Differential
diagnosis: Remedies for
skin diseases
• Cracks of the skin
Sars. Mostly in the feet. Painful. In Hands
Petr. In any part if the body. < winter.
Painful. In hands
Calc. < winter. In hands
Carbn-s. . < winter
Graph. On fingertips, joins.
Nit-c. Painful.
Puls.
Sep. < winter
Sulph. It covers almost any skin eruption. It is not
always indicated.
Sulphur eruptions are
usually itchy. It can produce aggravation without
amelioration if it is wrongly prescribed. The remedy was close but not
exact.
In the heel of the foot: Lyc., calc-fl.
• Ulcers
o Ars.
o Anthrac.
o Carb-v.
o Hep.
o Kali-s.
o Kali-b.
o Lach.
o Merc.
o Nit-ac.
o Phyt.
o Puls.
o Sil.
o Sulph.
• Blackish ulcers
o Anthrac.
o Lach. (esp. all around the
ulcer)
o Carb-v.
• Blue-red ulcers
o Lach.
o Sil.
o Ars.
• Burning ulcers
o Ars.
o Anthrac.
o Tarent-c.
• Eruption or ulcer >
cold application, cold water
o Led.
o Puls.
• Blackish discharge
o Anthrac.
o Sulph.
o Lyc.
o Bry.
• Grey discharge
o Caust.
• Green discharge
o Ars.
o Nat-s.
• Discharge that smells
like cheese
o Hep.
• Discharge with sour
smell
o Hep.
o Calc.
o Merc
• Boils
o Hep.
o Sulph.
o Calc-s.
o Brom.
o Calc.
o Merc.
o Tarent-c.
• Boils of enormous size,
movable
o Anthrac.
• Keloids (A raised scar
after an injury has healed )
o Graph.
o Sil.
o Calc-s.
o Calc.
• In hidradenitis a series
of remedies are needed most of the times.
• Eczema
o Sulph.
It covers 25% of the cases.
o Mez. esp. when eczema is
in the face.
o Graph.
o Sep.
o Dulc. esp. if the eczema
has be developed after an exposure cold and wet weather.
o Rhus-t. esp. if the eczema
has be developed after an exposure cold and wet weather.
o Ars
o Ars-i
o Calc
o Calc-s
o Hep.
o Jugl-c.
o Jugl-r.
o Oleand.
o Petro.
o Psor.
• Carbuncles (A group of pus-filled bumps forming a connected area of infection
under the skin. )
o Tarent-c.
o Anthrac.
o Ars.
o Crot-c.
o Apis
o Lach.
• Remedies alternating
between skin diseases and deeper disorders
o Duodenal ulcers: Graph.
o Asthma
Apis
Calad.
Graph.
• Wet eczema, brown or
yellow sticky, honey-like discharge: Graph.
• Wet eczema also
o Lyc.
o Dulc.
o Kreos.
o Sulphur.
• Eczema with watery
discharge
o Crot-h.
o Tarent-c.
• Eczema with yellowish
discharge
o Rhus-v. Itching > hot water
o Rhus-t. Itching > hot water
o Cupr.
• Ars.
>warm application
• Oleand.
Eczema on the top of the head esp. in children or babies with many crusts which
oozes if lifted.
• Generalized rash
o Puls.
o Apis
o Chlor.
o Bell.
o Vespa
o Rhus-t.
o Sulph.
• Urticaria
(skin rash triggered by a
reaction to food, medicine, or other irritants.)with small red bumps with intense itching
o Astac.
• Urticaria
of the extremities
o Chlor.
o Crot-c.
o Med.
o Cop.
o Lach.
o Apis.
• Urticaria
< night
o Apis
o Bov. Tremendous anxiety, excitement and itching.
Awkwardness.
• Urticaria
< bath
o Lach.
o Urt-u.
o Phos.
• Urticaria
< cold
o Rhus-t.
o Nit-ac.
o Sep.
• Urticaria
> cold air
o Dol.
o Kali-b.
o Calc.
• Urticaria
< cold and wet
o Dulc.
o Calc.
o Calc-p.
• Urticaria
< exertion
o Con.
o Merc.
o Nat-m.
o Psor.
o Urt-u.
• Urticaria
< meat
o Ant-c. Desire cucumber
• Urticaria
< before menses
o Nat-m
o Kali-c.
o Dulc.
• Nausea preceding skin
eruption
o Sang.
• Med. is also frequently
indicated in skin allergies
o Swelling
o > Sea
• Most frequently
indicated
o Apis
o Med.
o Dulc.
o Urt-u.
o Puls.
• 30CH and 200CH are good
potencies for skin eruptions.
• Herpes zoster
o Ran-b.
o Rhus-t.
o Vario.
o Thuja
o Merc
o Lach.
o Ars.
o Graph.
• Herpes zoster with
periodicity
o Ars.
o Merc.
o Phyt.
• Cancerous affections of
the skin
o Epithelioma
Hydr.
Con.
Kali-s.
Lyc.
Ars-i.
o Melanoma
Lach.
Con.
Crot-h
Arg-n.
Kali-p.
Calc.
Ars.
Merc.
Sulph.
• Lupus
o Nit-ac.
o Thuja
o Hydrc.
o Lyc.
o Sep.
o Phyt.
o Ars.
o Kali-chl.
• Vitilago
(usually not curable)
o Sep.
o Sulph.
o Calc.
o Aur.
o Ars.
o Alum.
o Phos.
o Nat-m.
o Nat-c.
o Merc.
o Sil.
• Psoriasis. Dry eruptions
and scaly.
o Sep.
o Ars.
o Ars-i.
o Aur.
o Aur-m
o Bar-c.
o Calc.
o Calc-s
o Led.
o Mez.
o Phos.
o Sil.
o Phyt.
o Merc.
o Lyc.
• In acute phases of
psoriasis with swollen inguinal glands and burning sensation
o Bell.
o Calc.
o Clem.
• Ring worms
o Bac.
o Rad-br. Circular eruption
o Nat-m
o Phyt.
o Sep.
o Tell.
o Tub.
o Bar-c
o Calc
o Graph
• Herpetic eruptions
during fever
o Nat-m
• Herpes on lips
o Nat-m
• Herpetic eruption with
much itching
o Clem.
o Rhus-t.
o Sep.
• Icthyosis (A group of skin disorders characterized by dry,
scaly, or thickened skin.)
o Phos. 50% of cases.