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Magnesia Sulphurica
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Magnesia Sulphurica Reference Specimen
Botanical Specimen and Materia Medica Identification
🧬 Remedy Miasm: Syphilitic Miasm
The Syphilitic miasm leads to destruction on both physical and mental levels. It presents as ulceration, bone decay, severe depression, and self-destructive tendencies.
🧠General & Mental Health
▲GENERAL
The ancient reputation of Mag -s as a “refrigerant cathartic” under the familiar name of
“Epsom Salts,” or “salts” par excellence, has overshadowed its homeopathic uses.
Recently old -school authorities have discovered in this “cathartic” a remedy for dysenter y.
It is the chief
ingredient in many laxative mineral waters and popular saline aperient mixtures.
Mag-s is of diagnostic and therapeutic value in gallstone colicSevere fluctuating pain in the abdomenSevere, often fluctuating pain in the abdomen caused by gas, spasm, or obstruction in the intestines, common in infants..
The physiological dosage from 2 to 4
teaspoonfuls in glass hot water taken at onset of a colicky attack may abort or stop the colic.
Epsom salts is one of the most active sa line cathartics, operating with little pain or nausea, especially if pure.
Its action causing a rush of fluid into the intestine, which by producing a distention of the bow el produces
evacuation.
It causes little or no irritation in the in testine.
In common with the other salines, it is the classical évacuant to
be employed in connection with mercurials and anthelmintics and in cases of poisoning.
It usually acts within fr om one to two hours, more quickly if taken in hot water and in the morning before
breakfast.
The ordinary dose as a mild laxative is a heaping teaspoonful, as a cathartic, two to four teaspoonfuls.
The
taste may be im proved, if necessary, by the addition of a little lemon juice and sugar.
Use on compresses
saturated with solution.
Besides Mag-s chief use as a saline cathartic, magnesium sulphate is used to a considerable extent externally
in saturated solution as an antiphlogistic and anti-itching in erysipleas, poison ivy poisoning, cellulitis and other
local inflammations.
Percy Wilde noted that the purgative action of Mag -s is not a quality of the drug, but a quality of its physical
state, which renders its absorption impossible.
The properties inherent in the substance itself can only be
discovered by potencyStrength level of a remedyThe dilution and succussion scale of a remedy (e.g., 6C, 30C, 200C, 1M), indicating its energetic concentration..
The skin, urinary and female symptoms are most marked.
Greenish urine with red sediment.
Profuse dark
intermittent menses.
Thick leucorrheaWhitish or yellowish vaginal dischargeA whitish or yellowish discharge of mucus from the vagina, often indicating congestion or mild infection. as profuse as menses.
As of a lump between shoul ders.
Back feels
broken.
Left arm and foot numb.
Crawling in fingertips.
Small pimples all over the body which itch violently.
Warts, large, soft.
Mag-s has a depressive condition with hypersensitivity.
Dysthyroidism.
Tendency to spasms in the hollow
organs.
Liver weakness.
Intermittent discomfort with prolonged periods of relief.
COMMENTS - Poisonings from Mag -s hav e occurred from overdoses, death apparently occurring from
collapse.
The provings of the salts produced many symptoms of utter prostration.
The provings bring out effects common to the other magnesia.
Tearfulness, restless uneasiness, pains in facial
bones, sensitive-
Magnesia sulphurica ness to touch, better by walking.
The diuretic action of the drug with great thirst has led
to its successful use in diabetes.
DiarrheaFrequent, loose, and watery stoolsA state of having three or more loose or liquid bowel movements per day., accompanied with great thirst.
Toothache, worse coming into a room out of cold air, worse by contact
with food, whether cold or warm, better in bed.
9,1891, eight cases of new growth having all the outward characters of
epithelioma were cured by Graves with teaspoonful doses of a solution of three drachms to the pint.
Warts are allied to epithelioma, and H.
T.
Webster cured many cases in children, giving as much of the salts
as would lie on a dime three times a day.
One bo y was literally covered with warts, his face being much
disfigured.
One girl of 16 was cured of large warts on her hands.
F.
H.
Pritchard gave his experience with Mag-s.
(1/2 grains in a teaspoonful of water) in summer diarrhea with
vomiting of food, copious yellowish, slimy and stinking stools and later merely watery serum.
