Dr. Reckeweg Hepar Sulphur(Dilution)
- An impure Sulphide of Calcium prepared by burning in a crucible the white interior of oyster shells with pure flowers of sulphur.
Common Name: Hepar sulphuris calcareum.
Other names: Hahnemann’s Calcium Sulphide, sulphur of lime.
Causes & Symptoms for Dr. Reckeweg Hepar Sulphur
- Cold, dry winds, Injuries and suppressed eruptions are the cause of complaints that lead to the indication of Hepar sulph.
- Tendency to suppuration is most marked, and has been a strong guiding symptom of Hepar Sulph.
- Inflamed spots, eruptions, boils or suppuration are full of sharp pains which is relieved with this medicine.
- Vertigo when shaking or moving the head.
- Cough with expectoration during the day, none in the night
- Hepar Sulph relieves swellings on the neck, painful when touched.
- Oversensitiveness runs through the whole medicine, for all the complaints with respect to exposure to cold air, touch, pain.
- Sweating all night without relief belongs to a great many complaints of Hepar.
- Offensive thick, purulent discharge is what marks the indication for Hepar sulph.
Mind and Head
- Irritable, oversensitve to surroundings, worse with cold applications.
- Irritable and angry, feels inclined to kill any one who offends him. The slightest cause irritates him and makes him extremely agressive.
- Headache in the morning, excited by the slightest shock is relieved with Hepar sulph.
- Shootings in the head, especially after having been in the open air, and on stooping, or at night, as if the head were going to burst.
- Falling off of the hair, with very sore, painful pimples and large bald spots on the scalp indicates Hepar sulph.
Eyes, ear and Nose
- Pimples above the eyes, and on the eyelids, Pain in the eyes after exposure to bright light.
- Colds, earaches with discharge, swollen lymph glands. Discharge of fetid pus from the ears, Scabs behind and on the ears is relieved with Hepar sulph.
- Sneezes every time he goes into a cold, dry wind, with running nose, later stopped up after he goes again to open air. redness, and swelling of the nose.
Mouth and Throat
- Eruption, ulcers at the corners of the mouth.
- Blisters (boils) on the lips, chin, and neck, painful on being touched is relieved with hepar sulph.
- Hepar Sulph relieves gum and mouth pains, and helps relieves bleeding.
- Coughs and sore throats where something feels like it is stuck in the throat. Dryness in the throat is resolved with Hepar sulph.
- Stitches in throat extending to the ear when swallowing indicates Hepar sulph.