26 Feb 08
I write with reference to the homeopathy debate (‘Does homeopathy have any place in general practice?’).
I was called out at 3am to treat a man with right-sided quinsy. He was pyrexial, tachycardic, drooling and with such a degree of trismus, lancing his boil was impossible.
While examining him, the homeopathic remedy I had been reading about came to mind – Belladonna, a classic for sudden onset of inflammation with a hot red right cheek, pyrexia, dilated pupils, lachrymation, visible throbbing carotid pulsation and worsening of symptoms after midnight.
I had a homeopathic starter kit to hand so I popped a pill of Belladonna 30c in his mouth.
On returning 10 minutes later to set up a drip and administer his IV cefuroxime and metronidazole, I was somewhat surprised to find him sipping water. His pyrexia… 
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