Penicillin

The attenuations are prepared from Benzylpenicillin potassium, C₁₆H₁₇KN₂O₄S, MW: 327.5 (Potentised allopathic compound).

The main indications are:

Iatrogenic damage during or after treatment with antibiotics, sulphonamides etc. General exhaustion, only feels well when lying down. Eczemas. Urticaria. Warts. Stinging pains in various places, aggravated by movement (cf. Bryonia). Supra-orbital neuralgia, also behind the right eyeball (cf. Chelidonium, Sanguinaria, Belladonna). Restless sleep. Waking around 2:00 a.m. Conjunctivitis. Blepharitis. Protracted colds. Eczema of the auditory canal. Tinnitus. Cardiac asthma. Dry, hoarse cough.

Pains under the sternum with palpitations, tachycardia. Angina pectoris. Paraes- thesias in the extremities.

Bleeding of the gums. Imprints of the teeth show on the tongue, which is coated yellowish-brown. Aphthous stomatitis. Constipation with umbilical pain and disten- sion. Renal pains. Albuminuria and oedema. Leucorrhoea. Pains in the joints and muscles.

Aggravation from movement, damp cold, and at 4:00 p.m. Amelioration from rest, and in warm dry weather.

Julian (of Paris) recommends the preparation proved by Guermonprez in 1954/55 in chronic reticuloendotheliosis (Letterer-Siwe disease).

The German Monograph-Preparation Commission for the Homoeopathic Field of Therapy has, under the Preparation Monograph for Benzylpenicillinum-Kalium, published the following indication(s) in the German Bundesanzeiger (German Fed- eral Gazette) for penicillin: chronic inflammations of the skin and mucosae.