Whether you have acne, boils or other pustular eruptions, the bacteria staphylococcus aureus may be responsible. Homeopathic medicine offers an alternative treatment approach, which may relieve your condition. An age-old natural health system, homeopathy utilizes minute doses of medicine found in natural substances to stimulate the natural healing reaction, allowing your body to repair itself. Speak to your health practitioner about choosing a remedy that is best for your condition.
Hepar Sulfuris Calcareum
Hepar sulf, as it is more commonly known, is one of the main remedies that may be prescribed to treat a staph infection in the skin. Often used for those with boils, cellulitis or acne, Hepar sulf is indicated whenever there is pus formation. The infected area is often bright red, hot and extremely painful, especially to touch. Infections may be slow to heal and filled with offensive smelling pus. The person needing Hepar sulf has certain general characteristics, which help differentiate this remedy from others for treating a staph infection, such as being chilly, touchy, irritable, and sensitive to cold. Hepar sulf is available over the counter at health food stores.
Silica or Silicea
The person needing the homeopathic remedy Silica may have a deep-seated staph infection, which has lingered for exceptionally long periods without discernable healing taking place. Infections are very slow to develop and continue to be slow to heal. Oftentimes, skin infections will scar in those needing Silica. General characteristics in a person requiring this remedy will be chilliness with sweating at night in bed, nervousness, shyness and a mild-mannered personality showing little confidence.
Sulphur
Staph infections that may respond well to Sulphur are those that are sore, itchy and inflamed with dirty-looking skin around the eruption. There may be a great deal of burning pain along with the itching, which is made worse with scratching and bathing. Any kind of heat from either the covers or warm applications may worsen the symptoms and spread the infection for the person needing homeopathic Sulphur. Speak to your homeopath if you think you may need Sulphur.
Homeopathy for MRSA
Homeopathic remedies may be helpful for methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureua, or MRSA, a much more serious form of staphylococcus infection, known for its ability to erode the skin and underlying tissues. If you think you may have MRSA, consult a qualified homeopath for treatment and do not self-treat for this disease. MRSA can rapidly become life threatening, and medical supervision is necessary for effective treatment.
References
- University of Maryland Medical Center: Cellulitis
- University of Michigan Health System: Acne Vulgaris -- Homeopathic Remedies
- "Synoptic Materia Medica"; Frans Vermeulen; 1992
