Transcript Dermatology - Faculty of Homeopathy

Dermatology Cases
Treated with homoeopathy
Principles
A system of medicine based on the
principle of “like cures like” -similia
similibus curentur
 Uses the smallest dose possible to
produce a response
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Health = ease
Illness = disease
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Homoeopathy works with the body’s response
to illness
Disease due to bacterial, viral invasion,
inflammation, autoimmune, degeneration
Symptoms – body’s attempt to attack the
disease process
Homoeo – detailed history to match with
appropriate remedy
Isopathy
Allergens – House dust, house dust
mite, grass, pollen, oil seed rape
 Cats, dogs, cattle, guinea pigs
 Nosodes
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– Staphylococcin, Streptococcin
8 year old boy
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Eczema for many years
Allergies - guinea pig, dog, dust, straw
eczema worse on uncovered areas,
< knees to ankles - has to wear short
trousers
scratches  bleeding, > cool
pain in head when running
Strong FH of Atopy – uncle, grandmother,
father
Conventional treatment
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Referred to dermatology clinic in 1997
Mild to moderate eczema, patches on wrists,
flexures, neck – trunk clear but dry skin
Fucibet, Trimovate, Dermol,
Acute admssion for asthma in 1995 and 1997
Dermatology referral again in 2003
RAST – animal fur, strawberry, hay/straw,
wool, high IgE to house dust mite
Conventional medication at first
homoeopathic consultation
Diprobase
 Oilatum
 Fucibet
 Elocon
 Pulmicort
 Bricanyl
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Homoeopathic history
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V. itchy at night
sticks feet out of
bed
anxious about
school,
noisy if angry
likes affection
sociable, lots of
friends
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Fears - sharks,
snakes
likes performing
prefers routine
desires - salt, spicy,
sweet
Prescription
Sulphur 30C one day per month
 House dust/ house dust mite 30C - one
day per month
 Graphites cream – often relieves itching
and has healing properties. Enables
reduction in use of steroid creams
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Sulphur
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Untidy
Very hungry partic
at 11 a.m.
Eat anything, craves
fat
Dislike heat,
washing,
put feet out of bed
Red orifices
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Dirty-looking
Active but dislike
standing
Skin dry, burning
eruptions >
scratching
Offensive eruptions,
pimples, boils
Fear - snakes
Next visit
possibly more good days than bad with
skin
 pain in head ++
 gave Manganum 6C t.I.d., Graphites
cream, continue with HD/HDM
 Manganum – eruptions around joints,
itching > scratching, chronic eczema
 Bryonia for headaches
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Next visit
Seen 6 months later as cancelled
previous appt
 skin much better, arms clear, some
slight patches behind knees
 stopped Manganum but takes when
skin flares up and >
 headaches much better
 dog hair, guinea pig, mixed grass/pollen
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11 year old girl
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Eczema since birth
Breast-fed
Tried avoiding dairy
products – no effect
< summer,
swimming
FH of atopy –
sister,father, aunt
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Hayfever < horses
2 cats at home –
make her sneeze
Diprobase
Occasional
Betnovate
Homoeopathic history
Scratches → bleeding
 Itching < heat
 Stormy relationships with friends but
has lots
 Loves performing – sings in public
 Fears spiders, dark, alone
 Creative, sporty,
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Homoeopathic treatment
Phosphorus 1M – 1 day per month
 Graphites 6C tablets, 1 tab t.i.d. and
Graphites cream
 Chlorum 30C, 1 tab before and after
swimming
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Next appointment
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Skin much better – no patches of eczema and
itching disappeared
Advised to reduce Graphites
Mentioned that she is reacting to horses and
hayfever has started
Given Horse tabs 30C to take before and after
contact
And Mixed grass/pollen/oilseed rape tabs 30C
1Tab t.i.d. on 1 day per week
4 months later
Improvement continued
 No hayfever symptoms
 Occasional flare-ups of eczema but less
than previously
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Phosphorus
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Attractive children
and personalities
Maintain eye contact
Anxious to please
Dramatic, love
performing
Fear - dark, thunder,
alone
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Burning in skin,
cracks at joints
Chilly
Burning pains
Pale complexion
Red hair
79 year old man
Eczematous rash on both hands
 Discoid eczema on arms and lower legs
 Started 3 years before, after going on
to Ramipril
 Allergies – nickel, alcohol based
solutions
 Hands – v. itchy, sore, cracked,
weeping
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Previous treatment
Seen by dermatologist
 Patch testing – NAD
 Given Fucibet, Elconton, Dermocream
and dermal soap
 No improvement
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Homoeopathic history
Fairly easy-going, generous – wants to
make people happy
 Was a perfectionist at work
 Dislikes heat
 Weepy at happy and sad events,
anxious about his family
 Desires sweet foods
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Homoeopathic prescription
Lycopodium 1M - 1 tab t.i.d. on 1 day
per month
 Graphites tabs 6C – 1 tab t.I.d. until
improvement
 Graphites cream.
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4 months later
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Improvement ++
Patches on limbs much less but not
completely disappeared
Hands – itching > cracks and weeping >
Cream very soothing
Itching not completely disappeared so
Graphites stopped and Sulphur given instead.
Another 4 months
Did not feel that Sulphur v. effective so
has gone back to Graphites
 Itching much >
 Skin of hands, legs and abdomen
virtually clear
 Advised to reduce Graphites tabs with a
view to stopping it completely
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Graphites
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affects ears, skin and
nails
Itchy eruptions with
oozing
Eczema on head, crusts
matting the hair
Eczema in flexures,
groins, neck, behind
ears
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Thick, dry skin
Nails – thick,
deformed, brittle
Tendency to
constipation,
obesity, indecision
Children –
impudent, laugh at
reprimands
Benefits of homoeopathic
treatment
Safe to take for any age group
 Cost effective
 Looking at the patient as a whole
 Patient satisfaction
 Practitioner fullfilment
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Closing thought
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Useful option to consider in the
treatment of any patient for any
symptom picture