HELP!! Sulphur: severe reaction.

There is a very good chance the ointment and the remedy are interacting - these two things should never be used together.

I hope you have stopped both of them? It may take a few weeks for the effects to calm down, which it should if it is merely side effects.

Sulphur should never be used this way. I cannot count the number of bad reactions I have seen and heard reported when it is inappropriately prescribed. Sulphur is a powerful drug, and of all our medicines the one that most people are sensitive to or react to.

For skin conditions, a 30c should be taken only a few times, once a day or perhaps even once a week. And it should always be monitored for aggravation.

On top of that, Sulphur will usually try to throw the internal psora out on to the skin. An ointment designed to suppress the skin condition will then block this, creating a fairly intense conflict between the two.

Oh and another problem I can see with what you were doing is that you have been using the dry doses (pellets or pillules) rather than wet doses (dissolved in water and succussed/hit). Dry doses are usually quite aggravating when continuously used.

I agree. Any ointment put on scabies can cause terrible problems. Stop the ointment immediately.

You have already got enough Sulph 30c in your system.

You may have gotten too much of the Sulph 30c, and the face rash could be a proving symptom.

Have you ever had this new chest/neck/face rash or anything similar in the past?

Please tell us more about you and your symptoms so that we can help you.

How many days ago did you use the homeopathic Sulphur for the first time?

To antidote the Sulphur overdose, first try coffee, then you can try mint extract, you can also try Camphor essential oil.

If those don't work, we can try a homeopathic antidote.

This is exactly one of those situations that urges me to give warnings constantly on a site like this. Homoeopathy is not 'side-effect free', it is not perfectly 'safe'. It is powerful, and carries with it certain risks when used without proper supervision or knowledge. A proving (new symptoms) or an aggravation may often cause people to end up in the hands of the allopathic doctors who can then make things so much worse.

Do not begin other treatments, especially on the skin, to try and manage this. You will end up in a terrible state if you begin yet more suppressive treatments.

Taking more homoeopathy so soon after taking too much can be fraught with risks as well.

Generally if any of my patient's somehow take too much medicine I always get them to wait until the reaction is over before resprescribing. I will only try to control the reaction if it is life-threatening or has gone on for longer than a week with no improvement in sight.

From Condensed Materia Medica.
By Constantine Hering.

► Antidotes to Sulphur : Acon., Camphor., Chamom., Cinchon., Mercur., Pulsat., Rhus tox., Sepia.

Does anyone else have a suggestion of what antidote to try first?

No. You should never use anything topically.

To try coffee, if you aren't a coffee drinker, try smelling some coffee grounds. You can get camphor essential oil, and can smell it. If you try that, please report if there is some improvement.

I agree with some of what brisbanehomoeopath says, except that if there is an overdose of a homeopathic remedy, I always antidote it immediately. I prefer to use low potencies specifically to avoid unproductive aggravations.

For the benefit of the patients, let's keep the theoretical conversations to theoretical discussions, and focus on helping the patients in the patient discussions.

If you're in the US, try Whole Foods for Camphor essential oil, or wherever you got the homeopathic medicine.

You should never use any kind of topical medicine on any kind of skin condition. - JH

I agree it is only a difference in how we approach it not a right or wrong. Follow Jewish Homoeopath's advice in this. But we both agree attempting to use suppressive medications may create a worse situation for you.

When anitdoting I rarely use the remedies listed, I always retake the case and prescribe on the symptoms the patient displays. Sometimes it is listed, sometimes it is not.

Looking over the case and the way you are expressing this problem, I would go with Aconite.

I must warn you that homeopaths see many cases of terrible conditions due to the use of skin cremes on conditions including scabies. I've seen conditions that are the result of skin cremes on scabies that have taken a year or more of good homeopathic treatment to cure. It depends if this is the scabies itself, or a side effect caused by too much Sulphur 30c.

Please buy Aconite 30c. Put 1 pellet of it into a container of bottled water, and let it dissolve. Then take a small sip of it, and add how you feel to the discussion.

Depending on the result, we will know what to do next. It is possible that this could alleviate the whole problem.

Thanks, brisbanehomoeopath.
- JH

I think that the homeopathy could actually cure your scabies. You just took too much, and it caused a side effect.

I do recommend the Aconite 30c, just one pellet into 10oz or so of water, and take a small sip.

If that alleviates the whole problem, then it's just cured the overdose, and the Sulph could completely cure the scabies, and you could be much better off for using the Sulph.

At this point, don't bother with the camphor or coffee.

A small sip of Aconite 30c could cancel the overdose, and you could be fine.

Are you sure that the store does not sell Aconite? If they sell it in 6c or 12c you can buy those instead. Where do you live? It should be commonly available in most areas.

No. It's Aconite that you need, not Aconitum.

There shouldn't be any side effects to one sip of one pellet of Aconite!

The only reason there was a side effect to the Sulph, is because you took so much (20 pellets or so!). I usually give one pellet of Sulph 30c and then wait a week to a month depending on the patient. Using it dry can also cause aggravations.

There is a good possibility that one sip of Aconite will antidote the whole overdose, and you could be fine. The antidote almost always acts immediately. The chances of a side effect from a small dose of Aconite is extremely low.

I'm sorry, I carelessly misread your response while distracted.

Yes, get Aconitum Napellus 30c, and put one pellet in 10oz water, and take one small sip. There should be an immediate alleviation. If so, then it's just an overdose of Sulph.

Put one pellet of Aconitum Napellus 6c into aprox. 10oz water in a bottled water container. Let it dissolve completely and take one sip. Keep the container for further instructions depending on the effect.

Give it at least 1/2 hr., and then report how you feel.



These symptoms that are bothering you (morning redness/new chest/neck/face rash) are not connected to the scabies or anything else that you've ever had before?