The first sign of
improvement was that the stools became bile-tinged after which they soon became of thicker consistency.
The
copious stools seemed to be the cardinal indication.
Temperature - Chill from 9 a.m to 10 a.m.
Chilliness with thirst, early in morning after waking.
Shaking chill
with violent headache in evening, succeeded by thirst.
Shuddering in back, heat in one part and chill in another.
Cold feet all day, although otherwise he feels hot.
Heat of head with coldness of rest of body.
Alternation of
heat and shuddering, redness and paleness of face.
Sharp pains in left hypochon drium.
Tension, hardness and fullness of abdomen after a meal.
Violent shooting pains in whole abdomen, around the navel.
Painful drawing in abdomen.
Rumbling in
abdomen with emission of flatulenceGas accumulation in stomach or intestinesThe presence of excessive air or gas in the digestive tract, causing bloating and wind..
Itching of left inguinal region, not removed by scratching.
Intense thirst, morning and evening.
Want of appetite and repugnance to all food, even when thinking
of it.
Desire for fruits, green salad and refreshing dishes.
Aversion to sausages, meat, fats and fatty foods
▲MODALITIES ETC
Better from movement in the fresh air.
Better from wash ing in cool water.
Better from rubbing.
Better walking.
Worse morning.
Worse on awaking.
Worse from traveling on a train.
Worse in a closed vehicle
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It is claimed that the addition of a small amount of Mag-s. to the usual hypodermic of morphine
increases the value of the hypodermic from 50 to 100%
Anxious, as though about to be struck by misfortune.
ProstrationExtreme physical weakness or exhaustionA state of extreme physical weakness, collapse, or exhaustion, often accompanying severe illness. from anxiety.
Foreboding anxiety, as if some accident would happen.
Melancholy and disposition to weep and restlessness.
Bad -tempered with nervous tension.
Tendency to fly into a passion, every thing is taken in bad part.
Misunderstands everything.
Errors of imagi-
nation.
Sees people who are absent.
▲SLEEP
Extreme sleepiness in the daytime.
Sleepy, early in evening.
Sleeplessness at night, caused by violent
pains in head, abdomen and loins.
Wakes at 3 a m with difficulty in falling asleep again.
Many dreams at
night, sometimes disagreeable and anxious.
Sleep with worrying, with palpitations
👁️Head & Sensory Organs
▲VERTIGO, DIZZINESS
VertigoSensation of dizziness or spinningA feeling of movement or spinning of oneself or the surroundings when there is no actual movement., heaviness and numbness of the whole head.
Vertigo during menses
▲HEAD
Headache with feeling of fullness in the head, blood in the head and a prickling, drawing, piercing
sensation.
▲EYES
Burning in eyes.
Shooting pains in eyes.
Pains in eyes, as if protruding from orbits.
Lachrymation with
photophobiaExtreme sensitivity to lightAn abnormal intolerance to light, causing eye discomfort, squinting, or pain in bright environments..
Dimness of eyes with frequent drowsiness.
Supra-orbital neuralgiaSharp nerve pain along a nerve pathIntense, shooting, or burning pain that radiates along the course of one or more nerves., left side
▲EARS
Noises, tinkling in ears.
Shooting pains in ears
▲FACE
Face discolored, gray.
Earthy color o f face.
Tearing in bones of face.
Dryness and burning in lips, in
evening
🫁Respiratory & Throat
▲MOUTH
Dryness and sweetish bitterness of the mouth, especially in the morn ing.
Dryness of mouth with
sensation of numbness.
Roughness of tongue.
Vesicles on edges of tongue with incisive pains.
Toothache.
Nose - Congestive pain.
Nasal discharge with painful ulceration inside the nose.
Copious secretion of thick
and yellow mucus in nose.
Fluent coryzaCommon head cold with nasal dischargeAcute inflammation of the nasal mucous membranes, producing sneezing, congestion, and watery discharge. with l oss of smell.
Nosebleed, at night.
Rough voice and frequent
flow of water from nose.
Perspiration at night or in morning, accompanied by thirst.
Hands moist from sweating
▲THROAT
Deep, hollow, bass voice.
Sore throat on swallowing and pricking pains spreading to the ear.
Sore
throat, with shooting pains at night, worse by swal lowing.
Dryness and sensation of numb ness in throat.
