Ferrum sulphuricum
Iron(II) sulfate / ferrous sulfate · Mineral
Ferrum Sulphuricum suits patients with Ferrum-type pallor or flushing combined with Sulphur-type heat and acidity. The type presents with passive haemorrhages, toothache better from cold, and a distinctive sensation of fermentation in the stomach, along with eczema and sluggish liver.
Key symptoms
- Pressing throbbing headache worse in forehead with sensation of blood rushing to head and face
- Scarlet glowing face with ringing in ears
- Violent toothache in all sound teeth better from cold air or ice
- Passive haemorrhages and menorrhagia
- Sensation of fermentation or purring in stomach region
- Watery reddish-brown painless diarrhoea with pallor and emaciation
- Pain in region of gall-bladder
Worse (aggravation)
- Warm room aggravates headache and toothache
- After eating aggravates gastric symptoms
Better (amelioration)
- Cold air or ice application ameliorates toothache
- Fresh open air relieves headache
Sulphate of Iron. Ferrous Sulphate. Iron or Green Vitriol. Copperas. Fe SO4, 7H2O. Trituration of the pure crystals.
Clinical
Aphthæ. Bulimy. Cardialgia. Chorea. Constipation. Diarrhœa. Eczema. Gall-bladder, pain in. Gastritis. Gonorrhœa. Hæmorrhages. Headache. Helminthiasis. Menorrhagia. Nettlerash. Scrofula. Spasms. Toothache. Worms.
Characteristics
Ferr. sul. has the leading features of the other Ferrums, but many of the Sulphur characters appear, in the modalities especially. There is < from warmth or warm room (toothache); > from cold air or from ice (toothache) or from fresh air. It is like Sulph. also in acidity and eructations of food in particles. Other noteworthy symptoms are: Passive hæmorrhages. Pain in gall-bladder. Pallor or flushing. Sensation as if all the blood were rushing into head and face. Sensation of fermentation or purring in stomach. Feeling of general heat and disposition to sweat, with sensation in skin of back as if he wore a stout woollen shirt. Muscular pains or contractions. Local atony; disposition to congestions; nettlerash; aphthæ; eczema, with sluggish liver.
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