Hepar sulphuris calcareum
Calcium Sulfide
Key Characteristics
Hypersensitive to pain, touch, cold; sweats easily; worse cold, dry winds; better warmth, wet weather; suppurations; sore throat; abscesses.
Commonly used in these styles
Prescribing approaches where this remedy is frequently selected.
Not yet associated with specific prescribing styles.
Typical Potencies & Dosing
Common potency scales and dosing guidance for acute and chronic use.
30c to 1m
Potency Scale
30c to 1m
Acute Dosing
30C every few hours for acute sore throat, abscesses, or hypersensitivity to cold; 200C in severe suppurations or septic pictures.
Chronic Dosing
200C to 1M as a single constitutional dose at long intervals for chronic suppurations, abscesses, or hypersensitivity; repeat only after a clear return of symptoms.
Notes
Hypersensitive to pain, touch, and cold confirm. Splinter-like pains and unhealthy skin are strong confirmatories. Wait between doses — Hepar sulph acts deeply.
Dosing Guidance
Potency scale and acute / chronic dosing notes drawn from the primary literature.
Potency Scale
30C, 200C, 1M
Acute
30C every 2-3 hours for acute suppuration, sore throat, or cough with extreme sensitivity; reduce as symptoms ease.
Chronic
200C weekly for chronic tendency to suppuration or hypersensitivity; 1M under supervision.
Notes
Extreme hypersensitivity — to pain, to cold, to touch, to drafts. Splinter-like pains, suppuration tendency, sweats day and night. Worse from cold, dry winds, uncovering; better from warmth and wrapping up.
Miasmatic Affinity
The chronic miasm — inherited disease pattern — most associated with this remedy.
Constitutional Type
The constitutional profile — physical and emotional temperament — this remedy is most suited to.
Nervous
Materia Medica
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Hypersensitive to pain, touch, cold; irritable, hasty; anxious, fears death; weeps easily; slow; forgetful; hypochondriasis; worse from cold; better from warmth; obstinate; conscientious; desire to be alone; suicidal; desperate.
Headache, one-sided; worse from cold; better from warmth; head heavy; falling hair; dandruff; vertigo; scalp sensitive; worse from cold wind; sweating; sweating on head.
Eyes red, inflamed; photophobia; lachrymation; styes; conjunctivitis; ulcers on cornea; dim sight; worse from cold; better from warmth; hypersensitive; hemorrhages; burning; sensitive to light.
Remedy Relationships
Complementary, follow-up, inimical, and antidotal remedies linked to Hepar sulphuris calcareum.
- Complementary
- Follows well
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- Inimical
- Antidote
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