F J Wheeler In some cases of bruising, the skin may be split by the force of the blow which caused the injury. This brings us to the consideration of cuts and lacerations. These may range from superficial or deep cuts made with sharp instruments, to jagged or lacerated wounds made with barbed wire, rusty nails, etc. Before dealing with any cut or abrasion wash your hands.
THE HOME MEDICINE CHEST. ANOTHER very important remedy to add to the medicine chest is Pulsatilla. It is a medicine whose sphere of action chiefly concerns women and girls, yet it is sometimes indicated for the male sex. The type of female for whom the remedy is so often chosen is that known as the “tearful blonde.”
The Nux patient is one who is oversensitive, easily irritated,never contented. Take for example a business man who has has a strenuous time at the office and as a result has acquired what may be termed frayed nerves. The above will give a simple idea of the type of patient which Nux vomica will help.
THE HOME MEDICINE CHEST.
ANOTHER very important remedy to add to the medicine chest is Pulsatilla. It is a medicine whose sphere of action chie…
THE HOME MEDICINE CHEST. Aconite in its crude form of tincture is a poison; used in the homoeopathic form of dilution or potencies it is a very valuable medicine. To many of you it is probably known as very useful in fevers, but it is by no means the only remedy for feverish states. Many other homoeopathic medicines are indicated for such conditions according to the symptoms presented by the patient.
THE HOME MEDICINE CHEST. In some cases of bruising, the skin may be split by the force of the blow which caused the injury. This brings us to the consideration of cuts and lacerations. These may range from superficial or deep cuts made with sharp instruments, to jagged or lacerated wounds made with barbed wire, rusty nails, etc.
THE HOME MEDICINE CHEST. All remedies used by homoeopaths in the potentised form have certain features peculiar to each. Bryonia has one that is very marked and it is :worse from movement.” Whatever the illness, whether pneumonia, rheumatism, pleurisy, peritonitis, etc., the patient suffers very much on the slightest motion; the more he moves the worse he suffers.
THE HOME MEDICINE CHEST. Urtica is not at hand, use Spirits of Wine or surgical spirit; warm it by standing some in a cup in a pan of boiling water. Cover the burn with a thin layer of gauze or bandage soaked in the spirit, and as it evaporates re-moisten the dressing with the warm spirit.
In The Homoeopathic World of February last, Dr. E. Bach gave an outline of some new remedies. In my opinion these are going to be of very great value in the treatment of cases which do not respond to our older remedies. I give below brief notes of some cases treated with these medicines.