Accumulation of mucus in throat
▲CHEST
Pricking pain in the heart, ame1 iorated by sitting and resting and aggravated by heat.
PalpitationsSensation of rapid or irregular heartbeatA noticeably rapid, strong, or irregular heartbeat due to agitation, exertion, or physical conditions. and
breathlessness from physical exercise.
Wakes at night with palpitations, following sleep filled with nightmares
🥗Digestive & Genitourinary
▲ABDOMEN
Frequent belchings, tasting like bad eggs.
RegurgitationBackward flow of blood or fluidsThe casting up of undigested food from the stomach, or the backward flow of blood through a defective heart valve. of fluid, preceded by a quivering in
stomach.
Disgust and nausea with accumulation of water in mouth.
Vomiting, first of food, then of mucus
▲GENITALS ETC
Kidneys - Stream intermits and dribbles.
The urine passed in the morning copious, bright yellow, soon
becomes turbid and deposits a copious red sediment.
The urine is greenish as passed is of a clear color and
in a large quantity.
Diabetes (Ph-ac„ Lac-ac.).
Stitches and burning in the orifice of the urethra after urinating.
Respiration panting after exercise.
Laryngeal cough on waking, sometimes spasmodic and dry,
sometimes with spu tum.
Dry and shaking cough after waking in morning, and which c ompels sitting up.
Expectoration of sour mucus.
Urethritis.
Prostatitis.
Frequent stinging about penis when sitting or walking.
Erections without amorous
fancies or sexual desire.
Thick leucorrhea, as profuse as the menses with weary pain in the small of the back and
thighs, on moving about Some blood from the vagina between the menses
🦴Musculoskeletal & Skin
▲EXTREMITIES, LIMBS
Sciatic pains, aggravated at night and during rest, ameliorated by walking.
Chronic, non-inflammatory
rheumatismJoint, muscle, or tissue painInflammatory pain, stiffness, and swelling in joints, muscles, or surrounding connective tissues. of the hip.
The left arm and foot fall asleep in bed in the morning after waking.
Liver - Pain in the liver region, especially on breathing.
Painful sensitivity in the region of the gallbladder.
Nightly attacks on the liver and gallbladder
▲BACK AND NECK
Pains in the lumbar region.
LumbagoPain in the lower back regionA general term for acute or chronic pain in the lower back or lumbar region..
Violent pain in the small of the back, as if bruised and as before
menstruation.
Bruised and ulcerative pain between the shoulde rs with a feeling as of a lump as large as the
fist, on which account she could not lie upon her back or side, relieved by rubbing.
Constitutions - Allergic, tubercular types with nervous hyper-excitability
▲SKIN
Generalized itching over the whole body, worse in bed.
EczemaItchy, inflamed skin conditionAn inflammatory skin rash causing dry, red, itchy, and sometimes cracking or blistered skin patches. and vesicular eczemas.
Miliary
eruptions with burning and itching.
Small pimples over the whole body, that itch violently.
Boils.
Suppressed
scabies (Sulph.).
Crawling in the tips of the fingers of the left hand, better on rubbing.
Warts.
ErysipelasAcute bacterial skin infectionAn acute, sometimes recurrent, bacterial skin infection characterized by large, raised red patches, especially on the face..
DropsyFluid retention and swelling (edema)An old medical term for edema, which is swelling caused by excess fluid trapped in your body's tissues..
Acne on the back.
Epithelioma
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🏷️ Category🩺 Homeopathic
🧬 MiasmSyphilitic Miasm
🌡️ Temperament❄️ Chilly
🕒 Aggravation🌇 Morning
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📚Literature Citation & References:
This clinical profile is compiled from: Robin Murphy, MD — Lotus Materia Medica, 3rd Edition; Samuel Hahnemann — Materia Medica Pura; William Boericke — Pocket Manual of Homeopathic Materia Medica; and Hazrat Mirza Tahir Ahmad — Homeopathy: Like Cures Like. Compiled in accordance with classical homeopathic provings and clinical practice.
🩺Medical Verification & Disclaimer:
This clinical profile has been prepared, peer-reviewed, and verified by the Herbalhomeo expert homeopathic team in accordance with authoritative medical references.
⚠️ Important: This information is for educational and informational purposes only and should not replace professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always consult your physician or a professional homeopathic practitioner before starting any treatment.
