SKIN DISEASES. Pruritus, prurigo, psoriasis, pityriasis, lichen, eczema appearing instead of menstruation, painful cracks.
Potency 6x is the best.
MERCURIUS CORROSIVUS
General Indications and Key Symptoms. Salivation, profuse sweat without giving relief, aggravation during night.
SKIN DISEASES. Scabies, ulcus durum.
Potencies 4x-6x.
MERCURIUS DULCIS
General Indications and Key Symptoms. Bad smelling breath, due to syphilitic affection of the mouth; thirst, increased perspiration.
SKIN DISEASES. Skin slack, withered, ulcers, condylomata.
Potencies 4x-6x.
MERCURIUS SOLUBILIS
General Indications and Key Symptoms. All kinds of rashes and affections of the mucous membranes. Bad smelling breath, tongue slack, profuse sweat during night, viscous, greasy, without giving any relief. Aggravation of all symptoms during night. Sensitive to cold air.
SKIN DISEASES. Itching, burning eczema, badly smelling secretions. Alopecia, herpes tonsurans, pruritus, herpes pemphigus, diseases of the nails, psoriasis.
Potencies 6x-30.
MEZEREUM
General Indications and Key Symptoms. Neuralgic pains, most violent itching. Aggravation by touch, movement, cold air and during night in bed: better in the open air.
SKIN DISEASES. Pale complexion. Itching over the whole body, vesicles on the head, thick scabs, corroding secretion. Pruritus, eczema, herpes and syphilitic eruptions.
NATRUM MURIATICUM
General Indications and Key Symptoms. The Natrum salts act on the vegetative functions, the blood, nutrition. All Natrum patients are suffering from vertigo, headache, palpitation, faintness and weariness. Periodicity of all symptoms. Improvement in dry and warm weather. Aggravation in cool and wet weather.
SKIN DISEASES. Hyperhidrosis alopecia with headache, worse from talking, reading, lying down; better from pressure. Eczema with fissures, vesicles with oozing of a corrosive fluid. Pruritus, herpes with periodic fever. Favus, boils in the genital region or the neck near hair line. Urticaria with intense itching in the morning and late at night.
High potencies are advisable.
NATRUM PHOSPHORICUM
General Indications and Key Symptoms. Moist, creamy or golden yellow coating on the back of the tongue and soft palate, acid taste, sour stomach, sour smelling sweat. Mental anxiety. Aggravation during a thunderstorm, menstruation, in the afternoon and evening.
SKIN DISEASES. Intertrigo with sour smelling perspiration. Pruritus in the early life. Urticaria with chilliness and flashes of heat.
Potency 6x is the best.
NATRUM SULPHURICUM
General Indications and Key Symptoms. Hydrogenoid constitution. Aggravation of all symptoms from damp weather, from living in damp houses or places, from lying on the left side, from movement and in the evening. Better from being in the open air.
SKIN DISEASES. Pompholyx, impetigo contagiosa, pemphigus, sycosis.
Potencies 4x-6x.
NITRICUM ACIDUM
General Indications and Key Symptoms. Mental irritability, excitement, depression, emaciation, physical weakness. Especially indicated in patients with dark complexion and elderly people. Antidotes mercury.
SKIN DISEASES. Acne, eczema about the mouth or nose, with splinter-like sensations, aggravated by touch. Carbuncle.
Potencies 6x-12x.
NUX VOMICA
General Indications and Key Symptoms. Acts on the spinal cord and brain. The drug for brain workers with sedentary habits. Digestive disorders. Aggravation of all symptoms in the morning, after eating.
SKIN DISEASES. Acne, lichen, psoriasis.
Low, middle and high potencies are in use.
PETROLEUM
General Indications and Key Symptoms. Headaches, irritability, vertigo, weakness, nausea. Worse from passive motion. It acts on the sweat and oil glands of the skin; sensations of burning, itching, soreness; worse from pressure, scratching and in cold weather.
SKIN DISEASES. Hyperhidrosis, acne, chronic eczema (moist, crusted, dry or fissured), especially back of the ears or at the occiput. Psoriasis of the hands, when the skin is very sensitive.
Low potencies are advisable. 3x-6x.
PHOSPHORUS
General Indications and Key Symptoms. The drug stimulates the peripheral capillaries, then disarranges the blood and tissues and finally causes fatty degeneration in all tissues.
Haemorrhages. Mental and physical prostration, sleepiness.
Aggravation before midnight, during a thunderstorm, from lying on the left side or back.
SKIN DISEASES. Alopecia areata, urticaria, purpura, pemphigus, favus, herpes.
Potencies 6x-12x are the most frequently used.
In chronic cases a few doses of high potencies are advisable, 30-200.
