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Wound Care with Homeopathy
October 30, 2010 by Hpathy
Diseases, Symptoms & Homeopathy Treatment, General PapersHpathy Ezine, October, 2010
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Wound is discontinuity or break in the surface epithelium. A wound is simple when only
skin is involved. It is complex when it involves underlying nerves, vessels, tendons.
Types of wounds Contusion Can be minor and soft tissue injury without break in the skin
or sometimes it can be major due to run over by [...]
Wound is discontinuity or break in the surface epithelium. A wound is simple when onlyskin is involved. It is complex when it involves underlying nerves, vessels, tendons.
Types of wounds
Contusion
Can be minor and soft tissue injury without break in the skin or sometimes it can be
major due to run over by a vehicle. Generally it produces discoloration of the skin due to
collection of blood underneath.
Abrasion
In this wound, epidermis of the skin is scraped away thus exposing dermis. They arepainful as dermal nerve endings are exposed.
Incised wounds
They are caused by sharp objects like blade, knife, glass etc. this type of wound has a
sharp edge and is less contaminated.
Lacerated wound
They are caused by blunt objects like fall on the stone or due to road traffic accidents.Edges are jagged. The injury may involve only skin and subcutaneous tissue and
sometimes deeper structures also.
Penetrating wound
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They are not uncommon now a day. It my look like an innocent injury with small, one or
two cm. long cut but internal organs like intestines, liver, spleen or mesenteric blood
vessels might have been damaged.
Hematoma
This refers to collection of blood. It follows injury or spontaneously as in patients who
have bleeding tendencies such as hemophilia. Depending upon the site, it can be
subcutaneous, intramuscular or even subperiosteal.
Wound care with homeopathy Homeopathy is one of the most popular holistic systems
of medicine. The selection of remedy is based upon the theory of individualization and
symptoms similarity by using holistic approach. This is the only way through which astate of complete health can be regained by removing all the sign and symptoms from
which the patient is suffering. The aim of homeopathy is not only to treat wound but to
address its underlying cause and individual susceptibility. As far as therapeutic
medication is concerned, several well-proved medicines are available for woundtreatment that can be selected on the basis of cause, sensation and modalities of the
complaints. For individualized remedy selection and treatment, the patient should consulta qualified homeopathic doctor in person. Some important remedies are given below for
wound treatment:
Hypericum
It is a well known remedy for wound due to mechanical injuries as blunt trauma or due to
fall or blunt hit to muscles or abdominal viscera or spines; spinal cord etc. where the
relevant nerves are involved. Sensation of pain is not carried by the afferent nerve tobrain matter. Thus the patient complaints of neuritis or loss of sensation or numbness.
Neuritis or inflammatory condition of nerves with severe shooting burning and tearing
pain radiating along the course of nerves. The affected part is swollen inflamed and redand has dry shiny edge with burning tearing shining and shooting pain and it has very
poor tendency to heal. These injuries generally heal by secondary intention. Acts well on
the injuries caused by sharp instruments, where the nerve roots are exposed. Injuries tospine and coccyx results in the sprain or tingling sensation in extremities.
Associated with mechanical injury and injury to spine radiating to the other parts of the
body as extremities, back, limbs etc. old cicatrix or old scars reopen with severe stingingburning and shooting pains. Inflammatory condition of nerves due to injury especially on
finger nails, tip of fingers. There the nerves are inflamed with great pain.
Modalities aggravation () bending head backward, rest warm application, immobility of parts.
Arnica
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It is one of the most commonly indicated remedy for wound due to injury especially blunt
injuries. It is useful to prevent suppuration and septic condition and to promote
absorption. Injuries to head lead to meningitis and apoplexy and resulting in left sidedparalysis. The wound or injured area looks bluish or blackish.
The bad effects of injuries received years ago are well treated with it. There are sore lameand bruised feeling as if, beaten all over the body. He has got great tenderness. He is over
sensitive to touch and also afraid of being touched. He has internal heat in the upper parts
of the body and coldness in lower parts.
Modalities < rest, lying down
>contact, motionCalendula
There are injuries with or without loss of soft parts. The wounds appear jagged. There are
injuries which lead to neuritis especially from lacerated wounds. There may be rupture ofmuscle or tendon. There is penetration of articulation with loss of synovial fluid. The
clean cut of lacerated wounds is well treated.
The wound may lead to ulceration. The ulcer is irritable and inflamed. He has pains as if
bitten. He has tendency for excessive secretion of pus. The gangrenes are from neglectedoffensive wounds.
Ledum pal
It is useful in for wounds which are caused by injuries due to sharp pointed objects asnails, rat bite, mosquito bite, stings of insects and punctured wounds. The wounded parts
characteristically feel cold to touch but not to patient. There is contusion and echymosis
of the parts changing from blue to black and to green.Staphysagria
It is used for greatly sensitive wounds. There is laceration of tissue. The sphincters in thebody are lacerated and stretched. There are lacerated and incised wounds of cornea due to
foreign bodies. There is severe pain following abdominal operations. It is used in incised
or clean cut wounds to improve the healing.
Phytolacca
Excellent medicine for wound with tendency to ulceration, injuries with aching and
soreness. The patient is marked by restlessness and prostration. Injuries of fibrous tissueof osseous tissue muscle sheeths. The injuries may lead to tetanus. Pain fly from one part
to another part like an electric shock.
Bufo
Remarkable remedy for wounds, pains in the injured parts with numbness of the region.
The regional muscle go in to spasms due to which the patient is unable to move the parts.
Due to trauma, the blood vessels are ruptured and there is regional hematoma. With the
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traumatic pain the patient has also got the numbness of brain and profuse sweating of
face. When there is trauma patient is unable to visualize the objects.
Complications of wound healing
Infection it is the most important complication which is responsible for delay in wound
healing.
Ugly scar it is the result of infection
Keloid and hypertrophic scar
Incisional hernia and wound dehiscence
Pigmentation of the skin