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 seven to eight times a day. If a patient passes odorous stools,
then Baptisia 30 should also be included, seven to eight times a day.
Pyrogenium is also effective against malaria, which is
untreatable with common remedies. The patient feels severe chills and is
restless like Arsenic and the discharges are extremely foul smelling. In cattle also, Pyrogenium 200 and Sulphur
200 are equally effective in the treatment of puerperal fever following
retention of the placenta and its infection.
Pyrogenium is also useful in the treatment of inflammation of the kidneys
(nephritis). Once it becomes known that the patient had previously
suffered from puerperal fever, causing damage to the kidneys, Pyrogenium will
be found very effective. Another
symptom of Pyrogenium is that in spite of the high fever, the pulse rate is relatively
slow. This conflicting type of heart rate is typical of Pyrogenium.
If the symptoms of Pyrogenium already mentioned are
present, then Pyrogenium may be useful in the treatment
of all kinds of skin diseases of the patient. Pyrogenium being
basically related to the venous blood, the patient may develop piles, which can become infected
and then putrefied. Pyrogenium is also useful in the treatment of a resistant
type of offensive vomiting. If the constitutional symptoms of Pyrogenium are
present, then bronchopneumonia and other infections of the lungs can also be
satisfactorily treated with it.