Pyrogenium

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 ideation. Loquacious. Excited. Feels as if he covered the whole bed. Anxious and sensitive. Confused. Sense of duality. Hallucinations. Violent, throbbing headache. Pains are > during hot stage. Throbbings, < neck (Bell. Spi.). Sudden pulsation, with fever and intense restlessness. Rolls head side to side. Throbbing headache, > tight band. Sensation as of a cap on the head. Disgust at his own body odor. Fiery red, smooth tongue. Sweet taste. Nausea, > very hot drinks. Adhesive urinary sediment. Purring at heart. Feels heart; as if tired, big or full. PULSE QUICK, OUT OF ALL PROPORTION TO TEMPERATURE (Lil-t. Thyr.) or the reverse. Quickly oscillating temperature. The nails threaten to fly off. Chilly, wants to breathe heat of fire. Chills start between scapulæ; felt in bones; with sweat; at night. Fever, at menses. Puerperal sepsis. Slowly advancing hectic. Sweat, without relief; cold. Wants to inhale heat of fire. Follows: Lach.

Cold damp. Motion: Constant change of position. Hard rocking.

Heat. Hot bath. Pressure.

BLOOD. Heart. Circulation. Muscles.

Related: Anthraxin. Ars. Bap. Echi.

Pyrogen

A Product of Sepsis. A Nosode.

For saprsemia or septicaemia; puerperal or surgical from ptomaine or sewer gas infection; during course of diphtheria, typhoid or typhus; when the best selected remedy fails to > or permanently improve.

The bed feels hard (Arn.) ; parts lain on feel sore and bruised (Bapt.) ; rapid 'decubitus (Carb. ac.).

Great restlessness ; must move constantly to > the soreness of parts (Arm, Eup.).

Tongue: large, flabby; clean, smooth as if varnished ; fiery red ; dry, cracked, articulation difficult (Grot, Ter.).

Taste: sweetish; terribly pus-like ; as from an abscess.

Vomiting: persistent; brownish, coffee-ground;

offensive, stercoraceous ; with impacted or obstructed bowels (Op., Plb.).

Diarrhoea: horribly offensive (Psor. ) ; brown or black (Lep.) ; painless, involuntary; uncertain, when passing flatus (Aloe, Olean.).

Constipation: with complete inertia (Op., Sanic.) ; obstinate from impaction, in fevers; stool, large, black, carrion-like; small, black balls, like olives (Op., Plb.).

Foetus: or secundines retained, decomposed; dead for days, black; horribly offensive discharge; ‘ffiever well since” septic fever, following abortion or confinement. To arouse vital activity of uterus.

Lochia: thin, acrid, brown, very fetid (Nit. ac.) ; suppressed, followed by chills, fever and profuse fetid perspiration.

Distinct consciousness of a heart; it feels tired; as if enlarged; purring, throbbing, pulsating, constant in ears, preventing sleep; cardiac asthenia from septic conditions.

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

Skin; pale, cold, of an ashy hue (Sec.); obstinate, varicose, offensive ulcers of old persons (Psor.).

Chill : begins in the back^ between scapulae ; severe, general j of bones and extremities ; marking onset of septic fever; temperature 103 to 106; heat sudden, skin dry and burning; pulse rapid, small, wirey, 140 to 170; cold clammy sweat follows.

In septic fevers, especially puerperal. Pyrogen has demonstrated its great value as a homoeopathic dynamic antiseptic.

Psor., Rhus, Sec., Ver.

Latent pyogenic process, patient continually relapsing after apparent similimum.

Full of anxiety and insane notions. Loquacious. Thinks he is very wealthy. Restless. Feels if crowded with arms and legs. Cannot tell whether dreaming while awake or asleep.

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, which preparation has also been proved and clinically applied. There does not seem to be any marked difference in their effects. Pyrogen is the great remedy for septic states, with intense restlessness. "In septic fevers, especially puerperal, Pyrogen has demonstrated its great value as a homeopathic dynamic antiseptic. " (H. C. Allen). Hectic, typhoid, typhus, ptomaine poisoning, diphtheria, dissecting wounds, sewer-gas poisoning, chronic malaria, after-effects of miscarriage, all these conditions at times may present symptoms calling for this unique medicine. All discharges are horribly offensive-menstrual, lochial, diarrhœa, vomit, sweat, breath, etc. Great pain and violent burning in abscesses. Chronic complaints that date back to septic conditions. Threatening heart failure in zymotic and septic fevers. Influenza, typhoid symptoms.

