Regarding this points – Disease variety, discharge and color, modalities, causation, sensation, thermal relation, appearance, food desire, appearance, mental state.
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Sulphur vs Urtica Urens in Skin Diseases 1. Disease variety: Chronic: eczema, urticaria, boils, acne, tetters, suppressed eruptions, bed-sores (1,3). (Sulphur)| Acute: urticaria/hives, angio-oedema, erysipelas, first-degree burns, scalds, sunburn, bee-stings (2,4). (Urtica Urens) 2. Discharge &Read more
Sulphur vs Urtica Urens in Skin Diseases
1. Disease variety: Chronic: eczema, urticaria, boils, acne, tetters, suppressed eruptions, bed-sores (1,3). (Sulphur)| Acute: urticaria/hives, angio-oedema, erysipelas, first-degree burns, scalds, sunburn, bee-stings (2,4). (Urtica Urens)
2. Discharge & colour: Dry skin; discharges offensive, acrid, excoriating (1,3). (Sulphur)| Moist, clear sticky exudate; white-centred wheals with red areola (2,4). (Urtica Urens)
3. Modalities: open air, dry weather, motion (1,3). (Sulphur)| rubbing, warmth (2,4). (Urtica Urens)
4. Causation: Suppressed eruptions, vaccinations, alcohol, drugs, psora (1,3). (Sulphur)| Shellfish, stings, overheating→sudden cooling, suppression of milk/eruptions (2,4). (Urtica Urens)
5. Sensation: Voluptuous itching (“good to scratch”), burning (1,3). (Sulphur)| Stinging-burning, formication, prickling (2,4). (Urtica Urens)
6. Thermal relation: Hot patient; worse heat/warmth (1,3). (Sulphur)| Hot skin but chilly patient; worse cold (2,4). (Urtica Urens)
7. Appearance: Dry, rough, scaly, unhealthy; red orifices; injuries suppurate (1,3). (Sulphur)| Raised white-centred wheals, erythema, vesicles, oedema (2,4). (Urtica Urens)
8. Food desire: Desires sweets, spicy, fats, alcohol; aversion to milk, eggs, meat, bathing (1,3). (Sulphur)| Aversion to shellfish, rich foods; no strong desires (2,4). (Urtica Urens)
9. Mental state: “Ragged philosopher” — egotistic, untidy, lazy, philosophic, irritable (1,3,5). (Sulphur)| Irritable, restless, anxious, driven by surface discomfort (2,4). (Urtica Urens)
Quick differentiator: Sulphur = chronic, dry, hot, philosophical. Urtica urens = acute, stinging, cold-aggravated, from shellfish/suppression.
References
See less1. Boericke W. *Pocket Manual of Homoeopathic Materia Medica*. 9th ed. 1927. Sulphur. http://www.homeoint.org/books/boericmm/s/sulph.htm
2. Boericke W. *Pocket Manual of Homoeopathic Materia Medica*. 9th ed. 1927. Urtica urens. http://www.homeoint.org/books/boericmm/u/urt-u.htm
3. Clarke JH. *A Dictionary of Practical Materia Medica*. 1900. Sulphur. http://www.homeoint.org/clarke/s/sul.htm
4. Clarke JH. *A Dictionary of Practical Materia Medica*. 1900. Urtica urens. http://www.homeoint.org/clarke/u/urt_u.htm
5. Vithoulkas G. Sulphur – Kent’s Materia Medica. https://www.vithoulkas.com/learning-tools/materia-medica-kent/sulphur-kent/