Pyrogenium Anhängsel

 

Pyrogenium Comp. Hanosan

Bryonia                                                                                     Dil. D 4             0,8 mg

Crotalus horridus e venum sicc.                                                 Dil. D 12             0,4 mg

Echinacea             Ø             3,0 mg

Kalium chloricum                                                                         Dil. D 4             0,8 mg

Lachesis mutus                                                                         Dil. D 12             0,8 mg

Mercurius cyanatus (Hydrargyrum bicyanatum)                         Dil. D 6             1,0 mg

Pyrogenium-Nosode                                                                         Dil. D 8             0,8 mg

Rhus toxicodendron (Toxicodendron quercifolium )             Dil. D 6             0,4 mg

 

[Royal E. S. Hayes M.D. presents a serious Pyrogenum case. The pulse was small and rapid, with vomiting and frequent weak sinking spells. Perfect recovery occurred after the

remedy.

Mrs. L. ret. 26, being advanced 3 months with her 3rd pregnancy “took a long walk up the mountains,” which was followed by serious consequences. I was called soon after an

abortion. Puls. quickly relieved the haemorrhage and pains. All went well for two days, when the woman complained of severe pains in the back extending to the pubes. << a change of position. She was unable to move without bringing on copious gushes of bright colored blood mixed with clots. Sabina was given, with the result that I found her so much improved that

I said I would not call again for a few days unless sent for.

I was sent for just a week later. I found that during the week she had been passing putrid shreds and pieces of membrane, together with an acrid, offensive lochial discharge.

The stench which filled the house was simply horrible. Even the curiosity of the neighbours could not withstand it; they could not stay in the house. On the day on which I was called

she had a shaking chill in the forenoon, which lasted over an hour and was followed by repeated lighter ones. The temperature at 2 P. M. was 102.4. The pulse was small and rapid.

She complained of headache, vomiting and frequent weak “sinking spells.” The abdomen was distended, the pelvic organs and bowels quite tender.  She was constantly walking about

the room to relieve the bruised aching and soreness.

It was not a very pleasant state of things for either patient or physician. Such a state needs a remedy that has the power to go to the root of the condition and establish reaction in short order or there will be a dangerous illness from which there may never be reaction. Pyrogen is just such a remedy in these conditions and was prescribed at this time.

Next morning I prepared my instruments for curetting. When I called, however, I found that a change had taken place. The temperature had dropped to 99.5 F., there was almost no

pain and the discharge had improved in appearance and odor. This went on a few days to perfect recovery.

Pyrogen is a morbific product. The keynote of its sphere of usefulness is sepsis. The most frequent use for it is found in sapraemia and septicaemia (puerperal) from an unknown cause

or from a local source and in the chronic effects of such a sickness. But it is just as useful in typhoid fever, diphtheria, ptomaine poisoning, poisoning from sewer gas, abscess, malignant pustule or any septic process when those conditions present the characteristic indications of the remedy. I have the best results with it in poisoned or septic wounds where the case had been neglected or had been dallying with surgical fussing so long that the whole organism had become impressed by the effect of pus in the system.

In a case of suppurative peritonitis from which a large quantity of pus had been evacuated, slow improvement continued for a few weeks, after which the boy persistently remained

at a standstill both in general condition and locally. Repeated efforts at discovery of symptomatic indications for a remedy were made in vain. Then a dose of Pyrogen was given on

the theory that long continued exposure to pus had made the impression which was retarding progress. The Pyrogen was followed by a sharp rise of fever, which lasted about a day,

after which the improvement was truly remarkable.

Sometime after abortion the infection pursues a local track and extends up the urinary tract, causing large quantities of pus in the urine. The characteristic indications for Pyrogen will usually be found in these cases. When, after labor, in addition to offensive and putrid lochia the woman develops an insidious fever and complains of bruised pains in the body and

that the bed feels hard, necessitating occasional change of position, the Pyrogen bottle had better be taken out, for it is then more valuable than all the antiseptics and curetting

instruments in the world. There is only a bare possibility that these will have to be used, too.

Never forget the possibility of Pyrogen being needed in diphtheria, for if it is needed but not used the case may as well be turned over to the undertaker. The case is malignant.

There is great swelling of the parts, which are dark red and bluish, bleeding easily, and suppurating, or even gangrenous. When the little patient coughs blood and pus is discharged.

A horrible odor fills the house. There are great noises in breathing and the chest organs seem about to be invaded by the septic process. There is great restlessness and bodily soreness, abdominal soreness and pain. If the case is late the pulse is rapid and cardiac paralysis threatens.

