{"id":920,"remedy_name":"Gunpowder","remedy_type":"Homeopathic Remedy","alternative_names":[""],"miasm":"Syphilitic Miasm","temperament":"Neutral","aggravation_time":"Neutral\/Anytime","keynote_indications":"Gunpowder was first pub lished in the Homeopathic World, London in 1914 by Clarke. A \ncombination remedy of carbon, sulphur and potassium nitrate. Useful for all kinds of blood poisoning, for septic \nwounds and ptomaine poisoning. \nStrong history of use in wartime, particularly useful in World War I and II. Gunshot wounds, surgical septicemia, \nboils. Methane poisoning. Wartime ailments. \nBlood disorders. Blood poisoning from pyorrhea alveolaris. Septic suppurations. Infected wounds. Wounds \nthat refuse to heal. Abscessed bites, infections and wound s, antiseptic. Swollen and abscessed glands. \nOsteomyelitis. \nPoisoning from bad food or water.  Poisoning from meats that have been unsuc cessfully tinned. Acute \ninfections, boils, abscesses, carbuncles, and bites. Antidote to ivy and primula rash.  \nAntidoting the ill effects of vaccinations. Preventative for various kinds of inocula tions. Gonorrhea and \nsyphilis. Shingles of the face and eyes. \nIn some country districts a decoction of gunpowder is given to children for worms with much success.  \nBlood - Blood disorders. Blood poisoning. \nCausations - Bites. Blood poisoning. Vaccinations. Wounds. Gonorrhea. Herpes zoster. Worms. \nGlands - Swollen and inflamed. Swollen axillary glands. Abscessed glands.","modalities":"","symptoms_by_system":{"Mouth":"Sores, boils. Gum abscesses. Pyorrhea.","Urinary & Genital":"Gonorrhea and syphilis.","Skin":"Boils, abscesses, carbuncles and bites. Fistula. Infected wounds. Shingles. \nCOMMENTS - Dr. Clarke referred to the old fashioned gunpowder that was in use before the era of high \nexplosives and smokeless powder. Black gunpowder is a m ixture and not a chemical compound. It contains \nthree remedies, two of them polycrests. \nGunpowder \nNitre with sulphur and charcoal forms gunpowder. A teaspoonful of this in hot water was a favorite remedy for \ngonorrhea among soldiers when black powder was used. In the lower triturations, gunpowder has cured \nascarides in adults. \nThe London Police Force also knew it as a boil remedy. \u201cGet six -penny worth of gunpowder from an oil store \nand take as much as would lie on a sixpence night and morning for four days and then leave it off for the same \ntime and resume if necessary\u201d is one such prescription. \nCanon Roland Upcher noted that Norfolk shepherds rubbed gunpowder onto the sheep's wounds made during \nsheep-shearing, and took it to cure or prevent ill effects from handling sheep who suffered from \u201cfoot -rot.\u201d \nUpcher published cases of skin eruption mistaken fo r scabies, actually caused by handling ivy. Cured with \n \n \nGunp. 3x. \nClarke experimented with Gunp. 2x and developed severe herpes facialis involving the right eyebrow and the \nright side of the nose. \nClarke confirmed the proving by curing shingles. He heard of  a case of lumbrici cured with an infusion of \nGunpowder by the patient. \nA woman, who had a very sensitive skin, was bitten by a gnat on the foot, resulting in swelling inflammation \nand suppuration. There was a ring of inflammation around the bite, constant ly spreading and detach ing the \nepidermis as it spread. After the failure of several remedies, Gunpowder 3x rapidly cured.  \nA man had a bad cut with a knife on the left index finger. The wound refused to heal. An inflammatory ring \nstripped off the epidermis and spread more and more. Lachesis and other remedies failed to make any impres-\nsion. Gunp. 3x rapidly cured. \nAnother woman was very severely poisoned by sewer-gas. There followed swelling of the right arm and axillary \nglands of the right side. Three mon ths after the accident the right arm was almost fixed at the elbow joint with \nswelling. 11 threatened suppuration \nGunpowder above and below. The axillary glands were as large as a hen's egg. \nGunp. 3x gradually resolved the trouble and, though the cure was interrupted by an attack of measles, the \nmotility of the arm was fully restored. \nCanon Upcher found that occasional doses of Hep. highly increase its effects."},"schema_version":"1.0","api_provider":"Allahshafi"}