Ferrum Sulphuricum – Iron Sulphate

The attenuations are prepared from Iron(II)-sulphate, FeSO₄ · 7 H₂O, MW: 278.0.

The main indications are:

Hot flushes. Sensitivity to cold and to fresh air.

Ferrum Sulphuricum also displays the main features of iron, but also many of those of sulphur. As in Sulphur there is an amelioration from warmth or in a warm room, and aggravation from cold or in fresh air, whilst the opposite is the case with Ferrum.

Ferrum Sulphuricum is also indicated in gastric acidity with eructation of remains of food, also in haemorrhages, pains in the gall-bladder, and a sensation as if all the blood were shooting into the head or face. A sensation of fermentation and rumbling in the stomach also points to Ferrum Sulphuricum. There are also muscular pains, a general sensation of heat with pallor or flushing, and a tendency to sweat. In former times Ferrum Sulphuricum was recommended for incipient thyrotoxicosis in anaemic girls.

The German Monograph-Preparation Commission for the Homoeopathic Field of Therapy has, under the Preparation Monograph for Ferrum sulphuricum, published the following indication(s) in the German Bundesanzeiger (German Federal Gazette) for ferrum sulphuricum: hyperthyroidism.