A septic disease caused by the presence of pathogenic microorganisms
and their toxic products in the blood (sepsis, putrefaction + haimia,
blood). Septic fever; systemic disease caused by the multiplication
of microorganisms in the circulating blood.
Uncleanliness, various infections, improper dressing of sores and
This disease has an onset of decided chill and a feeling of depression.
Shivering, followed by profuse perspiration, the pulse rate is very
rapid and the area around the wound looks red and angry. The breathing
grows rapid and there is an anxious expression to the face. The temperature
becomes elevated and most usually a red streak in the general direction
of the heart will be noted.
Echinacea is a very good herb to cure impure blood conditions, especially
when there is a tendency to develop gangrene. Take a high enema. Take
as many cups of echinacea tea a day as possible, using a tsp. to the
cup; or if taken in powdered form in capsules, take two capsules every
two hours. Take nothing but fruit juices for several days, using grapefruit,
orange, lemon, and pineapple in particular. Do not mix the juices.
Take them one at a time but drink plenty of them. Keep the room temperature
even but have plenty of fresh air. When the patient feels chilly,
give a cup of hot water with a little cayenne pepper dissolved in
it. Give as often as needed. One heaping tsp. of charcoal powder put
in a cup with enough hot water added to make a paste, diluted, and
drunk at once, is very good. Charcoal or echinacea may also be used
to advantage as a poultice. Wash the wound thoroughly with boric acid
solution, and if the discharge is thin and unhealthy looking, sprinkle
equal parts of powdered myrrh and golden seal directly on the sore.
- Elm, slippery
- Flax seed
- Golden seal
- Water pepper, (smartweed)