Ferrum Sulphuricum ferr-s.

A Dictionary of Practical Materia Medica

John Henry Clarke · A Dictionary of Practical Materia Medica · 1st edition (1900-02, three volumes); homeoint.org / Médi-T HTML digitization

General

Sulphate of Iron. Ferrous Sulphate. Iron or Green Vitriol. Copperas. Fe SO 4 , 7 H 2 O. 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.

Relations

Compare: Phos. (regurgitation of food in particles); Cina (worms). Bapt. (pain in region of gall bladder).

Head

Severe vertigo; with diarrhœa. ─ Pressing throbbing headache, < in forehead, with ringing in ears, sensation of blood rushing into head and face; face scarlet, glowing; > in fresh open air; < warm room.

Ears

Pain apparently in walls of meatus auditorius externus.

7, 8. Teeth and Mouth. ─ Violent tearing toothache; teeth all sound; > from cold air or application of ice on cheek; headache. ─ Very troublesome soreness of soft palate.

Throat

Taste of salt, with smarting in throat.

Stomach

Bulimia, cannot be satisfied, thirst not marked. ─ Loss of appetite; aversion to meat. ─ Eructation of flatus and food with acidity. ─ Sickness, with vomiting. ─ Sensation of fermentation, or of a noise or movement like purring of a cat in region of stomach. ─ Cardialgia. ─ Gastritis, with pain after eating, and regurgitation of food by mouthfuls.

Abdomen

Pain in region of gall-bladder. ─ Colicky pains, with flatulence and diarrhœa.

Stool and Rectum

Watery, reddish-brown, odourless, painless diarrhœa, with great paleness of skin, emaciation, vertigo, œdema of scrotum and lower limbs, bulimy without thirst, venous murmurs. ─ Constipation. ─ Helminthiasis; tape worms; ascarides.

Urinary Organs

Great weakness accompanying Bright's disease. ─ Bloody urine, with albuminuria.

Male Sexual Organs

Œdema of scrotum and lower limbs. ─ Secondary gonorrhœa.

Female Sexual Organs

Menstruation copious, five to six days' duration, with colic before and during the time; headache frequently between periods; pressing throbbing, esp. in forehead, with ringing in ear, rush of blood, scarlet glowing face > in fresh air, < in warm room; often accompanied by toothache. ─ Metrorrhagia; leucorrhœa.

Back

Pain shooting down r. side of back.

Limbs

Limbs very painful, esp. feet and calves, where the pain is distracting. ─ Contractions in arms, hands, and feet.

Upper Limbs

Rheumatism and semi-paralysed condition of r. arm and shoulder. ─ Arms bent at elbows, and fingers drawn towards forearm by flexure of wrist. ─ Hands yield to forcible extension, but immediately return to same condition.

Lower Limbs

Paralysis of lower limbs. ─ Knees slightly flexed, toes drawn upwards rigidly. ─ 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.

The Guiding Symptoms of Our Materia Medica

Constantine Hering · The Guiding Symptoms of Our Materia Medica · 1879–91

General

Sulphate of Iron ; Copperas. Fe SO 4 , 7H 2 O.
The pure sulphate of iron prepared by trituration.
CLINICAL AUTHORITIES.
- Diarrhœa , Kafka, Rück. Kl. Erf., vol. 5, p. 414 ; Menorrhagia , Bojanus, Raue's Rec., 1871, p. 155.

Inner head

Severe vertigo. θ Diarrhœa.
Confusion of head and dull pain through head.
Heaviness and dull pain in upper part of forehead.
Severe burning and pain in head, with thirst.
Pressing, throbbing headache, < in forehead, with ringing in ears, and sensation as if all the blood were rushing into head and face ; face scarlet red, glowing ; > in fresh, open air ; < in warm room ; toothache. θ Menorrhagia.

Hearing and ears

Pain apparently in walls of meatus auditorius externus.

