Hepar Sulpuris Calcareum (HMT)

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HEPAR SULPHURIS

CALCAREUM

Hepar Sulph is another name for Calcium Sulphide. Dr. Hahnemann

prepared it from the shells of the oysters (a sea animal) and performed

different types of experiments on it. It is a compound of Calcarea

Carb and Sulphur, possessing some of the characteristics of both of its

components. However, most of its symptoms are different from both

Calcarea Carb and Sulphur. In th e olden days, Calcium Sulphide was

swellings associated with tuberculosis . It was also considered to be

Silicea. Wherever Silicea becomes ineffective, Hepar Sulph may be

found useful. It is also very effective against common contagious

diseases. In case Silicea is unsafe to be given, Hepar Sulph may be

between the usage of Mercury and Silicea. To avoid serious untoward

symptoms, it is not proper to use Silicea by itself after the treatment

with Mercury. It is imperative to give Hepar Sulph after treatment

with Mercury and before starting treatment with Silicea. Similarly, if

it becomes necessary to give Merc ury after treatment with Silicea,

Hepar Sulph must be used in between to avoid the danger of

incompatibility between Silicea and Mercury.

Sulph will be found very effective. The patient of Hepar Sulph

In Hepar Sulph the patient feels as if something is stuck in the

Silicea is known to expel foreign bodies lodged in the body. In Hepar

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uncomfortable feeling.

A patient of Hepar Sulph is extraordinarily sensitive and reactive to

his surroundings. Every kind of pain is felt magnified. He is short-

tempered and angry by nature. Even though he may be a gentle

person, during the disease he becomes very impulsive, so much so that

he may even kill his close friend. So far, I have not known such a

patient myself. This description mentioned in literatures may apply to

to ordinary patients.

The swelling and hardening of the glands is known in relation to

swelling of the glands becomes pers istent, it is treated with various

suppurating (pus formation) then Hepar Sulph should be used without

any further delay. Calcarea Sulph is also very useful.

Some children have the habit of biting their nails . This results in

apart. This habit then becomes firmly established. Besides Natrum

Mur, Hepar Sulph is also very useful in treating this condition.

Sometimes, pus forms around the nail (paronychia). The nail

becomes loose and is uprooted. Th e new nail replaces it. Here, the

drug of choice is Hepar Sulph. If a nail becomes dark and begins to

deform, then Psorinum should be tried first. If it happens to be

found in Antimonium Crude. If warts ulcerate and start bleeding,

Hepar Sulph will be useful. If they happen to crack open and fungate

like cauliflower, then the best treatment is Nitric Acid.

The skin of Hepar Sulph children looks dirty and may not look clean

in spite of the child having taken a shower. With Hepar Sulph, the

sneezing, Hepar Sulph should be administered. Sneezing due to

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appropriate treatment fo r this condition. If th e sneezing occurs on

Sabadilla, Silicea, Natrum Mur and Hepar Sulph. The onset of severe

characteristic symptom of Hepar Sulph. A patient of Hepar Sulph

commonly used.

conditions associated with a lot of watering and stickiness.

Belladonna, Arsenic, Hepar Sulph and Ipecac are useful in the

between Ipecac and Hepar Sulph. Th e phlegm in the case of Ipecac is

relatively soft and can be expectorated easily. If the phlegm is thick

and sticky, then Hepar Sulph, Kali Bichrome or Coccus will be more

useful.

disease, Hepar Sulph 1000 can be given twice a day. Once the disease

comes under control, it becomes necessary to use the doses in

prolonged and chronic, one should not expect immediate cure with

illnesses, the body has to make deep adjustments, which can never

happen instantaneously. In particular , if the defensive system of the

body of the patient has already weakened tremendously, with the

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Since Hepar Sulph contains Sulphur, it has some similarities with

Sulphur. Sulphur has the capability of curing the old scars of

should not give Silicea in this condition. Sulphur attenuates the

is important to know that one should never administer Sulphur in high

way to treat these patients is that fi rst of all, Sulphur should be given

put on Calcarea Carb. Calcarea Carb helps to make protective shells

around the tuberculous lesions, lik e the shell around the egg. The

bacteria become imprisoned in these protective shells.

Hepar Sulph is very useful for the treatment of tuberculosis of the

found effective irrespective of the site of the tuberculous infection.

