Osteomyelitis

(See also "MYELITIS" under "NERVOUS SYSTEM")

Silicea

An excellent remedy for healing of the wounds. It also takes out small pieces of broken bones which retard healing.

Medorrhinum

This remedy may be tried when Silicea fails. The patient is irritable, hot, hot palms, constipated, likes cold food and drink and salty food; likes cold bath even in coldest winter. Would lie in a knee-chest position which is the characteristic symptom of this remedy.

Echinacea

This may be given internally in 3X potency and applied externally mixed in water in the proportion of ten drops to half an ounce of water.