Pruritus



Oleander [Olnd]

ITCHING OF SKIN WHEN UNDRESSING (NATR. SULPH); after stool itching and burning in rectum and anus; skin sensitive all over, the mere friction of the clothing makes it sore, raw and painful.

Opium [Op]

(Morphine). Redness and itching of skin, very troublesome all over, fine pricking, rarely sensitive to touch.

Petroleum [Petr]

ITCHING HUMID HERPES ON SCROTUM, between scrotum and thighs, on perineum, soreness and moisture on female genitals, with violent itching; itching herpes, followed by ulcers.

Platina [Plat]

FURIOUS ITCHING INSIDE OF UTERUS; pruritus vulvae, voluptuous tingling, with anxiety and palpitation of heart (Coffea); sensation of soreness, tingling, smarting, itching, burning, with inclination to scratch on different parts of body.

Psorinum [Psor]

PRURITUS FROM AMENORRHOEA, WITH PHTHISIS; during pregnancy, pimples, itching violently, about nipples, oozing a fluid; itching vesicles between fingers; heat and itching of soles; body itches intolerably, (<) in bed and from warmth; scratches until it bleeds, which relieves.

Pulsatilla [Puls]

Itching and burning on inner and upper side of prepuce; itching, (<) at night, from pastry or pork, from delayed menses, (>) from cold water. Pruritus senilis.

Rhododendron [Rhod]

Itching and sweat on scrotum, soreness between scrotum and thighs.

Rumex [Rumx]

Itching (<) by cold, (>) by warmth; more formication than burning, chiefly when undressing, (<) by every exposure to cold air.

Silicea [Sil]

Prurigo formicans, during night itching sensation as if ants were crawling over the skin; itching humid spots on genitals, mostly on scrotum; sweat on scrotum; itching at pudendum; itching of soles, driving to despair.

Staphisagria [Staph]

PRURITUS GENITALIUM IN NEWLY-MARRIED PEOPLE, with frequent urging to urinate; voluptuous itching of scrotum; stinging itching of vulva.

Sulphur [Sulph]

Voluptuous itching with burning, (<) evenings and in bed; chronic cases. Itching, burning, stinging at anus, (<) after scratching.

Tarentula-hisp [Tarent]

Intense pruritus of vulva and vagina, (<) nights, with dryness and heat of the parts.

Teucrium [Teucr]

(Marum ver.). Cannot sleep on account of the intense itching of the anus, causing him to toss and roll at night.

Zincum [Zinc]

Crawling in skin of whole body, (<) only by rubbing, frequent violent itching as from flea-bites, especially on back and abdomen, (<) at night; excessive itching during menses, inducing masturbation, with fidgets of feet and lower extremities (Cantharis, masturbation); itching in bends of joints; sudden itching, here and there, in bed at night, goes off by contact.

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.