Arsenic Alb: Dry gangrene in old people; soreness and burning
relieved by warmth. Restlessness. Often indicated in gangrene of
lungs. Fetid diarrhoea with great prostration.
Lachesis: Gangrene following wounds or injury, blood poisoning.
Parts become blue and purple and then there is oozing of dark
decomposed blood and pus. Chilliness with icy coldness of extremities.
Secale Cor: Senile gangrene with tingling and formication, worse by
warmth. Dry gangrene of toes and feet. Toes and fingers broken off and
thrown away. The skin is wrinkled and dry, shrivelled and cold, no
sensibility. Large ecchymosis and blood blisters which become
gangrenous point to this remedy. The patient is relieved by cold and
cannot stand covering, opposite of Ars. Alb.
Crotalus H: Hot, bluish, moist gangrene, the limb being covered with
black blisters and much swollen, emitting foul odour.
Kreosote: Gangrene of lungs.
Carbo Veg: Carbuncles and boils becoming gangrenous. The parts
affected have a purple look and are icy cold. Secretions are foul with
great prostration.
Sulphuric Acid: Gangrene following mechanical injuries.