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A burning sensation is a type of pain that’s distinct from dull, stabbing or aching pain. Burning pain can be related to nerve problems. However, there are many other possible causes. Injuries, infections, and autoimmune disorders have the potential to trigger nerve pain and, in some cases, cause nerve damage.
Head; heat; burning; vertex: alumn aur(2) CALC(3) CHIN(3) FRAX(3) GLON(3) GRAPH(4) helo hyper LACH(4) nit-ac PHOS(3) pop-c SULPH(4). Complete Dynamics 22.5
Head; heat; burning; vertex: alumn aur(2) CALC(3) CHIN(3) FRAX(3) GLON(3) GRAPH(4) helo hyper LACH(4) nit-ac PHOS(3) pop-c SULPH(4).
Complete Dynamics 22.5
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Burning Symptoms: Medorrhinum vs Sulphur Medorrhinum 1. of hands and feet — wants them uncovered, fanned, or held out of bed at night (a keynote) 2. Burning in urethra during and after urination 3. Burning in vagina / labia with acrid, fishy, or pungent leucorrhoea 4. Burning in rectum and anus, witRead more
Burning Symptoms: Medorrhinum vs Sulphur
Medorrhinum
1. of hands and feet — wants them uncovered, fanned, or held out of bed at night (a keynote)
2. Burning in urethra during and after urination
3. Burning in vagina / labia with acrid, fishy, or pungent leucorrhoea
4. Burning in rectum and anus, with tenesmus; feels raw after stool
5. Burning palms and soles that become hot to touch — patient seeks cool air
6. Burning sensations relieved by cool applications, worsened by warmth of bed
– Internal burning heat contrasted with a surface that is cold to touch
Sulphur
1. Burning of palms and soles, especially at night — wants feet uncovered or stuck out of bed (the classic Sulphur keynote)
2. Burning of the whole body, particularly the vertex of the head and the orifices (eyes, ears, nose, mouth, anus, urethra, vagina)
3. Burning sensations accompanied by itching; scratching gives a pleasurable, almost voluptuous relief
4. Burning that is aggravated by warmth (warm room, warm bed, woollens) and relieved by cool, open air
5. Burning sensations with red orifices, redness of ears, lips, nose
6. Burning of the skin with vesicular or pustular eruptions
7. A chronic, congested burning — patient feels a constant, dry internal heat, often with a sinking or empty 11 a.m. sensation
Key Differences
1. Site of burning: Hands, feet, urethra, vagina, rectum (Medorrhinum)| Palms, soles, vertex, all orifices (Sulphur)
2. Relation to warmth: Worse from warmth, better cool (Medorrhinum)| Worse from warmth, better cool (similar) (Sulphur)
3. Itching: May be present but not dominant (Medorrhinum)| Marked itching; scratching feels good (Sulphur)
4. Discharge: Acrid, fishy, tenacious mucus (Medorrhinum)| Scanty or absent; skin is dry (Sulphur)
5. Orifices: Burning without marked redness (Medorrhinum)| Red, inflamed orifices (Sulphur)
6. Constitutional picture: Sycotic miasm — gonorrhoeal history, warts, condylomata (Medorrhinum)| Psoric miasm — skin eruptions, dirty-looking skin, philosophical/ragged (Sulphur)
7. Sleep / posture: Hands and feet hot, wants them uncovered (Medorrhinum)| Feet hot at night, sticks them out of bed (Sulphur)
8. Mental / emotional: Forgets names, words, recent events; impulsive (Medorrhinum)| Selfish, philosophical, defiant about appearance, “ragged philosopher” (Sulphur)
9. Modalities: Better in cool, open air; worse in warmth (Medorrhinum)| Better in cool, open air; worse in warmth, on standing (fainting) (Sulphur)
Clinical tip: Both remedies have hot palms and soles that demand cool air — but if there is acrid discharge, sycotic history, and intense burning of the urethral/vaginal mucosa, think Medorrhinum. If there is marked itching, pleasure from scratching, and burning of all orifices with redness, think Sulphur.
References
1. Hahnemann S. The Chronic Diseases: Their Specific Nature and Homoeopathic Treatment. New York: William Radde; 1845. Sulphur; pp. 989–1145.
See less2. Hering C. The Guiding Symptoms of Our Materia Medica. Vol. VII. Philadelphia: American Publishing Co.; 1888. Medorrhinum; pp. 269–92.
3. Hering C. The Guiding Symptoms of Our Materia Medica. Vol. IX. Philadelphia: American Publishing Co.; 1890. Sulphur; pp. 405–514.
4. Allen HC. Keynotes and Characteristics with Comparisons of Some of the Leading Remedies of the Materia Medica. 2nd ed. Philadelphia: Boericke & Tafel; 1898. Medorrhinum; pp. 178–82. Sulphur; pp. 304–13.
5. Boericke W. Pocket Manual of Homoeopathic Materia Medica. 9th ed. Santa Rosa, CA: Boericke & Runyon; 1927. Medorrhinum; pp. 397–400. Sulphur; pp. 591–603.
6. Clarke JH. A Dictionary of Practical Materia Medica. Vol. II. London: Homoeopathic Publishing Co.; 1900. Medorrhinum; pp. 514–22.
7. Clarke JH. A Dictionary of Practical Materia Medica. Vol. III. London: Homoeopathic Publishing Co.; 1902. Sulphur; pp. 1392–1420.
8. Kent JT. Lectures on Homoeopathic Materia Medica. Philadelphia: Boericke & Tafel; 1905. Sulphur; pp. 882–99.
9. Tyler ML. Homoeopathic Drug Pictures. 2nd ed. London: Homoeopathic Publishing Co.; 1952. Sulphur; pp. 671–83.
10. Vermeulen F. Concordant Materia Medica. Haarlem, Netherlands: Emryss bv; 2000. Medorrhinum; pp. 1101–19. Sulphur; pp. 1389–411.
11. Morrison R. Desktop Guide to Keynotes and Confirmatory Symptoms. Albany, CA: Hahnemann Clinic Publishing; 1993. Medorrhinum; pp. 235–40. Sulphur; pp. 367–74.
12. Lathoud JA. Materia Medica. Translated from the French. New Delhi: B. Jain Publishers; 2002. Medorrhinum; pp. 470–8. Sulphur; pp. 920–35.