Homeopathic Treatment of Mumps
Choose the remedy which most covers the symptom picture, and repeat as needed.
Belladonna
6c or 30c: 3 doses in 24 hours; bright red and shiny swelling on right side with burning pain in throat; shooting pain in glands; dazed, delirious; use early in the illness for a very high temperature.
Bryonia
6c or 30c; very dry mouth and lips; great thirst; very irritable; worse for any movement, especially turning head; may be constipated and complain of a headache.
Lachesis
6c or 30c; swelling worse on left side, moving to right; throat and swollen glands worse for any sort of touch or pressure; easier to swallow food than saliva on its own; symptoms much worse on waking from sleep.
Lycopodium
6c or 30c; swelling which begins on right side and moves to left; better for warm drinks; generally worse around 4pm.
Merc. Sol.
30c three times a day for 1 or 2 days; use where there is very smelly breath, increased saliva and heavily-coated tongue; heavy sweats and exhaustion; use towards the end of the illness once the fever has subsided.
Phytolacca
6c or 30c; glands hard and stony; pains shoot into ears on swallowing; throat dry and rough; right side more affected than the left.
Pulsatilla
6c or 30c; for breast tenderness or when symptoms progress to ovaries or testicles; thirstlessness; craving for fresh air; aggravated by overheating; tearful and wants company.
Rhus Tox
6c or 30c; for painful, swollen glands; may have cold sores on lips; there is great restlessness which is worse at night from aching in limbs.
NB: Parotidium 30c is the prophylaxis and can be given to adults who have not had mumps but are exposed to it (i.e., children in the family contract the illness). One dose on contact and one a week for two further weeks.