January-2018 - DERMATOLOGY-LOOK AND DIAGNOSE-2

1. DERMATOLOGY: LOOK
AND DIAGNOSE:
THE REMEDY AND THE
CORRESPONDING
MIASMATICS (Part-2)
Dr. Saptarshi Banerjea, GOLD MEDALIST
B.H.M.S. (HONOURS IN NINE SUBJECTS OF CALCUTTA UNIVERSITY); M.D. (Hom.)
1ST POSITION IN ALL INDIA M.D. ENTRANCE EXAMINATION’14;
S.C.G.M. AWARD FOR 1ST POSITION IN THE HEALTH UNIVERSITY;
LECTURED AT: HOMOEOPATHIC ACADEMY, BANGKOK (THAILAND);
VISITING LECTURER: ALLEN COLLEGE OF HOMOEOPATHY, ENGLAND
ASST. DIRECTOR: BENGAL ALLEN MEDICAL INSTITUTE
E.mail: dr.saptarshib@gmail.com
Web: www.homoeopathy-course.com
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Case No.4
Ulcer in
the
neck
with
dark
stringy
blood

3. Lachesis Sulphuric Acid Crotalus Horridus Crocus Sativa
 Bluish purple
skin.
 < sleep and
pressure of
clothes.
 > cold
application.
 Loquacious +
suspicious.
 Dark blisters 
blue-back
swelling.
 Ulcerative 
haemorrhagic.
 Freckles in face.
 Bad effects of
injuries.
 Tremor and
weakness.
 Boils and
gangrene >
from warmth.
 Haemorrhage
with fever.
 Sensitive skin
esp. of right
half of the body.
 Ulcers
surrounded by
purple skin and
oedema.
 Every drop of
blood can be
turned into
thread-> stringy.
 Drowsy and
lassitude.
 < warm room
> open air.
 Changeable
mood.
What do you see?
Neck Ulcer
With Dark Blood With Dark Stringy Blood
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4. Crocus Sativa, 30 Prescribed Considering: Dark
Blood which was stringy.
Miasmatics: Syphilo-Tubercular: Syphilis for ulceration
(destruction & degeneration) and also stringy character
is syphilis; Tubercular miasm for the haemorrhage (all
haemorrhages are tubercular).
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Case No.5
Septic
suppura-
tion with
blacken-
ing

6. Graphites Gun Powder Carbo Animalis
 Prepared from black Lead
 Doctrine of Signature.
Blackening.
 Cracks and fissures with
transparent honey like
sticky discharge.
 Parchment dryness of
unaffected part.
 Itching < before menses.
 Itching < before, during
& after menses.
 Itching < warmth.
Aetiology: Grief, fear.
 Chilly, fatty, constipated
but skin aggravation
from warmth.
 Persistent dryness of
part of the skin
surrounding the eczema.
 Suppurative diathesis.
 Wound poison 
“Septic Suppuration”.
 Bites, prickly heat,
eczema  Constantly
spreading 
non healing skin.
Abscessed part gets
purple or black tint (as
Gun Powder is black
colour) (Ref. J.H.
Clarke “Gun Powder as
a war remedy”).
 Suppurative  Swelling.
 Dermatitis, eczema,
boils, carbuncles
whether septic or not.
Discolouration with
swelling of affected
abscessed parts which
gets purple or black-tint.
 Blackening as
prepared from animal
charcoal.
 Feeble circulation
as in Raynaud’s.
 Coldness and Debility.
 Spongy ulcers.
 Bluish extremities.
 Moist eruptions.
 Painless copper
coloured eruption
in the face.
Acne rosacea,
worse from shaving.
 Spots in the face,
which are smooth,
palpable to touch and
rose-coloured –
shooting in the
cheek-bones, in the
teeth and jaws.
What do you see?
Blackening

7. Graphites Gun Powder Carbo Animalis
Rawness  in flexor surfaces 
ulcerates  Suppurates 
Sticky discharge.
Ulcerative.
 Itching & stinging on the wart.
 Deformity & thickness of nails.
 Little injury suppurates.
 Roughness of skin.
Both finger and nails become thick
and grow out of shape.
 Brittle nails (+++); Distorted (+++);
Exfoliation of nails.
 Stunted nails.
 Non-healing of
wounds (that
constantly spreads,
detaching the
epidermis),
mosquito bites,
prickly heats,
eczema.
 `Gun powder’ for
gunners: the
homoeopathic
antiseptic.
 Swelling of the
mouth and lip with
burning pain.
 Heat of the face
and head in the
afternoon.
 Itching over the
skin esp. in the
evening in bed.
 Rawness &
burning sensation.
 Scrofulous.
 Ulcerative.
 Debilitated.
What do you See?
Blackening (Contd. ...)

