Skin


Skin chapter from Joseph’s Repertory, based on Boericke’s Materia Medica. Symptoms related to Skin, Dermatology….


Abscesses beneath skin; worse warm applications — LYCOPODIUM CLAVATUM.

Abscesses of joints — SILICEA TERRA.

Abscesses, where pain and inflammation predominate — TARENTULA CUBENSIS.

Abscesses; suppurating glands are very  sensitive — HEPAR SULPHUR.

Aching in forehead — MALANDRINUM.

Aching soreness of the muscles — TEREBINTHINIAE OLEUM.

Acne at puberty — PULSATILLA PRATENSIS.

Acne in tuberculous children — TUBERCULINUM.

Acne in young women, pruritus better scratching and appearance of  menses — CYCLAMEN EUROPAEUM.

Acne in youth — HEPAR SULPHUR.

Acne on forehead, sticking pain therein — LEDUM PALUSTRE.

Acne rosaceaKALIUM IODATUM.

Acne of face, pustules — KALIUM BROMATUM.

Acne, erythema, and eczema, with vesicles containing thick, white contents — KALIUM MURIATICUM.

Acne, hydroa — KALIUM IODATUM.

Acne, pustules on face and in the cruro-genital region; ulcers look like chancre — CUPRUM ARSENICOSUM.

Acne, with scanty menses — SANGUINARIA CANADENSIS.

Acne; pustules worse during menses — KALIUM ARSENICOSUM.

Acne; skin red and blotchy — NUX VOMICA.

AcneHYDROCOTYLE ASIATICA.

Acne — KALIUM BICHROMICUM.

AcneLYCOPODIUM CLAVATUM.

AcneSELENIUM METALLICUM.

AcneSULPHUR IODATUM.

Acne — TEREBINTHINIAE OLEUM.

Acrid exudation, which makes surrounding parts soreRANUNCULUS SCELERATUS.

Adenitis — DULCAMARA.

Affects hair follicles — NATRIUM MURIATICUM.

After impure vaccination — SILICEA TERRA.

Almost constantly moistMERCURIUS SOLUBILIS.

Alopecia — NATRIUM MURIATICUM.

Alopecia — USTILAGO MAYDIS.

Anæsthesia of skin — KALIUM BROMATUM.

Anasarca of cardiac disease — IODIUM.

Anasarca — DULCAMARA.

Angio-neurotic œdema — HELLEBORUS NIGER.

Angio-neurotic œdema — HEPAR SULPHUR.

Angioneuroticœdema — URTICA URENS.

Anthrax — CROTALUS HORRIDUS.

Antidote to Rhus poisoning (Grindel; Cyprip;  Anac) — LEDUM PALUSTRE.

Antidotes: Rhus poisoningSANGUINARIA CANADENSIS.

Aphthæ — SEMPERVIVUM TECTORUM.

Arms covered with itching rash — SULPHUR IODATUM.

Arthritic nodes — STAPHYSAGRIA.

Articular non-fluctuating swellings — HIPPOZAENINUM.

Atony of capillary and venous system — FLUORICUM ACIDUM.

Atony of capillary and venous system — FLUORICUM ACIDUM.

Axillary glands suppurate — JUGLANS REGIA.

Bad effects from mechanical injuries, with bruises and livid skin — SULPHURICUM ACIDUM.

Bad effects of vaccination — CROTALUS HORRIDUS.

Badly smelling night-sweats — TAXUS BACCATA.

Barber’s itch (use high) — LITHIUM CARBONICUM.

Barber’s itch — SULPHUR IODATUM.

Barber’s itch — TELLURIUM METALLICUM.

Bed-sores, with black edges — LACHESIS MUTUS.

Bed-sores — PETROLEUM.

Biting and stinging, red, swollen — EUPHORBIUM OFFICINARUM.

Black pores in skin — SABINA.

Black pores on face, papules worse on  forehead — NITRICUM ACIDUM.

Blind boils — FAGOPYRUM ESCULENTUM.

Blister-like eruption in palms — RANUNCULUS BULBOSUS.

Blisters, little lumps — XEROPHYLLUM.

Bloated and swollen; general dropsy; profuse sweat on wakingSAMBUCUS NIGRA.

Blood oozes through — CURARE.

Bloody sweat — CROTALUS HORRIDUS.

