Rhus venerata.- Fine vesicular eruption on the upper extremities; groups of watery vesicles on the fingers; fissures on the ends of the fingers; upper lip swollen and covered with vesicles.
Sarsaparilla.- Eczema on the nose and face; thick scabs on the face; scabby eruption on the nose and face, like milk crust; intolerable itching, worse at night, and after getting heated; child cries a great deal and is extremely restless.
Sepia.- Eruptions during pregnancy and nursing; itching of skin, changing to burning when scratched; sensations as of ants crawling over the skin; soreness of the skin and humid palaces in the bend of the joints and behind the ears; pruritus, with vesicles on a red base over all parts of the body. Dry ringworm, especially on the face of children; dry offensive eruption on the vertex and back of head, itching and tingling with cracks behind the ears; pruritus, with vesicles on acrid base over all parts; parts of the body face, eyelids, hands, feet armpits, vulva anus, ears, hairy parts. Great indifference or sadness; wakes about 3 A.m. and lies awake for hours; patient has dark hair, thin, delicate skin brown discoloration of the forehead, and passes putrid urine (compare Calcarea os., Benz. ac.) aggravated in the open air, from application of cold water; ameliorated from warmth in general.
Silicea.- Eczema capitis, with humid itching eruption in scrofulous children pale cachectic countenance; enlarged cervical glands; leucorrhoea, backache; menses; scabby; itching during the day and evening, never at night; soreness after scratching; burns; pustules form and discharge copiously. Child cries when spoken to; big-bellied children, with weak ankles; emaciated frame and irritable tempers, with perspiration about the head towards morning; offensive perspiration on the feet and genitals aggravated during day evening, and about the new moon; ameliorated from warmth in general.
Staphysagria.- Eczema with yellow, moist, offensive scales, with considerable itching, disappearing after scratching, but soon returning; oozing after scratching; humid scabs with bad smell; yellow acrid moisture oozes from under the crusts; scratching sometimes changes the locality of the itching; scalp painfully sensitive; skin peels off with itching, hair falls out; itching of the margins of the lids. Face sunken; nose pointed and blue rings encircle the eyes; the child is irritable, and indignantly throws things away from it which were desired but a moment before. Aggravated from scratching, from touching the affected parts, from abuse of mercury. Ameliorated from walking in the open air.
Sulphur.- Sequela of a suppressed eruption; voluptuous itching, with soreness after scratching; eruption on back of head and behind the ears, around the margin of the hairy scalp from ear to ear posteriorly; dry, offensive, scabby, with cracks, easily bleeding, burning and painful; or humid, and offensive, discharging thick or thin acrid pus, which forms into yellow crusts; chronic cases; the child cannot bear to be washed; is most comfortable when dirty; morning diarrhoea, or bowels moved regularly, but always with great pain. Aggravated from getting warm in bed, from washing, from wet poultices; ameliorated from heat, in dry weather; after rising.
Sulphuric acid.- Moist eczema after suppressed gonorrhoea, with pricking of the skin; on scratching the itching changes locality; aggravated in the open air.
Sumbul.- Eczema on the left side of the scalp in infants.
Terebinthina.- Infantile eczema in front of ear, tending to affect the eyelids (Graphites, behind ear), often alternating with otitis.
Thuja.- Itching vesicles, with shooting pains; skin extremely sensitive to touch; burns violently after scratching; dry, scaly eruptions on head, extending to the temples, eyebrows, ears and neck, with itching, tingling and biting; dryness of covered parts; perspiration of parts uncovered, smelling like honey; eruption only on covered parts; after vaccination the eczema is worse (Silicea); eruption is white, scaly, and desquamating; offensive perspiration of the feet; wants head and face wrapped up warm (Silicea). Aggravated from cold, wet, heat of bed, about 3 A.m.; ameliorated from gentle rubbing (itching); from warm wet (reverse, Lycopodium and Sulph); from a development of coryza.
Vaccination.- Several cases have been reported cured by vaccination; I have had no personal experience with this agent in this disease.
Vinca minor.- Eczema on head, face, and septum of the nose; humid eruptions, itching at night, with burning after scratching; offensive moist verminous eruption with biting itching; eruptions appearing in spots, moisture oozes therefrom and the hair becomes matted.
Viola tricolor.- Eczema impetiginoides, exudation of yellow viscous pus; the eruption burns and itches, especially at night; thick crusts form swelling of cervical glands; urine smells like cat’s urine; eczema capitis or facei, in scrofulous children.
