Oedema


Homeopathy treatment for Oedema from the Homeopathic Therapeutics by Lilienthal. Homeopathic remedies for the treatment of Oedema…


Ammonium-carb [Am-c]

Somnolence, poisoning of the blood by carbon, difficult breathing, causing short cough; relief from fresh air, and when sitting quiet.

Apis-mell [Apis]

OEdema glottidis, difficulty of swallowing not caused by the swelling of the throat, but by the irritation of the epiglottis, every drop of liquid put upon the tongue nearly suffocates him.

Arsenicum [Ars]

Great anxiety, restlessness, always worse towards midnight or soon after; after; must incline the chest forward to breathe; loss of breath immediately on lying down, expectorates frothy saliva.

Bovista [Bov]

Slight oedema from the sluggish passage of blood through the veins; pressure on any part of the body causes indentation.

Carbo-veg [Carb-v]

Collapsed state; hoarse mucous rales all over chest; rattling of large bubbles, face pale, skin cold; slow, intermittent pulse, wants to be fanned.

Ipecacuanha [Ip]

Spasmodic cough, sickness of stomach; fine rattling noises in chest; dyspnoea, with threatening suffocation; the chest seems loaded and still very little expectoration; face rather pale.

Kali-hydr [Kali-i]

OEdema pulmonum, with sputa like green soapsuds.

Kali-phos [Kali-p]

OEdema pulmonum acutum, dyspnoea, spasmodic cough, with expectoration of frothy serous masses; lassitude and prostration.

Lachesis [Lach]

Suffocative fits, worse after sleep, dark, almost black, urine; offensive stools, expectoration scanty, difficult, watery, saltish, must be swallowed again.

Phosphorus [Phos]

Dyspnoea, worse before midnight, with tightness of chest; noisy painting breathing; chest feels full and heavy, with tension; expectorates cold mucus, tasting sour, salty or sweat.

Tartarus-emet [Ant-t]

Large bubbling rattling; chest appears full of phlegm, without capability of relieving itself; relief from copious expectoration.

Samuel Lilienthal
Dr. Samuel Lilienthal (1815-1891) was from Germany, and became a pioneer homeopath in America. He received his Doctor of Medicine Degree from the University of Munich in 1838. After he moved to the United States, he was hired as Professor of Clinical Medicine at New York College for Women, and also as Professor of Mental and Nervous Diseases at the New York Homeopathic College.
Dr. Samuel Lilienthal was the author of many great books including “Homeopathic Therapeutics”. For many years, with the support of Dr. Constantine Hering, he was the editor of the North American Journal of Homeopathy. Dr. Lilienthal passed away on February 2nd 1891 in San Francisco.