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Full text of "The Science of Therapeutics: According to the Principles of Homeopathy"Page 91 of 653After the abscess has commenced to discharge, the course of thedifficulty is quite different under homoeopathic from what it isunder allopathic treatment. In a fortnight at latest the dischargof pus ceases under the use of a few doses of Mercurius^ and thesore heals. K this is not the case, if the hardness and pain continue and the pus is secreted in small quantity ; or if the infiltion keeps spreading, and we are called upon at this juncture totreat the disease, Hepar sulphuris is to be given first. After usthis remedy, the suppuration generally increases and the pain abaPhosphorus deserves a preference if the inflammation frequently rassumes the acute form after an apparent arrest of the inflammatory process ; likewise in the very rare cases of phthisis of themammse. K the breast has become callous, and fistulous canalshave formied, the healing of the sore will prove a very protracteprocess. In such cases Siliceay Svlphuvy Conium and Graphites mayprove the best remedies.[Regarding the use of Aconite in mastitis, Kafka has the following : K the breast swells in consequence of a cold or of a mechanical injury, and a deep-seated pain is experienced in the mammae,we at once give Aconite 3 in solution every hour ; the local hypemia will most speedily be scattered under the influence of this rand, if the pain was owing to a cold, a general transpiration wilspeedily take place, after which the inflammation nius a muchmilder course and often terminates in dispersion without sup^puration.Our poke or the Phytolacca decandra has long been used in domestic practice as a remedy for swelling and inflammation of thebreasts. We refer the reader to Dr. Hale's notes on this subjectthe second edition of his Kew Remedies, pages 794 and further.Mastodynia. 99The medicine should be used internally and applied externally bymeans of a compress soaked with a mixture of a few drops of thetincture in half a tumbler of water, or with a mild infusion ordecoction of the root, H.]11. Mastodynla.[Kafka writes : Painful sensations in the breasts, not having anyeausal connection with pregnancy or with the processes of nursingor weaning, and being most frequently noticed in girls and womenas symptoms of development at the age of pubescence or as parox}'8mB of neuralgia, do not unfrequently become the subject ofmedical treatment.At the period of pubescence, either some time before or duringor after the first appearance of the menses, some girls experiencstitching, drawing or throbbing pains, or a tingling or pricklingsensation in the swelling breasts which appear turgid and tense avery often sensitive to contact. If the girls have already commento menstruate, the painful sensations most commonly make theirappearance before or during the menses. If menstruation has notyet commenced, the pains generally continue until the age of pubescence has been reached. Sometimes the breasts are so sensitivehttp://www.archive.org/stream/sciencetherapeu00kafkgoog/sciencetherapeu00kafkgoog_djvu.txt