Alopecia


Homeopathy treatment for Alopecia from the Homeopathic Therapeutics by Lilienthal. Homeopathic remedies for the treatment of Alopecia…


Acid-fluor [Fl-ac]

Itching of the head and falling off of the hair; the new hair is dry and breaks off. Large patches entirely denuded of hair; new hair dry and breaks off; must comb the hair often, it mats so at the end; baldness.

Aloe [Aloe]

The hair comes out in lumps, leaving bare patches; eyelashes also fall out; frequent frontal headache.

Ammonium-mur [Am-m]

Large accumulation of branlike scales, with falling off of the hair, which has a deadened and lustreless appearance, with great itching of the scalp.

Antimonium-crud [Ant-c]

Losing hair from nervous headaches.

Arsenicum [Ars]

Touching the hair is painful; bald patches at or near the forehead; scalp covered with dry scabs and scales, looking rough and dirty, extending sometimes even to forehead, face and ears.

Aurum [Aur]

Syphilitic alopecia.

Baryta-carb [Bar-c]

Baldness, especially of the crown, in young people; scalp very sensitive to touch, (<) from scratching.

Calcarea-carb [Calc]

Hair falls out, especially when combing; dryness of hair; great sensitiveness of scalp, with yellowish or white scales on scalp; sensation of coldness of outer head.

Cantharis [Canth]

Hair falls out when combing, especially during confinement and lactation; scales on scalp; enormous dandruff.

Carbo-veg [Carb-v]

Falling out of hair after severe diseases or abuse of mercury, with great sensitiveness of scalp to pressure; hair falls out more on back of head, after severe illness or parturition.

China [Chin]

Hair sweats much (Bryonia) and falls out.

Colchicum [Colch]

Prurigo favosa; great falling off of the hair.

Graphites [Graph]

Even the hair on the sides of the head falls out.

Helleborus [Hell]

Losing hair from the eyebrows or pudenda.

Hepar [Hep]

Hair falls out here and there, leaving bald spots.

Hypericum [Hyper]

Alopecia from headaches, caused by concussion of the brain.

Kali-carb [Kali-c]

Alopecia after nervous fevers; dry hair, rapidly falling off, with much dandruff.

Lycopodium [Lyc]

Hair becomes gray early; hair fall off after abdominal diseases; after parturition; with burning, scalding, itching of the scalp, especially on getting warm from exercise during the day.

Mancinella [Manc]

Losing hair after severe acute diseases.

Mercurius [Merc]

Hair fall out mostly on sides and temples, without any headache.

Natrum-mur [Nat-m]

Hair falls out if touched; mostly on forepart of head, temples and beard; scalp very sensitive; face shining as if greasy.

Petroleum [Petr]

Much itching; scurf on the hairy scalp and falling off of the hair.

Phosphoric-acid [Ph-ac]

Gnawing grief changes hair of the young to gray.

Phosphorus [Phos]

Round patches on scalp completely deprived of hair; falling off of the hair in large bundles on the forehead and on the sides above the ears; the roots of the hair seem to be dry; the denuded scalp looks clear, white and smooth; dandruff copious, falls out in clouds.

Plumbum [Plb]

Great dryness of hair, it falls off even in beard.

Sarsaparilla [Sars]

Mercurio-syphilitic affections of the head; sensitiveness of scalp; falling off of the hair.

Selenium [Sel]

Hair falls off when combing; also of eyebrows, whiskers and genitals; tingling itching on scalp, which feels tense and contracted.

Staphisagria [Staph]

Hair falls out, mostly from occiput and around the ears, with humid, foetid eruption or dandruff on the scalp. Hair pulls out without pain after the slightest effort.

Sulphur [Sulph]

Dandruff, hair dry, falling off, scalp sore to touch, itching violently, (<) when getting warm in bed.

Sepia [Sep]

Losing hair after chronic headaches.

Silicea [Sil]

Premature baldness, itching of scalp or of vulva before menses.

Thuja [Thuj]

White, scaly dandruff; hair dry and falling out.

Vinca-minor [Vinc]

Hair falls out in single spots and white hair grows there: spots on head oozing moisture, the hair matting together.

Samuel Lilienthal
Dr. Samuel Lilienthal (1815-1891) was from Germany, and became a pioneer homeopath in America. He received his Doctor of Medicine Degree from the University of Munich in 1838. After he moved to the United States, he was hired as Professor of Clinical Medicine at New York College for Women, and also as Professor of Mental and Nervous Diseases at the New York Homeopathic College.
Dr. Samuel Lilienthal was the author of many great books including “Homeopathic Therapeutics”. For many years, with the support of Dr. Constantine Hering, he was the editor of the North American Journal of Homeopathy. Dr. Lilienthal passed away on February 2nd 1891 in San Francisco.