Ingrowing Nail


Homeopathic remedies for the symptoms of Ingrowing Nail from A Dictionary of Domestic Medicine by John H.Clarke….


IN-GROWING TOE-NAIL.–This is usually a consequence of cutting the nail at the sides too close to the quick. The result is ulceration of the part around the nail, which the continued pressure of the edge of the nail prevents healing. It may be due to constitutional causes.

General Treatment.–After washing the foot scrape the nail in the centre as thin as possible without hurting, and then cut the nail away in the centre, leaving the sides uncut. Place under the nail a piece of linen tape, so as to raise the sides of the nail, and prevent them growing into the sore or ulcerated parts.

Medical Treatment.–Apply to the sore part ointment of Hydrastis (3j of the 0 tincture to an ounce of vaseline, or prepared lard), and give internally Ac. nit. 6 every two or three hours.

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