Blotches, especially on lower extremities; itchSOLIDAGO VIRGAUREA.

Blue around eyes — IPECACUANHA.

Blue color — SECALE CORNUTUM.

Blue distended veins on lids, ears, lips and  tongue —

DIGITALIS PURPUREA.

Blue, cold, clammy, inelastic, cold as deathVERATRUM ALBUM.

Blue-black swellings — LACHESIS MUTUS.

Bluish chilblains — HAMAMELIS VIRGINIANA.

Bluish, marbled — CUPRUM METALLICUM.

Body burning hot, especially face; yet cannot move or uncover without feeling chillyNUX VOMICA.

Body icy cold; face yellow; tendency to sweat — LACHNANTHES TINCTORIA.

Boils and slowly suppurating abscesses — OPERCULINA TURPENTHUM.

Boils on neck — SULPHUR IODATUM.

Boils, carbuncles, and eruptions are surrounded by purplish, mottled skin and œdema — CROTALUS HORRIDUS.

Boils, carbuncles, ulcers, with bluish, purple surroundings — LACHESIS MUTUS.

Boils, recurrent — TORULA CEREVISIAE.

Boils, small, painful, with green contents; mature  slowly — SECALE CORNUTUM.

Boils; stinging and soreness, relieved by bathing with vinegar — VESPA CRABRO.

Boils — CURARE.

Bone pains — MEZEREUM.

Bone-like protuberances — MALANDRINUM.

Bones, especially long bones, inflamed and swollen; caries, exostosis; pain worse night, touch, damp weather (Merc; Syph) — MEZEREUM.

Bromidrosis, sweat in axilla smelling of garlic, worse evening and  night — OSMIUM.

Brown spots on hands and armsTHUJA OCCIDENTALIS.

Brown spots, freckles worse on left side of face and  nose — LYCOPODIUM CLAVATUM.

Browny swellingTHYROIDINUM.

Bruised, weary feeling in joints, with drawing and stiffness — MEZEREUM.

Bubo — MERCURIUS IODATUS RUBER.

Buboes — MERCURIUS SOLUBILIS.

Burn confined to skin — URTICA URENS.

Burning and intense itching; worse,  contactRANUNCULUS BULBOSUS.

Burning and itching; worse by heat — SANGUINARIA CANADENSIS.

Burning around ulcers — MANGANUM ACETICUM.

Burning as from a mustard plaster — KALIUM CARBONICUM.

Burning eczematous eruptions with tendency to scale formation — RHUS TOXICODENDRON.

Burning in palms — LIMULUS CYCLOPS.

Burning in soles — KREOSOTUM.

Burning red rash — PHOSPHORICUM ACIDUM.

Burning sensation; better by cold; wants parts uncovered, though cold to touch — SECALE CORNUTUM.

Burning, darting sensation in the muscles; subsultustendinum — MEZEREUM.

Burning, itching of legs; worse, exposure to  air — STILLINGIA SILVATICA.

Burns and scalds — URTICA URENS.

Burns, even of third degree, with sloughing and sepsis — PARAFFINUM.

Burns — HAMAMELIS VIRGINIANA.

Bursa — SILICEA TERRA.

Bursitis — KALIUM MURIATICUM.

Cannot bear to be uncovered; wants to be wrapped up warmlyHEPAR SULPHUR.

Carbuncle; old, torpid, indolent ulcers with biting, lancinating pain — EUPHORBIUM OFFICINARUM. Carbuncles (Anthracin — LEDUM PALUSTRE.

Carbuncles, boils and other staphylococcic and streptococcic  infections — SULPHURICUM ACIDUM.

Carbuncles, burning, stinging pains — TARENTULA CUBENSIS.

Carbuncles; foul-smelling ulcers on lower  extremities — MURIATICUM ACIDUM.

Carbuncles — ECHINACEA ANGUSTIFOLIA.

Cellulitis — LACHESIS MUTUS.

CellulitisRHUS TOXICODENDRON.

Chancre- like ulcer — JUGLANS REGIA.

Chapped skin, with deep cracks on hands and feetHEPAR SULPHUR.

Chicken-pox (Dulc) — URTICA URENS.

Chilblains with gangrenous tendency — SULPHURICUM ACIDUM.

Chilblains, felons — CROTALUS HORRIDUS.

