Hi all, I posted a while ago about how I took hepar sulph 30c for over a week (i am new to homeopathy and didn't know i shouldn't have taken it that long) and my acne that i've had for years went away. Well I stopped taking the hepar sulph and a couple weeks later the acne started to come back. So, following your advice I repeated at 30c for 1 dose. It seemed to work for about a week. My question is... Do I just keep repeating whenever my acne comes back, or could I be witnessing a proving that is making my acne go away and by taking an additional dose I am continually proving the hepar sulph or could i just need a different potency or different remedy? Like I said, I am new to homeopathy, so any help would be appreciated. Thanks
BJ

Hi BJ,

I've not read any earlier posts, so difficult to tell what is the basis for HEpar Sulph for you.

But it seems to be an acute or partially similar remedy that is not going to the depth. Ie it is not a constitutnal. So you would need to repeat it as often as reuired.

No need to worry about proving etc. You'll be proving it if you develop NEW symptoms. For the moment, its just not holding as it is not the exact similimum.

Regards,
doctorleela

PS: OF course another possibility is that the potency is inadequate for you, ie if it is a similimum.

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When the acne comes back again, take the Hepar in water, which is to say, buy a small Evian bottle and drop in a few pellets of hepar sulph, shake and take a swallow. Label the bottle so no one else drinks from it. When the need arises again, shake the bottle and have another swallow. The results should last longer. The idea is to take only as needed. Meanwhile, if we knew what your constitutional remedy--or chronic remedy--was, we could keep the acne from coming back.

Snoopy

I make up the bottle with 10% of vodka to preserve it. I have to say that I always say keep the remedy in the fridge and have naver noticed any problems so what have others found?

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There are two possibilities here.

1. The remedy is correct but not strong enough. The potency may need to be increased. However, to be sure, you will need to assess if you are getting any other benefits from the remedy. You should be experiencing an improvement in your overall level of health, not just your skin. I would expect other symptoms to be improving as well as your energy, mood, sleep etc.

2. The remedy is suppressing the skin condition, so that it keeps coming back. A remedy should last longer than a week if it is curing, and the skin should be somewhat better than it was even when the symptoms return. If the remedy is suppressing your acne, it is driving the illness deeper into your body and at some point it will create a new more dangerous condition. And on top of that, the acne can become worse and more difficult to cure.

The body pushes back whenever you simply push a symptom down - creating a more intense expression of the illness(acne, asthma whatever) OR shifts it to a new part of the body - ie acne becomes boils, acne becomes asthma, acne moves to a more painful sensitive spot.

When assessing the action of a remedy, it is important to be able to determine if the symptoms are being cured, palliated or suppressed, before continuing. What else has changed on the remedy?

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well... within a day or two after taking the hepar sulph 30c the first time, I noticed a huge mood improvement... instead of fealing nervous or anxious and depressed, I felt untouchable, almost invincible mentally. I did not connect it to the remedy at first. I am still uncertain if the hepar sulph fits all my symptoms, and was wondering if anyone experienced in homeopathy could ask me some standard symptom questions for someone complaining about acne and then I could answer all the questions and someone might be able to come up with a more suitable remedy. I would list my symptoms, but most things that I read in homeopathy books I would have never considered "symptoms", like "aversion to cold" or something. Before homeopathy I thought acne was my only symptom...
Thanks Everyone
BJ

Felt Invincible????? Good grief, Brew, Hepar is your remedy!!!! I'm sure David will agree with me on this. When an acute remedy touches the whole person and lifts their spirits, we get very excited! Here are your choices: You could take one dose of a 200C, which should last you quite a while; you could continue taking the 30C as needed, but in water, which will make it last longer, and with succussions (pounding into the opposite palm) between doses which raises the potency, you may get more mileage out of that 30C than you've been getting; or, you can take a low potency on a daily basis--in water, as above.

For you, right now, since the 30C has worked, why not go with a dose in water and see what happens?

Snoopy

For those who asked about the water going bad and about putting remedies in the fridge, I've found that remedies in the refrigerator still work. I also add Vodka to remedies that I plan to keep around for a while.

Snoopy

Hi, can you explain the doses in water and succussion in more detail... How many pellets do I drop in a small bottle of water? How much do I drink? and do I only drink if the acne comes back? I'm not exactly sure what succussion is either or when to do it? Thanks Again
BJ

Dear BJ,

Do you have any complaints right now? If not, there's no reason to take a remedy. If your acne is coming back, buy a small Evian bottle, pour out or drink 1/3 of the bottle. Drop in 3 or so pellets of Hepar 30C. Shake it up and take a swallow. Put it in the refrigerator, and if you have any vodka, you can add a little to keep the water from going bad, if that's possible, and some say it is; so then, the NEXT time you need to repeat this remedy--when or if you relapse-- pound the bottle into your left palm 10 times, and take another swallow. Let us know how this works out for you.

Snoopy

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