Paronychia-Left toe nail infection-Urgent, please advise

I did some searching and found that Hepar sulph is frequently offered for this condition.

Does any of the doctors here agree with this? If yes, what potency should i use and how should i take it (how many times per day)?

Also, is it safe to take it if i topically apply something on the toe nail, will the topic application of something ''fight'' the cure itself?

Yes, i already started with Silicea today since i know it is good for those conditions, but 2 months?

Do you mean it will take 2 months to heal or even when it heals i should continue two months to be safe?

Since silica is a cell salts it can be used with regular Homeopathics. Should i also take Hepar Sulph?


I welcome everybody with experience on this subject to get involved.

I am willing to try just Silica 6X for 3 days, if after that there is no improvement i would like to use something ''stronger'' that cell salts.

I am a bit ''afraid'' to wait so long if there is no improvement.

I thought Homeopathy was ''made'' to work fast. You know right away if it works or not. Going two months on blind faith without improvement makes me uncertain.

I saw this link

http://ezinearticles.com/?Paronychia-and-Its-Rapid-Resolutio....


It says the following

very painful, especially to touch
discharge is yellow, bloody or dirty looking
you tend to have cold feet and hands at the best of times, but the cold makes the pain worse
If your paronychia is very painful, especially to touch, if you feel hyper sensitive to pain and the discharge is yellowy, then Hepar sulph will probably totally resolve the problem


I have exactly those symptoms, to the letter.

As far as i know Homeopathics can be taken in the same time as Cell Salts, so i don't understand why you are so against Hepar?

Okay, since you both say just Silica, i will do that. Silicea 6X, this is my second day.

I have ordered Silicea 200C just now, it will arrive in two days.

How should i take it?

Also, is it safe for me to apply folk remedy on the finger? (smashed onion and salt on the finger and than bandage over it, it is supposed to ''pull the infection out, drain it''.)

How necessary is the completion of that questionaire?

I am asking this because i have some other complaints that are lasting for many years which i am trying to fix, but this is a new one and it came after an injury (hit to the leg)


My main focus is on this toe issue, when i fix that i can become concentrated on the whole picture.

I am afraid if i write the whole story, the focus will fall from the toe and finally i won't fix anything and will lose valuable time, toe will get worse, complications etc..

As far as the toe goes,

the nail itself is getting discoloured on the top. It feels like it is going down inside my flesh and it looks much smaller than my healthy nail. I am pretty sure its dead.

There is pus oozing all around the nail and even from the discoloured part of the nail itself. The pus is thick, yellow, and than a bit bloody and than watery yellow.

Below the nail the toe is red, inflamed and very sensible to touch.

It is getting worse every day. I am getting scared about it because i think if i don't do anything fast i will have to have a surgery and than have many complications..

2. Age 25

3. Sex Male

4. Single/Married Single

5. weight 75 kg

6. Height …. 185 cm

7. country Eastern Europe

8. climate 4 seasons

9. List of your complaints: currently painful big toe on my left leg. Apart from that, where do i start.. Dark circles under eyes,

post nasal dripping of pheglm, in the morning its green, during the day its clear,

Some redness around my nose and mouth, sometimes more red, sometimes less red, it doesn't itch or hurt, its just red. It gets worse when i open my mouth hard and a general dirty look on my face.. My face skin doesn't look healthy to me, at times i see a glimpse of healthy but it goes bad again.. Skin on my face is dry, specially when i go out of the shower, than it itches a bit because its dry but i put coconut oil on my face and than its all good.

Same thing with my hands, they get red (only hands) in colder seasons, now they are almost okay, but dry skin and i also apply coconut oil on them. I wash hands with natural soaps.

I also have some red spots on my triceps, it was much worse before, like acne, but now its barely noticable or completely clear

Problem gaining weight even when i eat plenty, good foods and exercise with weights. I often see undigested food in my stool, pieces of nuts, seeds, carrots etc. Stool often floats on water, doesn't sink. I also have gases, but not always. Stools are regular, usually 2-3 times a day (i have 5+ meals daily)

My throat is red all the time, but it doesn't hurt and it doesn't feel warm, judging from my knowledge od Chinese medicine i have a heat rising problem..

When i wake up in the morning i have a very sour taste in my mouth, they i have to irrigate my nose with saline, that is when i spit green mucous from my nose. Also i can't lie down during the day because i instantly feel a bit of burning in my throat, drying of saliva and post nasal drip, specially after i eat.

I tend to have strong salivation when i sleep, sometimes i have to wake up and spit the saliva because my mouth is full with it, the colour of saliva is brownish/dark yellow, that is when i see my tongue is also coloured so i clean it and the colour of what i clean is the same, brown/dark yellow.

My feet tend to be cold, not when i have socks, but when i remove socks, they get cold, even in summer if i am in home. Hands are cold only in winter if i am in cold rooms.

When i drink cold fluids my entire body becomes cold.

10. Since how long are you suffering from each complaint

My toe is hurting me for a couple of months, in the last month or so it has become worse and is draining yellow pus, sometimes thick, sometimes watery and bloody.