Teeth and gums

Violent, tearing toothache ; teeth all sound ; > from cold air, or application of ice upon cheek ; headache. θ Menorrhagia.

Inner mouth

Very troublesome soreness of soft palate.

Palate and throat

Taste of salt with smarting in throat.

Appetite, thirst. desires, aversions

Bulimia, cannot be satisfied, thirst not marked. θ Diarrhœa.
Loss of appetite ; aversion to meat. θ Menorrhagia.

Hiccough, belching, nausea and vomiting

Eructation of flatus and food with acidity.
Sickness, with vomiting.

Scrobiculum and stomach

Sensation of fermentation or of a noise or movement like purring of a cat in region of stomach.
Cardialgia.
Gastritis with pain after eating and regurgitation of food by mouthfuls.
Inflammatory condition of membranes of stomach.

Hypochondria

Pain in region of gall-bladder.

Abdomen and loins

Colicky pains in abdomen.
Abdominal pains with flatulence and diarrhœa.

Stools and rectum

Watery, reddish-brown, odorless, painless diarrhœa, with great paleness of skin, emaciation, vertigo, œdema of scrotum and lower limbs, bulimia without thirst, venous murmurs.
Diarrhœa, with pains in abdomen.
Constipation. θ Menorrhagia.
Helminthiasis ; tapeworm ; ascarides.

Urinary organs

Great weakness accompanying Bright's disease.
Bloody urine with albuminuria.

Male sexual organs

Œdema of scrotum and lower limbs.
Secondary gonorrhœa.

Female sexual organs

Menstruation 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 ; > in fresh, open air ; < in warm room ; often accompanied by violent, tearing toothache, teeth all sound ; > in cold air, or from ice upon cheek ; < in warmth ; loss of appetite ; aversion to meat ; constipation. θ Menorrhagia.
Metrorrhagia ; leucorrhœa.

Heart, pulse and circulation

Marked venous murmurs. θ Chlorosis. θ Diarrhœa.

Neck and back

Sensation on skin of back as if he wore a stout woolen flannel shirt.
Pain shooting down right side of back.

Upper limbs

Arms bent at elbows, and fingers drawn towards forearm by flexure of wrist.
Hands yield to forcible extension, but immediately return to same condition.

Lower limbs

(OBS :) Paralysis of lower extremities.
Knees slightly flexed ; toes drawn upwards rigidly.
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

Limbs very painful, especially feet and calves, where the pain in distracting.
Contractions in arms, hands and feet.

Nerves

Chorea.

Temperature and weather

Warmth : toothache <.
Warm room : face red and glowing.
Cold air : toothache >.
Ice : toothache >.
Fresh open air : face red and glowing >.

Fever

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

Right : pain shooting down side of back.
Left : pain in sole of foot.

Sensations

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.
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.
Distracting pain : in feet and calves.
Tearing pain : in tooth.
Colicky pains : in abdomen.
Throbbing : forehead.
Aching pain : through lower part of leg.
Smarting : in throat.
Burning : in head.
Soreness : of soft palate.
Feeling of general heat.
Dull pain : through head ; in upper part of forehead.
Contractions : in arms ; hands ; in feet.
Pressing : forehead.
Confusion : of head.
Ringing : in ears.
Heaviness : in upper part of forehead.

Tissues

Emaciation. θ Diarrhœa.
(OBS :) Local atony ; disposition to congestions, nettle-rash, aphthæ.
(OBS :) Relaxed condition of ligaments ; joints easily dislocated ; hernia.
Passive bloody or mucous flux, from genitals or alimentary canal.
Hydrops ; scrofula.

Skin

Great paleness of skin. θ Diarrhœa.

Stage of life, constitution

Boy, æt. thirteen months ; diarrhœa.

Relations

Compare : Phosphor . (regurgitation of food in particles) ; Caustic . (fermentation in abdomen) ; Cina (worms).