Why Sulphur for so many healing situations?

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Last week, when my kitty Piper has her swollen ear problem, with the help of Dr. Jeff and Dr. Sara, I able to more clearly define Piper's symptoms, turn these symptoms into rubrics and find the remedy I needed.. . . Sulphur! I chuckled to myself because when I was attending the Homopeathic college in Toronto and we were doing case studies, our instructor said "Don't come up with Sulphur as your remedy. It is so overused!!" In all fairness, Sulphur has many applications in Homeopathy. Dr. Hahnemann (referred to as the Father of Homeopathy) often began treatment with Sulphur and finished the treatment with another remedy. He also did it in reverse when he chose a remedy then finished the treatment with Sulphur.

Well over the past few years, I have repertorized a number of cases and almost every time, Sulphur creeps onto the remedy graph. Not strongly represented by the rubrics, but usually somewhere on the graph, sure enough, Sulphur is there. Sometimes, it is clearly evident Sulphur is the remedy that will work and that is the case for Piper.

My poor kitty had a fungal infection in her inner ear, with the outward sign being that of a severely swollen ear, basically an aural hematoma. Last week, the vet made an incision in her outer ear, drained the accumulated blood and put in some stitches to hold the ear flap together. Previous thinking was the vigorous scratching of the ear produced the hematoma, however, new schools of thought believe this is another form of an allergic response by the body. We are not finished with the treatment regime, but at least now, Piper will allow me to bathe and clean her ear (provided of course, there is a yummy treat to follow!) The swelling is almost gone and Piper had her stitches removed yesterday. We are on the road to recovery!

 

[Dr. Jeff]

Thanks for sharing your wonderful experience with Piper! She's one lucky kitty to have you as her mom.

Yes, Sulphur is heavily represented in the repertory and therefore comes up high in many analyses. But like any other remedy, it may, or may not, be indicated.

At one point in his long career, Hahnemann started most of his cases using the homeopathic medicine Sulphur. Primarily because of its ability to reduce the internal energetic imbalance which he called "psora".

Sulphur typically either cures or helps clarify a case. Sometimes it can help resolve a difficult situation by working along with other remedies, which are complementary to it and work well with it.

I see examples of the clarification of symptoms by Sulphur frequently. Such as when the remedy is given and "new" symptoms pop up. Only those symptoms aren't new, they were hidden, and often past, symptoms of the individual and are further clues to the next step.

Here's a wonderful book that talks a bit about Hahnemann's years in Paris when he was often opening cases with Sulphur:

A Homeopathic Love Story: The Story of Samuel and Melanie Hahnemann: Handley, Rima: 9781556430497: Amazon.com: Books

A Homeopathic Love Story: The Story of Samuel and Melanie Hahnemann [Handley, Rima] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. A Homeopathic Love Story: The Story of Samuel and Melanie Hahnemann

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Rima's wonderful story is a modern day telling of his life with his young wife Melanie when he did some amazing work!