by C.M. Boger — General Analysis
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Pyrogenium appears in 8 of the 13 classic books on Similia. Each was written to do a different job — here is what each adds on this remedy, with the opening of its entry.
“A Product of Sepsis. (A Nosode.) For sapraemia or septicemia; puerperal or surgical from ptomaine or sewer gas infection; during course of diphtheria, typhoid or tyhpus; when the best selected remedy fails to > or permanently improve . The bed feels hard (Arn.); parts lain on feel sore and bruised (Bapt.); rapid…”
“Artificial Sepsin This remedy was introduced by English Homeopathists, prepared from decomposed lean beef allowed to stand in the sun for two weeks and then potentized. The provings and most of the clinical experience have been obtained from this preparation. But, subsequently, Dr. Swan potentized some septic pus…”
“BLOOD. Heart. Circulation. Muscles. Cold damp. Motion: Constant change of position. Hard rocking. Heat. Hot bath. Pressure. Aching , BRUISED, SORE and prostrate; yet restless. Bed seems hard. Bone pains. Foul, taste, secretions, odor of body, etc. Rosy, red streaks. Decomposition or sepsis. .................... Rapid…”
“Pyrogen. Pyrexin. Sepsin. A product of the decomposition of chopped lean beef in water, allowed to stand in the sun for two or three weeks. Dilutions; (which should be made, according to Burnett, direct and without glycerine). Abscess / Anus, sweating near / Bed-sores / Bright's disease / Constipation / Diarrhœa /…”
“The potencies prepared from Heath's 3d of decomposed beef have been used by the author for many years against all forms of septic fever and sequelae, when the symptoms agree. Violent chill intermingled with heat and sweat, or dry heat with marked aching in the limbs; restlessness, > by motion and heat. The sore…”
“Common name: sepsin. This remedy is employed in typhoid and septic conditions when the well-selected remedy fails to relieve (Bl.). Diseases originating in ptomaine or sewer gas infection (N.). Septic conditions following abortions and confinements, when the lochia is thin, acrid, and very fœtid, or suppressed (Bl.)…”
“Diseases originating in ptomaine or sewer gas infection. The bed feels hard, parts lain on sore and bruised, must move to relieve the soreness. Tongue: large, flabby, clean, smooth as if varnished; fiery red, cracked, difficult articulation; vomiting, persistent, brownish coffee ground, offensive, stercoraceous…”
Kent's Repertory lists Pyrogenium in 213 rubrics. These are the ones where it carries the highest grade — the symptoms Kent treated as most characteristic. Most of them sit in EXTREMITIES (37), GENERALITIES (25), FEVER (19), CHILL (13), RECTUM (13).
