Hekla lava
Lava Scoriz from Mt. Hecla
Boericke, Pocket Manual of Homœopathic Materia Medica, 9th ed., 1927, p. 320
Marked action upon the jaws. Of great use in exostosis, gum abscess, difficult teething. Nodosities, caries of bone, etc. Osteitis, periostitis, osteosarcoma; rachitis. Tumors in general. Bone necrosis. Necrosis and sinus after mastoid operation.
Face.—Ulceration of nasal bones. Facial neuralgia from carious teeth and after extraction. Toothache, with swelling about jaws. Abscess of gums. Enlargement of maxillary bone. Cervical glands enlarged and indurated.
Relationship
Compare: Silica; Mercur.; Phos.; Conchiolinum—Mother of pearl (diaphysis of bone affected; parts extremely sensitive to touch).
Amphisbena—Snail-like lizard (great affinity for the jaw bones, worse by air and dampness.
Slag—(Great itching of parts).
The book’s Dose section is left out: Samepath quotes the books but gives no dosing advice.