Hepar Sulph

 Hepar sulph (Full) 

• Source : mineral kingdom 
• Common name : sulphurate of line
• Prover : Dr. Hahnemann 
• Temperament : irritable 
• Diathesis : scrofulous & lymphatic
• Thermal : very chilly 
• Side affinity : Right 

Sphere of action 

• Lymphatics, Respiratory system, skin, mucous membrane etc. 

Constitution 

• Suited to lymphatic constitution with light hair, light complexion, flabby muscles. 

Guiding symptoms + keynotes 

1. A/F : slightest exposure to cold, abuse of mercury, suppressed skin affections.
2. Hoarseness : in the morning. 
3. Hastens suppuration : especially when given in low to moderate potency.
4. Hypersensitive : physically and mentally. 
5. Hot fomentation : ameliorates. 
6. Hyper impulsive. 
7. Hasty : in drinking and in speech. 
8. Heavy perspiration : even after slightest exertion, which is sour and offensive. 
9. Highly chilly : imagines he can feel the wind if a door is open in a next room. 
10. All the discharges are sour (calc.carb.).
11. The slightest injury causes suppuration (sili., merc.s.).
12. Always wants to be covered (calc.carb.) - sweating patient pulling blanket around him.

Mind

• Oversensitive, physically and mentally.
• The slightest cause irritates him. 
• Hasty speech. 
• Angry at the least trifle. 
• Unreasonably anxious.
• Anguish, Evening aggravates, Irritable, Oversensitive, Unreasonably anxious - AEIOU.

Head

• Right sided headache. 
• Headache with vertigo when shaking the head or riding.

Eyes

• Corneal ulcer. 
• Iritis with pus in anterior chamber. 
• Purulent conjunctivitis.

Respiratory system 

• Cough : when any part of the body is uncovered, exposed to dry west wind. 
• Sensation : as if a plug and of a splinter in throat. 
• Character : Dry, croupy, choking, strangling.

• Croup : after exposure to dry cold west wind
• Deep, rough, barking cough, with hoarseness and rattling of mucous. 

• Asthma : after suppression of skin affection.
• Anxious, wheezing, rattling, short, deep breathing, threatened suffocation. 
• < must bend head backwards and sit up.

Mouth

• Ulcers on gums and mouth. 
• Pus formation in decayed tooth leads to offensiveness on the oral cavity.

GIT / Rectum 

• Stool : soft clay coloured offensive stool. 
• Loss of power to expell even a soft stool. 

Urinary system 

• Voided slowly, without force, drops vertically - due to no force in voiding. 
• Weakness of bladder in old man. 
• Feels as if some urine always remains (alumina, sil.).

Skin

• Unhealthy skin - The slightest injury causes suppuration. 
• The skin affection is extremely sensitive to touch. 
• Perspiration : profuse, sour, offensive. 
• Hepar may open the abscess and hasten the cure. 
• When hepar fails, Silicea completes the cure - when indicated. 
• Hepar can be used in every skin affection when the suppuration is well marked feature. 

Modalities 

• Aggravation : cold in general - cold air, uncovering, eating or drinking cold, touch, lying on painful side. 
• Amelioration : warmth in general - wrapping up, hot fomentation. 

Relations

• Complementary : to, calendula in injuries of soft parts. 
• Antidotes : bad effects of mercury - that is why its also there as an ailment.