Sulphuricum acidum
Remedy of weakness, trembling, and hurriedness out of all proportion. Everything must be done quickly. Ecchymoses and bruising. Sour sweat and sour vomiting. Hot flushes followed by trembling. Chronic alcoholism.
Source
Prepared from dilute sulphuric acid (H2SO4), potentised.
Available Potencies
Get Personalized Safety Info
Sign in and complete your health profile to see safety warnings personalized to your age, sex, medications, conditions, and allergies for this remedy.
Keynote Symptoms
Extreme hurriedness — everything must be done quickly, cannot do things fast enough. Trembling of whole body with extreme weakness. Ecchymoses — bruising from least touch, black and blue spots. Sour eructations, sour vomiting. Hot flushes with trembling and weakness. Chronic effects of alcoholism. Lead-pipe sensation in throat.
Mind & Emotional Symptoms
Extremely hurried — everything too slow. Impatient. Irritable. Alternating moods. Unwilling to answer. Serious, sulky. Cannot bear smells.
General Symptoms
Hurriedness with trembling and weakness. Ecchymoses. Sour secretions. Worse from cold, open air, smells, excess of coffee or alcohol. Better from warmth, lying on affected side, moderate temperature.
Physical Symptoms
Head
Sensation as if brain were loose. Headache from fumes of charcoal. Worse from open air.
Mouth
Aphthae — white, in mouth and on tongue. Gums bleed easily. Sour taste.
Throat
Sensation of a plug or lead-pipe. Chronic sore throat of alcoholics. Stricture.
Stomach
Sour eructations. Heartburn. Sour vomiting. Desire for alcohol, brandy, fresh fruit. Water causes coldness of stomach unless mixed with alcohol. Morning sickness of pregnancy.
Rectum
Diarrhea — watery, orange-yellow. Hemorrhoids — piles during menstruation.
Female Genitalia
Menopause with flushes and trembling. Menses too early, profuse. Morning sickness — sour vomiting.
Extremities
Trembling. Weakness. Ecchymoses. Joints feel lax.
Skin
Ecchymoses — bruises from slightest touch. Black and blue marks. Purpura. Petechiae. Bedsores with black edges. Cicatrices (scars) turn red, itch, and become painful.
Modalities
Better From
Warmth, hot drinks, lying on affected side
Worse From
Cold, open air, excess of coffee or alcohol, morning, smells, periodically
Constitutional Type
Hurried, trembling, bruising easily. Chronic alcoholics. Menopausal women with flushes and weakness. Those who look prematurely aged.
Clinical Indications
Alcoholism, bruising, purpura, morning sickness, aphthae, hot flushes with trembling, weakness from chronic illness, bedsores
Comparative Materia Medica
Arnica has bruising but from trauma; Sulphuric acid bruises spontaneously. Phosphoric acid has weakness but more apathetic and indifferent. Nux vomica also suits alcoholics but with more irritability and GI symptoms.
Safety Information
Pulsatilla. Alcohol temporarily ameliorates (which drives the addiction).
Concentrated sulphuric acid is one of the most corrosive substances known. Causes severe chemical burns, tissue destruction, death if ingested. Safe in all potentised forms.
Find the Right Remedy
Not sure if Sulphuricum acidum is the best match? Our Remedy Finder can help you compare remedies based on your specific symptoms, modalities, and constitutional type.