Apart from the following remedies one should also consider the possibility of repeating the last remedy that acted for the chronic treatment or give another remedy according to the symptomatology.
BELLADONNA
Keywords: RED FACE, RED TONSILLS, SUDDEN ONSET.
TONSILLITIS WITH FEVER WITH RED HOT FACE AND COLD FEET.
Red tonsils and red tongue with “strawberry” appearance. Mainly right sided tonsillitis.
BURNING, RADIATING, HEAT IN FEVER.
SUDDEN INTENSE ONSET and high fever with COLD EXTREMITIES. (FEET ICY COLD) AND RED HOT FACE or heat of the affected part. Intense, violent, BURNING HEAT.
Pupils markedly dilated during fever. Eyes look bright or glassy during fever.
PHOTOPHOBIA.
Pulsating headache during fever. A high feverish state, with comparative absence of toxemia.
Thirstless – no thirst with fever.
Worse: Afternoon, 3 PM., JAR.
PULSATILLA
KEYWORDS: < WARM, > OPEN AIR, CHILL ON THEN BACK, THIRSTLESS.
CHILLINESS ESPECIALLY FELT ON THE BACK, coldness between scapulae; sensation of a wet cloth on back.
THIRSTLESS.
Fever with strong symptoms which constantly CHANGE. Evening in bed or after lying. Before midnight. Heat, afternoon, especially 2 PM, especially during fever.
Distended veins on tonsils.
Lacrimation during fever. Licking lips during heat.
Sad or weepy mood. Desires company and to be held. Restless during the heat.
Fullness or swelling sensation in throat. Thick greenish discharge.
AGG: if overheated, warm.
AMEL: OPEN AIR, walking or exerting in open air, rising from bed, motion, uncovering.
BARYTA CARBONICA
KEYWORDS: HUGE TONSILS, TIMID CHILDREN.
The characteristic of Baryta carbonica is the TONSILS ARE HUGELY SWOLLEN so that the passage between them is minimal. The size of the tonsils is impressive, even if inflammations appears mild.
Indicated in very timid children.
Other remedies:
CALCAREA CARBONICA
KEYWORDS: PERSPIRATION IN CERVICAL REGION.
PERSPIRATION IN CERVICAL REGION IN SLEEP ESPECIALLY IN CHILDREN.
Swollen glands.
Obese individuals.
LACHESIS
KEYWORDS: LEFT SIDED, CONSTRICTION.
LEFT-SIDED inflammation, or begins form left side and goes to right.
Lump or constricting sensation in throat.
Tonsils have deep red to bluish colour.
Difficulty lying on the left side because “he/she feels the heart”.
MERCURIUS
KEYWORD: SALIVATION, NIGHT SWEATS THAT CAUSE DEBILITY.
OFFENSIVE BREATH, WHITE COVERED TONGUE.
Night time fevers with SALIVATION and marked NIGHT SEATS that lead to debility. Heat alternates with chills. Cannot find a comfortable temperature; always too warm or too cold.
Night time fevers, especially after midnight.
Marked, debilitating night sweat during fever.
Aphthae. Gums are bleeding.
SALIVATION ON THE PILLOW AT NIGHT.
Metallic taste in the mouth.
AGG: perspiration.
