Skin


Skin chapter from Joseph’s Repertory, based on Boericke’s Materia Medica. Symptoms related to Skin, Dermatology….


Abscesses beneath skin; worse warm applications — LYCOPODIUM CLAVATUM.

Abscesses of joints — SILICEA TERRA.

Abscesses, where pain and inflammation predominate — TARENTULA CUBENSIS.

Abscesses; suppurating glands are very  sensitive — HEPAR SULPHUR.

Aching in forehead — MALANDRINUM.

Aching soreness of the muscles — TEREBINTHINIAE OLEUM.

Acne at puberty — PULSATILLA PRATENSIS.

Acne in tuberculous children — TUBERCULINUM.

Acne in young women, pruritus better scratching and appearance of  menses — CYCLAMEN EUROPAEUM.

Acne in youth — HEPAR SULPHUR.

Acne on forehead, sticking pain therein — LEDUM PALUSTRE.

Acne rosaceaKALIUM IODATUM.

Acne of face, pustules — KALIUM BROMATUM.

Acne, erythema, and eczema, with vesicles containing thick, white contents — KALIUM MURIATICUM.

Acne, hydroa — KALIUM IODATUM.

Acne, pustules on face and in the cruro-genital region; ulcers look like chancre — CUPRUM ARSENICOSUM.

Acne, with scanty menses — SANGUINARIA CANADENSIS.

Acne; pustules worse during menses — KALIUM ARSENICOSUM.

Acne; skin red and blotchy — NUX VOMICA.

AcneHYDROCOTYLE ASIATICA.

Acne — KALIUM BICHROMICUM.

AcneLYCOPODIUM CLAVATUM.

AcneSELENIUM METALLICUM.

AcneSULPHUR IODATUM.

Acne — TEREBINTHINIAE OLEUM.

Acrid exudation, which makes surrounding parts soreRANUNCULUS SCELERATUS.

Adenitis — DULCAMARA.

Affects hair follicles — NATRIUM MURIATICUM.

After impure vaccination — SILICEA TERRA.

Almost constantly moistMERCURIUS SOLUBILIS.

Alopecia — NATRIUM MURIATICUM.

Alopecia — USTILAGO MAYDIS.

Anæsthesia of skin — KALIUM BROMATUM.

Anasarca of cardiac disease — IODIUM.

Anasarca — DULCAMARA.

Angio-neurotic œdema — HELLEBORUS NIGER.

Angio-neurotic œdema — HEPAR SULPHUR.

Angioneuroticœdema — URTICA URENS.

Anthrax — CROTALUS HORRIDUS.

Antidote to Rhus poisoning (Grindel; Cyprip;  Anac) — LEDUM PALUSTRE.

Antidotes: Rhus poisoningSANGUINARIA CANADENSIS.

Aphthæ — SEMPERVIVUM TECTORUM.

Arms covered with itching rash — SULPHUR IODATUM.

Arthritic nodes — STAPHYSAGRIA.

Articular non-fluctuating swellings — HIPPOZAENINUM.

Atony of capillary and venous system — FLUORICUM ACIDUM.

Atony of capillary and venous system — FLUORICUM ACIDUM.

Axillary glands suppurate — JUGLANS REGIA.

Bad effects from mechanical injuries, with bruises and livid skin — SULPHURICUM ACIDUM.

Bad effects of vaccination — CROTALUS HORRIDUS.

Badly smelling night-sweats — TAXUS BACCATA.

Barber’s itch (use high) — LITHIUM CARBONICUM.

Barber’s itch — SULPHUR IODATUM.

Barber’s itch — TELLURIUM METALLICUM.

Bed-sores, with black edges — LACHESIS MUTUS.

Bed-sores — PETROLEUM.

Biting and stinging, red, swollen — EUPHORBIUM OFFICINARUM.

Black pores in skin — SABINA.

Black pores on face, papules worse on  forehead — NITRICUM ACIDUM.

Blind boils — FAGOPYRUM ESCULENTUM.

Blister-like eruption in palms — RANUNCULUS BULBOSUS.

Blisters, little lumps — XEROPHYLLUM.

Bloated and swollen; general dropsy; profuse sweat on wakingSAMBUCUS NIGRA.

Blood oozes through — CURARE.

Bloody sweat — CROTALUS HORRIDUS.

Blotches, especially on lower extremities; itchSOLIDAGO VIRGAUREA.

Blue around eyes — IPECACUANHA.

Blue color — SECALE CORNUTUM.

Blue distended veins on lids, ears, lips and  tongue —

DIGITALIS PURPUREA.

Blue, cold, clammy, inelastic, cold as deathVERATRUM ALBUM.

Blue-black swellings — LACHESIS MUTUS.

Bluish chilblains — HAMAMELIS VIRGINIANA.

Bluish, marbled — CUPRUM METALLICUM.

Body burning hot, especially face; yet cannot move or uncover without feeling chillyNUX VOMICA.

Body icy cold; face yellow; tendency to sweat — LACHNANTHES TINCTORIA.

Boils and slowly suppurating abscesses — OPERCULINA TURPENTHUM.

Boils on neck — SULPHUR IODATUM.

Boils, carbuncles, and eruptions are surrounded by purplish, mottled skin and œdema — CROTALUS HORRIDUS.

Boils, carbuncles, ulcers, with bluish, purple surroundings — LACHESIS MUTUS.

Boils, recurrent — TORULA CEREVISIAE.

Boils, small, painful, with green contents; mature  slowly — SECALE CORNUTUM.

Boils; stinging and soreness, relieved by bathing with vinegar — VESPA CRABRO.

Boils — CURARE.

Bone pains — MEZEREUM.

Bone-like protuberances — MALANDRINUM.

Bones, especially long bones, inflamed and swollen; caries, exostosis; pain worse night, touch, damp weather (Merc; Syph) — MEZEREUM.

Bromidrosis, sweat in axilla smelling of garlic, worse evening and  night — OSMIUM.

Brown spots on hands and armsTHUJA OCCIDENTALIS.

Brown spots, freckles worse on left side of face and  nose — LYCOPODIUM CLAVATUM.

Browny swellingTHYROIDINUM.

Bruised, weary feeling in joints, with drawing and stiffness — MEZEREUM.

Bubo — MERCURIUS IODATUS RUBER.

Joseph Fernandez
Joseph S Fernandez started his career as an assistant in the High Court of Kerala after obtaining a master’s degree in English language and literature. Later, he opted for a banking career.
Even as a student, Joseph was deeply interested in homoeopathy and made an in-depth study of the subject. He uses his expertise for the management of an occasional minor ailment in the family or among friends. It is in this context that he decided to compile a handy and easy-to-use repertory. The task required deep study and a sentence-by-sentence analysis of Boericke’s Materia Medica. Joseph’s Repertory is the result of this work.