This is the eleventh episode in a series highlighting homeopathic remedies I carry with me all the time. There are almost 50, so it will take a while to complete, especially since I interrupt the series all the time to tell amazing stories about how homeopathy helps heal people and pets!

What do YOU carry with you that you hope you’ll never have to use?

One of my top answers to that question is C-Seps, a homeopathic remedy carefully manufactured by Helios Homeopathic Pharmacy in England, that combines three heavy-hitting substances to combat deep, septic wounds.

There’s a saying that when a partnership really comes together it turns into “more than the sum of its parts” and that’s what happens with this, and other, combination remedies made by our incredible homeopathic pharmacies around the world. Let me tell you a little about each of the three remedies that make up C-Seps.

First, there’s Pyrogenium, brought to homeopathic use by Dr. John Drysdale and Dr. James Compton Burnett in the 1880’s. They found it to be very successful in addressing fevers as well as sobering illnesses of the period such as typhoid, malaria, purpureal fever, and diphtheria. Today’s homeopaths don’t see much of those diseases, but we still use Pyrogenium for difficult infections, wounds that won’t heal, blood poisoning, and general septic states or conditions. My mentor, Joette Calabrese, has great blog about why we should all be carrying Pyrogenium around.

Joette’s blog on blood poisoning also mentions Hepar sulph – the second of the three remedies in the C-Seps combo. Hepar sulph is one of my all-time favorite remedies, but that’s the subject of a later blog post. The use of Hepar sulph in a remedy for sepsis highlights its ability to uproot infection and inflammation in any area of the body. Dr. Ramakrishnan, one of Joette’s mentors, referred to Hepar sulph as the homeopathic antibiotic, which gives you an idea of its importance in our arsenal of great medicines.

Finally, C-Seps also includes Gunpowder – a homeopathic remedy made from, you guessed it, gunpowder. Some of our remedies are made from weird stuff, and this is definitely one of those! But because of the complex and precise process of potentization that homeopathic remedies go through, even a substance like gunpowder can become a powerful agent of cure. How cool is that??? Anyway, gunpowder was heavily used by homeopaths on the battlefields of the American Civil War, treating countless young men with wounds that had become septic. It’s a fantastic remedy for blood poisoning and conditions that ultimately result in sepsis. If you’re super intrigued by the use of gunpowder as medicine, there’s a very informative article by early American homeopath, John Henry Clarke, that elaborates on its virtues with some pretty cool case stories.

As a combo remedy, C-Seps is a strong ally to anyone who is addressing a deep and possibly dirty wound. Whether a pathogen has been introduced via a needle, a blade, the environment, or another object altogether, C-Seps has a solid track record of helping the body mount an appropriate response and avoid sepsis or worse. Of course when there’s a significant wound it’s imperative to engage professional first responders and medical personnel, but C-Seps might make their jobs much easier when given immediately and as needed until other interventions arrive. Sometimes it has even made those later interventions unnecessary.

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