Homoeopathy — Page 439
Kali Sulph. 439 KALI SULPHURICUM (Sulphate of Potash) Kali Sulph is a biochemic medicine, which contains the elements of Potassium and Sulphur. Sulphur and potassium being profoundly effective medicines, their compound i. e. Kali Sulph, also has quite a profound action. It affects each and every part of the body. It is difficult to include in one chapter the large number of diseases, which can possibly be cured with Kali Sulph. Everybody should try to find out which diseases or symptoms can be treated with it. During a preliminary study, one could feel that Kali Sulph is a panacea for every kind of disease, yet its nature is not going to be a match for every kind of illness. Numerous illnesses are described in relation to Kali Sulph; however, the proper diagnosis of all of them is difficult, and so would be the treatment. This medicine should be studied at least ten to fifteen times. Despite this, the physician would be at a loss to comprehend its effectiveness or non-effectiveness, in reference to the diseases mentioned under Kali Sulph in literatures. The mere presence of symptoms is not enough because the constitution of the patient also has to exactly match that of the remedy. Once a complete match is arrived at, Kali Sulph can totally uproot even the most dangerous of diseases. According to Dr. Kent, this medicine can offer complete cure from epilepsy , but it is not necessary that a single dose may produce that effect. Sometimes, it has to be repeated over a long time (with some intervals in between). During these interval periods, other types of treatments have to be administered. The difficulty about Kali Sulph is that there is no given detail about the kind of epilepsy amenable to Kali Sulph, because complete proving has never been done with that purpose in mind. This is why most homoeopaths do not give much importance to Kali Sulph. Had the proving been done, it would obviously be known what kind of epilepsy should be treated with it. Under the present circumstances, we can only say that if an epilepsy could not be treated with any analogous remedy, Kali Sulph should also be tried.