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Hepar Sulphuris Calcarea · Dewey - Essentials of Homoeopathic Materia Medica · Willis Alonzo Dewey · 3,049 chars
General
Where are studies of Hepar to be found ?
In Hahnemann's Materia Medica Pura ; Chronic Diseases .
How is Hepar prepared ?
By triturating equal parts of the middle layer of the oyster shell and pure sulphur flowers, having been calcined together in a crucible, according to Hahnemann's directions.
Give the general action of Hepar.
It produces an over-sensitiveness of the nervous system, causing intolerance of pain, low spirits, etc.
Give five characteristics of Hepar.
Sensitive To Cold Air
3. Over-sensitiveness of nervous system.
Cravings For Strong Things, As Acids, Etc
5. Unhealthy skin ; every little wound suppurates.
What are the head symptoms of Hepar ?
Headache as if a nail were being driven into the right side of the head ; offensive eruption on the scalp, with non-excoriating discharges and great tenderness.
What other drugs have headache as if a nail were being driven into the head ?
Ignatia , as if driven into the top of the head ; Thuja as if driven into the frontal eminence.
What are the eye symptoms of Hepar ?
Purulent affections about the eyes, hypopyon, etc. ; worse from cold applications.
The lids are sensitive to touch, the pains are throbbing, and heat relieves.
What are the throat symptoms of Hepar ?
Sharp splinter-like pains in the throat, or a sensation as if there were a lump in the throat.
Tonsillitis with tendency to suppuration.
What other drug have sticking pains in the throat ?
Argentum nitricum and Nitric acid .
Give two other drugs having peculiar throat symptoms.
Natrum mur . Sensation of a hair in the throat.
Valeriana . Sensation as of a string hanging down into throat.
What are the stomach symptoms of Hepar ?
Craving for acids, alcoholics and strong tasting substances ; hunger and gnawing in the stomach ; cannot bear anything tight about the waist.
Give the indications for Hepar in laryngeal affections.
The cough of Hepar is never a dry one, it has a slightly loose edge ; the expectoration is slight, and there is little fever. Croup, where the patient is sensitive to the least draft of air ; it comes in here after Aconite and Spongia .
How is the cough of Hepar distinguished from that of Belladonna, Conium, Rumex and Lachesis ?
From Belladonna by absence of laryngeal soreness and fever.
From Conium , the irritation being higher in the throat.
From Rumex by not being affected by respiration.
From Lachesis by not being excited by pressure on larynx.
What are the skin symptoms of Hepar ?
The skin is sensitive to the open air ; inflamed skin ; injuries suppurate easily ; eruptions and ulcerations are sensitive, and bleed easily, and discharge a foul smelling excretion ; around the principal ulcerations there are little pimples.
When should Hepar be given in suppurative processes ?
In boils or abscesses where there is much throbbing and sticking in them ; if given low it will favor suppuration, and if given high it will sometimes abort the suppurative process ; it always comes in after Belladonna .