Natrum-sulph [Nat-s]
BARBER’S ITCH; vesicular eruption around mouth, chin and various parts of body; with BAKERS THE FINGERS ITCH and stand out stiffened by the swelling, palms of hands raw and sore, exuding a watery fluid (sycosis); patient looks sickly and pale, feels heavy in the morning and chilly and feverish in the evening; (>) in fresh air.
Nitric-acid [Nit-ac]
Blackness of the pores of skin; herpes in whiskers, between fingers, on alae nasi; herpes on outer side of thigh; pimples or small warts; itching, especially in bends of extremities; tongue dry and fissured; (<) in open air, on change of weather, from contact; (>) on lying down, in cold air.
Nux-juglans [Jug-r]
Old herpes; dry, blotches on insteps, with redness and thickened skin.
Oleander [Olnd]
Herpes and ulcers on and around the ears, oozing; gnawing itching; vesicles on thighs; skin sensitive and sore.
Petroleum [Petr]
Herpes on nape of neck, chest, scrotum, inner side of thigh, perineum, knees and ankles; itching herpes, followed by ulcers; itching, sore, moist surface or deep cracks, (<) in open air, when perspiring, (>) from warm air and warmth; sensitiveness of skin of whole body; itching, with chills.
Phosphorus [Phos]
HERPES IN PERSONS INCLINED TO PULMONARY AILMENTS; scabby, dry herpes on face, dry and furfuraceous herpes; rhagades, with excoriation of skin; burning pains, compelling change of position; brown colored blisters between fingers and toes, exceedingly sensitive to cold air; apathy; (<) after sleeping.
Psorinum [Psor]
Moist herpes after suppressed itch, itching intolerable when getting warm, (<) before midnight and in open air; skin has a dirty, dingy look, as if he had never washed himself; ulcers, especially around legs, are slow to heal; herpetic itching eruptions more in the bends of joints, as in elbows and popliteal spaces; offensive odor of body, despite the most careful washing.
Ranunculus-bulb [Ran-b]
HERPES ZOSTER supraorbitalis and intercostalis, with sharp, stitching pains (Mez.); vessels filled with a thin, acrid fluid; burning, itching vesicles in clusters; herpes over fingers, palms of hands; finally all over the body, (<) from touch, motion, from change of temperature, on entering a cold place; for drunkards.
Rhus-tox [Rhus-t]
RIGHT SIDE ESPECIALLY AFFECTED IN HERPES ZOSTER, with incessant itching, burning, tingling, alternating with pains in chest and dysenteric stools; herpes upon hairy parts, more annoying after perspiration; (<) IN WINTER, HARDLY ANY ERUPTION IN HOT WEATHER; debility rheumatism.
Rumex [Rumx]
ERUPTIONS FROM WEARING FLANNEL, vesicular; (<) when uncovered and exposed to cool air, as when undressing. CAMP – ITCH.
Sarsaparilla [Sars]
Herpes praeputialis; herpes on left leg, upper lip and hands; red herpetic spots on calves of legs; herpetic ulcers extending in a circular form making no crusts; red granulated bases, white borders; serous, reddish exudations; cutaneous affections of children during hot summer months. Haemorrhoids.
Sepia [Sep]
Herpetic eruptions about elbow and knee-joints; dry, scaly desquamation, after drying up of vesicles or following a fine rash; dandruff in circles like ringworm; scaly herpes on hands; herpes on neck and behind ears; glandular and lymphatic swellings; yellow, scurfy pimples; itching changing to burning by scratching; (<) during menses, pregnancy and lactation.
Silicea [Sil]
Eruptions inclined to ulcerate; herpes in chin; pimples on nape of neck and mons veneris; warts on arms and hands; skin very sensitive; panaritia.
Staphisagria [Staph]
Dry, crusty herpes in the bends of the joints, on hands thighs and legs; glandular indurations; skin unhealthy and easily suppurating; SCRATCHING IN ONE PLACE RELIEVES THE ITCHING, WHICH APPEARS IN ANOTHER; tingling as if from insects; chilly creeping in affected parts; (<) by rubbing and by contact.
Sulphur [Sulph]
Dry, scaly eruption; herpes miliaris, phlyctenoides, circinatus and squamosus; herpes on nape of neck and ankles; moist herpes, with small white vesicles in groups, forming scabs over whole face, but chiefly above nose and around eyes; greenish-yellow herpes; reappearance of repelled herpes; burning after scratching; (<) from wet poultices and washing, on getting warm in bed; patient puts his feet out to keep them cool; children very sensitive and averse to cold water, to fresh air.
Tellurium [Tell]
RINGWORMS AT ANY PART OF THE BODY, red, elevated rings very distinctly marked with minute itching vesicles, especially on lower extremities, (<) at night, after going to bed; vesicles filled with a watery, excoriating fluid smelling like fish-brine; copious sweating on all affected parts, in spots, causing itching of the same. Often constitutional disturbances.
Thuja [Thuj]
Herpes zoster; herpes all over body from suppressed gonorrhoea, itching and burning violently; white, scaly, dry, mealy herpes; eruptions only on covered parts, burning violently when scratched; (<) from cold water, from heat of bed, at night; (>) from gentle rubbing.
Zincum [Zinc]
Neuralgia following zoster, burning, jerking and itching pains, (<) in the evening and from the slightest touch; herpes on back and on hands with burning pains; formication and tingling between skin and flesh; dry herpes over whole body; herpetic ulcers; rhagades, mostly between fingers, bad even in mild weather; great sensitiveness to cold.
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.