Pyrogenium

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.).

Chronic complaints that date back to septic conditions (Br.).

Puerperal peritonitis (Apis, Bell.) (Br.).

RAPID DECUBITUS (Ars., Carb-Ac., Lach., Sec.) (A.).

Post-operative cases, with overwhelming sepsis (Br.).

Great restlessness; must move constantly (Ars., Phos.) (A.).

The bed feels hard, parts lain on sore and bruised; must move to relieve the soreness (Arn., Bapt.) (N.).

Skin pale, cold, of an ashy hue (Sec.) (A.).

BONE-PAINS (Eup-P., Ipec.) (B.).

Loquacious (Bell., Hyos., Lach., Stram.) (B.).

Excited (Bell., Stram.) (B.).

Sense of duality (Anac., Petr.) (B.).

Hallucination (Hyos.) (B.).

Vomits water, when it becomes warm in the stomach (Chlf., Phos.) (Br.)

Full of anxiety and insane notions (Br.).

Thinks he is very wealthy (Bell., Cann-I., Sulph., Verat.) (Br.).

Tongue: Large, flabby, clean, smooth, as if varnished; fiery red, cracked; difficult articulation (N.).

Taste: Sweetish, terribly fœtid, pus-like (A.).

Breath horribly offensive (Bapt., Merc., Sulph.) (A.).

ALL THE DISCHARGES ARE HORRIBLY OFFENSIVE (Bapt., Carb-Ac., Nit-Ac., Psor., Sulph.) (Br.).

Vomiting: Persistent, brownish, coffee-ground like, offensive, stercoraceous (N.).

Vomiting with impacted or obstructed bowels (Op., Plb.) (A.).

Constipation with complete inertia (Bry., Op., Sanic., Sil.) (A.).

STOOL: LARGE, BLACK, CARRION-LIKE; SMALL BLACK BALLS, LIKE OLIVES (A.).

Diarrhœa: Horribly offensive, brown or black (Ars., Kali-P., Lach.); painless, involuntary (Kali-P., Podo., Sulph.) (N.).

Fever each menstrual period consequent upon latent pelvic inflammation (Br.).

Pulse abnormally rapid, out of all proportion to temperature (Lil-T.) (A.).

Coldness and numbness of hands and feet, of arms and legs (A.).

DISTINCT CONSCIOUSNESS OF A HEART; IT FEELS TIRED, AS IF ENLARGED; PURRING, THROBBING, PULSATING, CONSTANT IN EARS, PREVENTING SLEEP (N.).

Chronic malaria (Ars., Ipec., Nat-M.) (Br.).

Aching in the limbs, or over the entire body as from a severe cold (A.).

Chill begins in the back between the scapulæ (Caps., Eup-P., Polyp.) (A.).

Frequent urging to urinate as soon as fever came on; urine profuse and clear as spring water; could tell when fever was coming on from frequent calls to urinate (A.).

Chilly as soon as he touches the cold sheets (Aran.) (A.).

Circumscribed redness of the cheeks during the hot stage (A.).

Quickly oscillating temperature (B.).

Cold sweat over the entire body (Camph.) (A.).

Sweat without relief (Bell., Merc.) (B.).

Menses: Horribly offensive, carrion-like, a rotten odour; last but a day, then a bloody leucorrhœa of the same horrible odour (A.).

Seems to be in semi-sleep; dreams all night (Br.).

Suppression of lochia, followed by chills, fever and profuse, fœtid perspiration (Sec.) (A.).

Sapræmia or septicæmia (Arn., Bry., Chin., Hyos., Kali-P., Lach., Lyc., Op., Phos., Rhus-T.) (A.).

After-effects of miscarriage (Chin., Sec.) (Br.).

Fœtus or secundines retained, decomposed; dead for days; black, horribly offensive discharge (A.).

Cardiac asthenia from septic conditions (Ars., Kali-P., Lach., Phos., Sec.) (A.).

Threatening heart failure in zymotic and septic fevers (Br.).

Obstinate, varicose, offensive ulcers of old persons (Psor., Sec.) (A.).

Dissecting wounds (Ars.) (Br.).

AGGRAVATION: From cold; from passing flatus; and at night.

AMELIORATION: From motion; from heat; and from pressure.

RELATIONSHIP: Compare: Arn., Ars., Bapt., Carb-Ac., Carb-V., Echin., Kali-P., Lach., Op., Rhus-T., Psor., Sec., Sulph, and Verat.

Follows: Bry., Lach. and Rhus-T., well.