Homoeopathic Approach for Manageming Atopic Dermatitis

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HOMOEOPATHIC APPROACHMANAGING ATOPIC DERMA

DR. PRITHA MEHRAResearch Officer (H), CCRHEmail [email protected]


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THE MANTRA TO WIN THE

STICK TO THE BASICSBasics for a homoeopathic physician Basic Principles of Homoeopathy, namely

1. Law of Similia ( 26)2. Law of Simplex ( 272)

Coming to Individualization

3. Theory of Chronic disease


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WHAT IS IMPORATNT?

Nosological definition?Common symptoms of the disease?

Peculiar, Rare, Quer and Strange symptoms

These will be disclosed by the patient dnarration, his family and friends

Over and above this the physicians obswhile taking the case and on physical examin


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ATOPIC DERMATITISThings to know before searching the p

It is considered as one of the scaling disord Dermatitis is synonymous with Eczema. Talso be termed as Atopic eczema.

Personal and Family history to understand

Age and physical examination for noting th

Characteristics of the lesion

Modalities


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LETS DIVE INTO THE OCEA

The Miasmatic Approach

Psora Sycosis SyphDry, rough, dirty orunhealthy looking-has anunwashed appearance.

Pruritis; patient rubs andscratches, better for a few

moments after which

there is a long continued

burning of the part

affected.

Scales patchy and incircumscribed spots.Vesicular eruptions.Hyperpigmented andhypertrophied skin i.e.Lichenification. Theconsequences ofvaccinosis.

Skin of the faNo itching anlittle sorenessand fissures iDepigmentatskin.


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FEW PEARLS FROM THE OCBad effects of vaccination one of the major causes in ch

may trigger the genetic predisposition. The drugs are:1. Antim tart

2. Thuja

3. Silicea

4. Hepar sulph5. Croton tig

6. Mezereum

7. Malandrinum

8. Sukum chuk


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ANTIMONIUM TARTARIC

Indicated for old people or children who are drowsy, dull or easily annoyed.

Wants to be left alone when irritated. Doesn't wlooked at or touched (Antim crud).

On the contrary - Dreaded to be left alone evenmoments, lest he should be dreadfully nervouknow what to do with himself.

Ailments from bad effects of vaccination when Tand Silicea is not indicated.


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ANTIMONIUM TARTARIC

Desire for ACIDS, sour drinks and apples, whi

Irresistible thirst for cold water; vomits thquantity taken.

Great sleepiness or irresistible inclination to nearly all complaints. (another three drugs?)

< Milk. "Infants and children allergic to mimmediately."

< AUTUMN and SPRING. < WARM ROOM; H

Antimonium crud. - Eczema with gastric derang


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ANTIMONIUM TARTARIC

Pustular eruptions that leave a bluish red ma

Thick eruptions like pocks as large as pea.

Delayed or receding eruptions.

Blue eruptions and red areola.

Vesicular eruptions over the whole body.

Sycosis barbae.

Face is blue, pale covered with cold sweat.


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THUJA OCCIDENTALIS

The theme of this drug is Fixed ideas, Fanaticism and Gu

Obsessive anxiety about minor or imaginary defaults of bFanaticism about religion, health, diet etc.

Slaves to duty, conscientious, and particular about detail

Rigidity in emotional expression and behaviour is

There can be a hardness and insensitivity toward others own emotional expressions are calculated. The minemotions and everything must be done in a particular ord

Rigidity to the extent - Sensation as if BODY were FRmade of wood or glass and would break.


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THUJA OCCIDENTALISNever well since vaccination or desensitiz

fever].ONIONS [desire, aversion or


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SILICEA

Lack of self confidence, Apprehension and antic

[Stage fright for Lycopodium is a matter of egoit is a matter of communication, a fear of beingfind exactly the right words]Fear of undertaking new things.Bashful, timidity, delicate, refined, yielding.Mildness yet inner resistance - Does not openlysticks to her opinionObstinate; fixed ideas. Thinks only of pins, searches and counts them.


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SILICEALight complexion, fine dry skin and pale facBad effects of vaccination.

Extreme chilly patient.

Unhealthy skin; every little injury suppurate

Eruptions itch only in the day time and even

Skin: moist pustular eruptions.

Stinging pain on touching the eruptions.


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HEPAR SULPHURISIt is made of Calcium and Sulphur.

Calcium = vulnerability to external influences; Sulpfire.Vulnerability on all levels leading to sense o[hypersensitive].There is constant need for protection, which they t

"security, money, position, comfort".Oversensitive to external impressions pain, touch, Threatening, anger so that he could have stabbed anRude; makes furious gestures. Rudeness mostly VerChildren who lose temper and hit and kick and do r


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HEPAR SULPHURISChilly patient.

Craving for sour things, vinegar, pickles.< Clear weather, Dry weather. > Wet weather. (another tIt antidotes the bad effects of mercury and other miodide of potash, cod-liver oil (patient shows allergic consuming these things).

Renders patient less susceptible to atmospheric changes Stitching, stabbing pains; splinter-like. Tendency to Inflammations ending in suppuration. Yellow thick dischSkin is very sensitive to touch (Croton tigandoppositeEruptions, painful, as from splinters when touched.


