Scurvy

Arsenic Alb

Pronounced debility; child is emaciated; severe gastro-intestinal disturbances; exceedingly fetid smell from the mouth.

Sulphur

Is indicated when in addition to the bleeding gums and fetid breath the patient has old, shrivelled, withered look and unhealthy state of skin. Discharge of blood and fetid pus from about the roots of the teeth.

Mercurius

When gums recede from teeth and are blue and unhealthy in colour. Legs swollen and very painful. Unhealthy bluish ulcerations of the skin are the characteristic symptoms of the remedy.

Kreosote

Mouth putrid and cadaverous; gums ulcerated; epistaxis and discharge from the genitalia.

Carbo Veg

Persistent hemorrhage from gums and nose. It may also occur from kidneys and bowels.

Arnica M

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Symphytum

For pains in legs. Try in the given order.

Note: Diet is most important for the treatment of scurvy. Fruit juices and vegetables should be the main food which will result in prompt improvement. Mouth wash with Calendula mother tincture mixed with ten parts of distilled water used every two hours will promote healing and remove fetor.