Skin



Long lasting suppuration and fistulous  tracts — SILICEA TERRA.

Loss of visionMANCINELLA.

Lupus non-exedens — HYDROCOTYLE ASIATICA.

Lupus; ulcers, cancerous formations — HYDRASTIS CANADENSIS.

Lymphangioma, boils, carbuncles, with bursting sensation, relieved by elevating parts — VIPERA BERUS.

Lymphangitis and septicæmia — CROTALUS HORRIDUS.

Lymphatic glands enlarged and indurated — OPERCULINA TURPENTHUM.

Lymphatic swellings — HIPPOZAENINUM.

Lymphatics enlarged — ECHINACEA ANGUSTIFOLIA.

Malignant erysipelas — HIPPOZAENINUM.

Measles, catarrhal symptoms; aids in bringing out eruptionGELSEMIUM SEMPERVIRENS.

Measles; psoriasis (Thyroid) — TUBERCULINUM.

MeaslesPULSATILLA PRATENSIS.

Miliary rash — IPECACUANHA.

Moist, itching, burning eruption; better in open air, especially warm sunshine — STRONTIUM CARBONICUM.

Moisture, with icy coldness — MERCURIUS CYANATUS.

Most useful in early stages of cutaneous diseases — PHYTOLACCA DECANDRA.

Nævi — FLUORICUM ACIDUM.

Nævi — FLUORICUM ACIDUM.

Nails crippled; brittle and soft — THUJA OCCIDENTALIS.

Nails grow rapidly — FLUORICUM ACIDUM.

Nails grow rapidly — FLUORICUM ACIDUM. Nails thicken — X-RAY.

Necrosis and softening of bones — SALICYLICUM ACIDUM.

Necrosis and ulceration — RADIUM BROMATUM.

Nettlerash (Apis; Chloral; Dulc) — MEDUSA.

Nettle-rash — FORMICA RUFA.

Nettle-rash — KALIUM SULPHURICUM.

Nettle-rash — PINUS SILVESTRIS.

Night- sweats — STAPHYSAGRIA.

Nocturnal burning — OLEANDER.

Nodes around joints (Ammon phos) — FORMICA RUFA.

Nodosities under skin — MAGNESIUM CARBONICUM.

Nodosities — IODIUM. Nodules in arm — HIPPOZAENINUM.

Nose itches — PINUS SILVESTRIS.

Numb hands and feet — UPAS TIEUT.

Numbness; burning, pricking heat — MEDUSA.

Numerous small nodules under skin — KALIUM ARSENICOSUM.

Œdema, urticaria, red in circumscribed patches — NATRIUM SALICYLICUM.

Offensive foot-sweat — TELLURIUM METALLICUM.

Offensive secretions; viscid and offensive perspiration, especially of feet and axilla — LYCOPODIUM CLAVATUM.

Old tibial ulcers — ECHINACEA ANGUSTIFOLIA.

Old torpid ulcer, pustules; gangrene (Echinac;  Secale) —

EUPHORBIUM OFFICINARUM.

Old ulcers or sores in mouth when very sensitive — HYPERICUM PERFORATUM.

Orchitis (Clemat, Hamam, Puls) — MERCURIUS SOLUBILIS.

Pain in the thumbMANCINELLA.

Painful cracks — X-RAY.

Painless swelling of glands — SILICEA TERRA.

Pains of various kinds, with chilliness and sensitiveness to cold  airMEZEREUM.

Pains shoot upward and seem to draw patient up out of  bed — MEZEREUM.

Pale, dropsical, itching — HELLEBORUS NIGER.

Pale, lax — IPECACUANHA.

Pale; flushes readily; pits on pressure — FERRUM METALLICUM.

Papular and pustular lesions — PHYTOLACCA DECANDRA.

Papular and vesicular eruptions, with great itching (Rhus) — MURIATICUM ACIDUM.

Papular eruption on face — SULPHUR IODATUM.

Papular eruptions — KALIUM BICHROMICUM.

Papules looking like goose flesh on chest — HIPPURICUM ACIDUM.

Papules prone to suppurate and extend — HEPAR SULPHUR.

Patient is very sensitive to cold airMEZEREUM.

Pemphigoid eruption — NATRIUM SALICYLICUM.

