A node is situated in the lower section of the ear, called ear-root. When this disease occurs, this node is swelled up and becomes red, tough with pain due to bacteria. Due to this disease, the patient has also fever with swelling of this cheek. He is not able to move his neck; saliva goes on coming out from the mouth. Mostly, this disease occurs in young people and children. It can occur occasionally in old and women. It is a type of infectious disease and is matured within four days and all its symptoms are suppressed after 8-10 days.
When this disease occurs, all its symptoms are aggravated within four days and suppressed after 8-10 days. It becomes dangerous when it starts to affect the breasts in woman or testicles in man besides nodes.
Treatment of this disease with different drugs:-
- Sulphur- With this disease, if patient has doubt to produce pus, for the treatment of it, taking 30 potency of this drug is beneficial.
- Parotidinum- Giving 6 or 30 potency of this drug 2-3 times a day as disease resistance is very beneficial; the patient should take this drug at an interval of every 4-4 hours.
- Aconite- If mumps patient has suffered from fever and feeling restlessness, much vex, thirst, pain,, etc., Aconite 30 should be taken for the treatment of such patient.
- Belladonna and Merc-Iodide- For the treatment of this disease, taking 3x potency of this drug is very useful. After the use of this drug, Merc-Iodide 30 should be taken. Both these drugs should be used at the gapping of half an hour.
- Phytolacca- Mainly this drug is used to cure disease related to the glands. If the glands have swollen, 3 potency of this drug should be used. If well chosen medicine makes no impression, this drug is very useful for the treatment of it.
- Rhus-tox- If the glands of ear-root has swollen that affects the left ear with becoming the obsessed part in deep red and fast pain and if disease has occurred due to moist air in the rainy season,, etc., taking 3 potency of this drug is beneficial.
- Pulsatilla- If mumps patient is feeling pain in his ear and gets relief by fomentation on the obsessed part, 30 potency of this drug should be used. If this disease affects the breast and the testicle, use of this drug is beneficial.
- Lachesis- If the left gland of the throat has swollen much; feeling intolerable pain by touching the obsessed part; is not able to swallowing anything; the patient is feeling pain inside the throat; the face has become red and swell, etc., using 30 potency of this drug is beneficial to cure such symptoms of the patient.
- Hepar-sulphur- In the condition of forming pus in the ears with mumps, taking 6 or 30 potency of this drug is very useful for the treatment of such patient.
- Abrotanum- 3 or 30 potency of this drug should be used to cure mumps. This drug is very useful when patient has suffered from loosemotions; arthritis pain has occurred that is followed by piles (hemorrhoids) or suppressed the swelling of the ear-root that is followed by swelling of the breasts or testicles, etc.
- Silica- If mumps has become chronic and is not curing easily, use of 6 or 30 potency of this drug is very useful.
- Merc-sol- If swelling persists in the left side of the cheek; offensive smell is coming out from the mouth; saliva filled in the mouth; feeling thirst, offensive sweating with mumps, etc., 30 potency of this drug should be used.
- Merc-bin-Iod- If the nodes of the ear-root have swollen up or having difficulty in chewing, for the treatment of such symptoms of the patient, the powder of Merc-bin-Iod 6x and Phyto 1x can be used. This drug should be used at an interval of every 6-6 hours.
- Lycopodium- If the throat swelling starts from the left side and has moved to the right side; the patient has desire to drink hot beverages with mumps, taking 30 potency of this drug is beneficial.
- Aconite- If the patient feels fever with burning sensation of the ear-root, two to three dosage of Aconite 3x is very useful.
Other treatment:-
- The patient suffering from this disease should take enough rest and should avoid cold and wet air.
- The affected part should be fomented hot.
- Patient should protect himself from cold because mostly it is caused due to exposure to cold.
- He should not take milk or fish or meat in enough quantity.
- The affected part should be covered with cotton so that flies do not sit on it.
- In the first stage of this disease, taking barley, greens or soup, etc are appropriate.
- He should take light and easily digestible and nutritive and water eatables.
- Mix 5 grane of Iodide of mercury with 1 ounce of olive oil and then should be applied on the affected with the help of cotton.