Lichen Planus
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Remedy |
Characteristics Symptoms |
Patient Worse by |
Patient Better by |
| Agaricus Muscarius | Jerking, twitching,
trembling, and itching
Neurotic skin troubles Burning, itching, redness, and swelling, as from frostbites Sensation as if pierced by needles of ice Sensitive to pressure and cold air Symptoms appear diagonally as right arm and left leg Cold, numbness and tingling Thirsty all the time Empty eructations, tasting of apples Unnatural hunger Flatulent distention of stomach and abdomen Profuse inodorous flatus Burning in stomach about three hours after a meal, changing into a dull pressure Menses, increased, earlier Sexual excitement Leucorrhœa, with much itching Paroxysms of yawning Restless from violent itching and burning On falling asleep, starts, twitches, and awakes often Vivid dreams Drowsy in daytime |
Open cold air
After eating After coitus In cold weather Before a thunder-storm Pressure on dorsal spine, which causes involuntary laughter |
Moving about slowly |
| Anacardium | Impaired
memory, depression, and irritability
Intermittency of symptoms Weakening of all senses, sight, hearing, etc Aversion to work; lacks self-confidence Irresistible desire to swear and curse Sensation of a plug in various parts-eyes, rectum, bladder, etc; also of a band Empty feeling in stomach; eating temporarily relieves all discomfort Weak digestion, with fullness and distention Eructation, nausea, vomiting Leucorrhœa, with soreness and itching Menses scanty Spells of sleeplessness lasting for several nights Anxious dreams Intense itching, eczema, with mental irritability Vesicular eruption Swelling Eruption like that of Poison-Oak |
On application of hot water | From eating
When lying on side From rubbing |
| Antimonium Crudum | Excessive irritability and
fretfulness, together with a thickly-coated
white tongue
Cannot bear heat of sun Tendency to grow fat Loss of appetite Desire for acids, pickles Thirst in evening and night Eructation tasting of the ingesta Constant belching Bloating after eating Urine frequent, with burning, and backache; turbid and foul odor Menses too early and profuse. Leucorrhœa watery; acrid, lumpy Thick, hard, honey-colored scabs Itching when warm in bed Dry skin Scaly, pustular eruption with burning and itching, worse at night |
By heat and cold bathing
In evening Acids, wine Water, and washing Wet poultices |
In open air
During rest Moist warmth |
| Apis | Swelling or puffing up of
various parts
Red rosy hue Soreness Intolerance of heat, and slightest touch Constricted sensations Much prostration Thirstless Craving for milk Cannot urinate without a stool Scanty, high colored Erysipelas, with sensitiveness and swelling, rosy hue Sudden puffing up of whole body Very drowsy Dreams full of care and toil Screams and sudden starting during sleep. |
Heat
in any form
Touch Pressure Late in afternoon After sleeping In closed and heated rooms Right side |
In open air
Uncovering Cold bathing |
| Arsenicum Album | All-prevailing
debility, exhaustion, and restlessness
Great exhaustion after the slightest exertion Irritable weakness Burning relieved by heat Seaside complaints (Nat mur; Aqua Marina) Fear fright and worry Gradual loss of weight from impaired nutrition Maintains the system under the stress of malignancy regardless of location Septic infections and low vitality Cannot bear the sight or smell of food Great thirst; drinks much, but little at a time Craves milk, acids and coffee Long-lasting eructations Urine scanty, burning, involuntary, albuminous Menses too profuse and too soon Leucorrhœa, acrid, burning, offensive, thin Itching, burning, swellings; œdema, eruption, papular, dry, rough, scaly; worse cold and scratching Disturbed, anxious, restless; must have head raised by pillows Suffocative fits during sleep Sleeps with hands over head Dreams are full of care and fear |
Wet weather
After midnight From cold, cold drinks, or food Seashore Right side |
From heat
From head elevated Warm drinks |
| Arsenicum Iodatum | Profound prostration
Rapid, irritable pulse Emaciation Tendency to diarrhœa Intense thirst; water is immediately ejected Skin dry, scaly, itching Marked exfoliation of skin in large scales, leaving a raw exuding surface beneath Drenching night-sweats |
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| Chininum Arsenicosum | General weariness and
