In Hepar Sulph the patient feels as if something is stuck in the
throat,
which despite effort, cannot be expelled. If, in fact, there is something
stuck in the throat, it will come out easily with Silicea since Silicea is
known to expel foreign bodies lodged in the body. In Hepar Sulph, there is
nothing sticking in the throat, it is just an uncomfortable feeling.
A patient of Hepar Sulph is extraordinarily sensitive and reactive to his
surroundings. Every kind of pain is felt magnified. He is shorttempered and
angry by nature. Even though he may be a gentle person, during the disease he
becomes very impulsive, so much so that he may even kill his close friend. So
far, I have not known such a patient myself. This description mentioned in
literatures may apply to mental patients but seems like an unbelievable
exaggeration in regard to ordinary patients.
The swelling and hardening
of the glands is known in relation to many remedies and also in
Hepar Sulph. If the hardening and swelling of the glands becomes persistent, it
is treated with various remedies according to the circumstances. Once the
glands start suppurating (pus formation) then Hepar Sulph should be used
without any further delay. Calcarea Sulph is also very useful.
Some children have the habit of biting their nails. This results in
tearing of the pulp of the fingers causing discomfort. The
slightest touch produces severe pain. The child chews the pulp and then tears
it apart. This habit then becomes firmly established. Besides Natrum Mur, Hepar
Sulph is also very useful in treating this condition. Sometimes, pus
forms around the nail (paronychia). The nail becomes loose and is
uprooted. The new nail replaces it. Here, the drug of choice is Hepar Sulph. If
a nail becomes dark and
begins to deform, then Psorinum should be tried first. If it happens
to be ineffective, other remedies should be sought. Nail deformities are also found
in Antimonium Crude. If warts ulcerate and start bleeding, Hepar Sulph will be
useful. If they happen to crack open and fungate like cauliflower, then the
best treatment is Nitric Acid. The skin
of Hepar Sulph children looks dirty and may not look clean in spite of the
child having taken a shower. With Hepar Sulph, the skin becomes neat and clean.
At the same time the dirty appearance of the face disappears.
If during a cold,
the phlegm sticks inside the nose or throat, causing sneezing, Hepar Sulph should be administered. Sneezing due
to feeling cold is another symptom of Hepar Sulph. If a
person starts sneezing on entering a heated room during winter, Pulsatilla is
the appropriate treatment for this condition. If the sneezing occurs on moving
from a hot area into a cold area, then one should think of Sabadilla, Silicea,
Natrum Mur and Hepar Sulph. The onset of severe sneezing while sleeping with
the hands or feet exposed in the cold is a characteristic symptom of Hepar
Sulph. A patient of Hepar Sulph cannot tolerate even the slightest draft of
cold air. Noise is also unbearable for such a patient.
Hepar Sulph may also be useful for treating ear problems, like Chamomilla,
Pulsatilla, Belladonna and Allium Cepa, which are more commonly used.Hepar Sulph is also related to the eye ache. If the eye
becomes intensely red due to the cold then Euphrasia will be found more useful.
However, Hepar Sulph is very useful in the common eye conditions associated
with a lot of watering and stickiness. Belladonna,
Arsenic, Hepar Sulph and Ipecac are useful in the treatment of day-to-day
coughs. Please remember the distinction between Ipecac and Hepar Sulph. The
phlegm in the case of Ipecac is relatively soft and can be expectorated easily.
If the phlegm is thick and sticky, then Hepar Sulph, Kali Bichrome or Coccus
will be more useful.
Hepar Sulph is a deep acting remedy. In the case of sudden
and severe attack of an illness, the patient would benefit with
high potency of Hepar Sulph. The high potency can even be repeated again
and again without any possible harm. To curtail the severity of
the disease, Hepar Sulph 1000 can be given twice a day. Once the
disease comes under control, it becomes necessary to use the doses
in intervals. One should learn to use the homoeopathic
medicines in different potencies from one’s own experience. One gradually
learns
the exact potency to be used with experience. If the disease
becomes prolonged and chronic, one should not expect immediate cure
with one dose of high potency. For the satisfactory treatment of
chronic illnesses, the body has to make deep adjustments, which can
never happen instantaneously. In particular, if the defensive
system of the body of the patient has already weakened tremendously, with
the resistance being very low, a homoeopathic remedy given in
high potency may produce serious adverse effects or may even prove fatal. Since Hepar Sulph contains Sulphur, it has
some similarities with Sulphur. Sulphur has the capability of curing the old scars of tuberculosis in the
lungs. If the bacteria form tiny little lesions in the lungs
(miliary Tuberculosis), Sulphur helps to destroy them. One should not give
Silicea in this condition. Sulphur attenuates the tuberculous bacteria, which
then become expectorated with cough. It is important to know that one should
never administer Sulphur in high potency unless and until one is sure that
there are no enlarged glands near the arteries in the lungs. Tuberculosis
patients, who have such lumps in the lungs, may bleed from ruptured blood
vessels in the lungs as a reaction to Sulphur or Silicea, given in high
potency. In this kind of patient Sulphur works as potently as Silicea. The
better way to treat these patients is that first of all, Sulphur should be
given in moderate potency for some period and then the patient should be put on
Calcarea Carb. Calcarea Carb helps to make protective shells around the
tuberculous lesions, like the shell around the egg. The bacteria become
imprisoned in these protective shells.
Hepar Sulph is very useful for the treatment of tuberculosis of the lungs, intestines or anywhere else in the body. Hepar Sulph will be found effective irrespective of the site of the tuberculous
infection. Hepar Sulph has elements of
Sulphur and Calcarea both. The element of Sulphur is more dominant. So, it
shares a similarity to Silicea, like Sulphur.
Hepar Sulph is effective against all sorts of skin wounds.
They may have started to discharge
pus and bleed, or have become putrid with new boils forming around
them, or have become like a non-relenting abscesses that do not heal. Hepar
Sulph is effective against all of them. But Hepar Sulph and Nitric Acid are
similar in the way that the small wounds or sores may develop individually or
in the form of clusters, which spread out from one side. Both Hepar Sulph and Nitric
Acid can be used for the treatment
of ulcers in the intestines.
Mercury is similar to both remedies in the treatment of the intestinal ulcers.
Hepar Sulph is useful in the treatment of warts that do not heal. The skin
starts to itch and
pimples form over the body. Scales and thick scabs also form resembling eczema.
If these scabs form behind the ears and around the neck, and they discharge a
gum-like sticky exudate, this can be treated with Graphites. For scabs that do
not respond to any other medicine, one should not forget to try Hepar Sulph.