Sulphur

Latin name: Sulphur

Short name: Sulph

Common name: Sulphur | Brimstone | Flowers of Sulphur | Sublimed Sulphur | Elemental Sulphur

Primary miasm: Psoric Secondary miasm(s): Sycotic, Syphilitic

Kingdom: Minerals

Family: Elemental substance

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Symptomatology
Remedy Information
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Mind

Sulphur is the philosopher-king of homeopathy—intellectual, proud, speculative, and distracted. The mind soars into abstraction, but the body is neglected. Forgetfulness, absent-mindedness, and aversion to business dominate. Thinkers who philosophise endlessly yet leave dishes unwashed. The ego is inflated: pride, indifference to others’ opinions, and spiritual arrogance may be present [Kent]. There is intense selfishness, often masked by disorganised benevolence. They appear careless, yet are obsessed with ideas and universal truths. Discontent, procrastination, and aversion to work arise despite mental capacity. Delusions of grandeur: thinking oneself a genius, a prophet, or deserving of recognition. Child may draw “circles in the air,” speak in dreams, or discuss theology. Despair, religious melancholia, and fear of damnation occur in deeper states [Clarke].

Sleep

Unrefreshing sleep. Frequent waking. Dreams vivid, anxious, of fire, falling, flying, or danger. Sleeps with hands over head. Difficulty falling asleep from thinking. Child wakes crying or talking.

Dreams

Dreams of falling, flying, fire, danger, or philosophy. Recurrent dreams of being scolded, humiliated, or failing. Prophetic or cosmic dreams. Dreams of being lost, dirty, or exposed.

Generalities

Extreme heat, especially of vertex, palms, and soles. Aversion to bathing. Symptoms ascend: skin > mucosa > circulation > brain. Suppressed eruptions lead to mental, respiratory, or cardiac disease. Dirty appearance, despite hygiene. Burning sensations throughout body. Disorganisation, self-neglect, laziness, and restless brilliance.

Fever

Flushes of heat with red face, especially in afternoon. Burning internally. Heat follows suppressed eruptions. Alternating chill and heat. Sweat offensive and profuse. Fever with delirium in children. Chronic intermittent fevers.

Chill Heat Sweat

Chilliness in open air. Heat in flushes. Burning of vertex, palms, soles. Night sweats, sour or offensive. Sweating from slight exertion. Cold, clammy feet.

Head

Vertigo on standing, with faintness and heat. Headaches are burning, pressing, or bursting—worse from stooping, heat, and reading. Sensation as if the brain were on fire. Scalp dry, itches, or is covered with dandruff and boils. Hair falls out in spots. Pain begins in vertex or occiput and radiates forward. Head congestion during rush of blood. Children may suffer from open fontanelles, sweaty scalp, or cradle cap. Worse from warmth, better in cold air.

Eyes

Burning, smarting, and redness of eyes; often bloodshot. Lids stick together in morning, or are dry and scaly. Lachrymation in wind. Photophobia, especially in morning. Vision blurred from mucus or discharge. Recurrent styes and iritis with burning. Aversion to sunlight, yet better in open air. Eyes feel like sand is in them.

Ears

Itching, dryness, or heat in ears. Discharges thick, yellow, offensive. Humming, roaring, or ringing in ears. External ear red, hot, or covered in eruptions. Painful boils or eczema behind ears. Hearing diminished during colds or from chronic catarrh.

Nose

Dry, crusted nostrils, bleeding easily. Thick, yellow-green discharge. Chronic catarrh, anosmia, or polypi. Nose red and bulbous in drinkers. Sensitive to odours. Children rub nose constantly. Tip of nose cold despite general heat.

Face

Complexion is dirty, unhealthy, and pale, despite cleanliness. Cheeks flushed, especially with heat or emotion. Itching, redness, pustules, and acne—especially in adolescents and philosophical adults alike. Lips cracked, especially lower lip. Facial neuralgia or twitching worse heat.

Mouth

Tongue white-coated, dirty, or dry. Burning or tingling on tongue. Ulcers on gums, cheeks, or palate. Offensive odour; bad breath in morning. Dryness, with desire to drink small quantities. Metallic taste. Blisters and heat in mouth.

Teeth

Gums bleed easily. Toothache worse at night, from warmth or sweets. Teeth feel elongated or loose. Dental caries, especially near roots. Teeth covered with mucous in morning.

Throat

Sensation of burning, dryness, or plug in throat. Worse from empty swallowing. Hawking of thick, yellow mucus, especially in morning. Throat red, dry, raw, often without thirst. Chronic sore throat from digestive disturbance or suppressed skin issues.

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Sulphur is a naturally occurring non-metallic element, atomic number 16, commonly found around volcanic regions and hot springs. Its bright yellow crystalline form is the basis for the homeopathic preparation, usually triturated with lactose and potentised. It is an ancient alchemical substance known for its volatility, and in homeopathy, it serves as a deep constitutional, acute, and intercurrent remedy.

