Kali sulphuricum [Kali-s]:

– A.W. Cowperthwaite.

Synonym. Kali Sulfate. Potassium sulfate. Common names. Sulphate

GENERAL ANALYSIS AND THERAPEUTICS.
Our knowledge of the action of Kali sulph., like several other of the tissue salts, is obtained from Schuessler’s observations and from clinical sources. It seems especially applicable to the later stages of inflammation, and to ailments accompanied by profuse desquamation of the epidermis. Yellow mucous discharges are characteristic (Puls.). So also are the evening aggravation and amelioration in the cool open air (Puls.). Disease caused by a retrocession of eruptions. Oxaluria.
CHARACTERISTIC SYMPTOMS.
Head. Rheumatic headache, beginning in evening and in a heated room. Bald spots. Dandruff and scaldhead. Ears. Eustachian deafness. Discharge of yellow matter (Hydr.). Nose. Colds, with yellow, slimy expectoration. Nose obstructed. Smell lost (Natr. mur.). Face. Aches in heated room, better in cool open air. Epithelioma. Stomach. Tongue coated yellow and slimy. Insipid, pappy-taste. Gums painful. Burning thirst, and vomiting. Feeling of a load in stomach. Dread of hot drinks. Abdomen. Yellow, slimy diarrhoea. Constipation, with haemorrhoids. (Sulph.). Male Organs. Gonorrhoea; discharge slimy, yellowish-green. Orchitis. Gleet. Female Organs. Menses too late, scanty, with feeling of weight in abdomen. (Puls.). Respiratory Organs. Coarse rales. Rattling of mucus in chest, with croup. (Tart. em.). Bronchial asthma, with yellow expectoration. Cough; worse in evening and in hot atmosphere. Croupy hoarseness (Hep., Spong.). Limbs. Pain in nape, back and limbs; worse in warm room. Shifting, wandering pains (Puls.). Fever. Rise of temperature at night. Intermittent fever, with yellow, slimy tongue. Skin. Psoriasis (Ars.). Eczema; burning, itching, papular eruption. Nettle rash. Polypi. Epithelioma. Aggravation. In the evening. In a heated room. Amelioration. In the cool, open air. Compare. Pulsat., Hydras., Kali b., Natr. m.

–Pierce W.I.

POTASSIUM SULPHATE, K2SO4.

Introduction
This is one of Schussler’s remedies and he considers it the function remedy of the epidermis and of the epithelium. It has not been regularly proved, Allen’s Encyclop. giving us the effect of large doses, yet he has told us that Dr. Hermann, of Paris, has found clinically that “Kali sulph. is almost a specific in oxaluria” (Chironian, ’99) (148).

-E.P.Anshutz M.D.

-Potassium Sulphate. Sulphate of Potash.

Like Ferrum phos. this salt aids in effecting the transfer of the inhaled oxygen. It is found in nearly all the cells containing iron. Any abnormality or deficiency is shown physically, by a sensation of weariness and heaviness, with chilliness, headache, pains in the limbs, or vertigo. The malaise is worse when patient is confined in rooms, and from warmth and is better in the open, or in cool air. It is called for in desquamation following diseases like scarlet fever, measles, etc., scaly skin, yellowish eczemas, dandruff, etc. It is indicated in conditions of the mucous membranes, exudations, discharges, secretions and tongue, when the color is distinctly yellow or yellowish.

Has been successfully prescribed in bronchitis, catarrh, albuminuria, diphtheria, dropsy, vertigo, asthma, ear diseases, whooping cough, syphilis, tuberculosis, stomach catarrh, anaemia, rheumatism, ophthalmia, lupus, eczema, skin diseases, meals, menstruation, leucorrhoea, indigestion, diarrhoea, disorders of the eye, etc., when general characteristics and general indications as above are shown.

-Boericke. G.W

+ Potassium Sulphate.

#General

Ailments accompanied by profuse desquamation. Applicable to the later stages of inflammation. YELLOW, mucous and serous discharges, profuse and intermittent. Has been found of much use in oxaluria.

#Head

Rheumatic headache, beginning in evening. Bald spots. Dandruff and scaldhead.

#Ears

Eustachian deafness. Discharge of YELLOW matter. [HYDR.]

#Nose

Colds, WITH YELLOW, slimy expectoration. Nose obstructed. Smell lost. [NAT. MUR.] ENGORGEMENT OF THE NASAL PHARYNGEAL MUCOUS MEMBRANE, mouth breathing, snoring, etc., remaining after removal of adenoids.

#Face

Aches in heated room. Epithelioma. #Stomach

Tongue coated yellow and slimy. Insipid, pappy taste. Gums painful. Burning thirst, nausea, and vomiting. Load feeling. Dread of hot drinks.

#Abdomen

Colicky pains; abdomen feels cold to touch; tympanitic, tense. Yellow, slimy diarrhoea. Constipation, with haemorrhoids. [SULPH.]

#Male

Gonorrhoea; discharge slimy, yellowish-green. Orchitis. Gleet.

#Female

Menses too late, scanty, with feeling of weight in abdomen. Metrorrhagia.

#Respiratory

Coarse rales. RATTLING OF MUCUS IN CHEST. [TART. EM.] Post- grippal cough, especially in children. Bronchial asthma, with yellow expectoration. Cough; worse in evening and in hot atmosphere. Croupy hoarseness. [HEP.; SPONG.]

#Extremities Pain in nape, back and limbs, worse in warm room. SHIFTING, WANDERING PAINS.

#Fever

Rise of temperature at night. Intermittent fever, with yellow, slimy tongue.

#Skin

Psoriasis. [ARS.; THYROID] Eczema; burning, itching, papular eruption. Nettle-rash. Polypi. Epithelioma. Seborrhoea. Favus. Ring-worm of scalp or beard with abundant scales.

#Modalities

WORSE, in evening, heated room. BETTER, cool, open air.

#Relationship

Compare: KALI SULPH. CHROMICO.–ALUM OF CHROME–3x. (Produces in the nasal passages very fine threads from the septum to external wall; affections of nasal fossae and hay-fever. Chronic colds. Sneezing, red, watery eyes, irritation of mucous membrane). PULSAT.; KALI BICH.; NAT. M.

#Dose

Third to twelfth potency.