Homoeopathy — Page 657
Sulphur 657 In Sulphur patients, venous circulation is affected, resulting in piles (haemorrhoids). Under treatment with Sulphur, the piles first enlarge and itch before getting better. Nux Vomica helps control the swelling and the itch. Sometimes, the veins of the legs become distended and tortuous, a condition called varicose veins. The blood stagnates and may then clot inside the veins (venous thrombosis). There are many homoeopathic remedies that can relieve this condition. Sulphur is certainly one of them. Sulphur is also very useful in the treatment of menopausal syndrome i. e. hot flushes on the face and head, as well as pressure on the heart. Pulsatilla is also used in this condition, but I have not found it as effective as it is claimed to be. Pulsatilla combined with Belladonna proves to be much more effective. However, if the patient exhibits symptoms matching Sulphur, then Sulphur alone may bring about the cure. As in Lachesis, the symptoms of Sulphur aggravate after sleep and the patient wakes up agitated. Restlessness starts becoming worse in the latter part of the night. This is due to mental anguish rather than being of a physical nature. The patient wakes up confused and restless. By eleven o’ clock in the morning, restlessness affects the stomach. At night, the symptoms of Sulphur are aggravated due to the warmth of the bed and not merely by sleeping, as in Lachesis. Sometimes, after the childbirth, the placenta remains partially retained in the uterus, inviting severe infection. There is nothing better than Sulphur and Pyrogenium to combat this infection. Sulphur 200 and Pyrogenium 200 may be useful in any chronic infection and fever following a nasal cold usually untreatable with common remedies. Sulphur is also very useful in the treatment of gout. By taking Sulphur, sometimes the suppressed symptoms of gout may erupt. Being scared off, the patient may give up using Sulphur. In fact, the continued use of Sulphur will cure the gout completely. If Sulphur is withheld at this stage, the gout will become suppressed and predisposed to other deep-seated illnesses that may be hard to treat.