Hepar sulphuris

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Hepar sulfuris calcareum

Common name: Sulphuret of LimeKingdom: Mineral(Allen, Keynotes (1910), p. 136)

Hahnemann's Calcium Sulphide Suits especially scrofulous and lymphatic constitutions who are inclined to have eruptions and glandular swellings. Unhealthy skin. Blondes with sluggish character and weak muscles. Great sensitiveness to all impressions. Sweating patient pulling blanket around him. Locally, it has special affinity to the respiratory mucous membrane, producing croupous catarrhal inflammation, profuse secretion; also easy perspiration. After abuse of Mercury. Read on in Homoeopathic Materia Medica, General →

These texts come from 5 classic Materia Medicas dating from 1908 to 1931, now in the public domain. They record what their authors observed and taught, as historical reference for students and practitioners of homeopathy — not current clinical evidence. Nothing on this page is medical advice: for any health problem, see a qualified doctor.

Where each author writes about Hepar sulphuris

A map of the books. Each number counts the sections, or the paragraphs the author labelled himself, that one book gives a topic, and opens the first of them in that book. Kent and Farrington wrote lectures, so only what they labelled is counted.

Topic	Boger	Allen	Boericke	Kent
Keynotes	1	1	none	none
Mind	none	none	1	1
General	none	none	1	none
Modalities	2	none	1	none
Head	none	none	1	none
Face	none	none	1	none
Eyes	none	none	1	1
Ears	none	none	1	1
Nose	none	none	1	1
Mouth	none	none	1	none
Throat	none	none	1	1
Stomach	none	none	1	none
Abdomen	none	none	1	none
Rectum	none	1	1	none
Urinary	none	1	1	1
Male	none	none	1	none
Female	none	none	1	none
Respiratory	none	3	1	none
Extremities	none	none	1	none
Skin	none	none	1	none
Fever	none	none	1	none

Relationships

Complementary:: Belladonna (Boger),; Calcarea phosphorica (Boericke),; Calendula officinalis (Boericke),; Graphites (Boericke),; Iodum (Boger),; Silicea (Boger)
Follows well after:: Psorinum (Allen),; Silicea (Allen)
Followed well by:: Iodum (Allen),; Mercurius vivus (Allen),; Silicea (Allen),; Spongia tosta (Allen)
Antidoted by:: Belladonna (Boericke, Boger),; Chamomilla (Boericke, Boger),; Kalium iodatum (Boger),; Mercurius solubilis (Boger),; Silicea (Boericke, Boger)
Antidotes:: Antimonium crudum (Boericke),; Cinnabaris (Boericke),; Cuprum metallicum (Boericke),; Ferrum metallicum (Boericke),; Iodum (Boericke, Boger),; Kalium iodatum (Boericke),; Mercurius solubilis (Boericke, Boger),; Mercurius vivus (Allen),; Stannum metallicum (Boger)
Related:: Calcarea sulphurica (Boger),; Cistus canadensis (Boger),; Mercurius solubilis (Boger),; Senega (Boger),; Silicea (Boger)
Similar:: Bryonia alba (Allen)

As each book states it.

Hepar sulphuris in A Synoptic Key of the Materia Medica

Cyrus Maxwell Boger · 1931

KeynotesLax. CHILLY AND OVERSENSITIVE; to cold; to pain; or to touch; faints easily, etc. Profuse secretions; foul; like old cheese. Sour, stools, smell of body, sweat, etc. SWEATS EASILY, but dare not uncover; and profusely, without relief. As of a wind blowing on part. Wears overcoat in hot weather. Tak(e cold from damp exposure. Sore STICKING, like sharp splinters. EVERY HURT FESTERS. SUPPURATION.

Words in capitals are Boger's highest grade.

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Hepar sulphuris in Allen's Keynotes

H.C. Allen · 3rd edition (1910) · Philadelphia: Boericke & Tafel

KeynotesHepar sulphur Sidphuret of Lime. Ca. S. For torpid lymphatic constitutions; persons with light hair and complexion, slow to act, muscles soft and flabby. The slightest injury causes suppression (Graph., Mer.). Diseases where the system has been injured by the abuse of Mercury. In diseases where suppuration seems inevitable, Hepar may open the abscess and hasten the cure. Oversensitive, physically and mentally.

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Hepar sulphuris in Clinical Materia Medica

Ernest Albert Farrington · 4th edition, revised and enlarged by Harvey Farrington (1908) · Philadelphia: Boericke & Tafel

LectureLecture LXVI — Calcarea phosphorica and Hepar Hepar { Belladonna, Lachesis, Merc. J Spongia, Iod., mine, Aeon., (^ Silicea, Sulphur Broi . Nervous system { { Depresses sensorium. Irritability of all nerves. 2. Plastic exudations. 3. Suppuration. 4. Catarrhs. 5. Glands—Bones. 6. Skin. 7. Organs. 8. As an antidote to metals. Next, we will consider Hepar sulphuris calcarea.

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Hepar sulphuris in Homoeopathic Materia Medica

William Boericke · 9th edition (preface dated San Francisco, June 1927)

MindAnguish in the evening and night, with thoughts of suicide. The slightest cause irritates him. Dejected and sad. Ferocious. Hasty speech.

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Hepar sulphuris in Lectures on Homoeopathic Materia Medica

James Tyler Kent · 2nd edition (preface dated 1 September 1911)

LectureHepar Sulphur Coldness: The Hepar patient is chilly. He is sensitive to the cold and wants an unusual amount of clothing when in cold air. He wants the sleeping room very warm and can endure much heat in the room, many degrees warmer than a healthy person ordinarily desires, He has no endurance in the cold and all his complaints are made worse in the cold.

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Where the repertories grade Hepar sulphuris highest

Rubrics in which Hepar sulphuris has the top grade (Kent’s 3, Bönninghausen’s 4). Each page lists every remedy in the rubric with its grade.

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