8. The combination of
Blackening
Ulceration.
Gun Powder 200
Miasmatics: Syphilo-Sycotic: Syphilis for suppuration
& cracks (suppuration is destruction & degeneration of
cells); Sycosis for the hyper-pigmentation (blackening) of
the skin.
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Case No.6
Knee
ulceration
with
atrocious
burning
pain

10. Arsenic Album Anthracinum Secale Cor. Tarentula
Cubensis
 Burning
> warmth.
 Restless (physical
& mental).
 Offensive
discharge.
 Debility.
Anxiety with fear
of incurable
diseases.
 < Cold.
 < midnight
and after.
 > warmth.
Aetiology:
(i) Suppression of
skin eruption;
(ii) Effect of
tobacco;
(iii) Sea bathing
 Burning.
 Black tarry
blood from
ulcer due to
sepsis.
 Burning like
sparks of fire are
falling on
the patient > cold
application.
 Skin feels cold to
touch but can’t
bear covering.
< from external
heat.
 Black, thin,
thin blood.
 Blood blisters.
 Atrocious
burning pains.
 “Senile ulcers”
(existed for
long).
 Restless feet.
Adapted to
most severe
type of
inflammation
and pain.
Angry and
raw ulcers.
Abscesses, felons
or swellings of any
kind: if tissues
take a bluish
colour and there is
intense burning
pain.
What do you see?
Knee Ulcer

11. Arsenic Album Anthracinum Secale Cor. Tarentula
Cubensis
 Dry, rough,
scaly 
scratching 
restless (mentally
& physically).
 Chronic
eczematous
eruption.
Corrosive.
 Periodic.
 Leucorrhoea:
acrid & corrosive.
 Red spots &
pimples, < night.
 Persistent
prostration.
 Purplish hue.
 Pruritus,
especially about
genitals.
 Carbuncles,
burning, stinging
pains.
 Gangrene.
Abscesses, where
pain and
inflammation
predominates.
What do you see?
Knee Ulcer (Contd. ...)
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12. Tarentula Cubensis, 30C prescribed: In absence of
any modality but presence of severe burning pains
almost like “atrocious pains of death”.
Miasmatics: Syphilo-Tubercular: Syphilis for
ulceration, suppuration and burning pains; Tubercular
miasm for the associated bleeding.
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Case No.7
Wart
on
back
of the
Hand

14. Arsenic
Album
Dulcamara Thuja Ferrum
Magneticum
Calcarea
Calcinata
 Wart on
back of
right hand
in Arsenic
consti-
tutional
symptoms.
 < Cold.
 < midnight
and after.
 > warmth.
Aetiology:
(i) Suppre-
ssion of
skin erup-
tion;
(ii) Effect
of tobacco;
(iii) Sea
bathing.
 Large and
smooth
warts in
the back
of the hand.
 Cold sores.
 Eruptions
around
menses.
 Itching
< damp +
cold.
 Flat pedun-
culated or
jagged warts.
 Wants to
conceal and
hide.
 Honey like
sweat in a
plumpy
constitution/
appearance.
 Itching 
< evening,
night.
 Eruptions:
circular 
only on
covered parts.
 Warts on
back of left
hand.
 Red spots and
Anaemia in a
Ferrum
constitution.
 Itching &
tingling.
Red spots:
bright red or
bluish red.
 Warts in a
Anxious,
Fearful,
Sweaty,
Constipated
Calcarea
Constitution.
 Warts with
sycotic
heredity
(strong sycotic
past history &
family history).
 Crops of small
warts and
whenever
warts are a
leading
feature (Ref.
Anshutz).
What do you See?
Wart on Back of Hand

15. Arsenic Album Dulcamara Thuja Ferrum
Magneticum
Calcarea
Calcinata
 Itching+++ 
burning.
 Dry, rough,
scaly 
scratching 
restless
(mentally &
physically).
 eruptions: White,
scaly, dry.
 Oozing 
smells like old
cheese  fish
brine.
 Crippled nails.
 Brownish or red
spots in scalp
& forehead.
 Wart especially
on hands and
genitals, those
having little
neck/peduncle.
 Dr. Clarke
refers the
appearance of
warts
indicate
sycotic
constitutions.
 Hard warts.
Dr. Anshutz
quotes a case
of wart with
sycotic
heredity,
cured by this
remedy.
What do you See?
Wart on Back of Hand (Contd. ...)

16. Arsenic Album Dulcamara Thuja Ferrum
Magneticum
Calcarea
Calcinata
 Leucorrhoea:
acrid.
 Warts: Jagged.
 Sensitive to touch.
 Warts: Large.
 Warts: Painful.
 Nails:Brittle, distorted,
crumbling or short.
 Nails: Corrugated.
 Nails: Ingrowing.
 Nails: Ribbed.
Hair falling of
insomniacs.
 Dry scalp with
small naevies.
 White scaly dandruff.
 Scalp sensitive
to touch.
 Hair dry & falls
out easily.
What do you See?
Wart on Back of Hand (Contd. ...)

17. Dulcamara, 200 Prescribed Considering: The location
of wart and she developed severe acne every time
around her menses.
Miasmatics: Sycosis: Wart  hypertrophy: Sycosis.
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