Hepar Sulph has elements of Sulphur and Calcarea both. The element

of Sulphur is more dominant. So, it shares a similarity to Silicea, like

Sulphur.

Hepar Sulph is effective against al l sorts of skin wounds. They may

have started to discharge pus and bleed, or have become putrid with

new boils forming around them, or have become like a non-relenting

abscesses that do not heal. Hepar Sulph is effective against all of

them. But Hepar Sulph and Nitric Ac id are similar in the way that the

small wounds or sores may develop individually or in the form of

clusters, which spread out from one side. Both Hepar Sulph and

Nitric Acid can be used for the treatment of ulcers in the intestines .

ulcers.

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Hepar Sulph is useful in the treatment of warts that do not heal. The

skin starts to itch and pimples form over the body. Scales and thick

scabs also form resembling eczema. If these scabs form behind the

exudate, this can be treated with Graphites. For scabs that do not

respond to any other medicine, one should not forget to try Hepar

Sulph.

coughs a lot, especially in the morning. The cough aggravates in the

cold and is mostly painful.

If during a cold, the phlegm sticks inside the nose or throat, causing

feeling cold is another symptom of Hepar Sulph. If a person starts

sneezing on entering a heated room during winter, Pulsatilla is the

moving from a hot area into a cold area, then one should think of

sneezing while sleeping with the hands or feet exposed in the cold is a

cannot tolerate even the slightest draft of cold air. Noise is also

intensely red due to the cold th en Euphrasia will be found more

this kind of patient Sulphur works as potently as Silicea. The better

used as a substitute without any fear . Hepar Sulph is often used in

mental patients but seems like an un believable exaggeration in regard

used as a substitute without any fear . Hepar Sulph is often used in

tearing of the pulp of the fingers causing discomfort. The slightest

touch produces severe pain. The child chews the pulp and then tears it

skin becomes neat and clean. At the same time the dirty appearance

of the face disappears.

cannot tolerate even the slightest draft of cold air. Noise is also

unbearable for such a patient.

Hepar Sulph may also be useful for treating ear problems , like

Hepar Sulph is also related to the eye ache . If the eye becomes

useful. However, Hepar Sulph is very useful in the common eye

intervals. One should learn to use the homoeopathic medicines in

different potencies from one’s own experience. One gradually learns

near the arteries in th e lungs. Tuberculosis pa tients, who have such

ears and around the neck, and they discharge a gum-like sticky

used as a substitute without any fear . Hepar Sulph is often used in

tearing of the pulp of the fingers causing discomfort. The slightest

touch produces severe pain. The child chews the pulp and then tears it

skin becomes neat and clean. At the same time the dirty appearance

of the face disappears.

cannot tolerate even the slightest draft of cold air. Noise is also

unbearable for such a patient.

Hepar Sulph may also be useful for treating ear problems , like

Hepar Sulph is also related to the eye ache . If the eye becomes

useful. However, Hepar Sulph is very useful in the common eye

intervals. One should learn to use the homoeopathic medicines in

different potencies from one’s own experience. One gradually learns

near the arteries in th e lungs. Tuberculosis pa tients, who have such

ears and around the neck, and they discharge a gum-like sticky

useful against asthma and tuberculosis of the lungs.

Hepar Sulph is of great use for throat conditions . If the phlegm

sticks in the throat and it is di fficult to expel despite coughing, Hepar

coughs a lot, especially in the morning. The cough aggravates in the

throat, which despite effort, cannot be e xpelled. If, in fact, there is

something stuck in the throat, it will come out easily with Silicea since

Sulph, there is nothing sticking in the throat, it is just an

If during a cold, the phlegm sticks inside the nose or throat, causing

treatment of day-to-day coughs. Please remember the distinction

again without any possible harm. To curtail the severity of the

tuberculosis in the lungs. If the bacteria form tiny little lesions in the

lungs (miliary Tuberculosis), Sulphur helps to destroy them. One

tuberculous bacteria, which then b ecome expectorated with cough. It

near the arteries in th e lungs. Tuberculosis pa tients, who have such

lumps in the lungs, may bleed from ruptured blood vessels in the

lungs as a reaction to Sulphur or Silicea, given in high potency. In

lungs, intestines or anywhere else in the body . Hepar Sulph will be

used externally for the treatment of itching, joint pains, gout and the

ears and around the neck, and they discharge a gum-like sticky