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tx
cutaneous system
abscess
homeopathy

remedy differential

Arnica montana: small painful boils in crops one after another
Anthracinum: for carbuncles, burning and high fever; high potency
Arsenicum album: carbuncles with burning, as if coals of a fire on skin; cutting, burning pain, < after 12:00 a.m.; if anthr. fails
Belladonna: red, throbbing pain without formation of pus; blood boils
Calcarea carbonica: pale, painful boils; 200C every four hours
Carbonic acid: carbuncles on lumbar region with diabetes; foul pus from several openings; nausea and offensive vomiting; use 200C
Hepar sulphur: early pus formation; extremely sensitive with sharp, sticking pains; pus is thick, yellow and patient very sensitive; patient chilly, > in wet weather
Lachesis: bluish color with acrid pus which is offensive; burning pains, sensitive to touch
Ledum: boils caused by needle pricks
Mercurius iodatum: boils when no pus formation; glandular abscess; if pus green, watery and thin; intense shining redness with throbbing and stinging pain
Myristica sebifera: suppuration of joints; abscess on ends of fingers
Secale cornutum: small boils, painful with green contents, mature slowly
Silicea: low healing power; pus thin, watery in ulcers which refuse to heal; use 200C or higher; patient is chilly, > in dry and warm weather, and < cold, wet weather
Stramonium: excruciating pains, inflammation, abscesses in joints (esp. left hip); viscid septic state and formation of pus
Sulphur: small boils in crops, if arn. fails
Tarentula hispania: hard, tender, inflamed hair follicle; specific for abscess under armpit; specific for boils at any stage


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