HOMEOPATHY MEDICINES FOR PSORIASIS
ANTIMONIUM CRUDUM
Psoriasis of the nails. Psoriasis with gastric
derangements. Nails are brittle and tend to break often. Distorted and out of
shape nails with discoloration. Pitting or ridges on the nails. Skin underneath
the nails is painful and very sensitive.
ARSENIC ALBUM
Itching, burning, and scaling.
Eruption, dry, rough, and scaly. Worse scratching and washing. Lesions are
raised, hard edges. Surrounded by red and shinning crown, with bottoms like
lard, or blackish or blue color, with burning and shooting pains when affected
parts become cold. Complaints better from warmth. Great anxiety and
restlessness.
ARSENIC IODATUM
Dry, scaly, and itchy. Marked
exfoliation of skin in large scales, leaving a raw surface beneath.
BERBERIS AQUIFOLIUM
Psoriasis with severe itching. Skin
pimply, dry, rough, and scaly. Eruption on scalp extending to face and neck.
BORAX
Itching on the dorsum of finger.
Unhealthy skin, slight injury suppurates. Eruptions on fingers and hands,
itching, and stinging. Ends of hair become tangled.
CALCAREA CARBONICA
Suited to fat, fair, flabby persons,
who are easily fatigued by exertion. Sluggish physically. Chilly with clammy
hands and feet. Sweat profusely, especially scalp at night. Sensitive to cold
air, catch cold very easily. Skin complaints worse in winter. Craving for eggs
and indigestible things like dirt, chalk, pencils, coal etc. Scurfy spots on
the legs. Burning and itching.
CHRYSAROBINUM
Nail psoriasis. Nails become dull
and develop ridges and pits. Vesicular eruptions with fetid discharge and crust
formation. Violent itching. Thighs, legs, and ears are affected.
DULCAMARA
Itching, worse in cold weather.
Humid eruptions on face, genitals, and hands especially palmar surface. Thick,
brown, yellow crusts, bleed on scratching.
GRAPHITES
Rough, hard, persistent dryness of
skin. Rawness in bend of knees, groins and neck behind. Eruptions oozing thick
exudation. Burning and stinging pains worse in warmth and at night.
HYDROCOTYLE ASIATICA
Psoriasis of trunks, extremities,
palms, and soles. Circular spots with scaly edges. Great thickening and
exfoliation of skin.
KALIUM ARSENICOSUM
Intolerable itching, worse
undressing. Dry, scaly, wilted. Itching worse from warmth. Fissures in bend of
arms and knees.
MERCURIUS SOL
Psoriasis of the scalp, scalp is
covered with abundant white scales. The scales shed rapidly, reform again and again.
Raw skin underneath the scales. Excessive sweat in scalp. Scalp is sensitive to
touch. Severe itching, worse at night. Hair falls due to psoriasis. Lymph nodes
swollen.
MEZEREUM
Scurf like scales on the back,
chest, scalp, and thighs. Roughness and scaling here and there. Inflamed and
swollen. Severe itching increased by scratching or when undressing. Tendency to
ulcerate and form thick swabs under which purulent matter exudes.
PETROLEUM
Psoriasis of palms and finger tips.
Dry skin. Severe itching, worse at night, and from getting warm in bed. A cold
sensation after scratching. The skin is easily infected and look hard, rough,
thick, and leathery. Deep cracks on the skin. Bleeding from the cracks. Worse
in winter.
PHOSPHORUS
Psoriasis of knees and elbows, and
knees. Skin covered with dry, scaly eruptions. Intense itching, burning, and
stinging, worse from heat.
RADIUM BROMIDE
Circular patches all over the body.
Severe itching, redness, swelling, and extreme burning of the skin as if on
fire, worse on undressing, better in the open air and by taking a hot bath.
RHUS TOXICODENDRON
Psoriasis with arthritis. Red and
swollen lesions. Severe itching, better from hot application or baths. Muscle
pain and stiffness of joints, worse from rest, cold air, and in the
morning. Better from movement, and
warm.
SEPIA
Itching not relieved by scratching,
worse in bends of elbows and knees. Herpes circinate in isolated spots. Itching
worse on going in open air, better in warm room.
SULPHUR
Dirty, filthy people, prone for skin
affections. Aversion to being washed. Dry, scaly, unhealthy skin, every little
injury suppurates. Red lips and face.
Severe itching and burning, worse from scratching and washing. Affected
area often look like bright red and irritated, with scaling skin that gets
inflamed from scratching. Itching, worse from warmth, evening. Skin complaints
recurs every winter and from bad effects of local medications.
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A special medicine for psoriasis
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DISAESES OF SKIN WITH HOMEOPATHIC MANAGEMENT