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—— SKIN PROBLEMS ——
BOIL (abscess)
Developing boil
PYROGENIUM 30 C
Basic medication, to be used in all instances.
BELLADONNA 6 C
Skin red, locally hot: pulsating pain.
APIS 6 C
Burning pain, pinkish swelling; relieved by cold water or compresses
Fully formed boil
HEPAR SULFUR 6 C
After spontaneous or induced rupture [draining].
Healing of boil
SILICEA 6 C
3 granules 3 times per day for 3 days
To clean boil and reduce scarring. DOSAGE
3 granules of selected medication(s) 3 to 4 limes per day until signs and symptoms have disappeared.
ACNE
Acne is a group of conditions of diverse origins affecting hair follicles and their sebaceous [fat secreting] glands.
Acne with blackheads
SELENIUM 6 C
Skin of face oily and shiny; blackheads; loss of hair; adolescents suffering from fatigue and feeling chilly.
Papular acne
Papular acne is characterized by the presence of small, solid, pimple-like swellings of skin; no blackheads, no pus; a chronic condition.
EUGENIA JAMBOSA 6 C
Juvenile acne; outbreak across middle of face;aggravated in female adolescent just before monthly menses.
JUGLANS REGIA 6 CH
Skin eruptions following liver and digestive troubles; with pus formation and drainage; intense itching.
Pustular acne
Pustular acne is characterized by presence of small, raised pools of pus under skin that will become covered with brown crust and eventually leave a depressed scar [skin irregularly deformed by depressions and bumps].
KALIUM BROMATUM 6 C
Acne on face and upper back, dark violet-red, painful, hard; leaves scars. Constant fluttering of hands due to lack of muscular coordination.
ANTIMONIUM TARTARICUM 6 C
Pustular acne; scars round and bluish. DOSAGE
3 granules of selected medication(s) 3 limes per day until skin condition improves.
Scarred acne (Keloid acne)
In scarred acne small raised areas of fibrous seal tissue form over each scar. Skin thick and cracked.
GRAPHITES 6 C
3 granules per day
Skin dry, rough, excess material covers skin surface; pus formation, itching, large scars. Remedy prevents keloid scars.
THUJA 30 C
5 granules per week; To he taken regularly.
BURNS
Burns represent a variety of lesions caused by heat. Burns without blisters but with red and painful skin are called 1st degree burns; burns with blistering are 2nd degree burns.
Burns without blisters
APIS 6 C
Skin reddish-pink, shiny, with swelling; improved by cold water compresses.
BELLADONNA 6 C
Skin bright red, painful, radiates heat.
Burns with blisters
RHUS TOXICODENDRON 6 C
Reddening of skin; small blisters: burning pain, much itching; improved by heat.
CANTHARIS 6 C
Large blisters (water-filled vesicles) and burning pains. DOSAGE
3 granules of selected medication 3 to 4 times per day. Apply also topical
CALENDULA Mother Tincture ointment to disinfect and promote healing.
ECZEMA
Eczema is a common condition, characterized by redness of skin, blisters and itching.
Erythematous [Red skin] Eczema
In red skin eczema, skin red but without blisters (fluid-filled pockets).
APIS 6 C
Skin pink, shiny, swollen, with prickling or burning pains, relieved by cold-water compresses.
BELLADONNA 6 C
Skin red, hot, painful: radiating heat.
Blisters Eczema
Blistering eczema, skin is puffy, covered with liquid-filled blisters; intense itching.
RHUS TOXICODENDRON 6 C
Skin red, blisters small. Intense itching, relieved by warm-water compresses [bandages].
MEZEREUM 30 C
Blisters filled with whitish fluid and eventually covered by a white crust. The eczema has a bad odour.
Weeping eczema
In weeping eczema skin is red and blistered; the blisters weep fluid.
GRAPHITES 30 C
To be used in weeping eruptions, with yellow fluid which has the consistency of honey and forms yellow crusts. The eczema may be located at the moist skin border of body openings such as mouth, angle of lips; also on ear, fold of elbow, between toes, on palm of hand, etc....
ANTIMONIUM CRUDUM 30 C
For weeping eczema in which lesions become covered by crusts. Mainly on head and face. Indicated also for greedy,over-fed children.
Dry eczema
Eczema that develops on dry skin, forming thin scales that eventually fall off
ARSENICUM ALBUM 6 C
Wrinkled, flaky, dry skin with intense itching; scratching until area bleeds, which relieves itch. This type of eczema may alternate with attacks of asthma.
NATRUM SULFURICUM 6 C
Thin, transparent flakes detach from skin, which is red, inflamed. Most frequently on forehead, belly, and rib-cage.
BRUISE
A bruise is a pool of blood what has leaked into the
tissues when blood vessels were broken. It arises most often after an injury.
ARNICA 30 C
Bruise resulting from an injury; sensitive to touch. The skin is not broken but the injured area appears red or purple.
The first granules should be taken immediately after the Injury, to prevent formation of a bruise.
HAMAMELIS 6 C
Purple bruise; very painful when touched.
LEDUM PALUSTRE 30 C
Ideal medication for a “black eye”.
