Homeopathy Remedy For Abscess
ABSCESS.
(Including Infections, Suppurations, Cellulitis, etc.)
#Belladonna [Bell]
is the remedy most often indicated for the initatory symptoms of
abscess. The parts ***swell rapidly, become bright red, there is
intense throbbing which is painful,pus develops speedily the swelling
increases and the redness radiates; here *Belladonna is in close
relation with *Hepar and *Mercurius. It comes in earlier than either
of these remedies and corresponds more closely to the ***active,
sthenic variety of abscess before pus is matured. In abscesses about
the alveolar processes, the so called gum boils, **Belladonna is often
the first remedy and **Mercurius follows here in most cases. In acute
glandular abscess **Belladonna is often indicated and is a beginning
remedy. **Chamomilloa is not a remedy to suggest itself in abscess,
yet has proved valuable in promoting the formation of pus in chronic
abscesses where **Hepar has failed to act promptly, and in making the
pains more bearable.
#Hepar sulphur. [Hep]
is the great homoeopathic remedy for suppurations where the pus is
not decomposed. It suits especially lymphatic, phlegmatic individuals.
***Excessive sensitiveness of the parts is a leading indication.
It is further indicated by these symptoms: chilly sensations, throbbing
in the parts, or ***sharp, sticking pains which are worse at night and
from If given low in threatening suppuration it will favor the formation
of pus. The suppurative process will often be aborted by **Hepar if
given in the higher potencies. Such abscesses as felon or whitlow
generally do well under **Hepar. If there be a bruised pain present,
sometimes **Arnica may do good. There are two other preparations
similar to **Hepar; calcium sulphide, which is the chemically pure
article, has never been proved, hence we must regard it only as a
makeshift for *Hepar, and Calcarea sulphurica.
The last remedy has been found useful in cases of abscess where the
suppuration seems to continue indefinitely. The presence of pus with
a **vent has been considered a good indication; it comes in after
**Silicea, and suits painful abscesses about the anus, and is a most
useful remedy in gum boils. Dr. W. E. Leonard claims that in the 12x
it will abort felons and furuncles.
#Silicea [Sil]
is the remedy where the suppuration continues and the wound refuses
to heal, no matter where the suppurative process is located;
the pus is apt to be thin,watery,and the process is sluggish and
indolent one. Under **Silicea the suppurative process takes on a
healthy action , the pus becomes benign, granulation appear.
It is then time to stop the remedy, for if it be continued it may
undo the good it has done,and another remedy, probably **Fluoric
acid ,will have to be given. This remedy antidotes the overuse of
**Silicea. **Silicea is usually prescribed after an abscess has
been lanced or opened by means of poultice. Warmth is very grateful
to the **Silicea patient.
**Fluoric acid has relief from cold. Abscesses having ***much cellular
infiltration in their vicinity call for Silicea. It, too,is a remedy
for all fistulous burrowings. In rectal fistula it is very often the
remedy; great nervous erethism, if present, is an additional.
There is often considerable foetor to the discharge of **Silicea
cases. Scrofulous and tubercular abscesses especially call for
**Silicea.
#Mercurius. [Merc]
Differing from **Belladonna, from **Hepar, and especially from
**Silicea is Mercurius, which is one of our good remedies in abscess.
It comes in after **Belladonna, when pus has formed.
It favors the formation of pus especially in the lower potencies,
and is especially indicated in ***glandular abscesses; the pus is
greenish in tint, and quite thin and fluid. There is intense, shining
redness with throbbing and stinging pains. It does not follow Silicea
well.
From *Hepar it is to be distinguished by general symptoms; then, too,
the suppurative process is slower, and all the pains are greatly
aggravated at night. In abscesses at the **roots of the teeth it is
one of our best remedies, and it is often efficacious in toothache due
to this cause. It will often abort suppuration when used in the highest
potencies, as in tonsillitis, where it is a most valuable remedy. It is
a remarkable remedy in pyorrhoea and will make extraction of teeth
unnecessary.
#Lachesis. [Lach]
In low conditions of abscess, when pus in thin, dark, ichorous, and
offensive in character, **Lachesis may me the remedy. The parts
are purplish in appearance. It the remedy for abscess where
poisonous matter has been introduced into the system, causing the
trouble.
**Carbo vegetabilis may also be a remedy in long-lasting, unhealthy
suppurative processes which produce a hectic fever.
**Rhus toxicodendron is another remedy for abscesses of the parotid
or axillary glands where there is a discharge of a bloody, serous pus.
The evident poisoned condition of the system and tendency of the
abscess to take on a carbunculous state will indicate Rhus.
With *Lachesis the discharge is a thin ichorous pus.
Another remedy in low condition of abscess is **Arsenicum; the great
debility, the production of watery, ichorous pus, the threatening of
gangrene and the intolerable ***burning pains will call immediate
attention to this remedy.
#Sulphur [Sulph]
is also a remedy which may be used with the greatest benefit in
abscesses and suppuration; especially is it useful in chronic
cases where the discharge is profuse, accompanied with emaciation
and hectic fever. Abscesses in scrofulous persons, where there
is a marked psoric taint and a tendency to boils, correspond to
**Sulphur. The pus is acrid and excoriating. Crops of boils in
various parts of the body indicate the remedy well. **Lycopodium
has also been found useful in boils which are greatly aggravated
by poultices.
#Arnica [Arn]
is the remedy where abscesses and boils do not mature; they shrivel
up, then another crop comes; **Arnica will often develop the abscess,
carrying it on to a discharge of the pus and a cure of the trouble.
Boils coming in crops call for **Arnica; they are ***very sore,
purplish in color; also blood boils which are very sore.
**Calcarea carbonica, Calcarea iodata (especially in abscess of
the cervical glands scrofulous in nature), **Asafoetida, Calendula
(traumatic suppuration), and a number of other remedies may perchance
be indicated in suppuration and abscess. With **Calendula the pus is
thick and yellow, not attended with active inflammation. The symptoms,
unhealthy skin, every little wound or scratch suppurates, are
found under **Hepar, Silicea, **Calcarea carbonica and Graphites.
Grauvogl considered **Arnica as a remedy to prevent suppuration, and
particularly to hinder the absorption of pus and so prevent pyaemia.
#Rhus toxicodendron [Rhus.t]
is a very useful remedy in acute suppuration; especially has it been
found useful in suppurative conditions about the eye.
It has proved curative in abscesses about the parotid and axillary
glands; the pus is bloody and serous, the pain is intense, and the
swelling is dark red. **Rhus corresponds very closely to septicaemia.
#Echinacea [Echi]
has achieved a well merited reputation in suppurative conditions,
especially where symptoms of blood poisoning are present. There
is no question as to its efficacy.
#Nitric acid [Nit.ac]
may also come in suppurations about the glands, especially the
inguinal or axillary, in syphilitic subjects, and when the discharge
is offensive, excoriating and of a dirty, greenish yellow colour.
Suppurations is mastoid process.
**Kali iodatum must also be thought of in syphilitic or scrofulous
cases.
**Phosphorus is often useful in abscesses about the bones, and here
we will find **Aurum, Asafoetida, Pulsatilla, Calcarea phosphorica,
Calcarea fluorica and Manganum special remedies.
**Pyrogen according to Dr. W. E. Leonard is invaluable as remedy
in recurring abscess conditions. It will clean up the system and
prevent a recurrence.
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