Bunion


Homeopathic remedies for the symptoms of Bunion from A Dictionary of Domestic Medicine by John H.Clarke….


Enlargement and inflammation of the synovial sac over the root of the great toe, and, more rarely, the outer side of the little toe. This is generally due to pressure; or it may be due to rheumatism, and then it is not a true bunion. The joint is red, and generally tender, the tissues over the joint being greatly thickened and hard.

General Treatment.-When painful and inflamed, a compress, moistened with a liniment composed of equal parts of Veratrum v. 0, spirits of wine, and distilled water, to be kept applied. Boots must be made to keep off all pressure from the part.

Medicines.-(Four times a day.)

Silicea 6.-

For true bunion.

Rhus. 3.-

For rheumatic bunion.

John Henry Clarke
John Henry Clarke MD (1853 – November 24, 1931 was a prominent English classical homeopath. Dr. Clarke was a busy practitioner. As a physician he not only had his own clinic in Piccadilly, London, but he also was a consultant at the London Homeopathic Hospital and researched into new remedies — nosodes. For many years, he was the editor of The Homeopathic World. He wrote many books, his best known were Dictionary of Practical Materia Medica and Repertory of Materia Medica