Hepar sulphuris
(Hepar sulphuris calcareum · Calcium sulphide)
The remedy of extreme sensitivity. In the materia medica, Hepar sulphuris is associated with chilly, touchy states where cold air, touch and pain all feel like too much, with a strong tendency for spots and sore throats to come to a head.
Source
Hahnemann's calcium sulphide, made by heating the inner layer of oyster shell with flowers of sulphur
Kingdom
Mineral
Abbreviation
Hep.
Home acute kit
Usually prescribed by a homeopath
The classic picture
(a remedy is chosen when the whole picture fits the person, not from a single symptom)
Extremely chilly and sensitive to the slightest draft; wants to be wrapped up warmly, even the head
Very touchy, physically and emotionally; the slightest thing irritates
Sharp, splinter-like pains, such as a sore throat that feels like a fish bone is stuck
Skin where every little injury tends to fester, with sour-smelling sweat
Tends to feel better
Warmth and wrapping up
Damp, wet weather
Covering the head
Tends to feel worse
Dry, cold wind
The slightest draft or uncovering
Touch
Lying on the painful side
How it compares
(remedies that are often confused with Hepar sulphuris)
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Silica
(Silicea terra)
Both are linked with slow-healing, festering skin; Silica is mild and yielding, Hepar touchy and irritable.
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Aconite
(Aconitum napellus)
Both can follow exposure to dry, cold wind; Aconite is sudden and fearful, Hepar slower, sore and oversensitive.
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Spongia tosta
(Spongia tosta)
Spongia's croupy cough is dry and sawing; Hepar's is looser and rattling, set off by any cold air.
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From the classic texts
“Chilliness, hypersensitiveness, splinter-like pains, craving for sour and strong things are very characteristic. Feeling as if wind were blowing on some part.”
“Extremely sensitive to cold air, imagines he can feel the air if a door is open in the next room; must be wrapped up to the face even in hot weather…”
Articles that mention Hepar sulphuris
Hepar Sulphuricum: Homeopathy for Painful Infections and Hypersensitivity
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