Who would expect Antitoxin to cure such a case? Everybody who has observed the effects of Antitoxin with an unprejudiced mind and knows how to distinguish between the effects

of drugs and disease knows that it would be exceedingly dangerous. Pyrogen has cured even then and will often if properly managed. But when the case has gone quite far the physician must be satisfied with a little improvement each day for two or three days before decided change may take place.

A friend of mine relates his experience in an epidemic of real diphtheria some years ago. His allopathic neighbors, with their Antitoxin swelled the population of the graveyards in large numbers. My friend had some 20 cases which he treated with Pyrogen 6th and cured every case. Some of the “Regulars” came to him and asked him what it was that he used.

He wrote a paper about the whole matter, Antitoxin and all, and read it to his conferees, but, of course, they would not believe any such nonsense as that.

In every case of acute disease that I have cured with Pyrogen the acute action has been followed by a long continued action as a general alterative, better health following than was present before. Pyrogen not only removes the acute symptoms, but digs out old constitutional tendencies which the patient had before the local infection was present.

Some of the keynote indications of Pyrogen are:

Soreness of the flesh; the parts lain upon feel sore and bruised. Patient complains that ‘the bed feels hard/

Restless, must move constantly to relieve the sore, bruised and aching pains. Sometimes motion does not relieve.

 Confusion as to different parts of the body. For instance, in a case of slow fever the man thought that a neighbor’s leg had taken the place of one of his own and that

his leg was doing service out in the field with the neighbour.

Tongue clean, smooth, glazed, fiery red.

Sweetish, fetid, pus-like taste in the mouth as from an abscess.

Vomiting-, persistent, coffee ground or stercoraceous.

Diarrhoea, horribly offensive, putrid, brown or black, involuntary, or there may be constipation with large black stools of carrion odor.

Lochia thin, acrid, brown, fetid or suppressed and followed by chills, fever and profuse fetid perspiration.

Chills severe, general, marking onset of septic fever; pulse small, wiry, rapid, out of proportion to temperature ; cold sweat.

Rapid decubitus.

Threatened cardiac paralysis from septic conditions.”

These symptoms give a picture of dangerous malignant processes which tax the resources of the physician to the utmost, unless he has made the acquaintance of Pyrogen. 

I have never seen Pyrogen indicated in those cases of puerperal fever of violent onset which begin with a severe chill twenty-four hours after confinement. These are of different

character than those due to sapraemia.

I prefer to use Pyrogen in a single dose of the higher potencies.  But if, through lack of experience, one’s courage is weak, it may be used in the 30th and repeated until improvement begins. It must then be discontinued lest the malignant forces blaze up anew.

On account of its malignant nature it is not sold in a lower potency than the 6th, I believe.  A full account of Pyrogen may be found in Clarke’s Dictionary.  If anyone’s homoeopathic enthusiasm has become a bit wearied (which seems impossible) let him get Clarke’s Dictionary and he will become refreshed. How could we get along without it now!

Excerpted From: The  Homoeopathic Recorder Volume XXIV –  1909

 

[Dr. Robert Séror]

Clinical: sweating near anus. Bed-sores. Bright's disease.

Constipation/diarrhœa/dysentery. Eczema.

Fever enteric/hectic/fever/Indian continued/puerperal. Fistula. Headache. Heart, rapid action of; consciousness of; failure of. Influenza. ulceration of obstruction of intestines. abscess

of ovary. Peritonitis.

Phthisis pulmonalis.

Ptomaine poisoning/pyæmia/sepsis. Pott's curvature of spine. Tabes mesenterica. Tb. Typhilitis. obstinate varicose Ulcers, Abscess. Varicosis.

In Sanderson's experiments with Pyrog. the following effects were observed.

1.      From a non-fatal dose: The animal shivers and begins to move about restlessly. Temperature rises 2° - 3° C., the maximum being reached in 3 hours. Thirst and vomiting come on, followed by feculent and thin mucous, and finally bloody diarrhœa and tenesmus. In 5 hours these symptoms begin to subside, and the animal recovers with wonderful rapidity.

2.      When death occurs it is from heart failure.

In non-fatal cases with gastro-enteric symptoms the temperature gradually rises for 4 hours, and as gradually subsides: in fatal cases it rises rapidly to 104° F., then rapidly declines to below normal.

2. From a fatal dose: There is intestinal hæmorrhage, purging, collapse, and death.

 

After death extravasations of blood are found in heart/pleura/pericardium; the spleen is enlarged and full of blood. Mucous membrane of stomach and small intestines is intensely injected with detachment of epithelium and exudation of bloody fluid, which distends the gut. The blood is dark, the corpuscles being in clumps instead of rolls, and many being dissolved in the liquor sanguinis.

