Burns


Homeopathy treatment for Burns from the Homeopathic Therapeutics by Lilienthal. Homeopathic remedies for the treatment of Burns…


Aconite [Acon]

Immediately after the accident, to counteract the nervous shock or when reaction has taken place, and there is dry burning heat of the skin, head hot and painful, face red; hard, frequent and contracted, great restlessness, fear of death.

Arnica [Arn]

Inflammation of skin and cellular tissue, with extreme tenderness and painfulness, sequelae of nervous shock after severe, deep burns; septicaemia; phlegmonous erysipelas following the burn.

Arsenicum [Ars]

In all burns as long as pain is present, or when vesicles turn black, showing tendency to gangrene; inflammatory swelling; with burning, lancinating pains, septic changes.

Asafoetida [Asaf]

Ulceration from burns or scalds, with great sensitiveness to suffering; child screams on seeing dressing prepared, and shrinks from the approach of any one likely to touch the sore.

Calendula [Calend]

Hinders and prevents gangrene, promotes granulations and prevents disfiguring scars; favors cicatrization with the least possible amount of suppuration; prevents exhaustion from loss of blood and excessive pain with delirium (C. Hg.).

Cantharis [Canth]

Burns and scalds of an erysipelatous, vesicular character; superficial ulceration caused by burns; with burnings pains and lachrymation; tetanic or epileptiform convulsions, followed by coma.

Carbo-veg [Carb-v]

Bleeding ulcers; excessive pain threatening extinction of life; extensive deep burns with symptoms of imperfect oxydation of blood (finely pulverized charcoal over ulcers and potentized Carbo internally); humid gangrene with great foulness of secretions and great prostration.

Chamomilla [Cham]

Oversensitiveness with tendency to convulsions (Ignatia).

China [Chin]

Excessive suppuration a great drain upon the system, retarding process.

Hepar [Hep]

Excessive suppuration a great drain upon the system, retarding process.

Coffea [Coff]

Extreme sensitiveness and insomnia, especially in children.

Kreosotum [Kreos]

French surgeons use crude petroleum as a local application. Ulcers from burns bleed easily.

Opium [Op]

Disposition to convulsions and other spasmodic affections from fright.

Rhus-tox [Rhus-t]

After burns or scald vesicles, bullae, pustules; extensive; but more superficial affections; tendency to erysipelas, with typhoid symptoms.

Urtica-urens [Urt-u]

Burns involving only skin, intense burning, itching.

Samuel Lilienthal
Dr. Samuel Lilienthal (1815-1891) was from Germany, and became a pioneer homeopath in America. He received his Doctor of Medicine Degree from the University of Munich in 1838. After he moved to the United States, he was hired as Professor of Clinical Medicine at New York College for Women, and also as Professor of Mental and Nervous Diseases at the New York Homeopathic College.
Dr. Samuel Lilienthal was the author of many great books including “Homeopathic Therapeutics”. For many years, with the support of Dr. Constantine Hering, he was the editor of the North American Journal of Homeopathy. Dr. Lilienthal passed away on February 2nd 1891 in San Francisco.