# Natrum Sulphuricum (HMT)

## Remedy Classification
- **Type:** Remedy
- **Miasm:** Tubercular Miasm
- **Temperament:** Neutral
- **Aggravation Time:** Neutral/Anytime

## Keynote Indications
Natrum Sulph, which is made of two elements i.e. Sodium and
Sulphur, has the ability to produce important internal body changes.  It
is intimately related to the liver and is very useful in diabetes.
Natrum Sulph given once or twice a week, in potency 200, along with
Calcarea Phos, Kali Phos and Natrum Phos, three to four times a day
in 6X potency, has proven to be a widely effective formula for
diabetes.  Sometimes all these four remedies can be given in 6X
potency with good results.

The symptoms of Natrum Sulph appear before midnight.  In wet
weather the symptoms become worse.   Natrum Sulph patients are of
very sensitive nature, physically as well as mentally.  They are
extremely sensitive to pain that is relieved on movement.  The entire
body seems to be hurting.  The catarrhal conditions  become more
pronounced during spring. Natrum  Sulph is an excellent
homoeopathic remedy to protect agains t deep internal ill effects of a
head injury.  Natrum Sulph, in combination with Arnica, is very useful
for the treatment of an old head injury .  During birth, sometimes,
the baby’s head comes under severe pressure.  Such babies must
immediately be given Natrum Sulph through the mother’s milk, so
that the ill effects of the pressure  may be averted and the child saved
from becoming mentally deficient.

Natrum Sulph is also the best remedy for asthma, particularly in those
patients, whose asthma becomes wors e in humid weathe r.  It starts
with the nasal catarrh, which soon becomes worse and then invades
the chest, leading to the onset of  asthma.  The cough with a lot of
phlegm is accompanied by severe di fficulty in breathing.  The phlegm
(expectoration) is whitish and stic ky.  The patient becomes short of
breath on slight movement or walking.

In Natrum Sulph, there is a tendency of mole formation on the entire
body.  Eczema over the head is also a characteristic symptom of
Natrum Sulph.  Red spots form too.

Eyes sensitive to light  respond well to Natrum Sulph.  The eyes tend
to water.  If water flows out of one  eye, associated with pain at the
nape of the neck on the same si de, this is an early sign of glaucoma.
For this, Calcarea Phos and Gelsemium are the best remedies.
However, if the water flows out of  both eyes and the eyesight has
become weak then Natrum Sulph is  the best treatment.  If the eyes
become yellowish and badly infecte d, with the formation of greenish
coloured pus making the eyelids s tick together, even then Natrum
Sulph can be effective.  Noises in the ear, associated with a feeling of
pressure in the ear will also benefi t from Natrum Sulph, if the patient
is of Natrum Sulph constitution.

In Natrum Sulph, the ailments are mo re prevalent on th e right side of
the body than the left.  If there is a tendency of nosebleeds, either
before or after the menses, Natrum Sulph is well worth a trial.
Natrum Sulph is also used during an epidemic of influenza .  It may
also be of significant use for the treatment of the gums receding
from the teeth;  infection of the throat, wi th the formation of thick
sticky phlegm and the feeling of suffocation or shortness of breath
on walking fast .  Natrum Sulph is also useful in the treatment of
goitre.  Natrum Sulph is deeply rela ted to the tonsils.  If the glands
have become enlarged and swolle n inwardly and the patient vomits
sour greenish material, then Natrum  Sulph happens to be the unique
homoeopathic remedy.

Natrum Sulph given regular ly can even dissolve stones in the gall
bladder.  The other important remedy fo r this disease is Lycopodium
in 200 potency, which with Chelidonium 30, should be given three
times a day.  If the stomach becomes distended with gas and there
are griping pains or the abdominal glands have become enlarged and
hardened, then also, Natrum Sulph is very beneficial.

When person contracts sudden diarrhoea on exposure to heat and the
stools are copious offensive and greenish in colour and explosive; then
besides many other possible remedies, Natrum Sulph can also be
useful.

Natrum Sulph is considered to be one of the best treatments for liver
disorders.  Frequent nocturnal urination that is not due to diabetes
may well be treated with Natrum Sulph.

Sometimes, either due to nervousness or due to change in weather, the
patient urinates several times during the night .  For this problem,
Arsenic and other nerve related re medies could prove to be more
beneficial.  If one fails to work, then based on the situation, other
remedies should be tried.

If the prostate gland becomes enlarged  and other symptoms of
Natrum Sulph are also present in th e patient, then Natrum Sulph alone
is sufficient to cure the disease.  However, it would be better if
Natrum Phos 30 or 200 potency is also given with Natrum Sulph.

A rattling of the chest due to sticky phlegm, deep severe pain in the
chest on coughing, and a cough having become chronic, may all well
respond to treatment with Natrum Su lph.  The patient aspires to be
able to take a deep breath.  The chest hurts, especially on the left side.

Natrum Sulph is an excellent treatment for meningitis or swelling of
the brain (encephalitis).  If a child develops meningitis, then first of all
he should be treated with Ferrum Phos, Silicea, Kali Mur, Mag Phos
and Kali Phos in 6X potency.  At th e same time, Natrum Sulph in 200
potency should also be given tw o to three times a day.  This
prescription has proven to be very  effective in the treatment of
meningitis.  If meningitis is not treated promptly,  epileptic fits may
ensue which may even become permanen t.  Especially if the fever is
suppressed with antibiotics, then there is danger of long-lasting effects
on the brain.  Therefore, only th e above stated prescription for
meningitis including Natrum Sulph should be used.  Meningitis may
be cured within a few days.

Body aches generally become worse duri ng humid weather.  Natrum
Sulph is also useful in the treatm ent of joint pains, which aggravate
during winter and also against severe body aches due to fever .
Natrum Sulph can also be useful to treat the warts on the hands and
arms.  Natrum Sulph in 6X potency has proven to be an
extraordinarily useful treatment of eczema on the palms of the hands
and the wet eczema between the fingers.  Even if a disease has
become chronic, it can be cured with low potency Natrum Sulph.
However at times, based on the symptoms and constitution of the
patient, it becomes necessary to cha nge the potency of the medicine.
Like Sulphur, in Natrum Sulph, ther e is a feeling of intense heat on
the top of the head.  After eating there is severe pain over the
forehead, characterized further by the heaviness in the head, pain at
the nape of the neck and dizziness.

One symptom of Natrum Sulph is that the roots of the nails become
inflamed (Paronychia).  There is a burning se nsation over the heels,
and tightness and stiffness of the knee joints.  Pain in the hip joints,
hands and feet aggravate during humid weather.  Natrum Sulph plays
an important role in maintaining the fluid imbalance in the body (i.e.
between the blood and intra-cellular and interstitial compartments).

Adjuvants: Arsenic, Thuja
Potency:   6X and 30 up to CM

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