# Hekla Lava

## Remedy Classification
- **Type:** Homeopathic Remedy
- **Miasm:** Syphilitic Miasm
- **Temperament:** Neutral
- **Aggravation Time:** Neutral/Anytime

## Keynote Indications
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 abscess, 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, scrofulous 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 necrosis. 
Necrosis and sinus after mastoid operation. Facial neuralgia from decayed teeth and after extraction.  
Induration and infiltration of cervical glands, studding the neck like a row of pearls. Tumors in general. White 
swellings. Whitlow and gumboils. Syphilis. Predominantly affects the right side.

## Modalities (Aggravations / Ameliorations)
Worse from touch. Worse pres sure. Worse beginning of motion. Worse sitting, rest. Worse left 
side.

## Symptoms by System

### Mind
- Irritability.
- Nervousness in the morning.
- Sensitive to criticisms.
- Outburst of violent anger and feeling of 
helplessness.
- Indignation.
- Suppression of anger.
- Ailments from shock.
- Irritability.
- Nervousness in the morning.
- Sensitive to criticisms.
- Outburst of violent anger and feeling of 
helplessness.
- Indignation.
- Suppression of anger.
- Ailments from shock.

### Vertigo
- Vertigo everything goes up, down and sidewise.
- COMMENTS - Affinity for bone deformities, bone spurs and tumors (Calc-f.), bone diseases.
- Calcium deposits 
in the joints that cause deformities, deforming or rheumatoid arthritis.
- Spinal curvatures.
- Hypertrophied bone.
- Bone cancer.
- Osgood-Schlatter.
- Bone lesions, osteitis, periostitis, exostosis, tumor, often follow an injury to the bone.
- Painful and tender lesions.
- Enlarged and indurated cervical nodes, sometimes likened to “a string of pearls.”  
Decomposition and necrosis of the sinus and nasal bones, or for a history of damage or surgery in the area.
- Severe toothache, where the jawbone aches, boring and digging pains in the bone.
- Bony lesion after a dental 
abscess.
- Late state syphilis where the nasal bones deteriorate.
- Facial neural gias after tooth extractions.
- Damage to the jawbone from dental surgery.
- Ulcerations of the bone.
- Burnett noted “On July 3, 1880, a young lady, age 15, came under my observation with an exostosis on her 
right os caléis, somewhat smaller an a little flatter than half a walnut shell.
- It was at times painful.
- “Patient was in other respects in good health and well nourished, but her teeth were not very sound.
- She goes 
blue in winter, and suffers also very badly from chilblains both on hands and feet, worse on hand.
- “Hecla lava 2c given six grains three times a day.
- July 17th.
- The exostosis is decidedly smaller; it never pains 
now.
- September 25.
- The exostosis has entirely disappeared; the two heels being compared, no difference 
between them now can be discovered.” 
Burnett stated “I have cured several bony tumours of the jaws with  the same remedy, and that very promptly: 
they were all of recent origin.”

### Head
- Chronic headache, from dental or bone disease.
- Headache from injury of dental nerves.
- Tumors of the 
skull.
- Jaws - Abscess or enlargement of bone remaining after a tooth extraction.
- Violent pain in upperjaw.
- Enlargement of maxil lary bone, from injury to jaw.
- Painful to touch, upper jaw, swelling  under right alae 
nasi sensitive.
- Right cuspid of upper jaw sensitive to slight pressure.
- Chronic headache, from dental or bone disease.
- Headache from injury of dental nerves.
- Tumors of the 
skull.
- Jaws - Abscess or enlargement of bone remaining after a tooth extraction.
- Violent pain in upperjaw.
- Enlargement of maxil lary bone, from injury to jaw.
- Painful to touch, upper jaw, swelling  under right alae 
nasi sensitive.
- Right cuspid of upper jaw sensitive to slight pressure.

### Ears
- Caries of mastoid bone.
- Exostosis in external meatus of ear.

### Face
- Facial neuralgia from decayed teeth  and after extraction.
- Polyps, com mencing in Antrum of 
Highmore.
- Tumor, deforming face, forcing eyeball upward, obstructing nostrils, extending downward into the 
 
 
mouth, impeding breathing and chewing, nosebleed, headache.

### Mouth
- Neuralgia from decayed tooth in cavity from which tooth has been extracted.
- P ain in wound, where 
tooth has been extracted.
- Abscess of gums.
- Difficult dentition in scrofulous and rickety children.
- Neck - Swollen cervical glands, like a string of pearls.
- Nose - Nasal polyps or tumors.
- Ulceration.
- Destructive, syphilitic ulceration of nasal bones.

### Chest
- Muscle pain, especially of intercostal muscles.

### Extremities
- Severe, continuous pain in lower limbs.
- Swollen and bulging thighs and legs.
- Varicose veins.
- Arthritic 
nodosities.
- Exostoses of tibia, severe continuous pain 
incapacitating from work.
- Hip joint disease.
- Hallux vulgus.
- Deformity or nodules of the fingers, toes.

### Neck & Back
- Induration and infiltration of the glands.
- Neck glands are enlarged and indurated, like a row of pearls 
Bones - Necrosis and destruction of bone.
- Bone inflammation.
- Bone spurs, tumors or exostoses, especially 
of the head, jaws, leg.
- Benign bone cysts, tumors.
- Painful bone tumors or nodosities after injury.
- Exostoses of 
fingers.
- Tumors of the tibia with severe continuous pain.
- Osteomala cia, rickets.
- Osteitis, periostitis.
- Osteitis 
deformans.
- Osteosarcoma.
- Breasts - Breast tumors or nodules.
- Diminished milk while nursing.
- Dried up, no breast milk.
- Causations - Injury to bone.

### Skin
- Black warts.
- Actinomycosis.
- White swellings.
- Teeth - Toothaches, especially of teeth that are very sensitive to pressure with swelling about jaws.Dental 
abscess with swelling, pus worse pressure on teeth.
- Decay of teeth.
- Pain or neural gia after extraction.
- Chronic dental or jaw abscess.
- Chronic gingivitis.
- Fistula.
- Gumboil.
- Delayed or difficult dentition in 
malnourished children.