Redness, heat and itching of external ears; external meatus swollen and inflamed; stringy discharge.
Eczema of – Acute,
Rhus Tox. 3, 2h.
For acute condition. If this fails within two or three days to effect improvement, Croton 3, 2h. If both these fail, Mezer. 1, 2h.
– Chronic,
(1) Psor. 200. 3
doses given at four hourly intervals. Then wait,
do not repeat under one month. (2) Gunp. 3x, gr. vi. 8h. (3) Bovista 6, 8h. After this Arson. 3, 4h. Behind the ear, Graphites 6, 6h.; locally, glycerol of tannic acid (Tan. Ac. zzi. Glycer. zziv., rubbed together in a mortar, then heated until dissolved) may be used. If this fails to cause improvement in a fort-night, Petrol. 3, 6h.; locally, vaseline.
Gland behind, Inflammation of.—
(1) Caps. 3, 2h. (2) Bell. 3,2h.
External Orifice, Inflammation Of—
Acon. 3, 1h.
Until the pain is relieved, then less frequently. Should there be no relief within five hours give Bell. 3, 1h. to be followed, if necessary, by Mere. Sol. 6, 1h.
For pustular, inflammation, minute boils;
(1) Calcarea Picric. 3, gtt. ii. 2h.;
a plug of cotton wool saturated with glycerin will often allay the pain; or the meatus may be painted with a solution of Hydrochlorides of Cocaine (gr. v. to the zzi. of distilled water).
(2) Bell. 3, 2h.;
external measures as above. Tendency to pustules in the ear, Sul. 3,8h.
External meatus Kali bi. 3, 2h. Inflamed, stringy discharge.
(1) Graph. 6, 8h.
Chronic inflammation with blocking of the canal; locally, application of a solution of Nitrate of Silver, one grain to the ounce. (2) Ferr. Phos. 3, gr. v. 8h. (3) Gunp. 3x, gr. vi. 8h. If there is exudation. Kali Mur. 3, gr. ii. 8h.
Middle Ear (tympanic cavity), inflammation of.—
Acon. 3, h.
After exposure to dry cold, at the beginning, pain, restlessness, anxiety.
Plantago Q.
Diluted with an equal quantity of warm water, to be dropped into the ear every ten minutes or less often, according to urgency, a little cotton wool being placed in the orifice of the ear after each application. After Acon.
Mere. S. 6, ˝ h.
When the local affection is decided, the pain almost making the patient beat his head against the wall. Should the pain not yield readily, Plantago q, 1h.; and locally, as directed above.
Puls. 3, ˝ h.
Jerking, tearing pains as if something would be pressed out; external ear swollen, hot; pains through whole side of face.
Kali Mur. 3, gr. viii. 8h.
Chronic catarrh.
Caps. 3, ˝ h.
When the mastoid cells are involved.
When there is distinct suppuration around the mastoid cells a free incision may be necessary. Chronic inflammation. SEE DISCHARGE.
Discharge From.—
Abnormal accumulation of wax: let the wax be softened by dropping into the ears pure olive oil for two or three nights, and then gently syringe with water at blood-heat. Occasional dropping in of oil will prevent the hardening of wax and facilitate its natural discharge when there is a tendency to accumulation. In chronic purulent discharge from the ear, whether depending on chronic inflammation of the middle ear or due to other causes, the following courses of treatment may be adopted. (But it must always be bone in mind that a discharging ear is not always an unmixed evil. Deafness with ear-discharge is generally less hopeless than deafness without. In all cases the constitution must be studied, and constitutional as well as local treatment administered. See under chronic diseases.) Precise indications cannot be given, and remedies are therefore arranged in the order of the probability of their general usefulness. They should be tried for periods of not less than three weeks before being changed, and should be continued as long as there is improvement. The discharge should be allowed to flow freely from the ear at night. The local application should be used at bedtime, and the ear washed with plain warm water in the morning
(1) Kali Mur. 3, gr. v. 6h.
(Kali muriaticum is the chloride of potassium, not the chlorate; it is one of Schussler's tissue remedies.)
(2) Borax 3, 6h.
about six grains of finely powdered Boracic Acid to be blown into the ear at bedtime; [in place of the pure boracic acid, a mixture of Boracic acid, with tincture of Plantago, and sugar of milk may be used: thoroughly moisten a quantity of sugar of milk with Plantago q; triturate in a mortar gradually, adding as much Boracic acid as there is of sugar of milk. Triturate until the powder is dry.]
(3) Hydrast. 1,6h.
Glycerol of Hydrastis {Hydrast. q, eight drops to glycerin half an ounce), to be dropped into the ear every night.
(4) Hepar Sul. 6, 8h.
Ill-smelling discharge, psoric subjects, Pso. 30, night and I morning.
(5) Mere. Sol. 6, 8h.
Discharging pus. a very dilute ointment of Acid Nitrate of Mercury (fifteen grains of the Nitrate of Mercury ointment of the British Pharmacopoeia to half an ounce of vaseline) may be applied to the ear every night.
Tellur. 6, 8h.—
Watery excoriating discharge smelling like fish-brine. (N.B.—In all inflammatory and catarrhal ear affections the teeth should be examined; decayed teeth and improperly irrupted wisdom teeth will often cause trouble sympathetically in the ears. Some of the fillings used by dentists contain mercury, and in sensitive persons these may occasion disorders of the ears and hearing.)
Polypus.—
Calc. C. 6, 200, 8h.
In strumous subjects.
Thuja 30, 6h.
In others. The polypus may be painted with the mother-tincture of
Thuja every night.
If these measures fail, (1) Nit. Ac. 6, 6h. (2) Sang. 3—30, 8h.
Deafness.—
Mere. Sol. 3, gr. v.—6, 3h.
From blocking of the Eustachian tube.
Hydrast. 1, 3h.
If it does not yield after a week of this. After this Mezer. 1, 3h.
Chin. Sulph. 3x, 3h.
Deafness from a blow.
Calc. C. 30, 8h.
Deafness of children.
Mag. C. 200, 8h.
Deafness of middle and of old age.
Phos. 30, 8h.
Deaf to human voice.
Verbose. 1, 8h.
As from stoppage of ears.
Graph. 3, gr. v.—6, 8h.
Deafness, with roaring or thundering noises in the ear, the hearing being > in a noise.
Nat. Salicyl. 3x—3, 6h.
Deafness, with noises and vertigo (Menierc'8 disease). After this, China. 6, 6h.
Ambra. 3, 4h.
Deafness, with cold sensation in abdomen; noises in the ear on coughing; intolerance of music, which < the cough.
Elaps. 3, 4h.
Long-lasting deafness, discharge from the ears.
Mang. 6,4h.
Deafness as if the ears were stopped.
Deafness accompanying a morbid condition of the blood or blood-vessels ("Vascular Deafness" of Cooper); (1) Ferrum Phos. 3, gr. v. 8h. (2) Ferrum Picric. 3x, gr. v. 8h. See also medicines recommended for Anaemia.