30/03/2025
ICHYTHOSIS AND IT’S HOMEOPATHIC MANAGEMENT
Ichthyosis, often referred to as "fish scale disease," is a group of skin conditions that cause dry, scaly patches of skin. The condition affects both children and adults and can vary widely in severity.
CAUSES
1.Genetic factors
2.Familial history
3.Chronic illness like cancer
4.Certain medications
SYMPTOMS
1.Dry, scaly skin.
2.Thickened,leathery skin.
3.Fissures and cracks of skin.
4.Itching and irritation of affected part.
5.Redness, burning pain with flaky discharge.
HOMEOPATHIC MANAGEMENT
SULPHUR
Dry, scaly, unhealthy; every little injury suppurates. Freckles. Itching, burning; worse scratching and washing. Excoriation, especially in folds.
Feeling of a band around bones. Skin affections after local medication. Pruritus, especially from warmth, is evening, often recurs in spring-time, in damp weather.
GRAPHITES
Graphites is often prescribed for individuals with thick, dry, and cracked skin. It is particularly useful for cases where the skin is rough and has deep fissures, especially on the hands and feet.
Rough, hard, persistent dryness of portions of skin unaffected by eczema. Early stage of keloid and fibroma. Phlegmonous erysipelas of face; burning and stinging pain. Swelling of feet.
PETROLEUM
Skin dry, constricted, very sensitive, rough and cracked, leathery. Herpes. Slightest scratch makes skin suppurate. Thick, greenish crusts, burning and itching; redness, raw; cracks bleed easily. Eczema. Rhagades worse in winter.
ARSENIC ALBUM
Itching, burning, swellings; śdema, eruption, papular, dry, rough, scaly; worse cold and scratching. Malignant pustules. Ulcers with offensive discharge. Anthrax. Poisoned wounds.
Psoriasis. Scirrhus. Icy coldness of body. Epithelioma of the skin. Gangrenous inflammations.
NATRUM MUR
Greasy, oily, especially on hairy parts. Dry eruptions, especially on margin of hairy scalp and bends of joints. . Crusty eruptions in bends of limbs, margin of scalp, behind ears (Caust). Warts on palms of hands.
Eczema; raw, red, and inflamed; worse, eating salt, at seashore.
Thuja
Unhealthy; readily ulcerating; flaccid. Small wounds do not heal readily. Glands swollen. Nettle rash; better in cold air. Warts on face and hands. Petechial eruptions. Chilblains. Boils.