SULFONALUM

HOMŒOPATHIC MATERIA MEDICA by William BOERICKE, M.D. Presented by Médi-T

Remedy Origin / Source
Natural

Clinical Applications

Trional ; insomnia associated with physical excitement; (vertigo, loss of equilibrium, ataxia, nausea, vomiting, diarrhœa, stertorous breathing, cyanosis, tinnitus, hallucinations).

Key Symptoms & Indications

  • Vertigo of cerebral origin, cerebellar disease, ataxic symptoms and chorea, present a field for the homeopathic employment of this drug. Profound weakness, gone, faint feeling, and despondency. Loss of control of sphincter. Muscular inco-ordination.

Mental & Emotional Symptoms

Mental confusion, incoherency, illusions; apathetic. Alternation of happy, hopeful states with depression and weakness . Extreme irritability.

Physical Symptoms

Head

Dropsy, stupid; pain on attempting to raise head. Double vision; heavy look about eyes; tinnitus, aphasia; tongue as if paralyzed. Eyes bloodshot and restless . Vertigo, unable to rise. Double vision; ptosis; tinnitus; dysphagia, difficult speech.

Urinary

Albuminuria, with casts. Scanty. Pink color. Constant desire to urinate; scanty, brownish red. Hæmato-porphyrinuria.

Respiratory

Congestion of lungs; stertorous breathing. Sighing dyspnœa.

Extremities

Ataxic movements, staggering gait ; cold, weak, trembling; legs seem too heavy. Extreme restlessness; muscular twitchings. Knee-jerks disappear. Stiffness and paralysis of both legs. Anæsthesia of legs.

Sleep

Fidgety, wakeful, drowsy. Insomnia.

Skin

Itching, bluish purpura. Erythema.

Mentions in Classic Materia Medicas

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SULFONALUM

A Coal-tar Product (SULFONAL)

Vertigo of cerebral origin, cerebellar disease, ataxic symptoms and chorea, present a field for the homeopathic employment of this drug. Profound weakness, gone, faint feeling, and despondency. Loss of control of sphincter. Muscular inco-ordination.

Mind

Mental confusion, incoherency, illusions; apathetic. Alternation of happy, hopeful states with depression and weakness. Extreme irritability.

Head

Dropsy, stupid; pain on attempting to raise head. Double vision; heavy look about eyes; tinnitus, aphasia; tongue as if paralyzed. Eyes bloodshot and restless. Vertigo, unable to rise. Double vision; ptosis; tinnitus; dysphagia, difficult speech.

Urinary

Albuminuria, with casts. Scanty. Pink color. Constant desire to urinate; scanty, brownish red. Hæmato-porphyrinuria.

Respiratory

Congestion of lungs; stertorous breathing. Sighing dyspnœa.

Extremities

Ataxic movements, staggering gait; cold, weak, trembling; legs seem too heavy. Extreme restlessness; muscular twitchings. Knee-jerks disappear. Stiffness and paralysis of both legs. Anæsthesia of legs.

Sleep

Fidgety, wakeful, drowsy. Insomnia.

Skin

Itching, bluish purpura. Erythema.

Relationship

Trional; insomnia associated with physical excitement; (vertigo, loss of equilibrium, ataxia, nausea, vomiting, diarrhœa, stertorous breathing, cyanosis, tinnitus, hallucinations).

Dose

Third trituration.

Non-Homeopathic Uses.--As a hypnotic. Dose, ten to thirty grains in hot water. Takes about two hours to act.

Sulfonal.

Diethylsulphone-dimethyl-methane. (CH3)2C(C2H5S)2. Trituration.
Clinical

Albuminuria. Cramps. Cyanosis. Ears, noises in. Epilepsy. Headache, with tinnitus. Hæmatoporphyrinuria. Locomotor ataxy. Paralysis, ascending. Reflexes abolished.

