- Hot, dry skin. Eruption of pustules. SHINGLES
- Profuse, bad smelling sweat. EXCRUCIATING BACKACHE. ACHING IN LEGS.
Source: A nosode
Synonyms: Pus from Smallpox pustule
Prover: Dr Swan, Dr Burnett
Duration of Action: Indefinite
Introduction and History: The cardinal symptoms of smallpox are the keynote symptoms for the use of Variolinum.
Preparation and Parts Used: Trituration is prepared from the matter of smallpox vesicles; from which higher potencies are prepared.
Seat of Action (Pharmacodynamics): It acts on blood, spine, muscles, metabolism, throat, blood vessels, uterus, eyes, etc.
Characteristic Mental Symptoms (Psychology)
- Morbid fear of smallpox.
- Crazy feeling in the brain.
Characteristic Physical Guiding Symptoms
Variola simplex
(i) It cures confluent and malignant pustules or eruptions; as well as varioloid and varicella.
(ii) It acts as a preventive of, or protection against smallpox.
(iii) It is far safer than crude vaccination and provides protection from the sequelae, especially septic and tubercular infection.
Muscles: General aching in the muscles; worse in back, occiput and legs.
Blood vessels: Calcareous deposits in the blood vessels, spinal cord. etc.
Headache: Accompanied with icy coldness of feet and hands.
Mouth: Tongue protrudes during sleep. Foul, metallic taste. Offensive mouth.
Vomiting: Of milk immediately after drinking it.
Backache: It is useful for breaking backache. Pains from back, shift to abdomen.
Fever: Fever, as if cold water trickling down the back. Violent chill. Intense burning fever. Foul sweat.
Skin: There are foul, pustular eruptions on the skin.
Important Characteristic Features
Fever: Violent fever with extremely hot skin, with or without an increased pulse. Fever, as if cold water trickling down the back. Violent chill. Intense burning fever.
General Modalities
Aggravation: Motion, vaccination.
Remedy Relationships
Antidotes: Ant-t, Maland, Sara, Thuj, Vac.
Comparison
Antimonium tartaricum: It is a specific remedy for smallpox when catarrhal and gastric symptoms are present.
Hydrastis canadensis: It modifies smallpox, abolishing its distressing symptoms, shortening its course, lessening its dangers and greatly mitigating its consequences.
Belladonna: Fever and excessive inflammation after vaccination.
Silicea terra: Removes ill-effects of vaccination, especially suppuration at the site of vaccination.
Thuja occidentalis: Removes the pain following vaccination from the spot.
Dosage: 200 to CM.
Repetition: Single and minimum dose is effective.
Therapeutic Value: Smallpox, Irido-cyclitis, Uterine haemorrhages, Herpes zoster, Typhoid, Contusion, Deafness, Inflamed eyelids,