Aconitum Napellus [Acon]
Catarrh and high fever: before rash cliches diagnosis.
Redness conjunctivae: dry, barking cough.
Itching, burning skin: rash rough and miliary.
Restless, anxious, tossing: frightened.
Belladonna [Bell]
Rash bright-red: skin hot and dry-such cases as suggest scarlet fever.
Euphrasia [Euphr]
Cases with great catarrhal intensity.
“A wonderful medicine in measles. When symptoms agree will make a violent attack of measles turn into a very simple form…
“Streaming, burning tears; photophobia; running form nose; intense, throbbing headache, dry cough and rash” (Kent).
Copious acrid lachrymation, with streaming, bland discharge from nose (rev. of Allium cepa, which as acrid discharge from nose, but bland from eyes).
Gelsemium [Gels]
Chills and heats chase one another. Sneezing and sore throat: excoriating nasal discharge.
Severe, heavy headache: occipital pain.
Thirstlessness is the rule with Gelsemium (Pulsatilla).
Drowsy and stupid. Lids heavy: eyes inflamed.
Face dark-red, swollen, besotted look (Baptisia).
Kali Bichromicum [Kali-bi]
“Is like Pulsatilla only worse.” Follows Pulsatilla Pulsatilla in the mild cases.
It has a rash like measles, with catarrh of eyes.
Measles with purulent discharge eyes and ears. With pustules on cornea.
Salivary glands swollen: catarrhal deafness.
Kali bich. has stringy, ropy discharges.
Morbillinum [Morbill]
Prophylactic for contacts.
Pulsatilla [Puls]
“If much fever, Pulsatilla will not be the remedy.”
Catarrhal symptoms: profuse lachrymation.
Dry mouth, but seldom thirsty.
Sulphur [Sulph]
“Measles with a purplish appearance. Sulphur to modify the case when the skin is dusky and the rash does not come out.”
“The routinist can do pretty well in this disease with Pulsatilla and Sulph., occasionally requiring Aconite and Euphrasia” (Kent.)
Convalescence slow, and the patient is weak and prostrate.
Tardy or Suppressed Eruption: Brain Affected.
Apis [Apis]
Rash goes in and brain symptoms appear.
Stupor with stinging pains, extorting cries (Crie cerebrale).
Thirstless: worse from heat, hot room, hot fire.
Better cool air. Urine scanty.
A great remedy for oedema and effusions.
Bryonia Alba [Bry]
Rash tardy to appear.
Hard, dry cough with tearing pain.
Little or no expectoration.
Or rash disappears and child drowsy: pale, twitching face, chewing motion of jaws (Zincum met. grits teeth).
Any motion causes child to scream with pain.
Mild delirium, “Wants to go home, when at home.
Or, instead of rash, bronchitis or pneumonia, with Bryonia symptoms.
Cuprum Metallicum [Cupr]
Symptoms violent. Starts up from sleep.
Spasms: cramps: convulsions.
Cramps of fingers and toes, or start there.
Helleborus Niger [Hell]
“When entire sensorial life is suspended, and child lies in profound stupor.
Stramonium [Stram]
Rash not out properly. Child hot, bright-red face. Tosses, cries as if frightened in sleep. Convulsive movements.
Zincum Metallicum [Zinc]
Where child is too weak to develop eruption.
Rash comes out sparingly. Body rather cool.
Lies in stupor gritting teeth. (Bryonia chews.
Dilated pupils: squinting and rolling eyes.
Fidgety feet.
