Acne

Definition.-Pimples, usually on the face, but also sometimes on the back and chest, and other parts, occurring mostly at the period of adolescence, and affecting the sebaceous glands of the skin.

General Treatment.-Avoidance of rich and indigestible articles of food and all self-indulgent habits. Proper attention to bathing and exercise.

Medicines.-(Two or three times a day until there is marked improvement, then at increasing intervals.)

Carb. v. 6.-

The most useful homeopathic medicine for acne in simple and recent cases occurring in young persons.

Pulsatilla 3.-

In pale, impressionable subjects.

Belladonna 3.-

Acne of face in young, full-blooded people.

Nat. mur. 6-

In persons of earthy complexion who suffer from constipation, or are bloodless.

Calcarea and Sulph. should be given according as the constitution of the patient corresponds to either. See CONSTITUTIONS.

John Henry Clarke

John Henry Clarke MD (1853 – November 24, 1931 was a prominent English classical homeopath. Dr. Clarke was a busy practitioner. As a physician he not only had his own clinic in Piccadilly, London, but he also was a consultant at the London Homeopathic Hospital and researched into new remedies — nosodes. For many years, he was the editor of The Homeopathic World. He wrote many books, his best known were Dictionary of Practical Materia Medica and Repertory of Materia Medica