Calcarea sulphurica
Calcium sulphate (gypsum) · Gypsum, calcium sulfate. · Mineral
Calc. sulph. is best suited to people who tend to be timid and fearful, especially of birds. They may compensate for their timidity by being argumentative and bossy, and can be terribly jealous.
Suppurating, yellow discharges of pus are typically associated with this remedy. Calc. sulph. is generally prescribed once the pus has “found a vent.” The pus may affect wounds and other skin conditions, such as eczema, as well as the mucous membranes, glands, and bones. Healing generally occurs slowly or not at all. Typical mucous-membrane discharges include thick, yellow-colored catarrh accompanying a cold, or thick, yellow, lumpy mucus with a cough.
Key symptoms
- Suppurative processes after pus has found a vent
- Mucous discharges yellow, thick, and lumpy throughout
- Last stage of ulcerated sore throat with discharge of yellow matter
- Inflammation of eyes with discharge of thick yellow matter
- Thick yellowish purulent nasal secretion frequently tinged with blood
- Scald-head of children with purulent or yellow purulent crusts
- Pimples and pustules on face; eczema; torpid glandular swellings
Worse (aggravation)
Better (amelioration)
Sulphate of Lime-Plaster of Paris
Eczema and torpid glandular swellings. Cystic tumors. Fibroids. Suppurative processes come within the range of this remedy, after pus has found a vent. Mucous discharges are yellow, thick and lumpy. Lupus vulgaris.
Head
Scald-head of children, if there be purulent discharge, or yellow, purulent crusts.
Eyes
Inflammation of the eyes, with discharge of thick, yellow matter. Sees only one-half an object. Cornea smoky. Ophthalmia neonatorum.
Ears
Deafness, with discharge of matter from the middle ear, sometimes mixed with blood. Pimples around ear.
Nose
Cold in the head, with thick, yellowish, purulent secretion, frequently tinged with blood. One-sided discharge from nose. Yellowish discharge from posterior nares. Edges of nostrils sore.
Face
Pimples and pustules on the face. Herpes.
Mouth
Inside of lips sore. Tongue flabby, resembling a layer of dried clay. Sour, soapy, acrid taste. Yellow coating at base.
Throat
Last stage of ulcerated sore throat, with discharge of yellow matter. Suppurating stage of tonsillitis, when abscess is discharging.
Abdomen
Pain in region of liver, in right side of pelvis, followed by weakness, nausea, and pain in stomach.
Stool
Purulent diarrhœa mixed with blood. Diarrhœa after maple sugar and from change of weather. Pus-like, slimy discharge from the bowels. Painful abscesses about the anus in cases of fistula.
Female
Menses late, long-lasting, with headache, twitching great weakness.
Respiratory
Cough, with purulent and sanious sputa and hectic fever. Empyæma, pus forming in the lungs or pleural cavities. Purulent, sanious expectoration. Catarrh, with thick, lumpy, white-yellow or pus-like secretion.
Extremities
Burning-itching of soles of feet.
Fever
Hectic fever, caused by formation of pus. With cough and burning in soles.
Skin
Cuts, wounds, bruises, etc, unhealthy, discharging pus; they do not heal readily. Yellow, purulent crusts or discharge. Purulent exudations in or upon the skin. Skin affections with yellowish scabs. Many little matterless pimples under the hair, bleeding when scratched. Dry eczema in children.
Relationship
Compare: Hepar; Silica.
Dose
Second and third trituration. The twelfth potency has been found effective in Lupus.
Many years ago Schüessler introduced this remedy, and it has been used extensively upon the biochemic theory. Many excellent cures have been made in this way that most of us are able to recognize as homoeopathic cures, though it is a sort of crude homoeopathy.
By studying these cures many symptoms may be obtained not supposed to be of importance by these reporters. These symptoms often furnish a basis for further consideration or further clinical observation. Many fragmentary provings have also been made, furnishing many of the symptoms recorded in this article.
The author frequently made use of Schussler’s 12 th potency, later the 30 th and 200 th; at present much higher potencies. From all of these many valuable symptoms have been obtained.
Sulphate of Calcium. Gypsum. Plaster of Paris. Ca SO4. Trituration.
Clinical
Abscess. Anus, abscess near. Boils. Buboes. Burns. Carbuncles. Chilblains. Cornea, ulceration of. Cough. Crusta lactea. Cysts. Dropsy. Dysentery. Eczema. Fistula. Glandular swellings. Gonorrhœa. Hæmorrhages. Injuries, effects of. Pneumonia. Polypi. Scarlatina. Spermatorrhœa. Syphilis. Tonsillitis. Tumours. Ulcers.
Characteristics
Calc. sulph. is closely related to Hepar sulph. calc., which is an impure sulphide of calcium, but has a wider sphere and deeper action in suppurative processes. It is Schüssler's "Connective-tissue salt," and most of the indications for its use are derived from his clinical experience. In the last edition of his Biochemic Therapy Schüssler discards Calc. sul. because it is not an actual constituent of the tissues, and he distributes its functions between Silicea and Nat. Phos. Homœopaths, having no Biochemic theory to support, may continue its use without scruple, especially as it has been proved …
Nose
Purulent catarrh, discharges yellow, thick and lumpy.
Generalities
Abscesses after they have opened to expedite the healing process.
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