Homoeopathic Medicines for Eczema

SKIN – Eczema
Aethi-m. aln. alum. Anac. Ant-c. anthraco. arb. Ars. ars-i. Berb. berb-a. borx. Bov. Calc. Canth. caps. Carb-ac. carb-v. castor-eq. caust. chrysar. Cic. Clem. com. con. Crot-t. dulc. euph. fl-ac. frax. fuli. Graph. Hep. hippoz. hydrc. jug-c. Kali-ar. kali-m. kreos. lyc. Mang-act. Merc. Merc-c. merc-d. merc-pr-r. Mez. mur-ac. nat-ar. nat-m. nux-v. Olnd. Petr. pilo. Plb. podo. prim-v. Psor. Rhus-t. rhus-v. sars. Sep. skook. Sul-i. Sulph. thuj. tub. ust. Vinc. Viol-t. x-ray xero.

SKIN – Eczema – Behind ears
ars. arund. bov. Chrysar. Graph. Hep. jug-r. kali-m. lyc. Mez. Olnd. Petr. psor. rhus-t. sanic. Scroph-n. sep. staph. tub.

SKIN – Eczema – Of – face
anac. ant-c. bac. calc. Carb-ac. cic. coloc. corn. Crot-t. hyper. kali-ar. led. merc-pr-r. psor. rhus-t. sep. staph. Sul-i. Sulph. Vinc.

Ars alb

• The skin is dry and parchment-like – that gloss and smoothness, the usual accompaniment of health is gone.
• Very often this dry surface becomes covered with cold and clammy sweat which gives a sort of pungent sensation to the touch.
• Our patient slides down in bed and his lower jaw keeps hanging down.
• These symptoms indicate great gravity of the case, but Arsenic will even then rescue such cases when indicated.

Itching, burning, swellings; oedema, eruption, papular, dry, rough, scaly; worse cold and scratching.

• Malignant pustules.
• Ulcers with offensive discharge.
• Anthrax.
• Poisoned wounds.
• Urticaria, with burning and restlessness.
• Psoriasis.
• Scirrhus.
• Icy coldness of body.
• Epithelioma of the skin.
• Gangrenous inflammations.

LYCO
Skin

• Ulcerates.
• Abscesses beneath skin; worse warm applications.
• Hives; worse, warmth.
• Violent itching; fissured eruptions.
• Acne.
• Chronic eczema associated with urinary, gastric and hepatic disorders; bleeds easily.
• Skin becomes thick and indurated.
• Varicose veins, naevi, erectile tumors.
• Brown spots, freckles worse on left side of face and nose.
• Dry, shrunken, especially palms; hair becomes prematurely gray.
• Dropsies.
• Offensive secretions; viscid and offensive perspiration, especially of feet and axilla.
• Psoriasis.
• Modalities
• Worse, right side, from right to left, from above downward, 4 to 8 p.m.  ; from heat or warm room, hot air, bed.
• Warm applications, except throat and stomach which are better from warm drinks.
•  Better, by motion, after midnight, from warm food and drink, on getting cold, from being uncovered.

Calc carb 

• Unhealthy; readily ulcerating; flaccid.
• Small wounds do not heal readily.
• Glands swollen.
• Nettle rash; better in cold air.
• Warts on face and hands.
• Petechial eruptions.
• Chilblains.
• Boils.
• Modalities
• Worse, from exertion, mental or physical; ascending; cold in every form; water, washing, moist air, wet weather; during full moon; standing.
• Better, dry climate and weather; lying on painful side.
• Sneezing (pain in head and nape).  

Bovista

• Blunt instrument leave deep impression on the skin.
• Urticaria on excitement, with rheumatic lameness, palpitation and diarrhoea. [Dulc.]
• Itching on getting warm.
• Eczema, moist; formation of thick crusts.
• Pimples cover the entire body; scurvy; herpetic eruptions.
• Pruritus ani.
• Urticaria on waking in the morning, worse from bathing.
• Pellagra.
• Relationship
• Bovista antidotes tar applications.
• Suffocation from gas.
• After Rhus in chronic urticaria.
• Compare : Calc.; Rhus; Sepia; Cicuta.

Cicuta

• Eczema; no itching, exudation forms into a hard, lemon-colored crust.
• Suppressed eruption causes brain disease.
• Elevated eruptions, as large as peas.
• Chronic impetigo.
• Modalities
• Worse, from touch, draughts, concussion, tobacco smoke.

Graphites

• Rough, hard, persistent dryness of portions of skin unaffected by eczema.
• Early stage of keloid and fibroma.
• Pimples and acne.
• Eruptions, oozing out a sticky exudation.
• Rawness in bends of limbs, groins, neck, behind ears.
• Unhealthy skin; every little injury suppurates.
• Ulcers discharging a glutinous fluid, thin and sticky.
• Swelling and induration of glands.
• Gouty nodosities.
• Cracks in nipples, mouth, between toes, anus.
• Phlegmonous erysipelas of face; burning and stinging pain.
• Swelling of feet.
• Wens.
• Chronic Poison Oak.
• Modalities
• Worse, warmth, at night, during and after menstruation.
• Better, in the dark, from wrapping up

