Bryonia: It is an excellent remedy for measles. It should be given in
2X dilution. It aborts the disease and definitely cuts short its course. It
prevents lung affections which is a common complication.
Silicea: This remedy should be given for cough after measles.
Pulsatilla: It is also useful in early stages of the disease with coryza
and profuse lachrymation.
Gelsemium: When the patient is drowsy and indifferent. Face puffed
and flushed. No thirst. Pulse full and soft but slow.
Drosera: Spasmodic cough during and after measles.
Apis M: Meningitis due to suppression of measles with encephalic cry.
Kali Bi: It is indicated when instead of simple catarrh as in Pulsatilla,
there are pustules developed on the cornea. The throat is swollen with
pain from throat to ears: there may be catarrhal deafness.
Malandrinum: Preventive for measles. Give in 30 dilution one dose
every week.
Euphrasia: Inflammation of the mucus membrane of eyes and nose.
Sneezing with bland discharge from the nose and acrid discharge from
the eyes. It turns measles into a simple form, bringing out the eruptions,
controls the fever and relieves the cough.
Ars Alb: When there is great prostration, thirst for small quantities of
water at short intervals. Restlessness. Dark-green diarrhoea with
midnight aggravation.
Ailanthus: An excellent remedy for suppression of measles. It is
indicated in meningitis from suppression of measles, with stupor which
may be due to effusion. Rashes recede suddenly or are livid.
