Homoeopathy — Page 187
Calcarea Sulph 187 Calcarea Sulphurica Or Calcarea Sulphate (Sulphate of Lime - Plaster of Paris) The element of Sulphur is a common factor of Calcarea Sulph and Carbonium Sulph and so the symptoms of Sulphur are present in both. But the presence of carbon in one and Calcarea in the other make them distinct homoeopathic remedies of different constitutions. A special characteristic of Calcarea Sulph is the tendency to form deep abscesses. In this way, it resembles Sulphur as well as Calcarea Carb, and to some extent Pyrogenium. Pyrogenium is of use when the infection in the abscesses has already poisoned the blood (toxaemia). Putrefaction is also found in the deep abscesses associated with Silicea, but it usually does not affect the blood. If it happens at all, it is of very severe magnitude. The widespread pyaemic abscesses in the body resulting from toxaemia / septicaemia respond very well to Calcarea Sulph in addition to Pyrogenium. Similarly, it is deeply related to chronic sores that have the tendency to transform into cancer, and also controls sores to some extent. It is also useful in the treatment of the ulcers and fistulae developing when the cancers surface on the skin. Calcarea Sulph is described as the best remedy for epilepsy. In recent times, the incidence of epilepsy has significantly increased and there are many reasons for this. One reason is injury to the head of the baby due to certain instruments used at the time of delivery, affecting the brain of the child. Epilepsy can also be the result of the ill effects of certain allopathic medicines. In such children, in addition to the standard prescriptions, one should look for the appropriate constitutional remedy in order to cure the epilepsy. Calcarea Sulph is said to be the one that can completely cure epilepsy. Dr. Kent, who was previously an eminent allopathic physician as well as a surgeon and understood the physiology of the human body, is of the opinion that Calcarea Sulph can totally uproot the epilepsy. Sometimes, the epilepsy is due to a tumour in the brain or it can be due to the effect of a physical injury to the brain. Sometimes it is due to the abnormal