Magnesia sulphurica
Remedy of liver and gallbladder complaints with morning diarrhea. Warts — especially on hands and face. Bilious attacks. Urine retained, must wait before it flows. Dull, heavy feeling all over.
Source
Prepared from magnesium sulphate (MgSO4), triturated and potentised.
Available Potencies
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Keynote Symptoms
Liver and gallbladder remedy. Morning diarrhea — watery, painless. Warts on hands. Urine retention — must wait, press before flow starts. Bilious headache with nausea and vomiting. Dull, heavy, sleepy feeling. Gallstone colic. Skin eruptions, warts.
Mind & Emotional Symptoms
Dull, heavy, sleepy. Apprehensive. Dreads the future. Morose.
General Symptoms
Liver, gallbladder, skin. Worse from morning, eating, cold, damp. Better from warmth, motion, pressure.
Physical Symptoms
Head
Bilious headache with nausea. Heavy, dull.
Stomach
Nausea, vomiting of bile. Bilious attacks. Desire for sour things, lemonade.
Abdomen
Liver sore. Gallstone colic. Bloating. Rumbling.
Rectum
Morning diarrhea — watery, painless, drives out of bed.
Urinary
Must wait before urine flows. Has to press. Stream slow to start.
Skin
Warts — especially on hands and face. Eruptions. Itching.
Modalities
Better From
Warmth, motion, pressure
Worse From
Morning, eating, cold, damp
Constitutional Type
Bilious types. Those with warts. Morning diarrhea patients.
Clinical Indications
Gallstone colic, bilious attacks, morning diarrhea, warts on hands, urinary retention, liver complaints
Comparative Materia Medica
Chelidonium has gallbladder pain to right scapula. Podophyllum has morning diarrhea but painless and gushing. Thuja has warts but more on covered parts. Magnesia phosphorica has colic but better from heat and pressure.
Safety Information
Not well established.
Epsom salts (magnesium sulphate) is widely used as a laxative and bath salt. Low toxicity in normal amounts. High doses can cause magnesium toxicity (respiratory depression, cardiac arrest) especially with renal impairment. Safe in potentised forms.
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