# Kali Sulphuricum (HMT)

## Remedy Classification
- **Type:** Remedy
- **Alternative Names:** Sulphate of Potash
- **Miasm:** Tubercular Miasm
- **Temperament:** Neutral
- **Aggravation Time:** Neutral/Anytime

## Keynote Indications
Kali Sulph. 439

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 ch apter 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 illn esses are described in relation to
Kali Sulph; however, the proper diagnos is of all of them is difficult,
and so would be the treatment.  Th is 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 Su lph 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 ca n 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 re peated over a l ong time (with some
intervals in between).  During thes e 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 mo st 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.

Kali Sulph. 440
In addition to skin diseases, Kali Sulph is also useful in the treatment
of diseases affecting the mucous  membranes.  It is said that some
patients of Lupus can be totally cured with  Kali Sulph.  Similarly,
malaria going out of hand can be treated  very well with Kali Sulph,
provided it fits the constitution of the patient.

Kali Sulph must be used in the treatment of chronic catarrhal
conditions, especially when the discharge becomes green.

Kali Sulph is called the Pulsatilla of biochemy because most of its
symptoms resemble those of Pulsatilla, for example, the worsening of
the symptoms with heat, and getting relief with the cold and open air.
This feature is very important rega rding the diagnosis for Kali Sulph.
The full clinical picture of Pulsat illa would, however, distinguish it
from Kali Sulph.  In other words, the presence of most but not all of
the symptoms of Pulsatilla would be taken as the indication for Kali
Sulph.  In this situation, it will  be found an effective treatment for
almost all of the diseases mentioned under the chapter of Kali Sulph.

In Kali Sulph, the muscles tend to be  flabby and without proper tone.
Kali Sulph would be useful in the treatment of patients with liver
disorder and dilatation of the muscles of the heart .  It will tone the
cardiac musculature but has to be ad ministered in a low potency over
a long period.  Within a few months, the patient feels much better.  He
feels invigorated and to a large ex tent the fatty degeneration of the
liver and the excessive amount of fat under the skin starts to melt
away.  These kinds of symptoms  are more common in women,
especially after childbirth.  The liver becomes fatty, the muscles
become flabby, the heart becomes weak, and the patient becomes
short of breath.  The legs of the women become heavy and swollen.
Light touch bothers them while deep pressure offers relief.  In such
patients, Kali Sulph being the proper analog would offer great relief.

In Kali Sulph, the headache becomes worse on movement and is
relieved in the open air.  The pain spreads to the eyes, forehead and on
both sides of the head.  The head feels tight and there is a feeling of
being suffocated.  The eyelids stick together  due to a yellowish
discharge.  There is lot of itching and watering from the eyes.  Small
pimples form over the eyelids.  The cornea becomes hazy.  Once
again, if Kali Sulph is the proper match for the disposition of the
patient, it will cure all these eye ailments.
Kali Sulph. 441

The ears discharge a yellowish coloured, offensive smelling liquid .
There is dryness in the middle ear.  At the outset, the discharge is
watery, which then becomes thick and yellowish in colour.  Once the
disease is well established, the discharge becomes greenish and smells
terrible.  There is bleeding from inside the ears.  These complications
gradually keep on progressing an d after many years, the drums
(tympanic membrane) become thick, the discharge becomes extremely
foul smelling and deafness develops.  If Kali Sulph happens to be the
appropriate matching remedy, its use in the beginning of the disease
will prevent all these complications.  In Kali Sulph, there is intense
itching inside the ears and behind the ear s with lots of noises being
heard.

In the eczema associated with Kali Sulph, boils and blisters develop.
There is a feeling of burning.  The skin looks like fr og’s skin i.e.
yellow in colour and without any healthy lustre.  It commonly happens
in the diseases of the liver and the spleen.  Anaemia and tuberculosis
also make the face look yellow and w ithout natural glare.  This facial
appearance helps in making the proper diagnosis.  It is an art to make
the diagnosis based on the faci al appearane and the symptoms
pertaining to the eye.  In Germa ny, a number of such experts can be
found.  Kali Sulph is very effective in the treatment of all such
infectious diseases , provided it is analogous to the nature of the
patient.

