ABSCESSES
homeopathicAbscesses are the skin’s response to infection. Rather than attack the bacteria using antibiotic ointments or pills, homeopathic medicines augment the body’s own defenses to help it heal itself.
6th · 12th · 30th potencyExpect noticeable changes from the correct homeopathic medicine within 24 hours. Give the 6th, 12th, or 30th potency four times a day. It is unnecessary to give it longer than two days.
- Mental: Irritable, quarrelsome, oversensitive; feels neglected or slighted.
- General: Chilly, worse from cold and drafts; better from warmth; sweaty.
- Miasm: Suppurative tendency; splinter-like pains.
- Mental: Sudden onset, violent delirium; fear of imaginary things.
- General: Flushed, hot, throbbing pain; worse from touch, light, noise.
- Miasm: Acute inflammatory; sudden and intense.
- Mental: Jealousy, suspicion; loquacious, worse after sleep.
- General: Left-sided or worse from pressure; worse from sleep, better from discharge.
- Miasm: Septic, dark congestive; gangrenous tendency.
- Mental: Anxious, yielding; lack of confidence; nervous exhaustion.
- General: Chilly, worse from cold and drafts; sweaty feet/head.
- Miasm: Suppuration from foreign bodies; slow healing; splinter pains.
Quick quiz · match the remedy
1. A patient presents with a bright red, throbbing abscess. Which remedy is most indicated?
2. Which remedy is the first choice for an abscess that developed after a splinter?
3. A bluish-purple abscess, with a septic tendency: which medicine fits best?
4. Which remedy is indicated when the abscess is extremely sensitive to cold and drafts?
5. Which remedy is associated with jealousy, suspicion and worse after sleep?