Rest of symptoms for many years, almost 8 years now. I have most problem with the post nasal drip, but i have reduced it to only maybe 20% since initial onset 7 years ago (than it was 100%, now its 20%)

Facial redness and dirty feel in the face is for some time, couple of years, can't really say i remember..

11. Diabetic or non-Diabetic non diabetic

12. Desire sweets/sour/salt i don't desire any taste, but i enjoy sour taste, also from time to time i take Himalayan salt and Hawaii salt (unrefined, natural) and actually lick it, but very little, say i put on my salad and maybe a little bit on my hand and i just lick it since i like the taste.. As far as sweet taste goes, i like dried fruits, dried figs, barries, grapes etc, i never eat sugar..


13. Thirst i drink only water and herbal teas and i try to be hydrated. 2-3 liters of fluids per day.


14. Tongue and Taste tongue looks normal i think, the part that goes out of the mouth is maybe a bit red, i am not sure, its not pure pink but its not red, it looks normal to be but has small bumps on the side where its narrow. Back of my tongue has some thin white coating but in the morning its sometimes a bit yellow (the whole saliva thing)


15. Current BP (without medicine and with medicine) BP is great, perfect, 120/80, 110/70, i don't really measure it that much, i know its always great.

16. What exactly is happening? Not sure what this is about? I already wrote my symptoms, i get sour taste in the morning, my stools isn't that good, i have a lot of troubles gaining weight but lose it as soon as i miss one meal, my face is dirty looking and non healthy, gets dry after showers, my toe nail is bugging me..

17. How do you feel? In general, i feel ''normal'', non of these issues is critical, well the toe is the only problem that hurts. However, my greatest wish is to become healthy and stay healthy for the rest of my life. I learned a lot about health this past years.


18. How does this affect you? Well, its a heavy burdon on my back, i often dream about the day when i will be sickness free and it gives me hope and strenght to continue fighting, i will not let this conditions beat me.

19. How does it feel like? already answered this..


20. What comes to your mind? Right now? The day when i will be healthy..


21. One situation that had a
big effect on you? Nothing has an affect on me in reality, somebody can come and kill my entire family and it wouldn't bother me, i would just re-calibrate and continue with my life, i don't dwell on the past nor do i think anything is important enough to affect me..

22. How did that feel like? Anything that happens has a 1 second reaction than is forgotten, time to more forward.


23. What sensation do you experience in that situation? No comment?

24. What are you showing by that gesture of your hand (Habits or Actions)? Don't understand this one.. I don't have ''bad'' habits, i don't smoke, don't drink, don't eat bad food, not bite my nail (i however did all those things when i was younger)

25. Current and previous remedies/medicines you are taking or took in the past? I am learning about Chinese medicine, acupuncture, Su Jok, Auriculotherapy, Himalayan salt therapy, music therapy, oil pulling, minimalistic mind power therapy, positive thinking, and am obviously interested in Homeopathy.. Like the idea of Yoga and Qi Gong, but not sure that i can practice it because i get very bored when i ''HAVE' to do something, i prefer to think than to act. I also learn about functional medicine (health and food supplements), folk remedies, herbs etc and yes, i know a lot about nutrition..

26. Family Background, father had eye problem and will have double bypass surgery in a couple of days, mother is pretty healthy, gets a cold once in 20 years..


27. Educational Qualifications of the patient

I went only to middle school, so 11 years.. I didn't go to college because my personal opinion is that i can't learn anything important there since i don't believe in ''jobs'' (working in banks, corporations, with numbers etc) i would rather live in the wild, in a cave than work for banks and corporations. I believe in freedom and health before money and luxury. I tend to dream and create scenarios in my hand and i don't really think about problems in life.. Except from my health, that is the one problem i have and i think i won't be happy until i fix it, than when i am healthy, i plan to climb a mountain and spread my arms and just enjoy the sensation where i have beaten this condition of mine.

28. Nature of work, what do you do for living?

I don't work, at least i don't have a constant job. I have written a book, a fictional novel and am about to publish it, people who have read it are amazed, saying that is the best story they ever read, but to me the book is not very important, i see it as something normal. I earn a living with sports betting, i am not greedy and have more than i need from it. I spend a lot of time reading books or e-books on my computer,but only scientific books about health, medicine, science, etc.. On TV i watch either educational documentaries so i can learn or comedy to relax my brain and fiction to feed my imagionation and curiosity.

29. Desires, likes and dislikes for food I don't really care that much about food, i can eat bugs and caviar, its the same for me, food is not the most important thing of my life. I try to keep it as simple as possible. I am part vegan-part fish eating.. Meaning, one day i eat fish, and the next i don't eat anything from animals.. I don't eat milk products because it comes from dirty cows pumped with poisons and it pastereuized.. I don't eat chicken nor red meat for the same reason.. I eat beans, lentils, nuts, seeds, fruits, dried fruits, vegetables, i drink teas, water, sometimes wine, i make my own juices with fresh vegetables.. I take energy from the sun and the earth..