Characteristics

Sulfonal was at first regarded as one of the safest of hypnotics, but many cases of poisoning by medicinal doses have occurred, and my Schema is made up of reported effects produced on patients. The accounts will be found in recent numbers of H. W. Prominent symptoms were: Stupor. Headache, with noises in ears. Vomiting and diarrhœa. Urine retained, or secretion arrested; claret-coloured; containing albumen; porphyrin. Ataxic gait and diminished or abolished reflexes point to locomotor ataxy. Ascending paralysis has been observed. The heart is weak; fainting occurs; and death takes place by heart failure. Rashes have been noticed on the skin, purpuric, erythematous, &c. One man (H. W., xxxii. 174) observed uniform skin effects every time he took Sfo., more intense the larger the dose. This occurred from gr. v.: Patches of erythema appeared (1) first on inner side of first phalanx of right little finger; (2) next over proximal ends of metacarpal bones of left thumb and index; (3) on posterior surface of left forearm a little below elbow; (4) fourth on prepuce. The symptoms were > by cold douches.

1. Mind

Stupidity.Unconscious, with dilated and fixed pupils and profuse sweat.

2. Head

Headache and tinnitus aurium.

3. Eyes

Pupils dilated and fixed.

4. Ears

Tinnitus.

8. Mouth

Breath smells of onions.

6. Face

Face livid.

11. Stomach

Vomiting, diarrhœa, and violent chills.Constant retching, vomiting, and soreness over epigastrium.Great disturbance of digestion with scanty urine.

12. Abdomen

Spleen enlarged; hyperæmic.

13. Stool and Anus

Diarrhœa and vomiting.Great constipation.

14. Urinary Organs

Dark brown urine.Urine very scanty; albuminous; almost solid when cooled.Hæmatoporphyrinuria and death; urine oscillated between deep claret and light claret colour.Retention of urine; had to be drawn off; dark-coloured.Urine cherry-colour, later like dark port wine.

15. Male Sexual Organs

Erythema on prepuce.

18. Chest

Œdema of lungs.Signs of broncho-pneumonia.

19. Heart

Death from heart failure and œdema of lungs.Heart's action feeble, occasionally intermittent.

20. Back

Chronic leptomeningitis, circumscribed softening of dorsal portion of cord, with hypostatic pneumonia of r. lung, and cyanosis of liver and kidneys (post mortem of poisoning cases).

23. Lower Limbs

Gait ataxic; reeled about.Plantar reflex deficient.Paralysis of lower limbs.(Cramps of legs and single muscles.)

24. Generalities

The symptoms disappear slowly.Paralysis of body.> By cold water; cold douches.Great prostration.Progressive paralysis affecting legs first then arms.Paralysis sometimes progressive sometimes with hyperæsthesia and abnormal sensation.Twitching of muscles, esp. of face and flexors: < by voluntary movement, but always present in sleep.Reflexes abolished.(Epilepsy, inveterate cases with over-excitability of the cortical substance.).Fainted and vomited.Livid, esp. face.Cyanosis.Death by respiratory failure preceded by unconsciousness.

25. Skin

Discoloured patches like purpura on skin.Patches of erythema, of intensity proportionate to dose:(1) On inner side of first phalanx of r. little finger; (2) over proximal ends of metacarpal bones of l. thumb and index; (3) on posterior surface of l. forearm, a little below elbow; (4) on prepuce.Erythematous measles-like eruption.

26. Sleep

Stupor.Heaviness and drowsiness.Sleepiness and weariness with unsteady gait.

27. Fever

Violent chills.

Sulfonalum

Sulfonalum

Generalities

• A coal tar product produces ataxic symptoms; staggering gait; anesthesia of legs with absence of knee jerks.

Clinical Tips & Practitioner Insights

"This remedy can be prescribed as an intermittent in Alzheimer's disease as a result of aluminium toxicity"

By Dr. Sunirmal Sarkar Alzheimer's Disease

Remedy Profile

  • Type Remedy
  • Common Name HOMŒOPATHIC MATERIA MEDICA by William BOERICKE, M.D. Presented by Médi-T
  • Origin Source Natural
Dosage & Potency

Third trituration. Non-Homeopathic Uses.-- As a hypnotic. Dose, ten to thirty grains in hot water. Takes about two hours to act.

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