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tx
eyes/ears/nose/throat
mumps/parotitis
homeopathy

remedy differential

Abrotanum: affects testes or mammae, after puls. fails
Aconitum napellus: fever with restlessness and anxiety; early febrile stage
Belladonna: inflammation of right parotid with bright redness and violent shooting pains; glowing redness of face; sensitive to cold
Bromium: esp. left, esp. after scarlet fever; "swelling and hardness warm to touch"; slow inflammation of glands, esp. those upset by being overheated, but when attack comes on sensitive to colds and draughts < damp hot weather
Carbo vegetabilis: parotitis; face pale, cold; involvement of mammae or testes
Lachesis: esp. left side, enormously swollen; sensitive to least touch, least pressure; severe pain, can scarcely swallow; shrinks away when approached; face red and swollen; eyes glassy and wild
Lycopodium: begins on right and goes to left; desires warm drinks
Mercurius solubilis: mumps, esp. right side; offensive salivation, foul tongue, offensive sweat
Parotidinum: valuable along with other remedy when convalescence is slow
Phytolacca: inflammation of submaxillary and parotid glands with stony hardness; pain shoots into ears when swallowing < cold and wet; right side; stiffness of neck
Pilocarpus: #1 remedy (Burnett); acts quickly and relieves the pain; excellent if metastasis in testes or breasts, when swelling suddenly subsides as result of a chill; can also be used prophylactically
Pulsatilla: lingering fever or metastasis; if mumps patient gets a cold, breasts swell in girls, testicles in boys; ear involved and pain intense
Rhus toxicodendron: parotid and submaxillary glands highly inflamed and enlarged; mumps on left side < cold, cold wind, cold wet; "always with herpes on lips"


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