In the nature of the Kali Phos patien t, there is chronic irritation of the
bladder; urination is very frequent , and especially wo rse at night.
The patient sees distressing dreams.  Sleep is not peaceful.  The
patient feels dizzy in a heated room after dinner.  The head feels tense.
The hair tends to fall  and there is dryness over the scalp.  The lips
become fissured.  According to Dr. Kent, Kali Sulph is useful in the
treatment of warts over the lips .  Kali Sulph is also useful in the
treatment of the skin cancer called Ep ithelioma.  Blisters form inside
the mouth.  The tongue is covered w ith yellow sticky secretions.  The
chest rattles though the cough is dry.  The tongue becomes dry.  The
tonsils swell and cause difficulty in swallo wing.  The patient dislikes
eating eggs, bread, meat, hot food a nd hot drinks.  After taking food,
there is a feeling of pain, burning and cramping over the stomach .
On coughing, the patient vomits; th e vomit contains undigested food
and the sputum from the lungs.  The abdomen becomes bloated with
Kali Sulph. 442
gas and is tense.  The patient cannot pass flatus.  The soft pitting
swelling, common in li ver diseases is notic ed on the face and over
different parts of the body.  The ab domen hurts at night.  Diarrhoea
and severe constipation alternate with each other.  The piles happen to
be inside as well as on the outer surface of the skin and tend to bleed.

In Kali Sulph, the patient feels severe griping after having been to
the lavatory.  This is also common in Merc Corr.  In Merc Corr, the
pain starts during defacation a nd continues afterwards.  The stools are
thin, darkish in colour, cause tearing pain and smell terrible.  In Kali
Sulph, there is severe itching.  The lining of the kidney tubules
becomes inflamed and is associated  with a light to severe kind of
piercing pain over the kidneys.  So metimes the patient also passes
albumin in the urine .  The urine is deep coloured, abundant and
causes burning.  Sometimes, it is in th e form of a continuous dribble.
It looks as if the kidneys are constantly producing offensive smelling
infected urine.

Kali Sulph is also very useful in the treatment of sexual impotence
and weakness in men.  It is also useful in the treatment of continuous
vaginal discharge , inflammation and burning.  The uterus moves
away from its normal position .  During menstruation, there is a
feeling of pain over the uterus, as  well as a feeling of downwards
pressure.

Inside the windpipe (trachea), the expectoration may be green, yellow
or sometimes mucoid.  There is a feeling of dryne ss and scraping
inside the throat which is worse on taking food and when the person is
in bed.  There is a sort of hissing inside the trachea.  Other symptoms
of Kali Sulph are hoarseness of voice , repeated common cold, the
onset of asthma in a closed room and difficulty in breathing which
gets worse on coughing, lying down, walking and in the evening.  In
the open, the suffering becomes less.  The cough becomes worse in
the presence of nasal catarrh.  On  being exposed to cold, the chest
rattles.  There is a feeling of c hoking, burning pain and unease.  The
cough at night is dry while in the morning there is a lot of
expectoration with it .  The ailments become aggravated with a
sudden change in weather or if it becomes too cold.  However,
normally, the symptoms of Kali Sul ph become worse in hot weather
like Pulsatilla, as if this remedy is full of contradictions.   Regarding
the nature of the patient and the severity of thirst, it shows the same
Kali Sulph. 443
kind of contradiction.  It can be of great use for patients of the soft and
sallow temperament of Pulsatilla, as well as for patients with the
nature of irritability and anger.  Ag ain, like in Pulsatilla, thirst may be
absent or sometimes very severe  and non-relenting.  The mouth
remains dry and the stomach is consta ntly on fire.  In view of this
bizarre nature of Kali Sulph, I have already warned the readers that to
understand Kali Sulph is not an easy job.  In biochemy, Kali Sulph is
normally used in low potencies wh ile in homoeopathy, high potencies
are more beneficial.

Potency: Biochemic 6X
In homoeopathy, high potency as needed

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