====== FERRUM SULPHURICUM ======
<span tc1>{{anchor:s1}}Ferrum Sulphuricum.</span>

<span grade2>{{anchor:s2}}Sulphate of Iron; Copperas. {{anchor:s3}}Fe SO4, 7H2O.</span>

{{anchor:s4}}The pure sulphate of iron prepared by trituration.

====== CLINICAL AUTHORITIES. ======

{{anchor:s6}}- <span grade2>Diarrhea</span>, Kafka, Rck. Kl. Erf., vol. 5, p. 414; <span grade2>Menorrhagia</span>, Bojanus, Raue's Rec., 1871, p. 155.

====== INNER HEAD. [3] ======

<span grade3>{{anchor:s8}}Severe vertigo.</span> <span grade2>{{anchor:s9}}~</span> <span grade3>Diarrhea.</span>\\ {{anchor:s10}}Confusion of head and dull pain through head.\\ {{anchor:s11}}Heaviness and dull pain in upper part of forehead.\\ {{anchor:s12}}Severe burning and pain in head, with thirst.\\ <span grade3>{{anchor:s13}}Pressing, throbbing headache, agg. in forehead, with ringing in ears, and sensation as if all the blood were rushing into head and face; face scarlet red, glowing; amel. in fresh, open air; agg. in warm room; toothache.</span> <span grade2>{{anchor:s14}}~</span> <span grade3>Menorrhagia.</span>

====== HEARING AND EARS. [6] ======

{{anchor:s16}}Pain apparently in walls of meatus auditorius externus.

====== TEETH AND GUMS. [10] ======

<span grade3>{{anchor:s18}}Violent, tearing toothache; teeth all sound; amel. from cold air, or application of ice upon cheek; headache.</span> <span grade2>{{anchor:s19}}~</span> <span grade3>Menorrhagia.</span>

====== INNER MOUTH. [12] ======

{{anchor:s21}}Very troublesome soreness of soft palate.

====== PALATE AND THROAT. [13] ======

{{anchor:s23}}Taste of salt with smarting in throat.

====== APPETITE, THIRST. DESIRES, AVERSIONS. [14] ======

<span grade3>{{anchor:s26}}Bulimia, cannot be satisfied, thirst not marked.</span> <span grade2>{{anchor:s27}}~</span> <span grade3>Diarrhea.</span>\\ <span grade3>{{anchor:s28}}Loss of appetite; aversion to meat.</span> <span grade2>{{anchor:s29}}~</span> <span grade3>Menorrhagia.</span>

====== HICCOUGH, BELCHING, NAUSEA AND VOMITING. [16] ======

{{anchor:s31}}Eructation of flatus and food with acidity.\\ {{anchor:s32}}Sickness, with vomiting.

====== SCROBICULUM AND STOMACH. [17] ======

{{anchor:s34}}Sensation of fermentation or of a noise or movement like purring of a cat in region of stomach.\\ {{anchor:s35}}Cardialgia.\\ {{anchor:s36}}Gastritis with pain after eating and regurgitation of food by mouthfuls.\\ {{anchor:s37}}Inflammatory condition of membranes of stomach.

====== HYPOCHONDRIA. [18] ======

<span grade2>{{anchor:s39}}Pain in region of gall-bladder.</span>

====== ABDOMEN AND LOINS. [19] ======

{{anchor:s41}}Colicky pains in abdomen.\\ {{anchor:s42}}Abdominal pains with flatulence and diarrhea.

====== STOOLS AND RECTUM. [20] ======

<span grade3>{{anchor:s44}}Watery, reddish-brown, odorless, painless diarrhea, with great paleness of skin, emaciation, vertigo, edema of scrotum and lower limbs, bulimia without thirst, venous murmurs.</span>\\ {{anchor:s45}}Diarrhea, with pains in abdomen.\\ <span grade3>{{anchor:s46}}Constipation.</span> <span grade2>{{anchor:s47}}~</span> <span grade3>Menorrhagia.</span>\\ <span grade2>{{anchor:s48}}Helminthiasis; tapeworm; ascarides.</span>

====== URINARY ORGANS. [21] ======

{{anchor:s50}}Great weakness accompanying Bright's disease.\\ <span grade2>{{anchor:s51}}Bloody urine with albuminuria.</span>

====== MALE SEXUAL ORGANS. [22] ======

<span grade3>{{anchor:s53}}Edema of scrotum and lower limbs.</span>\\ <span grade2>{{anchor:s54}}Secondary gonorrhea.</span>

====== FEMALE SEXUAL ORGANS. [23] ======

<span grade3>{{anchor:s56}}Menses copious, of five to six days' duration, with colic before and during time; headache frequently between menstrual periods; headache pressing, throbbing, especially in forehead, with ringing in ears, and sensation as if all the blood was rushing into head and face; face scarlet red, glowing; amel. in fresh, open air; agg. in warm room; often accompanied by violent, tearing toothache, teeth all sound; amel. in cold air, or from ice upon cheek; agg. in warmth; loss of appetite; aversion to meat; constipation.</span> <span grade2>{{anchor:s57}}~</span> <span grade3>Menorrhagia.</span>\\ <span grade3>{{anchor:s58}}Metrorrhagia; leucorrhea.</span>

====== HEART, PULSE AND CIRCULATION. [29] ======

<span grade3>{{anchor:s60}}Marked venous murmurs.</span> <span grade2>{{anchor:s61}}~</span> <span grade3>Chlorosis.</span> <span grade2>{{anchor:s62}}~</span> <span grade3>Diarrhea.</span>

====== NECK AND BACK. [31] ======

{{anchor:s64}}Sensation on skin of back as if he wore a stout woolen flannel shirt.\\ {{anchor:s65}}Pain shooting down right side of back.

