Boils

Belladonna

When the boils are red during the stage of inflammation, There is throbbing pain without forma­tion of pus. Blood boils.

Calcarea Carb

When the boils are not red but are pale and painful. Give 200 dilution every four hours — three or four doses may suffice.

Ars. Alb

Chief remedy for carbuncles with burning, as if coals of fire were put On affected part, Cutting and burning pain worse after midnight, indicated when Anthrax, fails.

Hepar Sulph

In early stages of pus formation. Expessive sensitiveness of the parts with sharp sticking pains. Give in 6th dilution every half hour. It will stop formation of pus or will abort pus in a few hours. After the pus starts coming out, it will be indicated when the pus is thick, yellow and the patient is sensitive to touch. Patient is chilly but unlike Silicea he is better in wet weather. It is great pain killer in boils. Suppuration around the root of the nails and the ends of fingers.

Silicea

When there is low healing power. The pus is thin and watery in indolent ulcers which refuse to heal. Give in high dilution 200 or 1000 to be repeated weekly or monthly respectively. The patient is chilly ; better in dry and warm weather and worse in wet and cold weather.

Merc. Iod

It is a good remedy in inflammatory stage of boils when there is no pus formation. In glandular abscesses. When pus is formed, it is green, thin and watery. Intense shining redness with throbbing and stinging pain.

Arnica Mont

Tendency to small painful boils one after another which are extremely sore. Small boils in crops.

Sulphur

Small boils in crops, if Arnica Mont, fails.

Anthraxinum

In carbuncles it is an excellent remedy. It has burning and high fever. Give in 1000 potency every fortnight. One dose will cure or greatly improve the condition.

Calcarea Sol

Abscesses slow to heal after rupture, with a continuous discharge of yellow pus. Patient desires the open air but senisitive to drafts. Tendency to the formation of abscesses.

Lachesis

Boils of bluish colour exuding acrid pus which is offensive. Burning pains. Sensitive to touch.

Tareutula C

Abscesses, boils, carbuncles, felons, malignant ulcers and gangrene. Hard, tender, inflamed hair follicle. Specific for boils at any stage Specific for abscesses under the arm pit.

Gunpowder

Boils, shingles, ascarides and for blood poisoning.

Myristica S

Suppuration of joints. It hastens suppuration and shortens its duration. Abscesses on ends of fingers and phalanges. Give in 3X dilution.

Carbolic Acid

Carbuncles on lumbar region with diabetes. Pus discharge with a very foul odour from several openings. Patient suffers from nausea and offensive vomiting. Give in 200 dilution.

Stramonium

Abscesses with excruciating pains, inflamma­tion, chronic carbuncles, boils, abscessess in the joints, especially left hip joint. Vicious septic state and formation of pus.

Ledum Pal

Boils or felons caused by needle pricks.

Picric Acid

Boils in the external ear.

Morbillinum

Recurrent boils in the external auditory meatus with terrible pains with a history of ancient measles.

Secale Cor

Boils small, painful with green contents; mature slowly.