30. Name of foods which increase your problem

Anything i DON'T eat.. Fast foods, sugars, chips etc. make me feel ''dirty'', i feel sick just by looking at them and i don't understand people who eat that junk.

31. Mind-behavior, anger, irritability, hurry, impatient…and so on.. How are you different from other persons, public speaking or not , you can describe all of the details about your behavior, love and affections.

I am not very friendly, i don't like people, i see them leading useless lives, searching just for the simple thrills, always getting drunk, eating junk food, speaking the same thing all the time, they bore me.. I don't even like talking to them, i avoid them, i don't wish to explain myself to them so i avoid them.. I don't even like my family members (the distant ones, my cousins, i love and talk to people i live with of course)

I have maybe 2-3 persons i really like and talk to often, they are girls and i also feel attracted to them in some way, i always felt more natural talking to girl and was never a part of a ''man gang'', didn't have ''brothers'' etc..

I am not an angry man, far from it, i hate violence, i am usually happy, with a smile on my face, love to talk, but there are times when i am a bit darker, but not agressive..

32. Aggravation (increases-time, season,)& Amelioration (Decreases) well, my symptoms are worse in the winter, especially the post nasal drip because it gets combines and increaced by the cold.. I don't like cold weather.. I love spring and autumn the most.. I actually like both the sun and the rainy days, i love the gray sky, the rain, i enjoy it, its so calming, but i also love sunny times, but not to hot, maybe 20-25 degrees celsius. Sun makes me sleepy and i always have good dreams when i am in the sun sleeping.

33. Attached here your photographs of the affected area. (if required/optional)

to private to post on forums..

34. Location of the disease
Toe problem is on my toe :) the rest is all over, my face, hands, throat, inside of nose, inside of throat, probably stomach, the reasons that i am skinny is probably due to liver, the reason my food isn't digested and is floating i probably due to poor concentration of bile, so that's gall bladder and liver, heat rising to the throat making it red (i don't have heartburn) but it doesn't hurt, maybe if i lie down, it gets dry..


35. Side of the problem (Right or Left), (Upper or Lower part of body) toe is on the left leg.. The rest is everywhere..


36. Color of the secretions/discharges e.g urine, stool, sputum, Saliva etc.


urine is normal, stool is also normal, maybe when i eat a lot of spinach it gets green, when i eat a LOT of red paprika (winter stores) it gets red (lasts only for one day, so the strong colour of food), sometimes its normal, sometimes it has undigested food and breaks up, sometimes it a lot of small pieces, it varies..

sputum from the nose is greenish/brownish/dark yelowish in the morning than its like a thick saliva,

saliva is brownish/dark yellow in the morning, until i clean my mouth, than its normal.

I will order those 4 remedies tomorrow.

Since last night i have also applied vacaria seeds on my left ear (that is ear acupuncture, the point where my toe should be is very painful meaning there is a problem)

I will see what the condition is like in the evening since i have now placed a folk remedy on the toe, it is a leaf of a herb which name i do not know in English. That herb is supposed to ''suck out'' anything that doesn't belong in the body. In the evening i wash my feet in warm water with Himalaya salt.


The pain is still present and i don't think much has changed so far.

As far as homeopathy goes, i am still using just Silica 6x, Silicea 200c should arrive tomorrow.


Do you perhaps see a connection between my other symptoms and this new condition?


Regards and many thanks for your assistance. God bless you.

I made a mistake, the reason why i think i can't gain weight, am skinny even though i eat plenty is because of my spleen.

Chinese medicine says that the spleen gives nutrition and delivers blood to distant parts of the body (face, hands, feet) and i have skin problems with face, hands, feet and am skinny)


So my big wish is to also gain some weight, which i have already stated, but have to say again.. Gain weight, clear my skin condition and most of all the post nasal drip, bad digestion etc.. A lot of problems for a lot of time..

34. Location of the disease
Toe problem is on my toe :) the rest is all over, my face, hands, throat, inside of nose, inside of throat, probably stomach, the reasons that i am skinny is probably due to ------------LIVER--------------, the reason my food isn't digested and is floating i probably due to poor concentration of bile, so that's gall bladder and liver, heat rising to the throat making it red (i don't have heartburn) but it doesn't hurt, maybe if i lie down, it gets dry..







There, i made a mistake and wrote liver and i meant spleen, i blame liver and the gall bladder for my floating stools which suggest fat isn't digested and one needs bile to digest fat :)

Hello Doctor. Good day to you.

I have just received Silica 200C. I also ordered Thuja 200C, Ferrum Met. 30C, Nux Vomica 200c and Sulphur 200C, those remedies will come tomorrow.

I haven't taken anything today, not even Silica 6X because i am taking my breakfast now, had a long night sleep :)

Please advise

It hurts when i touch it. The quantity of pus is the same, what i mean by that, the inflamations is the same.

Pus is drained if i press it with my finger near the nail, but not always. I am still applying that herb and it has shriveled the skin a bit, its not red now, its white and shriveled, but still pus is there and is now a bit more bloody.

Top of my nail seems detached and discoloured, looks dead.