Cadmium sulphuratum
Remedy for extreme exhaustion and prostration with nausea and vomiting. Icy coldness. Black vomit. Intense nausea not relieved by vomiting. Useful in yellow fever and severe gastric states.
Source
Trituration of cadmium sulphide (CdS).
Available Potencies
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Keynote Symptoms
Extreme prostration with icy coldness. Intense, deathly nausea not relieved by vomiting. Black vomit (coffee-ground). Cutting pain in stomach. Yellow fever symptoms. Everything sinks down — cannot hold anything up. Bluish, cold face. Horror of solitude and work.
Mind & Emotional Symptoms
Horror of solitude and work. Irritable. Stupor. Anxiety. Unconsciousness. Delirium.
General Symptoms
Extreme prostration and exhaustion. Icy coldness. Symptoms resemble Arsenicum but more intensely prostrated. Black vomit. Everything tends downward — cannot sit up. Cadaverous appearance. Tabetic conditions. Cancer of stomach (palliation).
Physical Symptoms
Face
Bluish, cold. Cadaverous appearance. Yellow complexion. Facial paralysis, especially left-sided.
Nose
Ozaena. Numbness of nose. Tightness at root of nose.
Stomach
Intense nausea with violent retching. Black, coffee-ground vomit. Burning and cutting pain. Gastric cancer (palliation). Nausea from putting hands in warm water.
Abdomen
Cutting, lancinating pains. Distension. Tenderness.
Respiratory
Chest constriction. Threatened paralysis of lungs. Difficult breathing.
Skin
Yellow. Scaling. Itching of skin worse from warmth.
Modalities
Better From
Eating. Rest. Pressure.
Worse From
Walking. Open air. Acids. Alcohol. Sunshine. Swallowing. After sleep.
Constitutional Type
Exhausted, debilitated persons with gastric cancer or severe gastric conditions. Yellow, cadaverous appearance. Persons in end-stage disease with extreme weakness.
Clinical Indications
Gastric cancer (palliative). Yellow fever. Cholera. Severe nausea and vomiting. Black vomit. Extreme prostration. Facial paralysis.
Comparative Materia Medica
Compare Arsenicum album (similar prostration and burning but less black vomit), Phosphorus (vomiting when water warms in stomach), Ipecacuanha (constant nausea but less prostration). Cadmium sulph. is more intensely prostrated than Arsenicum with characteristic black vomit.
Safety Information
Zinc. Ipecacuanha.
Cadmium is a highly toxic heavy metal. Cadmium compounds cause severe gastrointestinal damage, kidney damage, bone demineralization, and are carcinogenic. Safe only in high potencies well above 12C.
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