Homoeopathic remedies

We will give the indications for the homoeopathic remedies indicated in the different forms of syphilis.

Just here I wish to call attention to the mechanical treatment of the syphilitic affection of the tongue and mouth known as keratosis or ichthyosis linguae, or as leukoplakia specifica, which is due to unequal development of epithelium over different papillae, and which is by no means a very easy affection to treat successfully, caustic, astringent, and disinfecting applications having but little effect upon it; according to Dr. Horwitz, it is best managed by mechanical scraping. He uses a sharp spoon, with which he re­moves the thickened epithelium; in order to accomplish this, several sittings may be required. He scrapes away the indurated tissue until the surface presents the appearance of a multitude of minute-bleeding points, showing that the vascular loops in the papillae of the dermis have been reached. Iodoglycerine, glycerine of borax or a ten per cent, solution of sulphate of copper is applied to the raw surface. The pain is usually not severe, but in the case of sensitive persons cocaine can be used.

Indications for the homoeopathic remedies useful in syphilitic affections:
Arsenicwn. - Inflammation and swelling of genitals; phagedenic and gangrenous chancres; copper-colored eruptions on genitals; burning pimples or pustular eruptions on skin. Adsafoetide. - Tertiary syphilis, especially after abuse of mercury;   ulcers,   particularly  when   affecting  the bones, discharging ichorous, fetid, thin pus; syphilitic caries and necrosis, with fetid and bloody suppuration; ulcers very sensitive to touch; extreme nocturnal pains.

Aurum. - Secondary syphilis; low-spirited; bones of skull painful when lying on them; exostosis on head; caries of mastoid process of temporal bone, with fetid otorrhoea; caries of nose, with offensive discharge of pus from nose; inflammation of bones of face; putrid smell from mouth, with caries of palate; ulcers which attack the bones; headache from tophi in different parts of cranial bones.

Auri et sodii chloridum. - Syphilis, after abuse of mercury, or when during secondary or tertiary stages, the bones of the nose are affected, or the throat is ulcerated.

Badiaga. - Syphilitic bubo, as hard as a stone, uneven ragged, at night violent lancinations, as if with red hot needles, even when decided fluctuation has already set in.

Belladonna. - Large and painful buboes, with intense inflammation of integuments, presenting a deep-red hue, and extending over large surfaces; phlegmonous phimosis and paraphimosis; erysipelatous  balanitis; painful eruptions.

Berberis aquifolium. - Inveterate cases of tertiary syphilis.

Cdkarea fluor. - Chancres hard and indurated.

Calcarea sulph. - In bubo to control suppuration. Chronic suppurating stage of syphilis.

Carbo an. - Indurated buboes, with lancinating or cutting pains; chancre; nasal syphilis.

Carbo veg. - Syphilitic ulcers with high edges that become irritable  from topical treatment;  margins  of sores sharp, ragged, undermined; discharge thin, acrid, offensive, ulcer painful and liable to bleed freely when touched; vesicles or blisters on prepuce; burning of labia; burning eruptions on skin.

Cinnabar is. - Swelling of penis; redness and swelling of prepuce, with painful itching, violent itching of corona glandis, with profuse secretion of pus; small shining red points on the glands; blennorrhoea of glands; sycotic excrescences; violent erections in the evening; small ulcer on roof of mouth, on the right side of tip of tongue, and on tip.

Coral rubr. - Chancre and gonorrhoea of glands.

Corydalis. - Syphilitic nodes on skull; ulceration of fauces; profuse morbid secretion of mucus; tongue coated, with fetid breath.

Ferrum phos. - Bubo with heat, throbbing or tenderness.

Hecla lava. - Destructive ulceration of the nasal bones.


Hepar. - Mercurius-syphilitic diseases of gums; pains in bones; chancres not painful, but disposed to bleed readily; margins of ulcers elevated and spongy looking, without granulations in their centre; buboes after mercurial treatment; phimosis, with discharge of pus, accompanied by throbbing; itching of penis, glands, and fraenum; ulcers like chancres on prepuce; humid soreness on genitals, scrotum, and folds between thigh and scrotum; humid, suppu­rating herpes praeputialis.

Hydrastis. - Ozaena, with ulceration, bloody or mixed purulent discharge; mercurial salivation.

Kali bich. - Syphilitic affections of mouth and fauces; bone pains, with stitches as if from sharp needles; periodical wandering pains all over the body; pustular syphiloderma; indurated chancre.

Kali hydroiodicwm. - Secondary and tertiary syphilis; abuse of mercury.

Kali mur. - Soft chancre, 3x tr. internally, and also externally as a lotion; chronic stage of syphilis. In bubo for the soft swelling.

Kali phos. - Phagedenic chancre and bubo.

Kali sulph. - Syphilis, with yellow, slimy coating; tongue coated yellow; aggravation in the evening. Chronic syphilis.