PemphigusMANCINELLA. Periosteal abscess — FLUORICUM ACIDUM.

Periosteal abscess — FLUORICUM ACIDUM.

Persistent dryness of skin — JABORANDI.

Persistent dryness of the skin contra indicates mercurius — MERCURIUS SOLUBILIS.

Perspiration sweetish, and strong — THUJA OCCIDENTALIS.

Perspires easily — OXALICUM ACIDUM.

Petechiæ — PHOSPHORUS.

Petechiæ — SULPHURICUM ACIDUM.

Phagedænic ulcers — KALIUM ARSENICOSUM.

Phagedenic ulcers — MERCURIUS DULCIS. Phlebitis — HAMAMELIS VIRGINIANA.

Phlegmonous erysipelas of face; burning and stinging pain — GRAPHITES.

Pimples and acne — GRAPHITES.

Pimples and blotches — VACCININUM.

Pimples around the main eruption — MERCURIUS SOLUBILIS.

Pimples, acne, blood-boils — PHOSPHORICUM ACIDUM.

Pimply eruption, pustules, rhagades, hang-nails — SULPHUR.

Podagra — TAXUS BACCATA.

Poison oak (locally as a wash) — GRINDELIA ROBUSTA.

Polypi, tubercles, warts epithelioma, nævi, carbuncles; ulcers, especially in ano- genital region — THUJA OCCIDENTALIS.

Polypi — KALIUM SULPHURICUM.

Post-vaccination eruptions — CROTALUS HORRIDUS.

Prickling itching, worse back of hand — SCROPHULARIA NODOSA.

Prickling, itching with intense nausea — LUPULUS HUMULUS.

Prickly itching — PULEX IRRITANS.

Profuse night-sweatsTARAXACUM OFFICINALE.

Profuse sweat without relief — FORMICA RUFA.

Profuse sweat — HYDROCOTYLE ASIATICA.

Profuse, sour, offensive perspiration — FLUORICUM ACIDUM.

Profuse, sour, offensive  perspiration — FLUORICUM ACIDUM.

Promotes expulsion of foreign bodies from  tissues

SILICEA TERRA.

Pruritus of pregnancy — ICHTHYOLUM.

Pruritus, always worse in cold, wet weatherDULCAMARA.

Pruritus, especially from warmth, is evening, often recurs in spring-time, in damp weather — SULPHUR.

Pruritus, especially of scalp, which is  sensitive — OLEANDER.

Pruritus; sunburn — USTILAGO MAYDIS.

Pruritus — LAPIS ALBUS.

Psoriasis (Ars; Thyroid) — KALIUM SULPHURICUM.

Psoriasis (Internally and externally) — USTILAGO MAYDIS.

Psoriasis and pityriasis — MANGANUM ACETICUM.

Psoriasis associated with adiposity (not in developing stage) — THYROIDINUM.

Psoriasis gyrate, on trunk and extremities, palms and  soles — HYDROCOTYLE ASIATICA.

Psoriasis, lichen — KALIUM ARSENICOSUM.

Psoriasis; irregular patches with shining  scales — IRIS VERSICOLOR.

PsoriasisKALIUM BROMATUM.

Psoriasis — LYCOPODIUM CLAVATUM.

Psoriasis — X-RAY.

Psorisis, Acne, rosacea, erysipelas — ICHTHYOLUM.

Puckers skin like leather; wrinkles; scales off — FORMALINUM.

Purple spots; worse on legs — KALIUM IODATUM.

Purplish hue — TARENTULA CUBENSIS.

Purpurahæmorrhagia — PHOSPHORUS.

PurpurahæmorrhagicaCROTALUS HORRIDUS.

PurpurahæmorrhagicaSULPHURICUM ACIDUM.

Purpura, ecchymosis, dropsies — TEREBINTHINIAE OLEUM.

Purpura, with intense prostration — LACHESIS MUTUS.

Purpura — HAMAMELIS VIRGINIANA.

Purpura — SALICYLICUM ACIDUM.

Pus offensive — SILICEA TERRA.

Pustular eruption, especially on face and genitals, with fearful itching, followed by painful burning — CROTON TIGLIUM.