PHYTOLACCA
General Indications and Key Symptoms. The drug acts on the glands, fibrous, mucous and cutaneous tissues. Scrofulous or syphilitic patients. Antidotes mercury and Kali iodide.
General weakness. Painful soreness and burning of the affected parts. Aggravation at night and from damp weather.
Better from lying down or going out of doors.
SKIN DISEASES. Psoriasis, boils, carbuncle.
Low potencies 3x-6x are advisable.
PSORINUM
General Indications and Key Symptoms. Activation of all vital functions in psoric patients. Unhealthy skin, itching, crawling sensations. Aggravation by warmth of bed or exercise, in the open air. Better in the morning while at rest and indoors. All secretions have an offensive odour.
SKIN DISEASES. Chronic eczema in psoric patients. Scabies. Scrofuloderma, ulcers.
Only high potencies 30-200 are advisable. One dose every week.
PULSATILLA
General Indications and Key Symptoms. Women with blue eyes, bright hair, disorders of the menstruation, anaemia. Disposition to crying and weeping. All secretions thick, yellowish-green. Chilly, Thirstless. Aggravation by warmth and indoors, in the evening after meals. Better when moving in the open air.
SKIN DISEASES. Acne, eczema in children and younger adults.
Low and high potencies are in use.
RANUNCULUS BULBOSUS AND SCLERATUS
General Indications and Key Symptoms. Action on the peripheral nerves. Aggravation from changes of temperature and weather; from scratching and in the evening.
SKIN DISEASES. Herpes zoster, pompholyx.
Potencies 3x-6x are the best.
RHUS TOXICODENDRON
General Indications and Key Symptoms. All symptoms are due to cold and wetness; restlessness. Aggravation by rest and damp, cold weather. Better by heat, movement, whilst beginning of movement aggravates.
Dry tongue.
SKIN DISEASES. Erythema multiforme, pruritus, erysipelas, urticaria, pemphigus, vesiculous and papulous eczema, herpes zoster, psoriasis. Bites of insects with serious itching pains. Boils and carbuncle in the early stage.
Potency 6x is the best.
SABINA
General Indications and Key Symptoms. Acts on the genital organs, the urinary tract, the joints and the skin. Hypersensibility to music. Aggravation by warmth; better in the open air.
SKIN DISEASES. Fig warts, acne.
Potencies 2x or 3x.
SARSAPARILLA
General Indications and Key Symptoms. Antidotes mercury. Indicated in syphilitic and psoric patients. Deep seated pains, aggravated 5-7 p.m. and during the night, by change from warm to cold air.
SKIN DISEASES. Acne, alopecia prematura, onychia.
Potency 6x and high potencies are in use.
General Indications and Key Symptoms. Emaciation, debility, anxiety. Intolerance to external warmth and covering, Face pale. Excessive appetite and thirst.
SKIN DISEASES. Symmetrical gangrene, purpura, pemphigus. boils, carbuncles.
Potencies 3x-6x.
SELENIUM General Indications and Key Symptoms. Neurasthenic patients with partial emaciation and tendency to headaches.
SKIN DISEASES. Seborrhoea, acne, alopecia prematura.
Potencies 6x-12x.
SEPIA
General Indications and Key Symptoms. Sepia acts mainly on brunette women, yellowish face with a brownish saddle-like pigmentation across the nose. Genito-urinary disorders. Aggravation by rest, during meals, in the evening and during night. Better when walking and midday, in the open air, from cold bathing.
SKIN DISEASES. Hyperhidrosis, acne, eczema, behind the ears, on the face, either moist or dry and offensive. Herpes, ichthyosis, epithelium, lupus erythematosus, psoriasis.
High potencies are advisable.
SILICA
General Indications and Key Symptoms. Tendency to suppuration. Scrofulous disorders of the metabolism. Fistula, perspiration during night. Aggravation by moist cold in daytime and evening. Better by warmth.
SKIN DISEASES. Impetigo, intertrigo, pityriasis, alopecia, onychia, boils, carbuncle.
Potencies 6x and high potencies are advisable.
STAPHISAGRIA
General Indications and Key Symptoms. Neurasthenic patients with digestive disorders. Irritability. Sensations of itching, burning and crawling. Aggravation in the evening and from touch; better by scratching.
SKIN DISEASES. Pruritus, prurigo, eczema of the face, occiput, scalp, Favus.
Potency 6x is the best.
SULPHUR
General Indications and Key Symptoms. Psoric and sycotic patients with lowered vitality. The drug acts on all diseases of the skin, due to systemic conditions. Tendency to chronicity and relapses. Aggravation at 11 a.m. from warmth, bathing, alcoholic stimulants, during night. Better by movement. Dirty skin, thirst, want of appetite. Itching during night. All mucous membranes reddened. Sulphur patients are irritable, depressed, thin and weak.