Hepar

• Abscesses; suppurating glands are very sensitive.
• Papules prone to suppurate and extend.
• Acne in youth.
• Suppurate with prickly pain.
• Easily bleed.
• Angio-neurotic oedema.
• Unhealthy skin; every little injury suppurates.
• Chapped skin, with deep cracks on hands and feet.
• Ulcers, with bloody suppuration, smelling like old cheese.
• Ulcers very sensitive to contact, burning, stinging, easily bleeding.
• Sweats day and night without relief.
• “Cold-sores” very sensitive.
• Cannot bear to be uncovered; wants to be wrapped up warmly.
• Sticking or pricking in afflicted parts.
• Putrid ulcers, surrounded by little pimples.
• Great sensitiveness to slightest touch.
• Chronic and recurring urticaria.
• Small-pox.
• Herpes circinatus.
• Constant offensive exhalation from the body.

Mezerium

• Eczema; intolerable itching; chilliness with pruritus; worse in bed.
• Ulcers itch and burn, surrounded by vesicles and shining, fiery-red areola.
• Zona, with burning pain.
• Bones, especially long bones, inflamed and swollen; caries, exostosis; pain worse night, touch, damp weather. [Merc.; Syph.]
• Eruptions ulcerate and form thick scabs under purulent matter exudes. [Chrysophanic acid.]
• Modalities
• Worse, cold air; night, evening until midnight, warm food, touch, motion.
• Better, open air.

Psorinum

• Dirty, dingy look.
• Dry, lustreless, rough hair.
• Intolerable itching.
• Herpetic eruptions, especially on scalp and bends of joints with itching; worse, from warmth of bed.
• Enlarged glands.
• Sebaceous glands secrete excessively; oily skin.
• Indolent ulcers, slow to heal.
• Eczema behind ears.
• Crusty eruptions all over.
• Urticaria after every exertion.
• Pustules near finger-nails.

Sulph-iodatum

• Itching on ears, nose, and in urethra.
• Papular eruption on face.
• Cold-sores on lips.
• Boils on neck.
• Barber’s itch.
• Acne.
• Lichen planus.
• Arms covered with itching rash.
• Hair feels as if erect.

Sepia

• Herpes circinatus in isolated spots.
• Itching; not relieved by scratching; worse in bends of elbows and knees.
• Chloasma; herpetic eruption on lips, about mouth and nose.
• Ringworm-like eruption every spring.
• Urticaria on going in open air; better in warm room.
• Hyperidrosis and bromidrosis.
• Sweat on feet, worse on toes; intolerable odor.
• Lentigo in young women.
• Ichthyosis with offensive odor of skin.
• Modalities
• Worse, forenoons and evenings; washing, laundry-work, dampness, left side, after sweat; cold air, before thunder-storm.
• Better, by exercise, pressure, warmth of bed, hot applications, drawing limbs up, cold bathing, after sleep.

Rhus tox

• Red, swollen; itching intense.
• Vesicles, herpes; urticaria; pemphigus; erysipelas; vesicular suppurative forms.
• Glands swollen.
• Cellulitis.
• Burning eczematous eruptions with tendency to scale formation.

Petroleum

• Itching at night.
• Chilblains, moist, itch and burn.
• Bed-sores.
• Skin dry, constricted, very sensitive, rough and cracked, leathery.
• Herpes.
• Slightest scratch makes skin suppurate. [Hepar.]
• Intertrigo; psoriasis of hands.
• Thick, greenish crusts, burning and itching; redness, raw; cracks bleed easily.
• Eczema.
• Rhagades worse in winter.

Carb acid

• Itching vesicles, with burning pain.
• Burns tend to ulcerate.
• Relationship
• Compare : Chrysarobin (local in ringworm of the scalp 5-10 per cent. in glycerine and alcohol. Equal parts).
• Ars; Kreosot.; Carbo; Guano. (Violent headache as from a band around head. Itching of nostrils, back, thighs, genitals. Symptoms like hay-fever).

Vinc

• Corrosive itching.
• Great sensitiveness of skin, with redness and soreness from slight rubbing.
• Eczema of head and face; pustules, itching, burning, and offensive odor.
• Hair matted together.
• Relationship
• Compare: Oleand.; Staph.

Viol t

• Intolerable itching.
• Eruptions, particularly over face and head, with burning, itching; worse at night.
• Thick scabs, which crack and exude a tenacious yellow pus.
• Eczema impetigonoides of the face.
• Sycosis.
• Modalities
• Worse, winter; 11 a.m.
• Compare: Lycop.

Anac

• Intense itching, eczema, with mental irritability; vesicular eruption; swelling, urticaria; eruption like that of Poison-Oak. [Xerophyl.; Grindel.; Croton.]
• Lichen planus; neurotic eczema.
• Warts on hands.
• Ulcer formation on forearm.
• Modalities
• Worse, on application of hot water.
• Better, from eating.
• When lying on side, from rubbing.

Ant crud

• Eczema with gastric derangements.
• Pimples, vesicles, and pustules.
• Sensitive to cold bathing.
• Thick, hard, honey-colored scabs.
• Urticaria; measle-like eruption.
• Itching when warm in bed.
• Dry skin.
• Warts. [Thuja; Sabina; Caust.] Dry gangrene.
• Scaly, pustular eruption with burning and itching, worse at night.