When is Mercurius the remedy in Tonsillitis?
When pus is forming, it favors its evacuation and formation, as it does in all conditions of abscess.
When is Silicea indicted in Tonsillitis?
When there is suppuration;l when the abscesses is broken and the suppurative gland will not heal.
Give an indication for Calcarea iodide.
Enlarged tonsils, where they are filled with little pockets, in scrofulous children who are weak, pale and fat.
In what special disease is Calcarea Sulphuric indicated?
Suppuration of the tonsils.
Give the symptoms of Baryta carbonica enlarged tonsils.
In scrofulous children, where every little cold starts up inflammation of the tonsils;the glands of he neck and behind the ear are swollen it remove the predisposition tonsillitis, and cures chronic enlargement of the tonsils.
When is belladonna the Remedy?
The chief remedy for the swelling; the inflammation is deep, and there is a tendency to the formation of pus; the throat is bright red; sharp pains in tonsils.
When should Belladonna be changed for Hepar?
When pus forms and there are rigors, chills, sharp. sticking pains in tonsils, together with the throbbing.
How does Mercurius compare?
Pus has formed; the tonsil enlarges so as to hinder breathing; it favors the rapid formation and evacuation of pus.
Give indications of urine in tonsillar troubles.
Swollen tonsils, covered with network of dilated blood vessels; tonsillitis, with a feeling of weakness, accompanied by swelling of gland externally.
Mention three remedies, beside Baryta carb. and Calcarea iodide, that are useful for enlarged tonsils, and indications therefor.
Conium. No tendency to suppuration.
Lycopodium. Studded with small ulcers.
Hepar. Fish-bone sensation.
Professor of Materia Medica in the University of Michigan Homeopathic Medical College. Member of American Institute of Homeopathy. In addition to his editoral work he authored or collaborated on: Boericke and Dewey's Twelve Tissue Remedies, Essentials of Homeopathic Materia Medica, Essentials of Homeopathic Therapeutics and Practical Homeopathic Therapeutics.