Relief from motion.

Painless throbbing. Fan-like motion of alæ nasi (Lyc; Phos). Bursting headache with restlessness.

Tongue red and dry, clean, cracked, smooth, as though varnished. Throat dry, articulation difficult. Nausea and vomiting. Taste terribly fetid. Breath horrible.

Coffee-grounds vomiting. Vomits water, when it becomes warm in stomach.

Intolerable tenesmus o both bladder and rectum. Bloated, sore, cutting pain.

Diarrhœa; horribly offensive, brown-black, painless, involuntary. Constipation, with complete inertia (Opium); obstinate from impaction. Stools large, black, carrion-like, or small black balls.

Puerperal peritonitis, with extreme fetor. Septicæmia following abortion. Menses horribly offensive. Uterine hæmorrhages. Fever at each

menstrual period, consequent upon latent pelvic inflammation. Septic puerperal infection. Pelvic calculitis. Inflammatory exudate. Post-operative cases, with overwhelming sepsis.

Tired feeling about heart. Palpitation. Sensation as if heart were too full. Always can hear her heart beat. Pulse abnormally rapid, out of proportion to the temperature pain in region of left nipple. Conscious of heart.

Throbbing in vessels of neck. Numbness of hands, arms, feet. Aching in all limbs and bones. Bed feels too hard (Arn). Great debility in the morning. Soreness; better by motion (Rhus). Rapid decubitus of septic origin.

Small cut or injury becomes much swollen and inflamed-discolored. Dry.

Seems to be in semi-sleep. Dreams all night.

Coldness and chilliness. Septic fevers. Latent pyogenic condition. Chill begins in back. Temperature rises rapidly. Great heat with profuse hot sweat, but sweating does not cause a fall in temperature.

Compare: Streptoccin (anti-febrile action; septic symptoms in infectious diseases). Rapid in its action, especially in its effect on temperature; Staphyloccin in diseases where the staphylococcus is the chief bacterial factor, as acne, abscess, furuncle; empyæma, endocarditis, etc. ; Sepin-A toxin of Proteus vulgaris, prepared by Dr. Shedd, same symptoms as Pyrogen, of which it is the main constituent; Echinacea; Carbo; Ars; Lach; Rhus; Bapt. Complementary: Bryon.

Sixth to thirtieth and higher potencies. Should not be repeated too frequently.

Pyrogenium

Fever: 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 bruised condition is as marked as in Arnica and Baptisia; the aching in the bones like Eupatorium, the restlessness, > by motion and heat like Rhus.

Pains all aggravated sitting. Complaints come on from becoming cold, and from cold damp weather.

These features are found in hectic fevers in the last stages of phthisis, as well as septic fevers. It aborts puerperal fever in a few hours when clearly indicated. In cases of typhoid where there is the confusion like - that found in Baptisia and the heat is too intense for that remedy, Pyrogen should always be considered.

When the temperature reaches 106∞ and there is great soreness and aching this remedy will make great changes in a single day; but if the pains are > by motion and heat it will abort the fever. When the pulse is extremely high, and the temperature not correspondingly high this remedy will be useful. On the other hand, when the pulse and temperature are out of rhythm either way this remedy should be considered if the case is of septic origin. Great pain when the flow from an open abscess becomes scanty. Violent burning in an abscess (Ars., Anthr., Tarent. cubensis).

Offensiveness prevails extensively; even putrid and cadaveric odors of body, breath, sweat and discharges. Fevers from sewer gas poisoning; erysipelas from infection and surgical fevers. It cures many chronic complaints that date back to septic conditions. She has not been well since a puerperal fever many years ago, is a good reason for thinking of Pyrogen.

A young man of good inheritance suffered from blood poison and made a poor recovery, and for several years was affected with abscesses in various parts. He was pale and sickly, rheumatic and stiff; at this time there was an abscess of the calf slowly forming. He took Pyrogen and made a rapid and complete recovery. This time the abscess did not open. He has remained in good health now ten years.

It has cured Bright's disease that could be traced to septic origin It is a most useful remedy when there is threatening heart failure in septic and zymotic fevers. Septic hemorrhage, when the blood is dark. It will often save life in the most dangerous and rapid septic fevers.

Loquacity; can think and talk faster than ever before, especially during fever.

