Materia Medica de A a Z

KALI SULPHURICUM (kali-s)

Ailments accompanied by profuse desquamation. Applicable to the later stages of inflammation. YELLOW, mucous and serous discharges, profuse and intermittent. Has been found of much use in oxaluria.

Head

Rheumatic headache, beginning in evening. Bald spots. Dandruff and scaldhead.

Ears

Eustachian deafness. Discharge of YELLOW matter (Hydr).

Nose

Cold, WITH YELLOW, slimy expectoration. Nose obstructed. Smell lost (Nat-m). ENGORGEMENT OF THE NASAL PHARYNGEAL MUCOUS MEMBRANE, mouth breathing, snoring, etc, remaining after removal of adenoids.

Face

Aches in heated room. Epithelioma.

Stomach

Tongue coated yellow and slimy. Insipid, pappy taste. Gums painful. Burning thirst, nausea, and vomiting. Load feeling. Dread of hot drinks.

Abdomen

Male

Gonorrhoea; discharge slimy, yellowish-green. Orchitis. Gleet.

Female

Respiratory

Coarse rales. RATTLING OF MUCUS IN CHEST [Tart em (Ant-t)]. Post-grippal cough, especially in children. Bronchial asthma, with yellow expectoration. Cough; worse in evening and in hot atmosphere. Croupy hoarseness (Hep; Spong).

Extremities

Pain in nape, back and limbs, worse in warm room. SHIFTING, WANDERING PAINS.

Fever

Rise of temperature at night. Intermittent fever, with yellow, slimy tongue.

Skin

Psoriasis [Ars; Thyroid (Thyr)]. Eczema; burning, itching, papular eruption. Nettle-rash. Polypi. Epithelioma. Seborrhoea. Favus. Ring-worm of scalp or beard with abundant scales.

Modalities

Worse: in evening, heated room.

Better: cool, open air.

Relationship

Compare: Kali sulph chromico (Kali-s-chr). — Alum of chrome-3x (Produces in the nasal passages very fine threads from the septum to external wall; affections of nasal fossae and hay-fever. Chronic colds. Sneezing, red, watery eyes, irritation of mucous membrane). Puls; Kali-bi; Nat-m.

Dose

Third to twelfth potency.