- When traveling in Iceland, Garth Wilkinson noticed that the sheep in the vicinity of Hecla had immense bony growths on the jaws.
- Another effect noticed was the drying up of the milk both in sheep and cows.
- The finer ash which feel on pastures at a distance was the most deleterious, the gross ash near the mountain was inert.
- Wilkinson added that he used Hecla, with excellent effect in toothache, gum abscessCollection of pus inside body tissuesA swollen area within body tissue, containing an accumulation of pus, typically caused by bacterial infection., swellings about the jaws and in difficult dentition.
- Hecla, affects mostly the bones of the head, jaws, jawbones, teeth and legs.
- Osteosarcoma, exostosis and osteitis, arrests development and prevents recurrence.
- Clinical experience has shown the power of Hecla, to arrest many forms of bone disease including osteosarcoma, scrofulousProne to swollen glands or tuberculosisRelating to scrofula, a constitutional tendency to tuberculous swelling of the lymph nodes. and syphilitic osteitis and exostoses.
- Painful swellings, sensitive to touch, worse from touch and pressure.
- Exostosis, gum abscess, toothaches, difficult teething.
- Nodosities, decay of bone, etc.
- Bone necrosisDeath of cells or body tissuesThe premature death of cells or tissues in a localized area, caused by injury, infection, or lack of blood flow. and sinus after mastoid operation.
- Facial neuralgiaSharp nerve pain along a nerve pathIntense, shooting, or burning pain that radiates along the course of one or more nerves. from decayed teeth and after extraction.
- IndurationHardening of body tissueThe hardening of normally soft organic tissues, usually due to chronic inflammation, infiltration, or scarring. and infiltration of cervical glands, studding the neck like a row of pearls.
- Tumors in general.
- White swellings.
- WhitlowPainful abscess on finger or toe tipA highly painful, localized infection or abscess near the fingernail or fingertip. and gumboils.
- Syphilis.
- Predominantly affects the right side