Homoeopathy — Page 366
Hekla Lava 366 Hekla Lava must be a really good remedy but personally, I do not have experience of its effectiveness. However, some homoeopaths adore it. The specific symptom of Hekla Lava is stated to be the pain in the jawbones. There is considerable swelling around the jaws and the jawbones become thickened and enlarged. Regarding the treatment of the deep-seated bone diseases, in addition to Sulphur, I have found Calcarea Carb to be much more effective than Hekla Lava. I have used Calcarea Carb in the treatment of bone cancer that had been histologically proved. Within a few months of the treatment with high potency Calcarea Carb, the disease was overcome significantly. Such patients should doubtless be treated carefully, over a long period. One should not just rely on using Calcarea Carb, some other adjuvant treatments will also be required keeping in view the overall symptoms of the patient. Thus, the focus of the treatment would obviously be Calcarea Carb, however, several other medicines may also prove to be very useful. Calcarea Carb is particularly very useful in the treatment of bone diseases due to a lack of calcium (osteopenia). Sulphur is also effective. Calcarea Carb is chronic of Sulphur. Generally, Calcarea Carb is more effective in the diseases of the bones of the lower legs than Sulphur. Calcarea Carb is also effective against the cysts of the hands. In my practice, I have not been able to use Hekla Lava much, possibly due to the fact that I was not fully conversant with its signs and symptoms. I do not mean to discourage other homoeopaths from using it. I would advise them to go over the writings of other doctors about Hekla Lava and then use it on their patients in different potencies. It is just possible that they may successfully use it for the treatment of many more diseases, in spite of my failure to use it much. Some doctors have found Hekla Lava very useful in the treatment of teething problems of children. I do not have much experience of that myself. Instead, I have found the following prescription effective, without any doubt, in teething problems: