Aconite: In very early stages of tingling and burning when skin
is red, shining, hot and swollen.
Passiflora Inc: This is specific for erysipelas. It should be
given in mother tincture in 4 to 5 drops a dose.
Belladonna: Skin red, smooth and tense. In early stages with
bright red skin. Erysipelas of the face and head, especially right
side. Sharp cutting pains or throbbing in affected parts. Fever
and sometimes delirium.
Apis M: Erysipelas of the throat with much swelling, of any
part of the body or after operation, with puffiness and
oedematous swelling greatly in excess of the pain which is of a
burning and stinging nature, with desire for or relief from cold
application to the parts. Scanty painful urination, frequently
albuminous.
Ars. Alb: Sudden attacks of erysipelas with prostration,
restlessness and burning pain. Intense thirst for small quantities
of water at short intervals. The disease shifts from one part to
another. Oedema, vomiting and diarrhoea.
Borax: Erysipelas of face with a feeling as if a cob-web were
on it.
Cantharis: Vesicular type; especially of face, beginning on
nose, with restlessness and burning and stinging pains. Intense
inflammation of the skin and tendency to form large blisters.
Vesicles run together and form blebs. Violent fever.
Crotalus H: Blue look; useful in erysipelas after vaccination or
bites of insects.
Rhus Tox: Vesicular eruptions with typhoid symptoms. Skin
dark instead of red, rough instead of smooth, moist instead of
dry. Intense burning and itching. Pain in back and legs. The
border of hairy parts is mostly affected. Restlessness with
diarrhoea. Severe pain in muscles, tendons and joints.
Lachesis: The dark blue and purplish colour of the skin. Great
depression of the vital forces. Mental prostration. Face puffed
and red when Belladonna fails. Parts affected threaten
gangrene. The cellular tissues are specially involved.
Echinacea: Erysipelas with tendency to boils which are very
painful. Use 3X dilution in drop doses.
Hepar Sulph: Should be given when there is tendency to
suppuration.
Silicea: Excellent remedy when abscesses fail to heal even
though the pus has dried up.
Sulphur: Suitable as inter-current remedy in protracted cases
of a migrating type.
Graphites: Useful for repeated and chronic forms.
Ruta and Phosphoric Acid: When combined with wounds.
