Hepar Suis – Pig Liver

The attenuations of this sarcode are prepared from the fresh liver of a pig (Sus scrofa domesticus).

Liver damage and deficient detoxifying action of liver. Chronic eczemas. Neuro- dermitis. Psoriasis. Erythemas. Porphyria. Also in dermatomycoses, pemphigus and kraurosis vulvae. Male sterility. After-effects of X-ray. Hypoglycaemia. Anorexia nervosa. Frequently indicated as an intermediate remedy in cellular phases.

It is also indicated in deformative arthritis and frozen shoulder, in order to stimu- late the detoxifying function of the liver.

The drug picture of Hepar suis was composed in July 1995 by David Riley, M.D., Santa Fe (New Mexico), USA.

The most important symptoms from David Riley’s drug proving were:

Essential Characteristics

Eruptions on the head, face, back, female genitalia, or extremities. Irritable, angry, and anxious. Increased physical energy on waking. Dull headaches. Nasal discharge. Eruptions on the face. Sore throat. Nausea.

Mind

IRRITABLE and angry. Anxiety with palpitations or felt in the stomach. Aversion to or desire for company. Suspicious. Euphoria even with sad news. Discontented with everything. Impatient, hurried, restless with anxiety, and thoughts intruding on each other. Sensitive to noise. Mental mistakes in writing and reading. DREAMS of water and owls. Mocking. Weeping over trifles. Pities herself. Desire to travel.

Generalities

INCREASED PHYSICAL ENERGY particularly on waking. Desire for and aversion to milk. Desire for salad. Aching pain in the extremities of the body.

Head

Hard eruptions above the ear. Sense of fullness in the vertex. Itching and prickling sensation around the head. Heaviness of the head. Sharp head pain in the afternoon better from cold applications. Dull headaches, in the forehead or vertex expecially in the afternoon. Forehead pain behind the eyes. Pain in the occiput, or vertex and ex- tending to the sides of the head.

Eye

Pressing pain in the eyeballs, worse in the right eye, or as from an internal pres- sure making the eyes bulge. Sensitive to the touch at the outer edge of the eye.

Ear

Sensation of fullness in and below the ears. Ringing in the ears. Aching pain, worse in or behind the right ear. Tickling of the left ear during throat pain.

Nose

Nasal congestion with discharge. Nasal congestion improves when lying. Dis- charge that is clear, copious and sometimes thick and yellow. Sneezing with coryza.

Face

ERUPTIONS on the face, boils and pimples on the cheek, nose, or chin. Increased perspiration as if the skin is greasy and dirty. Itching and prickling sensation espe- cially under the chin. Tension in the jaws is more relaxed.

Mouth

Tongue coated white. Dryness of the mouth. Swelling in the gums.

Teeth

Teeth sensitive to brushing and to the cold. Sensation of roughness in the teeth.

Throat

Pain in the throat. Inflammation of the tonsils with a white exudate. White coating and eruptions on the tonsils. Inflammation of the tonsils. Redness of the pharynx. Pain that is raw during post nasal discharge. Sore pain with a sensation of a foreign body in the throat. Increase of thick, yellow mucus in the throat. Inflammation and swelling of the cervical glands.

Stomach

APPETITE is increased especially in the morning and afternoon, or decreased in the morning. NAUSEA, yet still has an appetite for food. Nausea aggravated during urina- tion. Sensation of emptiness in the stomach, not relieved by eating. Gurgling in the stomach. Eructations that are bitter. Flatulence. Thirstlessness.

Abdomen

Abdominal distention, particularly in conjunction with flatulence. Cramping pain

worse around the umbilicus and in the left inguinal area.

Rectum

Constipation. Diarrhea. Urging to stool.

Stool

Frequent stool. Watery stool.

Bladder

Frequent urination as if the bladder is incompletely voided. Increased urging.

Urine

Dark, yellow urine with a sweet odor.

Genitalia, Female

Itching eruption of the labia. Copious menstrual flow. Menstrual cycle comes too early.

Cough

Deep, hard cough. Dry cough. Cough with thick mucus in chest.

Expectoration

White mucus after drinking in the morning.

Chest

Constricting and tight sensation in the chest associated with palpitation of the heart that are worse in the afternoon. Burning and tearing pain, worse with coughing.

Back

Pain in the lumbar region while sitting. Spasms of back pain. Stiffness in the cer- vical region, especially on the right side or while turning the head. Cervical tension

associated with an occipital headache. Eruptions of pimples on the back between the scapula.

Extremities

Eruptions on the hand. Stitching pain behind the knee. Sore, bruised sensation of the right knee. Twitching in the right leg.

Sleep

Sleepiness, particularly in the morning or at noon. Waking from sleep toward the morning around five a.m. Waking after midnight. Difficulty in falling asleep.

Skin

ERUPTIONS that are papular or in blotches. Pimples. Eruptions which itch and must be scratched. Prickling skin.