Hepar sulphur

Stitching in region of liver when walking, coughing, breathing, or touching it (Bry; Merc). Hepatitis, hepatic abscess; abdomen distended, tense; chronic abdominal affections.

Constant pressive pain in one half of brain, as from a plug or nail (Thuja). Epistaxis (Vipera, etc.). Great swelling of the upper lip. Sticking in throat as from a splinter on swallowing, and extend­ ing towards the ear on yawning. Great desire for vinegar. Nausea. Abdomen distended, tense. Buboes, abscesses of inguinal glands. Stool soß, yet passed with great exertion. Clay-coloured stool. Urging to stool, but the large intestines are wanting in peristaltic action, and cannot expell the faces which are not hard ; only a portion of which can be forced out by help of abdominal muscles. Very difficult passage of scanty, not hard, faces, with much urging. Micturition impeded : obliged to wait before the urine passes, and then it flows slowly. He is never able to finish urinating ; it seems as if some urine always remains behind in bladder. Weakness of bladder ; urine drops vertically down, and he is obliged to wait awhile before any passes. Paroxysms of cough, as from taking cold, with excessive sensitive­ ness of the nervous system, as soon as only the slightest portion of the body becomes cold. Dyspnoea. Abscess of axillary glands. Bruised pain in anterior muscles of thigh. Swelling of knee. Drawing pain in limbs. Cracked lines and chaps in hands and feet. The ulcer bleeds on being merely gently wiped. Eroding pain in ulcer. 4o6 Sensitiveness to open air. At night the pains are worst. Dreams of fire. Night sweat. Unhealthy, suppurating skin ; even slight injuries maturate and suppurate. Soreness and moisture in folds between scrotum and thigh. Perspires easily on every, even slight motion. Catarrhal fever with great sensitiveness of skin to touch, and to the slightest cold. Constant offensive exhalations from the body. Among Hahnemann's symptoms are these other peculiar ones which may prove diagnostic : The slightest thing put him into a violent passion , and he could have murdered anyone without hesitation. Cross : and had such weakness of memory that he required thru cr four minutes to remember anything, and when at work thoughts often left him all at once. In the evening frightful anxiety ; thought he must be ruined, and was sad to that degree that he could have killed himself. In the morning after waking, he had the visionary appearance of a deceased person, which frightened him ; also imagined he saw a neighbouring house in flames, which terrified him. When the smallest member becomes cool, there immediately occurs a cough, as from a chill and oversensitiveness of nervous system. Suffocative cough, excited by tightness of breath. At night, from n to 12, violent cough. Before midnight he cfirang out of sleep, full of anxiety, called for help, felt he could not jet his breath. \Hefiar is one of the great croup medicines.) Even small wounds and slight injuries suppurate, will not heal, and become ulcers. Hahnemann says : “ Belladonna removes many of the suffer­ ings caused by Hepar, where the symptoms correspond.” Hering (Guiding Symptoms) has put in black type a few more Hepar symptoms as being particularly (^agnostic. Purulent conjunctivitis, with profuse discharge and excessive sensitiveness to air and touch. Gums and mouth very painful to touch, bleed easily. Mer curio-syphilitic diseases of gums. HEPAR SULPHUR!S 40 7 Hasty speech and hasty drinking. Chronic tonsillitis, especially when accompanied by hardness of hearing. Is never able to finish urinating, it seems as if some urine always remains behind in bladder. Larynx sensitive to cold air. Croup, after exposure to dry cold winds. Croupy cough, xvith rattling in chest but no expectoration. Paroxysms of cough, with excessive sensitiveness of nervous system, as soon as the slightest portion of body becomes cold. Coughs when any part of the body is uncovered. Tenacious mucus. Habitual bronchial catarrhs, with loud rattling of mucus. Pulmonary abscess, empyema, pyoihorax. Great chilliness in open air. Ailments from cold, dry wind. Cannot bear to be uncovered. Desires to be covered even in a warm room. Sensitiveness to open air, with chilliness and frequent nausea. Sweats easily by every, even slight motion. Cold clammy, often sour, offensive sweat. 4o8