====== MAGNESIUM SULPHURICUM ======
{{anchor:s1}}Magnesia Sulphurica.
{{anchor:s2}}Magnesium Sulphate; Epsom Salts. {{anchor:s3}}Mg SO4 7H2O.
{{anchor:s4}}Proved by Nenning (Hartlaub and Trink's Annalen, vol. 4, p. 466) and Hencke (Neues Archiv., vol. 3, p. 185).
====== CLINICAL AUTHORITIES. ======
{{anchor:s6}}- Diabetes, Raue's Rec., 1874, p. 211.
====== MIND. [1] ======
{{anchor:s8}}Very lively, or greatly depressed.\\ {{anchor:s9}}Sad and weeping; foreboding anxiety, as if some accident would happen.\\ {{anchor:s10}}Ill humor, irritable.
====== SENSORIUM. [2] ======
{{anchor:s12}}Vertigo, heaviness of head; spontaneous closing of eyes.
====== INNER HEAD. [3] ======
{{anchor:s14}}Dullness in head, on rising in morning, disappearing after an hour.\\ {{anchor:s15}}Dull feeling of head, as if bandaged or screwed in.\\ {{anchor:s16}}Heaviness of head with vertigo.\\ {{anchor:s17}}Stitches, stabbings in head.\\ {{anchor:s18}}Boring in vertex.\\ {{anchor:s19}}Sensation in forehead on stooping as if something would fall forward.
====== SIGHT AND EYES. [5] ======
{{anchor:s21}}Violent pains in eyes, especially right, as if it would start out of socket.\\ {{anchor:s22}}Stinging in both eyes.\\ {{anchor:s23}}Dimness of eyes with frequent drowsiness.\\ {{anchor:s24}}Burning of eyes, especially at candlelight.\\ {{anchor:s25}}Lachrymation, with photophobia.
====== SMELL AND NOSE. [7] ======
{{anchor:s27}}Bleeding of nose (at night) with diminution of headache.\\ {{anchor:s28}}Fluent coryza, with rough voice, pain in chest and frequent flow of water from nose.\\ {{anchor:s29}}Pain in posterior nares, as from air pressing through with violence, when talking or coughing.
====== UPPER FACE. [8] ======
{{anchor:s31}}Tearing in right facial bones or in left malar bone.
====== LOWER FACE. [9] ======
{{anchor:s33}}Burning of lips in evening, with dryness.
====== TEETH AND GUMS. [10] ======
{{anchor:s35}}Toothache on entering room from cold air, agg. by contact of food, cold and warm things.
====== INNER MOUTH. [12] ======
{{anchor:s37}}Mouth and throat very dry, as if numb.
====== PALATE AND THROAT. [13] ======
{{anchor:s39}}Stinging in fauces, more between than during act of deglutition.\\ {{anchor:s40}}Frequent mucus in throat, which can neither be swallowed nor hawked up.
====== APPETITE, THIRST. DESIRES, AVERSIONS. [14] ======
{{anchor:s43}}Thirst early in morning on rising, going off after breakfast.\\ {{anchor:s44}}Thirst in evening, particularly during menses.
====== HICCOUGH, BELCHING, NAUSEA AND VOMITING. [16] ======
{{anchor:s46}}Rising of water from stomach, also with loathing and nausea.\\ {{anchor:s47}}Vomiting (in afternoon) first of ingesta, then of mucus.\\ {{anchor:s48}}Frequent eructations tasting like bad eggs.
====== SCROBICULUM AND STOMACH. [17] ======
{{anchor:s50}}Trembling of stomach, with subsequent gulping up of water, sometimes putrid taste.\\ {{anchor:s51}}Feeling of coldness in stomach, with inclination to vomit.
====== HYPOCHONDRIA. [18] ======
{{anchor:s53}}Sticking in left hypochondriac region, particularly when sitting or in evening.
====== ABDOMEN AND LOINS. [19] ======
{{anchor:s55}}Distension, fullness and hardness of abdomen, even after a moderate meal.\\ {{anchor:s56}}Rumbling in abdomen, with emission of flatus.\\ {{anchor:s57}}Itching of left inguinal region, not removed by scratching.
====== STOOLS AND RECTUM. [20] ======
{{anchor:s59}}Stools: alternate hard and soft; liquid, with tenesmus; soft, early after rising; diarrhea, with discharge of ascarides; soft, with burning at anus or with subsequent tenesmus.\\ {{anchor:s60}}Diarrhea preceded by rumbling in abdomen.
====== URINARY ORGANS. [21] ======
{{anchor:s62}}Increased emission of clear, greenish urine.\\ {{anchor:s63}}Nocturnal micturition (involuntary).\\ {{anchor:s64}}Diabetes.