Chilblains, moist, itch and burn — PETROLEUM.

Chilblains; with excessive itching and pulsative pains — TEREBINTHINIAE OLEUM.

Chilliness with sweat — JABORANDI.

Chloasma; herpetic eruption on lips, about mouth and nose — SEPIA.

Chloasmata on temples and arms — GUARANA.

Chronic and recurring urticariaHEPAR SULPHUR.

Chronic eczema associated with urinary, gastric and hepatic disorders; bleeds easily — LYCOPODIUM CLAVATUM.

Chronic eczema; itching intense; worse at  night — TUBERCULINUM.

Chronic eczema; itching worse from warmth, walking,  undressing — KALIUM ARSENICOSUM.

Chronic eczemaassociated with amenorrhœa, worse at menstrual period or at menopause — MANGANUM ACETICUM.

Chronic Poison Oak — GRAPHITES.

Chronic psoriasis and lepra (Hughes) — CUPRUM METALLICUM.

Cicatrices turn red and blue and become painful — SULPHURICUM ACIDUM.

Circular patches of eczema — TELLURIUM METALLICUM.

Circular spots, with scaly edges — HYDROCOTYLE ASIATICA.

Circumscribed red spots over malar bones — SANGUINARIA CANADENSIS.

Cold hands and feet — THYROIDINUM.

Cold sweat — VERATRUM ALBUM.

Cold, clammy perspiration of an intermittent nature — CUPRUM ARSENICOSUM.

Coldness of one side — THUJA OCCIDENTALIS.

Coldness of whole surface — LATRODECTUS MACTANS.

Cold-sores on lips — SULPHUR IODATUM.

Cold-sores” very sensitiveHEPAR SULPHUR.

Colliquative perspirationSALVIA OFFICINALIS.

Comedones and acne of the face — JUGLANS REGIA.

Consequence of external injuries — EUPHRASIA OFFICINALIS.

Consequences of suppressed nettlerash — URTICA URENS.

Constant offensive exhalation from the body — HEPAR SULPHUR.

Copper-colored eruptions — MERCURIUS DULCIS.

Copper-colored spots — MEDORRHINUM.

Corns sensitive — RANUNCULUS BULBOSUS.

Corrosive itching — VINCA MINOR.

Cracked; itches intolerably; bleeds on scratching — PIX LIQUIDA.

Cracks at end of fingers — SILICEA TERRA.

Cracks in nipples, mouth, between toes,  anus — GRAPHITES.

Crawling in the tips of the fingers of the left hand; better on rubbing — MAGNESIUM SULPHURICUM.

Creeping sensation, as of insects — MYRICA CERIFERA.

Crippled nailsSILICEA TERRA.

Crops of boilsICHTHYOLUM.

Crustalactea, with soreness around ears — JUGLANS REGIA.

Crustalactea; yellowish-brown crusts, considerable suppuration — MERCURIUS SOLUBILIS.

Crusty eruptions all over — PSORINUM.

Crusty eruptions in bends of limbs, margin of scalp, behind ears (Caust) — NATRIUM MURIATICUM.

Damp sweat most marked on right upper  extremity — FORMALINUM.

Dark blisters — LACHESIS MUTUS.

Decubitus; worse, warmth — FLUORICUM ACIDUM.

Decubitus; worse, warmth — FLUORICUM ACIDUM.

Deep cracks in bends of elbows, etc — MANGANUM ACETICUM.

Delicate, pale, waxy — SILICEA TERRA.

Dermatitis, especially around knees — XEROPHYLLUM.

Dermatitis, nodular erythema, vesicles, itching and burning;  puffiness — TRINITROTOLUENUM.

Dermatitis, with excessive vesiculation, oozing of sticky serum and formation of crusts — MANCINELLA.

Joseph Fernandez
Joseph S Fernandez started his career as an assistant in the High Court of Kerala after obtaining a master’s degree in English language and literature. Later, he opted for a banking career.
Even as a student, Joseph was deeply interested in homoeopathy and made an in-depth study of the subject. He uses his expertise for the management of an occasional minor ailment in the family or among friends. It is in this context that he decided to compile a handy and easy-to-use repertory. The task required deep study and a sentence-by-sentence analysis of Boericke’s Materia Medica. Joseph’s Repertory is the result of this work.