prostration
Icy skin Alternation of hyperacidity and decrease of acid Thirst for water, yet it disturbs Eggs produce diarrhœa Sleeplessness due to nervous causes Coldness of hands and feet, knees and limbs Bitter taste No appetite Must have open air |
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| Iodum | Rapid metabolism: Loss of
flesh great appetite
Hungry with much thirst Great debility, the slightest effort induces perspiration Exceedingly thin, dark complexioned Tremor Craves cold air Weakness and loss of breath going upstairs Empty eructations, as if every particle of food were turned into gas Anxious and worried if he does not eat Urine frequent and copious, dark yellow-green, thick, acrid with cuticle on surface Great weakness during menses Menstruation irregular Acrid leucorrhœa, thick, slimy, corroding the linen Skin hot, dry, yellow and withered |
When quiet
In warm room Right side |
Walking about
In open air After eating |
| Juglans Cineria | Feeling as if all internal
organs were too large, especially those of left side
Skin red, like flush of scarlatina Itching and pricking when heated Pustules |
Walking | Getting heated
Exercise Scratching On rising in morning |
| Kali Bichromicum | General weakness bordering on
paralysis
Especially indicated for fleshy, fat, light complexioned persons Dislikes water Cannot digest meat Desire for beer and acids After urinating a drop seems to remain which cannot be expelled Ropy mucus in urine Yellow, tenacious leucorrhœa Papular eruptions Pustular eruption, resembling smallpox, with burning pains Itching with vesicular eruption |
Beer
Morning Hot weather Undressing |
From heat |
| Kali Iodatum | Loss
of weight
Saliva increased Cold food and drink, especially milk, aggravate Much thirst Flatulence Menses late, profuse Corrosive leucorrhœa Purple spots; worse on legs Hives Rough nodules all over, worse any covering; heat of body intense |
Warm clothing
Warm room At night Damp weather |
Motion
Open air |
| Ledum Pal | Eruption like Poison-oak
General lack of animal heat, and yet heat of bed is intolerable Itching of feet and ankles; worse, scratching and warmth of bed |
At night
From heat of bed |
From cold
Putting feet in cold water |
| Mercurius | Eruptions and ulcerations of
mouth and throat, etc
Tremors everywhere Weakness with ebullitions and tremblings from least exertion Great deal of weariness, prostration, and trembling Sensitive to heat and cold Parts are much swollen, with raw, sore feeling Profuse, oily perspiration does not relieve Breath, excretions and body smell foul Tendency to formation of pus, which is thin, greenish, putrid; streaked with thin blood Intense thirst for cold drinks Weak digestion, with continuous hunger Urine dark, scanty, bloody, albuminous Menses profuse, with abdominal pains Leucorrhœa excoriating, greenish and bloody; sensation of rawness in parts Vesicular and pustular eruptions Pimples around the main eruption Itching, worse from warmth of bed |
At
night
Wet, damp weather Lying on right side Perspiring Warm room and warm bed. Rest |
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| Sarsaparilla | Eruptions following hot
weather and vaccinations; boils, and eczema
Eruptions on face and upper lip Moist eruption on scalp Salivation Metallic taste No thirst Fetid breath Urine scanty, slimy, flaky, sandy, bloody Menses late and scanty Moist eruption in right groin before menses Emaciated, shriveled, lies in folds, dry, flabby Rash from exposure to open air; dry, itching; comes on in spring; becomes crusty Skin hard, indurated Summer cutaneous affections |
Dampness at night
After urinating When yawning In spring Before menses |
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| Staphysagria | Ill effects of anger and
insults
Sexual sins and excesses Very sensitive Itching eruption above and behind ears Desire for stimulants Craving for tobacco Canine hunger, even when stomach is full Sensation as if a drop of urine were rolling continuously along the channel Thick scabs, dry, and itch violently; scratching changes location of itching |
Anger
Indignation Grief Mortification Loss of fluids Onanism Sexual excesses Tobacco Least touch on affected parts |
After breakfast
Warmth Rest at night |
| Sulphur Iodatum | Obstinate skin affections
Itching on ears, nose, and in urethra Papular eruption on face Arms covered with itching rash Hair feels as if erect |