Used since antiquity for skin conditions, as a fumigant, and in gunpowder. It is a traditional remedy for scabies, eczema, and arthritis, and is widely used in agriculture and industry for fungicide, fertiliser, and chemical manufacturing.

Proved by Samuel Hahnemann, first published in Materia Medica Pura, and later expanded by Hering, Kent, Clarke, and others.

- Skin: chronic eruptions, itching, heat, burning
- Mind: pride, abstraction, philosophical detachment, disorder
- Digestive tract: early morning diarrhoea, haemorrhoids
- Circulation: flushes, congestions, portal system
- Spine: lumbar weakness, burning
- Feet and extremities: offensive sweat, cold feet with burning soles
- Eyes: photophobia, redness, burning
- Right side, especially liver and eye

Dry, warm weather
Lying on left side
Uncovering, particularly feet
Cool open air, for skin symptoms
Constant occupation, mentally or physically
Morning, in some mental symptoms
Cold bathing, temporarily relieves burning

Heat in any form, especially bed heat, sun, or stuffy rooms
Bathing, especially warm baths (skin eruptions aggravated)
Suppressed eruptions or discharges
Standing still, especially long-standing
Milk, alcohol, and fatty foods
Rest, inactivity, idleness
Night, especially after midnight
Change of weather, particularly cold damp
Becoming overheated, especially on exertion

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Psorinum – Also dirty, chilly, offensive, but Psor. is more depressed, suicidal, worse for bathing
Calcarea carbonica – Both chilly and sluggish; Calc. more fearful, fleshy, domestic
Lycopodium – Also intellectual, digestive, but Lyc. is more cowardly, right-sided, and domineering
Natrum muriaticum – Shares reserved, cerebral traits; Nat-m. is refined, self-controlled; Sulph. is explosive, self-neglectful
Arsenicum album – Both restless, burning; Ars. is clean, anxious, perfectionistic; Sulph. is careless and scattered

Complementary: Acon., Nux-v., Lyc., Calc., Psor.
Antidotes: Camph., Acon., Nux-v.
Inimical: Merc., Sep.
Follows well: Hepar., Puls., Bry., Bell.
Precedes well: Tub., Sil., Graph., Nat-m.

Sulphur is the spiritual rebel and philosophical flame, seeking truth while neglecting the mundane. It rules the mind that burns, the body that itches, and the soul that forgets to wash. It is the burning archetype of psora, manifesting in disorganisation, neglect, and brilliance. Sulphur embodies ego, passion, and the collapse of internal structure, inviting us to clear the fire without extinguishing the light. It cleanses, disrupts, and regenerates. A truly universal remedy, touching every layer of existence.

Always think of Sulphur in chronic skin diseases, especially after suppressions
Use as an intercurrent remedy in stalled cases
Use in psoric constitutions: thin, unclean, restless, brilliant
Think of Sulphur in lazy children, slovenly geniuses, and neglected philosophers
Low potencies (6C–30C) for acute skin, high (200C–1M) for constitutional
Never repeat too often in dry constitutions
Give after acute to remove residual pathology

Mind

Philosophical, abstracted
Lazy, aversion to business
Egotism, selfish
Delusion, great person
Despair, religious
Aversion to washing

Head

Itching, burning scalp
Hair falling, vertex
Headache, vertex, heat

Eyes

Burning, smarting
Styes, recurrent
Photophobia, morning

Rectum

Diarrhoea, morning, 5 a.m.
Itching, anus, night
Haemorrhoids, burning

Skin

Itching, burning, scratching till raw
Eczema, chronic
Suppressed eruptions, after
Boils, recurrent

Generalities

Burning, internal
Aversion to bathing
Heat, vertex
Weakness, standing, after

Samuel Hahnemann – Materia Medica Pura: Original proving, exhaustive skin, digestive, and constitutional symptomatology

James Tyler Kent – Lectures on Homoeopathic Materia Medica: Philosophical and mental insights, core essence, and remedy dynamics

C. Hering – Guiding Symptoms of Our Materia Medica: Deep analysis of modalities, sleep, and psoric layers

William Boericke – Pocket Manual of Homoeopathic Materia Medica: Clinical keynotes and practical applications

John Henry Clarke – Dictionary of Practical Materia Medica: Rich commentary on skin, miasmatic implications, and remedy relationships

Sulphur

Mind

Sleep

Dreams

Generalities

Fever

Chill Heat Sweat

Head

Eyes

Ears

Nose

Face

Mouth

Teeth

Throat

Chest

Heart

Respiration

Stomach

Abdomen

Rectum

Urinary

Food

Male

Female

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Extremities

Skin

Mind

Sleep

Dreams

Generalities

Fever

Chill Heat Sweat

Head

Eyes

Ears

Nose

Face

Mouth

Teeth

Throat

Chest

Heart

Respiration

Stomach

Abdomen

Rectum

Urinary

Food

Male

Female

Back

Extremities

Skin

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