Keynotes | 1 | 1 | none | none |
| Mind | none | none | 1 | 1 |
| General | none | none | 1 | none |
| Modalities | 2 | none | 1 | none |
| Head | none | none | 1 | 1 |
| Face | none | none | none | 1 |
| Eyes | none | none | 1 | 1 |
| Ears | none | none | 1 | 1 |
| Nose | none | none | 1 | 1 |
| Mouth | none | none | 1 | none |
| Throat | none | none | 1 | none |
| Stomach | none | none | 1 | none |
| Abdomen | none | none | 1 | 2 |
| Rectum | none | 1 | none | none |
| Urinary | none | none | 1 | none |
| Male | none | none | 1 | 1 |
| Female | none | none | 1 | 1 |
| Respiratory | none | none | 1 | none |
| Back | none | none | 1 | 1 |
| Extremities | none | none | 1 | none |
| Skin | none | none | 1 | none |
Relationships
- Complementary:
- Arnica montana (Boger),
- Arsenicum album (Boericke, Boger),
- Dulcamara (Boger),
- Thuja occidentalis (Boericke, Boger)
- Related:
- Colocynthis (Boger),
- Glonoinum (Boger),
- Magnesia sulphurica (Boger),
- Medorrhinum (Boger),
- Pulsatilla (Boger)
As each book states it.
Natrum sulphuricum in A Synoptic Key of the Materia Medica
Cyrus Maxwell Boger · 1931
KeynotesSudden violent effects; in ailing patients. Piercing pains, at (l) short ribs; in (l) hip, < rising or sitting down; in heels. Yellow, watery secretions, stool, skin, vesicles, etc. Thick, yellow-green pus. Fulness. Sour, bilious and lithæmic. Rheumatic-hydrogenoid constitution. Sycosis. .................... Sensitive and suspicious. Sadness, < music or subdued light. Melancholia. Dire (suicidal) impulses. Vertigo.
Words in capitals are Boger's highest grade.
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H.C. Allen · 3rd edition (1910) · Philadelphia: Boericke & Tafel
KeynotesNatrum sulphuricum Sodium Sulphate. Na OSO^ loAq. Ailments which are < by, or which depend upon, dampness of weather, damp houses or cellars (Aran.). Patient feels every change from dry to wet; cannot tolerate sea air, nor eat plants that thrive near water; a constitution in which the gonorrhoeal poison is most pernicious; recovers slowly from every sickness. Every spring, skin affections reappear (Psor.).
Read Allen on Natrum sulphuricum in full →Natrum sulphuricum in Clinical Materia Medica
Ernest Albert Farrington · 4th edition, revised and enlarged by Harvey Farrington (1908) · Philadelphia: Boericke & Tafel
LectureLecture LXVII — Preparations of Soda — Natrum carb. and Natrum sulph. Natrum Sulphuricum. Natrum sulphuricum would hardly have been used by members of our school had it not been alluded to by Grauvogl as the central remedy for his hydrogenoid constitution. Patients having this constitution feel every change from dry to wet; cannot tolerate sea air; nor can they eat plants that thrive near the water.
Read Farrington on Natrum sulphuricum in full →Natrum sulphuricum in Homoeopathic Materia Medica
William Boericke · 9th edition (preface dated San Francisco, June 1927)
MindLively music saddens. Melancholy, with periodical attacks of mania. Suicidal tendency; must exercise restraint. Inability to think. Dislikes to speak, or to be spoken to.
- Mind
- General
- Modalities
- Head
- Eyes
- Ears
- Nose
- Mouth
- Throat
- Stomach
- Abdomen
- Urinary
- Male
- Female
- Respiratory
- Back
- Extremities
- Skin
- Relationships
- Dose
Natrum sulphuricum in Lectures on Homoeopathic Materia Medica
James Tyler Kent · 2nd edition (preface dated 1 September 1911)
LectureNatrum sulfuricum This is one of our most frequently indicated constitutional remedies. The symptoms appear in the morning, evening apd during the night, especially before midnight. Some symptoms are better after breakfast, during the daytime and after midnight, except the sweat. It is a very useful remedy for complaints following neglected gonorrhea.
Read Kent on Natrum sulphuricum in full →Where the repertories grade Natrum sulphuricum highest
Rubrics in which Natrum sulphuricum has the top grade (Kent’s 3, Bönninghausen’s 4). Each page lists every remedy in the rubric with its grade.
- Mind, suicidal dispositionKent’s Repertory · 81 remedies
- Mind, loathingKent’s Repertory · 96 remedies
- Mind, cheerfulKent’s Repertory · 154 remedies
- Mind, startingKent’s Repertory · 175 remedies
- Generalities, sycosisKent’s Repertory · 52 remedies
- Generalities, wetKent’s Repertory · 99 remedies
- Generalities, warmKent’s Repertory · 147 remedies
- Generalities, lying agg.Kent’s Repertory · 151 remedies
- Fever, cerebro-spinal feverKent’s Repertory · 40 remedies
- Fever, FeverKent’s Repertory · 283 remedies
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