====== UPPER LIMBS. [32] ======

{{anchor:s67}}Arms bent at elbows, and fingers drawn towards forearm by flexure of wrist.\\ {{anchor:s68}}Hands yield to forcible extension, but immediately return to same condition.

====== LOWER LIMBS. [33] ======

{{anchor:s70}}(OBS:) Paralysis of lower extremities.\\ {{anchor:s71}}Knees slightly flexed; toes drawn upwards rigidly.\\ {{anchor:s72}}Pain in sole of left foot in middle of thick, fleshy, anterior part and at same time an aching pain through lower part of leg.

====== LIMBS IN GENERAL. [34] ======

{{anchor:s74}}Limbs very painful, especially feet and calves, where the pain in distracting.\\ {{anchor:s75}}Contractions in arms, hands and feet.

====== NERVES. [36] ======

<span grade2>{{anchor:s77}}Chorea.</span>

====== TEMPERATURE AND WEATHER. [39] ======

{{anchor:s79}}Warmth: toothache agg.\\ {{anchor:s80}}Warm room: face red and glowing.\\ {{anchor:s81}}Cold air: toothache amel.\\ {{anchor:s82}}Ice: toothache amel.\\ {{anchor:s83}}Fresh open air: face red and glowing amel.

====== FEVER. [40] ======

{{anchor:s85}}Feeling of general heat and disposition to sweat with a sensation on skin of back as if he wore a stout woolen flannel shirt.

====== LOCALITY AND DIRECTION. [42] ======

{{anchor:s87}}Right: pain shooting down side of back.\\ {{anchor:s88}}Left: pain in sole of foot.

====== SENSATIONS. [43] ======

{{anchor:s90}}As if all the blood were rushing into head and face; sensation of fermentation, or of a noise or movement like purring of a cat in region of stomach; sensation on skin of back as if he wore a stout woolen shirt.\\ {{anchor:s91}}Pain: in head; in walls of meatus auditorius externus; after eating; in region of gall-bladder; in abdomen; shooting down right side of back; in sole of foot; in middle of thick, fleshy part; in lower limbs.\\ {{anchor:s92}}Distracting pain: in feet and calves.\\ {{anchor:s93}}Tearing pain: in tooth.\\ {{anchor:s94}}Colicky pains: in abdomen.\\ {{anchor:s95}}Throbbing: forehead.\\ {{anchor:s96}}Aching pain: through lower part of leg.\\ {{anchor:s97}}Smarting: in throat.\\ {{anchor:s98}}Burning: in head.\\ {{anchor:s99}}Soreness: of soft palate.\\ {{anchor:s100}}Feeling of general heat.\\ {{anchor:s101}}Dull pain: through head; in upper part of forehead.\\ {{anchor:s102}}Contractions: in arms; hands; in feet.\\ {{anchor:s103}}Pressing: forehead.\\ {{anchor:s104}}Confusion: of head.\\ {{anchor:s105}}Ringing: in ears.\\ {{anchor:s106}}Heaviness: in upper part of forehead.

====== TISSUES. [44] ======

{{anchor:s108}}Emaciation. <span sbita>{{anchor:s109}}~</span> Diarrhea.\\ {{anchor:s110}}(OBS:) Local atony; disposition to congestions, nettle-rash, aphthae.\\ {{anchor:s111}}(OBS:) Relaxed condition of ligaments; joints easily dislocated; hernia.\\ {{anchor:s112}}Passive bloody or mucous flux, from genitals or alimentary canal.\\ {{anchor:s113}}Hydrops; scrofula.

====== SKIN. [46] ======

<span grade3>{{anchor:s115}}Great paleness of skin.</span> <span grade2>{{anchor:s116}}~</span> <span grade3>Diarrhea.</span>

====== STAGE OF LIFE, CONSTITUTION. [47] ======

{{anchor:s118}}Boy, aet. thirteen months; diarrhea.

====== RELATIONS. [48] ======

{{anchor:s120}}Compare: <span grade2>Phosphor.</span> (regurgitation of food in particles); <span grade2>Caustic.</span> (fermentation in abdomen); <span grade2>Cina</span> (worms).

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====== DOCUMENT DESCRIPTOR ======
^ Source: | [[en:mm:hering:start|The Guiding Symptoms of Our Materia Medica]] Vol. 05, 1887 |
^ Description: | Clinical materia medica of [[en:rem:r871|Ferrum Sulphuricum]] |
^ Remedies: | [[en:rem:r871|Ferrum Sulphuricum]] |
^ Author: | Hering, C.; Raue, C.G.; Knerr, C.B.; Mohr, C. |
^ Year: | 1887 |
^ Editing: | errors only; interlinks; formatting |
^ Attribution: | Legatum Homeopathicum |}