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CROTON TIGLIUMA valuable remedy for summer complaints

affections.Affinity for skin of face and external genitals

Develops acute eczema over whole body with intense itching but unable to scratch

tenderness. Stinging, smarting pains > rubbing.

Hughes says, Croton relieves the itching rapidly and permanently.


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NATRUM MURIATICUM

All Natrums are hypersensitive and closed.

Not to hurt- not to be hurt

OR To hurt- not to be h

Great vulnerability gets easily hurt. Fear of being r

Desire for Solitude.

Hahnemann said, Avoids company because he fore

might easily annoy others.Silent grief. Absorb grief & problem of other peopover it when alone.

Very responsible; Sympathetic. Objective & co

mental level, immature on emotional level.


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NATRUM MURIATICUMDefensiveness and resentment predominate.

Appearance of self assurance, almost of oNot the most friendly of patients & sedefinitely on their guard

< Consolation.Are said to have absolute intolerance of coas a matter of fact they crave for consolatioright people.


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NATRUM MURIATICUMHot patient. Poorly nourished; great emaciation (mark

Appearance greasy and oily.Increased thirst for cold drinks.

Mapped tongue with red insular patches.

Awkward, hasty, drops things from nervous weakness. (Othe

Desire to wear tight clothing.

Feels better by going without regular meals or fasting (A

Eczema: raw, red, and inflamed; < eating salt, at seashore

Dry eruptions, especially on margin of hairy scalp a

joints. Eruptions itch, smart and burn.


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GRAPHITES

Irresolution, timidity, lack of self-confidenc

doubts.Always anticipating difficulties."Regards himself as unlucky and ill-used. Ranxiety [anxiety, morning, on waking], excitabil

and even despair.Fastidious; fidgety; conscientious about trifles."Extreme scrupulousness; she cannot takelightly." [Hahnemann]

Weeping and expressing emotions >.


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GRAPHITESChildren - Obese with seborrhoeic scalp an

They man-handle the doctors, the instrumignoring or laughing at the mother's admonition

Nibbling appetite; has to take frequently smfood to ease stomach.

Desire for beer, acid drinks and cold fluids - disagree.

Aversion to sweets, meat, salt, fish, cooked food

Patient is usually obese but there is "Emaciation

part. (two other drugs?)


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GRAPHITESUnhealthy skin; every injury suppurates.

Most characteristic is the persistent dryness of thlack of moisture, tendency to rhagades.Outside of fissured dry eczema moist crustedalso appear with preference on the flexoextremities or behind the ears.The secretion should be honey-like, coagulatedoffensive; the itching is worse from heat and thethe bed.Lumpy, thick or hard. [skin, glands, eyelids, n

callosities, stool crusts, etc.]


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FEW MORE PEARLSMedicines General indications Particular symptoms

Petroleum Chilly patient; lean,emaciated subjects;symptoms appear anddisappear rapidly;ailments duringwinter; foul smelling

sweat especially onhands and feet; worsebefore and duringthunderstorm; easilyoffended by trifles.

Skin: eczematous, dry, verough, leathery and crack

tips of fingers).

Dirty, hard, rough and

like parchment.

Itching in skin lesions, w Skin symptoms worse d

Slightest scratch makes

Thick, greenish crusts w

itching; redness, raw; crac

Medicines General indications Particular symptoms


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Mezereum Chilly patient; sensitiveto cold air; after effectsof vaccination; prone to

skin affections;constant longing forfood, craving for fat;indifferent, vexed,angry at trifles but issoon sorry for it,

aggravation whenalone.

Eczema as a sequel to vaccinatio

Eczema with shiny fiery red a

intolerable itching, worse in bed

Small vesicles with terrible itc

Secretion from eruptions drie

producing thick leathery crust u

collects.

Eczema of face, child scratche

continuously, which is covered

Eczema capitis, hair get matte

pus.

Eczema worse from warmth.



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Violatricolor

Chilly patient;

aversion to open air,

disobedient, ill-humored,

morose, hurry in

movement,

capricious.

"Urine smelling like

cat's urine" is a

keynote.

Eczema with urinary distur

copious urination; or sudden

secretion. Intolerable itching.Eruptions, particularly ovehead, with burning and itchi

Thick scabs, which crack an

tenacious yellow pus.

Worse from cold.



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Malandrinum Bad effects ofvaccination.

Unhealthy dry, rough skin rem

years after vaccination.

Greasy-looking pustular erup Dry, itchy rhagades of the ha

worse in cold weather and from

Impetigo covering back of he

of forearms, extending over ba

Thick, greenish crusts with p

scabs.

Itching worse in the evening.



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Fraxinusamericana

Skookumchuck aqua

Berberisaquifolium

Hay-fever.

Infantile eczema.

Dry skin. Eczema after vacc

Pimply, dry, rough, scaly e

scalp extending to face and Dry eczema. Post inflammatory pigmenrelieved.


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TO NAME FEW MORE

Arsenicum album, Arundo, BroBovista, Calcarea sulph, Morg

Oleander, Psorinum, Sepia, Su

Tellurium, Vinca minor etc.


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