Irritable. Delirium and confusion of mind about his body and limbs (Bapt.).

Sensation as though he covered the whole bed. Knew her head was on the pillow, but did not know where the rest of the body was. Feels when lying on one side she is one person, and another when turning on the other side. Sensation as though crowded with arms and legs.

These symptoms are much like Baptisia, but if the temperature runs very high Baptisia will not meet the condition so well as Pyrogen.

Head: Violent congestion of the head with pressing pain and pulsation, > by pressure. Copious sweat on the head.

Pain in occiput on coughing; in the morning on walking.

The eyeballs are sore to touch, on turning them outwards or upwards.

Septic bleeding from nose.

Fan-like motion of aloe nasi (Lyc.). Face pale, sunken, and covered with cold sweat. Cheeks red and burning hot.

Mouth: The mouth is foul, and the taste putrid. The tongue is coated, and brown.

Brown streak down the center.

Sordes on the teeth.

Putrid odor from mouth.

Vomiting of bile, blood; of putrid masses. Vomits water when it becomes warm in the stomach.

Stercoraceous vomiting.

Coffee ground vomiting.

Thirst for cold drinks during chill and heat.

Abdomen: Distension and great sensitiveness of abdomen.

Inflammation of peritoneum, intestines and uterus, of septic origin.

Rumbling in bowels.

Pain on deep breathing.

Cutting, colicky pain.

Pain in right side going through to the back < on every motion, talking and breathing; > by lying on right side; groaning with every breath. Copious, liquid, putrid stools.

Involuntary stool.

Profuse, watery, painless stool.

Stool carrion-like.

The difficult constipated stool also like carrion in odor.

Constipation with hard dry, black, putrid stools; small black balls like olives.

Putrid bloody stools.

Soft narrow stools with great straining. Haemorrhage from bowels.

Urines: Urine scanty or suppressed.

Red deposit, hard to wash off.

Albuminous urine containing casts.

Putrid urine.

Frequent calls to urinate as the fever comes on. Intolerable tenesmus of the bladder; spasmodic contractions, involving rectum, ovaries, and broad ligaments (case cured by Yingling). Involuntary urine and stool in septic fevers.

Women: Uterine haemorrhage.

Putrid, scanty lochia.

Suppressed lochia.

Violent chill; puerperal fever.

Menses lasting one day, then bloody leucorrhea. Septic fever following abortion.

Prolapsus of uterus.

Chest: Wheezing when expiring.

Weak and husky voice, and hoarseness. Cough with large masses of mucus from larynx, < by motion, and in warm room.

Cough causes burning in larynx and bronchi. Putrid, thick, purulent expectoration. Cough < by lying, > by sitting up.

Bloody or rusty expectoration.

Cough, with copious, offensive night sweats. It is a great palliative in the last weeks of consumption.

Abscesses in lung.

Heart failure in septic fevers, < by least motion. Every pulsation felt in distant parts. Anxiety and sinking sensation in region of heart. Distinct consciousness of the heart. Aching at the bifurcation of the trachea. Oppression of chest and heart.

Fullness in region of heart.

Feels as if the heart were pumping cold water (Yingling).

Palpitation. Loud heart beats.

Sensation of purring of the heart.

Rapid irregular fluttering pulse.

Back: Pulsation in the neck.

Weak feeling in the back. Stitching in back on coughing.

Pain in all the limbs with great restlessness. Aching in bones all over the body. Soreness of the muscles and the bed feels hard, > by motion.

Limbs: Cold extremities.

Numbness of extremities. Hands and arms numb. Hands cold and clammy. Pain in the thighs during chill and fever.

Pain in the knees and legs during chill and fever, ameliorated from walking, and from heat. Aching in legs while sitting, > by walking. Aching above knee as if bone were broken, > by stretching of limbs and motion. Feet and legs dropsical. Numbness of feet.

Skin pale, cold, of ashy hue. Obstinate varicose offensive ulcers of old people. It has cured many, old fever sores with putrid, thin, bloody discharges. Carrion-like perspiration. Putrid odors of the body. Must be covered in all stages. Chill ameliorated by warm bed. The chill is quotidian; it comes in the evening, generally at 7 P.M. The periodicity is regular. Cold sweat on the body. Hot sweat with high temperature. The sleep is full of frightful dreams. Persistent thoughts prevent sleep. Suffocation in sleep. Cries out in sleep from oppression of chest.