Lachesis. - Phagedenic chancre; gangrene of glands and mons veneris; ulcers in throat and inflamed tonsils; caries of tibia; flat ulcers on lower extremities, with blue and purple areola.


Lycopodium. - Chancres with raised edges; indolent chancres, with thick, rounded, prominent margins, granulations flabby or absent; eruptions on glands; cpndylomata; syphilitic ulcers in mouth.

Mercurius corros. - Excessive pain, swelling, and inflammation; regular indurated Hunterian chancre with larda-ceous bottom; swelling and redness of nose, ozaena; mar­gins of soft chancre dark-red, painful, and easily bleeding; neighboring parts oedematous, hot, and painful; chancres on inner surface of praeputium or corona glands; chancres with ichor adhering to the bottom of ulcer so firmly that it cannot be removed by washing; ulcers with thin pus, leaving stains upon the linen, as from melted tallow; pha­gedenic ulcers in mouth, gums, and throat, with fetid breath; tonsils swollen and covered with ulcers; bubo and swelling of glands generally.

Mercur. iodat. rubr. - Hunterian hard chancre; threatened gangrene of glands in paraphimosis; soreness of bones of face; sharp shooting stitches in the end of penis through the glands; old buboes, discharging for years.

Mercur. vivus. - Red chancre on prepuce; spreading and deeply penetrating ulcer on glands and prepuce; pale-red vesicles, forming small ulcers after breaking, on glands and prepuce; painful bleeding chancres, with yellowish, fetid discharge; small chancres, with a cheesy bottom and inverted red edges; ulcers of glands and prepuce, with cheesy, lardaceous bottom and hard edges.

Mezereum. - Syphilitic periostitis; constant headache from tophi of skull; pains through whole body, with nightly pains in the bones, brought on by syphilis, mercury, or both combined; bones inflamed, swollen, especially shafts of cylindrical bones; fainting sort of vertigo; weary of life.

Natrum mur. - Chronic syphilis,  serous exudations, etc.

Natrum sulph. - Condylomata of anus, syphilitic in origin, externally and internally.

Nux vom. - Chancroid; shallow and flat-bottomed ulceration, showing a disposition to spread irregularly and in­definitely, exuding a thin, serous discharge.

Nitric acid. - Phagedenic chancres; ulcers in urethra, with purulent or bloody mucous discharge; ulcers bleed when touched, with exuberant, but pale and flabby granulations, irregular edges; most condylomata, like cauliflower, or on thin pedicles; ulcers in vagina, looking as if covered with yellow pus. with burning pain or itching; copper-colored spots on anus; syphilitic ulcers in mouth; syphilitic epilepsy and melancholia.

Phosphoric acid. - Chancres with raised edges; chancres like an indolent ulcer, edges thick, rounded, and prominent; granulations pale and flabby, or absent; corroding, itching herpes praeputialis; blisters and condylomata on glands; sycotic excrescences, chronic, with heat, burning and soreness, when sitting or walking; fig-warts, compli­cated with chancre; painless swelling of glands; interstitial ostitis of mercurio-syphilitic origin, with nocturnal pains, as if bones were scraped with a knife.

Phytolacca. - Secondary syphilis; ulcers in throat and genitals; syphilitic rheumatism and syphilitic eruptions; pains shift; joints swollen, red; periostitis; pains in middle of long bones, or attachment of muscles, worse at night, and in damp weather; glans inflamed, swollen; ulcers with appearance as if punched out, lardaceous bottom; weakness and prostration, but no paralytic symptoms.

Sepia. - Indolent chancre; burning itching, humid, or scurfy herpes praeputialis; chappy herpes, with a circular desquamation of skin; eruptions on glans and labia; itching and dry eruptions on genitals; chancres on glans and prepuce.

Silicea. - Chancres with raised edges; inflamed, painful, irritable chancres, with discolored, thin, and bloody discharge, granulations indistinct or absent; painful eruptions on mons veneris; itching, moist or dry eruption of red pimples or spots on genitals; chronic syphilis with suppurations or indurations; ulcerated cutaneous affections where mercury has been given to excess, nodes in tertiary syphi­lis; caries and necrosis with discharge of offensive pus.

Staphisagria. - Soft, humid excrescences on and behind corona glandis; dry, pediculated fig-warts; excrescences and nodosities of gums; female sexual organs painfully sensitive, especially when sitting; mercurialism.

Stillingia. - Secondary syphilis; extreme torture from bone-pains; nodes on head and legs.

Sulphur. - -Inflammation and swelling of sexual organs, with deep rhagades; burning and redness of prepuce; deep suppurating ulcer on glans and prepuce, with puffed edges; phimosis, with discharge of fetid pus; glandular swellings, indurated or suppurating.

Thuja. - Chancres, with pain as from a splinter sticking; sycotic moist excrescences on prepuce and glans; moist mucous tubercles; itching ulcers with unclean bottoms, or whitish chancres with hard edges.