====== MALE SEXUAL ORGANS. [22] ======
{{anchor:s66}}Frequent stinging about penis when sitting or walking.\\ {{anchor:s67}}Erections without amorous fancies or sexual desire.
====== FEMALE SEXUAL ORGANS. [23] ======
{{anchor:s69}}Menses: too late; too short; too early; stop for two days, then flow again.\\ {{anchor:s70}}During menses: great heaviness in head; bruised pain in small of back; pain in groins.\\ {{anchor:s71}}Discharge of blood between menstrual periods.\\ {{anchor:s72}}Leucorrhea: burning, particularly during motion; thick, with bruised pain in small of back and thighs; thick, profuse like menses.
====== VOICE AND LARYNX. TRACHEA AND BRONCHIA. [25] ======
{{anchor:s75}}Deep, hollow bass voice (as in catarrh).
====== COUGH. [27] ======
{{anchor:s77}}Loose cough, with soreness in mouth and throat.\\ {{anchor:s78}}Dry cough: with burning from larynx to pit of stomach; in evening in bed, during which he falls asleep.
====== INNER CHEST AND LUNGS. [28] ======
{{anchor:s80}}Painful burning in chest when coughing, as if a piece of lung would come out.\\ {{anchor:s81}}Oppression of chest, with burning in chest when walking.\\ {{anchor:s82}}Burning in middle of chest; under upper part of sternum.
====== NECK AND BACK. [31] ======
{{anchor:s84}}Tension in nape of neck and between shoulders, with stitches, particularly in morning on rising, with great sensitiveness to touch, amel. by walking.\\ {{anchor:s85}}Rheumatic pain between shoulders.\\ {{anchor:s86}}Bruised pain in small of back, with pains in groins when sitting or standing, amel. when walking.\\ {{anchor:s87}}Nightly pain in small of back and thighs.
====== UPPER LIMBS. [32] ======
{{anchor:s89}}Rheumatic pains in left elbow and wrist joint.\\ {{anchor:s90}}Trembling of hands.\\ {{anchor:s91}}Tingling in fingers; going off by rubbing.
====== LOWER LIMBS. [33] ======
{{anchor:s93}}Pain in thighs when walking.\\ {{anchor:s94}}Rheumatic pain in hip, in left femur.\\ {{anchor:s95}}Cracking of tarsal joint at every step.
====== LIMBS IN GENERAL. [34] ======
{{anchor:s97}}Rheumatic pains in limbs, particularly at night.
====== REST. POSITION. MOTION. [35] ======
{{anchor:s101}}Cannot lie on back: pain in small of back.\\ {{anchor:s102}}Raising head in bed: vertigo.\\ {{anchor:s103}}Stooping: sensation in forehead as if something would fall forward.\\ {{anchor:s104}}Sitting: sticking in left hypochondriac region; stinging about penis; pains in groins.\\ {{anchor:s105}}Standing: pains in groins.\\ {{anchor:s106}}Motion: burning leucorrhea.\\ {{anchor:s107}}At every step: cracking of tarsal joint.\\ {{anchor:s108}}Walking: stinging about penis; burning and oppression of chest; tension in nape of neck amel.; pains in groins amel.; bruised pains in back amel.; pain in thighs.
====== NERVES. [36] ======
{{anchor:s110}}Great languor, with staggering gait or trembling of body.
====== SLEEP. [37] ======
{{anchor:s112}}Sleeplessness from violent headache, colic, pain in small of back which does not allow him to lie on back.\\ {{anchor:s113}}Anxious dreams, with starting.
====== TIME. [38] ======
{{anchor:s115}}Morning, on rising: dullness in head; thirst; soft stools; stitches in nape of neck and between shoulders; chilliness, with thirst.\\ {{anchor:s116}}All day: cold feet.\\ {{anchor:s117}}Afternoon: vomiting; sweat.\\ {{anchor:s118}}Evening: burning of lips; thirst; sticking in left hypochondriac region; in bed, dry cough; shuddering in back.\\ {{anchor:s119}}At 9 P. M.: chill, violent headache, going off in bed; till 10 A. M. chill.\\ {{anchor:s120}}Night: bleeding of nose; involuntary micturition; rheumatic pain in limbs.
====== TEMPERATURE AND WEATHER. [39] ======
{{anchor:s122}}From cold air into room: toothache.\\ {{anchor:s123}}Cold or warm food: toothache.
