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Graphites vs Sulphur
(Graphites · Sulphur)
Both come up for stubborn, itchy skin that flares and won't settle.
In short
Graphites is chilly skin that cracks and oozes a sticky, honey-like fluid; Sulphur is hot, burning, itchy skin made worse by warmth and washing.
Side by side
(the classic distinctions homeopaths look for)
| Feature | Graphites |
Sulphur |
|---|---|---|
| Skin | Cracked, rough, oozing a sticky honey-like fluid | Dry, red, burning and intensely itchy |
| Where | Behind ears, skin folds, fingertips, mouth corners | Anywhere; worse in the warmth of bed |
| Temperature | Chilly; likes to wrap up warmly | Runs hot; kicks feet out of the covers |
| Mood | Timid, hesitant, easily moved to tears | Busy, opinionated mind full of ideas |
| Worse for | Night and around periods | Washing, bathing and standing |
Graphites
Better
Darkness, Wrapping up warmly, Eating (for stomach pain)
Worse
Warmth, Night, During and after periods
Sulphur
Better
Dry, warm weather, Open air
Worse
Warmth of bed, Washing and bathing, Standing, Around 11 am
From the classic texts
“Great tendency to start. Timid. Unable to decide. Want of disposition to work. Fidgety while sitting at work. Music makes her weep.”
“Its action is centrifugal-from within outward-having an elective affinity for the skin, where it produces heat and burning, with itching; made worse by heat of bed.”
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Graphites
(Graphites · Graphite (black lead))
The remedy of cracks and sticky oozing. In the materia medica, Graphites is associated with rough, dry skin that cracks and weeps a honey-like fluid, alongside chilliness, sluggish digestion and a cautious, hesitant nature.
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Sulphur
(Sulphur · Sublimated sulphur)
Warm, itchy and full of ideas. Sulphur is a major constitutional remedy associated with burning, itchy skin that is worse from heat, and with warm-blooded people who are curious, opinionated and often a little untidy.
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