Hepar sulfuris appears in 12 of the 13 classic books on Similia. Each was written to do a different job — here is what each adds on this remedy, with the opening of its entry.
- Allen HC — The keynotes that separate this remedy from its nearest neighbours.
“Sulphuret of Lime (CaS) For torpid lymphatic constitutions; persons with light hair and complexion, slow to act, muscles soft and flabby. The slightest injury causes suppression (Graph., Mer.). Diseases where the system has been injured by the abuse of Mercury. In diseases where suppuration seems inevitable, Hepar may…”
- Allen TF — The raw proving record — symptoms as the provers reported them, unedited.
“To be prepared with the white interior of oystershells and pure flowers of Sulphur. Impure Calcium sulphide, CaS. Preparation for use , Triturations. Authorities. Emotional. Ghostly image of one who was dead, in the morning, in bed, after waking and while conscious, which frightened him; it also seemed as though he…”
- Boericke — The quick clinical read — keynotes, modalities and the conditions it is actually prescribed in.
“Hahnemann's Calcium Sulphide (HEPAR SULPHURIS CALCAREUM) Suits especially scrofulous and lymphatic constitutions who are inclined to have eruptions and glandular swellings. Unhealthy skin. Blondes with sluggish character and weak muscles. Great sensitiveness to all impressions . Sweating patient pulling blanket around…”
- Boger (Syn) — Generals and modalities in a short analytical portrait rather than a symptom list.
“NERVES. CONNECTIVE TISSUE. RESPIRATORY MEMBRANES. Flexures. GLANDS. Kidneys. Skin. Bridge of nose (Kali-bi.). COLD, dry: AIR. WINTER. DRAFTS. WIND. PART BECOMING. LEAST: UNCOVERING. TOUCH. Noise. Exertion. Lying on painful part. Mercury. Night. HEAT: WARM WRAPS. TO HEAD. Moist. DAMP WEATHER. Lax . CHILLY AND…”
- Clarke — The widest entry — sources, provings, clinical uses, relationships and antidotes in one place.
“sulphuris calcareum. An impure Sulphide of Calcium prepared by burning in a crucible the white interior of oyster shells with pure flowers of sulphur. Trituration. Abscess / Amaurosis / Angina pectoris / Appetite, disordered / Asthma / Axilla, abscess in / Beard, eruptions of / Blepharitis / Boils / Breast, affections…”
- Hering — Graded symptoms, each weighted by how often provers and practice confirmed it.
“Sulphuret of Lime. Ca. S. Introduced by Hahnemann, who used the white interior of oyster shells and pure flowers of sulphur, from which are prepared the triturations. Provings by Hahnemann, Stapf, etc. See Allen's Encyclopædia, vol. 4, p. 572 . CLINICAL AUTHORITIES. Mania with scabies , Sztaraveszki, Hom. Clinics…”
- Kent — The mental and general picture — who the patient is, before what the remedy cures.
“Hepar Sulphur Coldness: The Hepar patient is chilly. He is sensitive to the cold and wants an unusual amount of clothing when in cold air. He wants the sleeping room very warm and can endure much heat in the room, many degrees warmer than a healthy person ordinarily desires, He has no endurance in the cold and all his…”
- Lippe (KN) — Only the symptoms Lippe considered reliable enough to prescribe on.
“Drawing pains in the limbs. Stitches in the joints. Fainting in the evening from trifling pains. Great sensitiveness of the affected parts to touch. Rheumatic swelling with heat and redness and a sensation as if sprained. Caries. When handling the involved areas pain is felt as from subcutaneous ulceration…”
- Lippe (MM) — The strict Hahnemannian reading — the symptom picture without clinical interpretation.
“Great anguish in the evening, almost driving one to commit suicide. Over-sensitiveness and irritability, with quick, hasty speech. The slightest cause irritates him and makes him extremely vehement. Dejected, sad, with inclination to shed tears. Faint giddiness when riding in a carriage or when shaking the head, with…”
- Lippe (Red) — Keynotes with the most-trusted ones marked as red-line symptoms.
“Common names: hahnemann's calcium sulphide; sulphuret of lime. Bad effects from the abuse of mercury (Fluor-Ac., Nit-Ac., Sil.). Rheumatic swellings with heat and redness and a sensation as if sprained (Bell., Rhus-T., Sulph.). Drawing pains in the limbs (Rhus-T.). Stitches in the joints (Bry., Kali-B., Nit-Ac., Sil.).”
- Nash — The comparisons — the remedy set beside the ones it is most often confused with.
“Hypersensitive to touch, pain, cold air; fainting with the pain. General tendency to suppurations; even slight injuries or scratches on the skin suppurate. Tendency to croupy exudations (larynx and kidneys; any mucous membrane). Atony; stools passed with great difficulty, even when soft; urine flows slowly, must wait…”