====== FEVER. [40] ======
{{anchor:s125}}Shuddering in back, in evening, from below upwards.\\ {{anchor:s126}}Chilliness: with thirst, early in morning after waking.\\ {{anchor:s127}}Shaking chill, with violent headache in evening, 9 P. M., going off in bed, succeeded by thirst.\\ {{anchor:s128}}Chill from 9 P. M. till 10 A. M., followed by sweat in afternoon.\\ {{anchor:s129}}Alternation of heat and shuddering, with alternate redness and paleness of face.\\ {{anchor:s130}}Heat in one part of body and chill in another.\\ {{anchor:s131}}Heat and vertigo on raising head in bed, with sweat on forehead and redness in face.\\ {{anchor:s132}}Heat of head, with coldness of rest of body.\\ {{anchor:s133}}Cold feet all day, although otherwise hot.
====== ATTACKS, PERIODICITY. [41] ======
{{anchor:s135}}Nightly pain in small of back and thighs.\\ {{anchor:s136}}For two days: menses stop, then flow again.
====== LOCALITY AND DIRECTION. [42] ======
{{anchor:s138}}Right: violent pains in eye; tearing in facial bone.\\ {{anchor:s139}}Left: tearing in malar bone; sticking in left hypochondriac region; itching of inguinal canal; rheumatic pains in elbow and wrist joint; rheumatic pain in femur.\\ {{anchor:s140}}From below upwards: shuddering in back.
====== SENSATIONS. [43] ======
{{anchor:s142}}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.\\ {{anchor:s143}}Pain: in chest; in posterior nares; in teeth; in groins; in small of back and thighs.\\ {{anchor:s144}}Violent pain: in head; in eyes.\\ {{anchor:s145}}Tearing: in right facial bones or in left malar bone.\\ {{anchor:s146}}Boring: in vertex.\\ {{anchor:s147}}Stitches, stabbing: in head.\\ {{anchor:s148}}Stitches: in nape of neck and between shoulders.\\ {{anchor:s149}}Stinging: in both eyes; in fauces; about penis.\\ {{anchor:s150}}Sticking: in left hypochondriac region.\\ {{anchor:s151}}Painful burning: in chest.\\ {{anchor:s152}}Burning: of eyes; of lips; from larynx to pit of stomach; in middle of chest; under upper part of sternum; of blotches; at anus.\\ {{anchor:s153}}Heat: of head; in one part of body, chill in another.\\ {{anchor:s154}}Colic: in abdomen.\\ {{anchor:s155}}Soreness: in mouth and throat.\\ {{anchor:s156}}Bruised pain: in small of back; in thighs; in whole body.\\ {{anchor:s157}}Rheumatic pain: between shoulders; in left elbow and left wrist joint; in hip; in left femur; in limbs.\\ {{anchor:s158}}Tingling: in fingers.\\ {{anchor:s159}}Tension: in nape of neck and between shoulders.\\ {{anchor:s160}}Oppression: of chest.\\ {{anchor:s161}}Heaviness: of head.\\ {{anchor:s162}}Fullness: of abdomen.\\ {{anchor:s163}}Dullness: in head.\\ {{anchor:s164}}Dull feeling: of head.\\ {{anchor:s165}}Trembling: of stomach; of hands.\\ {{anchor:s166}}Dryness: of lips; of mouth and throat.\\ {{anchor:s167}}Itching: of left inguinal canal; of blotches.\\ {{anchor:s168}}Shuddering: in back.\\ {{anchor:s169}}Violent itching: of tetter on arms.\\ {{anchor:s170}}Coldness: of stomach; of body; of feet.
====== TOUCH. PASSIVE MOTION. INJURIES. [45] ======
{{anchor:s174}}Touch: great sensitiveness of neck.\\ {{anchor:s175}}Rubbing: tingling in fingers going off.\\ {{anchor:s176}}Scratching: does not remove itching of inguinal canal; of blotches causes burning.
====== SKIN. [46] ======
{{anchor:s178}}Itching blotches, either hard or as from nettles, with burning after scratching.\\ {{anchor:s179}}Small red tetter on arms, with violent itching.
====== RELATIONS. [48] ======
{{anchor:s181}}Compare: Act. rac. and Pulsat. in sadness, weeping, foreboding anxiety; Ignat. in stinging in fauces between acts of deglutition; Hepar in eructations.
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====== DOCUMENT DESCRIPTOR ======
^ Source: | [[en:mm:hering:start|The Guiding Symptoms of Our Materia Medica]] Vol. 07, 1888 |
^ Description: | Clinical materia medica of [[en:rem:r175|Magnesium sulphuricum]] |
^ Remedies: | [[en:rem:r175|Magnesium sulphuricum]] |
^ Author: | Hering, C.; Raue, C.G.; Knerr, C.B.; Mohr, C. |
^ Year: | 1888 |
^ Editing: | errors only; interlinks; formatting |
^ Attribution: | Legatum Homeopathicum |}