DOSAGE
3 granules 4 times per day until hematoma has been resorbed [bruise has disappeared]. Also apply topically ARNICARET, an Arnica Gel (mother tincture).
COLD SORES (Herpes)
Cold sores are an outbreak of fluid-filled small blisters on the skin. A few days after their appearance, blisters leak a clear fluid and, sometime later, form crusts.
RHUS TOXICODENDRON 30 C
3 granules 3 times per day
Blisters as small as the head of a pin, exuding clear fluid that encourages formation of additional blisters. Skin red, burning.
Also apply topical ERPACET. INSECT BITES
APIS 30 C
To be used regularly for insect bites. Particularly effective for bites that give rise to a pink, shiny and swollen area with burning pain, relieved by cold.
LEDUM PALUSTRE 30 C
For bee stings: painful stings, followed by local numbness; relieved by cold.
ARSENICUM ALBUM 30 C
For bites, with burning pain and itching; scratching until blood flows, which relieves itch.
Topical APISCARET ointment is also applied LOCALLY.
DOSAGE
3 granules (each) 3 times per day of the medication(s) selected. Apply APISCARET ointment locally
PSORIASIS
This is a benign [not causing permanent damage] skin condition, characterized by redness and well-defined, separate patches of skin covered by fine white flakes, scales that eventually fall off.
ARSENICUM ALBUM 6 C
Dry eruption; flaking; intense itching; lesions that do not heal well.
KALIUM SULFURICUM 6 C
Dry, flaky skin; under the skin flakes is a viscous, yellowish fluid.
DOSAGE
3 granules (each) of selected medication(s) 3 to 4 times per day.
SCARS-WOUNDS
CALENDULA Mother Tincture Ointment
To promote healing and disinfection
STAPHYSAGRIA 30 C
Particularly indicated after surgical intervention (sharp cut, as made by a knife) because it promotes better healing.
HYPERICUM 30 C
Lessens pain in old scars. Also reduces pain of wounds located in areas rich in nerves. DOSAGE
3 granules of selected remedy 3 to 4 times per day until healing complete. Also apply CALENDULA Mother
Tincture ointment to disinfect wound and promote healing.
URTICARIA (WHEALS; HIVES; RED SWELLING)
Urticaria is an acute or chronic skin affliction, characterized by red areas that itch intensely.
Urticaria when itching aggravated by heat
These are urticarias in which itching is aggravated by heat.
APIS 30 C
Pink swelling with a prickling or burning sensation; sensitive to touch; relieved by cold water compresses.
Urticaria when itching relieved by heat
These are urticarias in which the itch is relieved by heat.
URTICA URENS 30 C
Red-pink area of irritation on skin; very severe, even intoler-able itching, aggravated by water.
RHUS TOXICODENDRON 30 C
Skin red, inflamed, covered with blisters filled with whitish fluid.
ARSENICUM ALBUM 30 C
Severe burning and itching, relieved by heat. Overall condi-tion worsens at night.
“Allergic Utricaria”
URTICA URENS 30 C
For rashes caused by consumption of fish or shellfish.
LYCOPODIUM 6 C
For rashes caused by consumption of oysters.
PULSATILLA 30 C
For rashes caused by eating pork or fats.
ANTIMONIUM CRUDUM 6 C
For rashes caused by over-consumption of foods.
NATRUM MURIATICUM 30 C
For rashes caused by exposure to sun.
DULCAMARA 6 C
For rashes caused by exposure to damp cold. DOSAGE
3 granules (each) of selected medication(s) 3 to 4 times per day
WARTS
Plantar Warts
Growths from skin on sole of foot, usually caused by a virus.
ANTIMONIUM CRUDUM 6 C
Large, hard, horny warts, sensitive to touch; multiple warts.
NITRICUM ACIDUM 6 C
Yellowish warts, cracked, painful, bleeding easily; prickling pain similar to that caused by a splinter under the skin.
CALCAREA CARBONICA 30 C
Isolated, round, hard, solitary wart.
Common warts
Growths on hands, fingers and around fingernails.
Young people are particularly prone to such warts,
which also, however, occur in adults.
ANTIMONIUM CRUDUM 6 C
Large, horny, hard warts, sensitive to touch. Multiple warts.
NITRICUM ACIDUM 6 C
Yellowish warts, cracked, painful, bleeding easily: prickling pain similar to that caused by splinter tinder skin.
GRAPHITES 30 C
Horny warts near fingernails.
CAUSTICUM 30 C
Flat, pedunculated [attached to skin by stalk or foot] warts that bleed easily. Located mainly on lips, at tip of nose or under fingernails.
DULCAMARA 30 C
Large, soft, brownish warts located on the back.
THUYA 30 C
Large and broad, brownish, “eauliflowcr”-like warts. Often occurring together with deformed, brittle, striated fingernails. DOSAGE
3 granules (each) of selected medication(s) twice per day for 3 to 6 weeks. Treatment of the terrain Idiathesisi may be necessary.
...adapted from "Living Healthy with Homeopathy" by Pascal Frochisse, Pharmacist, Ph.D., Les Editions Du Detail Inc, Canada
...courtesy of DolisosUSA
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