 

White corpuscles partially disintegrated. Drysdale prepared a tincture of Pyrog. he preferred to call Pyrexin, since it is not a mere fever-producer: others have called it Sepsin; but this too is close to Septicæmin, a name given to a related and perhaps identical nosode: I have chosen to retain the name Pyrogen, by which the remedy is best known in homœopathy and put his own suggestion into practice. His success was very encouraging, but as he continued to use the Ø tincture and lowest attenuations the difficulty of keeping the preparation was not small; and the remedy did not come into extensive use till Burnett published his pamphlet on Pyrogenium in Fevers and Blood-poisoning in 1888.

Burnett used chiefly the 6th centesimal dilution, which is perfectly harmless, and which will keep indefinitely. Heath, who made one of the preparations used by Burnett, gave some of

it to Swan, of New York, who ran it up into the high infinitesimals.

The remainder of the symptoms of the Schema are for the most part clinical. Yingling collected symptoms from many reported cases, and arranged them with the symptoms of the proving. (Yingling erroneously describes Pyrog. as prepared from "pus from septic abscess." This is Septicæmin. He refers, however, to Burnett's pamphlet and to cases cured with Pyrog., leaving the actual substance referred to not in doubt.

[H.C. Allen]

Proving and most of the cases in Med. Adv., rightly describes Pyrog. as a "Product of Sepsis.". Drysdale's original cases include a number in which threatened typhoid was averted, a case of tabes mesenterica cured, and one of ulceration of the colon greatly benefited. Burnett's were cases of fully developed typhoid all cut short at the height by Pyrog. 6 given every 2 hours. In his pamphlet included a successful experience of Dr. Shouldham's with Pyrog. 6 in 2 cases of diphtheritic sore threat. I have had ample opportunity of observing the power of Pyrog. over typhoid fever, and typhoid and hectic states, including one of discharging abscess connected with Pott's disease of the spine.

H.C. Allen: in septic states: "When the best selected remedies fail to relieve or permanently improve" analogous to the action of Psor. and Sulph. in other conditions.

Also: "Latent pyogenic process, patient continually relapsing after apparent simillimum." As Pyrog. is a product of carrion, the carrion-like odour of bodily emaciations, secretions,

and excretions is a keynote for its use.

 

Homeopathic Remedies for GWI/GWS

[Erika Price]

Illnesses from sepsis-pathogenic microorganisms +/or their toxins, septic conditions and infections, bacterial poisoning, remote effects of hepatitis, diptheria, chronic malaria, sewer gas poisoning.

Surgical infections, dissecting wounds. Blood-poisoning or absorption of pus. Typhoid fever. Ptomaine poisoning.

Fever: high fever temperature around 106° F; violent chill followed by heat and sweating; dry heat, marked aching of limbs, restless; with accelerated pulse out of all proportion to the height of the temperature or the severity of the other symptoms, slow pulse with high fever and fast pulse with low fever; the heart seems to feel the brunt of the attack and its action

is greatly increased; heart becomes weak and muscles prostrated; feels hot as if he had a fever of 105° F, but was only 99° F; great heat with profuse how sweat, but sweating does not cause a fall in temperature; chill begins in back between scapulae, felt in bones with sweat, at night; frequent urination. Chronic complaints that date back to septic conditions (micro-organisms or their toxins). It occupies an important place in every case of blood-poisoning be it from diphtheria, typhoid, typhus or any other malignant disease to which human flesh

is subject. Horrible offensiveness of all the discharges of the body: the breath, sweat, vomit, menstrual, lochia, stools, diarrhea, and other excretions, have dead putrefying smell.

Blood poisoning: with septic fever, the first remedy to be thought of in a case of septicemia from either childbirth or surgical or any other cause; intense restlessness; blood poisoning (when other indicated remedy don't work). Toxemia or septicaemia (pathogenic bacteria in bloodstream), whether after tooth extraction, in peritonitis, skin or urinary infection.

Septic wounds, cuts, bites.

Heart: cardiac weakness from septic conditions; palpitations <: by motion; throbbing feeling in head and ears, preventing sleep; audible loud heartbeat.

Malaria: chronic; with high fevers and intense restlessness.

Miscarriage: septic miscarriages; after-effects of miscarriage.

<: Cold/damp; sitting; moving eyes;

>: Motion/changing position/hard rocking/walking; pressure/stretching; heat/hot/bath/drinks;

Restless. Anxiety and irrational notions. Loquacious; Can talk and think faster than ever before (during the fever); talks or whispers in sleep. Cannot tell whether dreaming while awake

or asleep. Active brain/making speeches and writing articles at night. Irritable/delirium and confusion of mind about his body and limbs. After the fever the hallucination persists that

he is very wealthy and has a large sum of money in the bank: "Delusion/that he is very wealthy."

Very sensitive to cold. Face is pale/cold and ashen/then flushed. Cheeks red and burning hot. Dry skin.

 

 

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