Homoeopathy — Page 589
Pyrogenium 589 PYROGENIUM Pyrogenium is prepared from the putrid matter obtained from decomposed meat, which is deadly poisonous. On ingesting decomposed meat, either a person catches high fever, becomes disorientated and then dies, or keeps suffering from its ill effects for a long time. Pyrogenium has been so frequently referred to in this book that the reader may think that he has already read about it. Here, it is described briefly. In a Pyrogenium patient, the discharges are extremely foul and poisonous, producing high fever, even death. It is a very powerful panacea for puerperal sepsis i. e. the fever developing after childbirth due to the infection and putrefaction of the retained placental contents in the uterus. It is extremely effective in curing this dreadful and potentially fatal condition. If Sulphur 200 is used in combination with Pyrogenium 200, it works even better. Like Arsenic, it can also be of use in the treatment of influenza complicated by severe weakness and restlessness. Arsenic and Pyrogenium given together work much better in invigorating the weakness. The same prescription stands high in the treatment of diarrhoea and dysentery associated with foul smell. All sorts of catarrhal fevers associated with chills, putrefaction and restlessness can be satisfactorily treated with Pyrogenium, Bacillinum and Natrum Mur. In Pyrogenium, like Phosphorus, there is intense thirst for cold water. The cold water soon becomes warm inside the stomach and induces vomiting. The Pyrogenium patient is very cold deep down to the bones, yet likes to drink cold water. In this condition, Pyrogenium should be mixed with Phosphorus. Pyrogenium is also useful in combating bad breath. If the patient also feels very cold, then Psorinum should be added to Pyrogenium. I have found the combination of Pyrogenium 200 and Typhoidinum 200 very useful in the treatment of all typhoid patients. My late father also used Pyrogenium in the treatment of typhoid. Most probably it is he who invented this particular combination. In addition