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📚Hazrat Mirza Tahir Ahmad Materia Medica:
This homeopathic remedy profile is compiled directly from the authoritative Materia Medica lectures of Hazrat Mirza Tahir Ahmad (ra), former head of the Worldwide Ahmadiyya Muslim Community and a renowned homeopath. It presents clinical insights, comparative analysis, and potency guidelines.
▲GENERAL
Hepar Sulphuris Calcareum 373
HEPAR SULPHURIS
CALCAREUM
Hepar Sulph is another name for Calcium Sulphide.
Dr.
Hahnemann
prepared it from the shells of the oysters (a sea animal) and performed
different types of experiments on it is a compound of Calcarea
Carb and Sulphur, possessing some of the characteristics of both of its
components.
However, most of its symptoms are different from both
Calcarea Carb and Sulphur.
In th e olden days, Calcium Sulphide was
used externally for the treatment of itching, joint pains, goutArthritis with severe joint pain and swellingA disease in which defective metabolism of uric acid causes arthritis, especially in the smaller joints of the feet. and the
swellings associated with tuberculosis .
It was also considered to be
useful against asthmaChronic respiratory disease causing difficulty breathingA condition characterized by spasms in the bronchi of the lungs, causing difficulty in breathing, typically from an allergic reaction or hypersensitivity. and tuberculosis of the lungs.
Wherever Silicea becomes ineffective, Hepar Sulph may be
found useful.
It is also very effective against common contagious
diseases.
In case Silicea is unsafe to be given, Hepar Sulph may be
used as a substitute without any fear .
Hepar Sulph is often used in
between the usage of Mercury and Silicea.
To avoid serious untoward
symptoms, it is not proper to use Silicea by itself after the treatment
with Mercury.
It is imperative to give Hepar Sulph after treatment
with Mercury and before starting treatment with Silicea.
Similarly, if
it becomes necessary to give Merc ury after treatment with Silicea,
Hepar Sulph must be used in between to avoid the danger of
incompatibility between Silicea and Mercury.
Hepar Sulph is of great use for throat conditions .
If the phlegm
sticks in the throat and it is di fficult to expel despite coughing, Hepar
Sulph will be found very effective.
The patient of Hepar Sulph
coughs a lot, especially in the morning.
The cough aggravates in the
cold and is mostly painful.
In Hepar Sulph the patient feels as if something is stuck in the
throat, which despite effort, cannot be e xpelled.
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 Sulphuris Calcareum 374
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 short-
tempered 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 un believable 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 pers istent, it is treated with various
remedies according to the circum stances.
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.
Th e 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
Hepar Sulphuris Calcareum 375
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 fo r this condition.
If th e 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 th en 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.
Th e 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 potencyStrength level of a remedyThe dilution and succussion scale of a remedy (e.g., 6C, 30C, 200C, 1M), indicating its energetic concentration.
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
Hepar Sulphuris Calcareum 376
resistance being very low, a ho moeopathic 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 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 b ecome 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 th e lungs.
Tuberculosis pa tients, 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 fi rst 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, lik e 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 al l 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 Ac id 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 Sulphuris Calcareum 377
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 eczemaItchy, inflamed skin conditionAn inflammatory skin rash causing dry, red, itchy, and sometimes cracking or blistered skin patches..
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.
Antidotes: Belladonna, Chamomilla, Silicea
Potency: 30 to 1000 or sometimes up to CM
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