Pustular eruption, resembling smallpox, with burning pains — KALIUM BICHROMICUM.

Pustular eruptions — CROTALUS HORRIDUS.

Pustular eruptions — IRIS VERSICOLOR.

Pustules and abscesses — HIPPOZAENINUM.

Pustules and herpes — KREOSOTUM.

Pustules near finger-nails — PSORINUM.

Pustules on chest — HYDROCOTYLE ASIATICA.

PustulesJUGLANS CINEREA.

Putrid ulcers,surrounded by little pimplesHEPAR SULPHUR.

Pyemia; dissecting wounds — LACHESIS MUTUS.

Rash from exposure to open air; dry, itching; comes on in spring; becomes crusty — SARSAPARILLA OFFICINALIS.

Rash, like roseola, with severe burning and itching — GRINDELIA ROBUSTA.

Rawness in bends of limbs, groins, neck, behind  ears — GRAPHITES.

Raynaud’s disease — SECALE CORNUTUM.

Recurring boils — ECHINACEA ANGUSTIFOLIA.

Red spots and pimples — TARENTULA CUBENSIS.

Red spots, urticaria, brought on by exposure, or sour stomach — DULCAMARA.

Red, blotchy eruptions; worse in  spring — SANGUINARIA CANADENSIS.

Red, elevated spots — MANGANUM ACETICUM.

Red, itching and burningFORMICA RUFA.

Red, like flush of scarlatina — JUGLANS CINEREA.

Red, swollen; itching intenseRHUS TOXICODENDRON.

Reddish-brown eruption, with a disagreeable odor — SYPHILINUM.

Retrocedent, with livid spots — GELSEMIUM SEMPERVIRENS.

Retrocession of eruptionsZINCUM METALLICUM.

Rhagades worse in winterPETROLEUM.

Rhagades; skin cracked on hands and feet — SARSAPARILLA OFFICINALIS.

Rheumatism alternates with nettle-rash — URTICA URENS.

Ring-shape lesions, offensive odors from affected parts — TELLURIUM METALLICUM.

Ring-worm of scalp or beard with abundant  scales — KALIUM SULPHURICUM.

Ringworm-like eruption every spring — SEPIA.

Rose-colored blotches — SILICEA TERRA.

Rough nodules all over, worse any covering; heat of body intense — KALIUM IODATUM.

Rough rash all over body, much loose epithelium, tough, dry, itchy skin — LITHIUM CARBONICUM.

Rough, hard, persistent dryness of portions of skin unaffected by  eczema — GRAPHITES.

Rupia — HIPPOZAENINUM.

SallowCROTALUS HORRIDUS.

Sarcocele — MERCURIUS IODATUS RUBER.

Sarcoma; polypi — THUJA OCCIDENTALIS.

Scab on upper lip, with stinging pain when torn  off — MALANDRINUM.

Scabby, tettery eruption on hands, head, and cheeks, preceded by red, raw skin — LITHIUM CARBONICUM.

Scalp red, and itches violently at night — JUGLANS REGIA.

Scaly and itching eczema — ICHTHYOLUM.

Scaly — PIPER METHYSTICUM.

Scarlatina — TEREBINTHINIAE OLEUM.

Scarlatina-like eruption on face — LUPULUS HUMULUS.

Scarlatina-like rash — PHYTOLACCA DECANDRA.

Scarlet fever with stupor and flushed face — GELSEMIUM SEMPERVIRENS.

Scarlet fever, livid, with petechiæ; scanty eruption — MURIATICUM ACIDUM.

Scars suddenly become painful — SILICEA TERRA.

Scirrhus of breasts — TARENTULA CUBENSIS.

Scleræma and œdemaneonatorum — SECALE CORNUTUM.

Scrofuloderma; syphilis, secondary eruption and later symptoms — STILLINGIA SILVATICA.

Scrofulous abscesses and sores — LAPIS ALBUS.

ScurvyPHOSPHORUS.

Sebaceous glands secrete excessively; oily  skin — PSORINUM.

Seborrhœaoleosa; comedones with an oily surface of the skin;   alopecia — SELENIUM METALLICUM.

Seborrhœa — KALIUM SULPHURICUM.

Semi-lateral complaints — MEZEREUM.

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.