Tonsillitis
Symptoms/Problems |
Remedy |
Frequency(doses) |
| Intercurrent remedy |
Bacillinum 1M |
fortnightly(3) |
| High fever with redness and enlarged tonsils;after exposure,throbbing pain extending to ears |
Belladonna 30 |
3 hourly |
| In chilly patient;over sensative to any kind of cold;tonsils enlarged;throbbing pain;suppurative stage |
Hepar sulph.30 or 200 |
4 hourly(3) |
| Empty swallowing difficult;worse by smoke |
Ignatia 200 or 1M |
10 min(3) |
| Complaints of tonsils begin in left side;worse by heat,vinegar,sour food and better by cold |
Lachesis 30 or 200 |
4 hourly(3) |
| Complaints begin in right side;extremely painful |
Lycopodium 200 or 1M |
10 min(3) |
| With fetid breath;redness and stinging pains;worse at night |
Mercurius sol.30 or 200 |
4 hourly |
| Slight exposure makes the tonsils worse;tonsils inflammated |
Baryta carb.200 or 1M |
10 min(3) |
| Tonsils red with white spots;painful |
Phytolacca d.30 |
4 hourly |
| Tonsillitis;alternate sides |
Lac caninum 200 |
10 min(3) |
| Swallowing difficult;dry cough |
Spongia 30 |
4 hourly |
| Can swallow liquid foods only;solid food gages |
Baptisia 30 |
4 hourly |
| Worse by heat;and better by cold;loss of thirst;stinging pain in tonsils |
Apis mel.200 |
10 min(3) |
| Follicular tonsillitis;due to streptococcus infection;pain while swallowing extending to the ears |
Ailanthus g.30 |
4 hourly |
| Swallowing difficult;patient looks prematurely old |
Zincum phos.30 or 200 |
4 hourly |
| Tonsils enlarged;painful with tendency to suppurate;chilly patient |
Silicea 200 or 1M |
10 min(3) |
| Chronic cases;tonsils ulcerating;patient covers himself with warm clothings even in summer |
Psorinum 200 or 1M |
10 min(3) |
| With chronic hardness of parotid glands;cough,worse 3 to 4 A.M. |
Kali carb.200 |
10 min(3) |
| Better from heat or hot drinks;and worse by cold;restlessness and burning sensation |
Arsenic alb.30 |
4 hourly |