ICHTHYOLUM

A Combination of Sulphonated Hydrocarbons, a Fossil Product of Complex Structure found in Tyrol, supposed to be Fish Deposits, contains 10 % Sulphur.


  • Its action on skin, mucous membranes, and kidneys is prompt and useful. 
  • It is strongly antiparasitic; redness, pain and inflammation; decreases tension. 
  • Excellent in winter coughs of old people. 
  • Polyarthritis. 
  • Chronic rheumatism. 
  • Uric acid diathesis. 
  • Hay-fever. 
  • Chronic hives. 
  • Tuberculosis, aids nutrition. 
  • Alcoholism when nothing will stay on stomach.

Mind

  • Irritable and depressed. 
  • Forgetful, lack of concentration.

Head

  • Dull, aching; better cold, pressure. 
  • Dull frontal and supra-orbital headache; worse moving eyes, cold air; better, warmth.

Face

  • Skin feels dry and itches. 
  • Acne on chin.

Throat

  • Irritated; pain to ears; sore, dry, with hawking and expectoration.

Eyes

  • Burn, red; worse, any change of temperature.

Nose

  • Bland coryza; stuffed feeling; feels sore inside. 
  • Irresistible desire to sneeze.

Stomach

  • Disagreeable taste, burning sensation, very thirsty. 
  • Nausea. 
  • Increased appetite.

Abdomen

  • Disposition to soft, shapeless stools. 
  • Griping in umbilical and left hypogastric region. 
  • Early morning diarrhea.

Urine

  • Increased in quantity and frequency. 
  • Burning pain in meatus. 
  • Uric acid deposits.

Female

  • Fullness in lower abdomen. 
  • Nausea at time of menses.

Respiratory

  • Coryza; dry, teasing cough. 
  • Bronchiectasis and phthisis. 
  • Bronchitis, especially of the aged.

Skin

  • Heat and irritation; itching. 
  • Scaly and itching eczema. 
  • Crops of boils. 
  • Pruritus of pregnancy. 
  • Psoriasis.
  • Acne rosacea.
  • Erysipelas.

Extremities

  • Lameness in right shoulder and right lower extremity.

Relationship

  • Compare: Hepar; Calc; Silica; Sulph; Ars; Petrol.

Dose

  • Lower potencies.
  • Externally, it is used as an ointment, with Lanoline 20 to 50 percent; for chronic eczema and psoriasis, also acne rosacea and gouty joints. Chilblains, scabies. Rectal suppositories for senile prostate.