This is a difficult case of a young girl who was suffering
from skin eczema with watery discharges, here are the details.
Patient name: Miss Ac
Age: 24
Mind: normal
Thirst: normal
Aversion: not any
Aggravation time: not any
Constitution: flabby skin and healthy
Main symptoms: vesicular skin eruption and eczema filled
with water and fluid is transparent as water. Besides this she did not provide
any pet symptom about her disease.
Note: she suffered from this disease from her childhood and
the cause is unknown
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Now let’s see how she get cured by using homeopathic medicine
What impresses me in this case mostly was the localization
of the eczema. It was located primarily on hands, especially dorsum of hands
and palms and last 6 months also affect the skin around nails. Also the
vesicular character and renewal of vesicles in exactly this manner, together
with the fact that fluid inside the blisters is not thick but thin as water and
transparent made me think of ANAGALIS!
We all know that correct study of Materia medica does not
mean to memorize all unnecessary details but rather try to grasp what modifies
the disease and create an individual pattern which makes every remedy different
from each another. The same is true with cases. I believe that in every case is
something very individual, peculiar and rare and our work is never done until
we find it. If we are realizing what in every particular case has to be treated
and what is the most characteristic for the patient, not for the disease, that
most difficult part of our job is done (see aphorism 3 of Organon) and we only
must find the remedy that has the same characteristics. In anagalis it is the
LOCALIZATION AND RENEWAL OF THE VESICLES.
All of you have done great job, those of you choosing
Anagalis, you hit the nail, fantastic!! Anyway all remedies you have already
suggested were also in my mind during the case taking and therefore we must do
the final step. So let´s make quick differential diagnosis of all remedies you
have suggested so far.
GRAPHITES is one of the main remedies we think of in cases
of any skin eruptions, especially when the eruptions affect nails making them
deformed, thick or yellow. You all know that the most characteristic is
vesicular eruptions oozing HONEY LIKE fluid which is STICKY. The most
characteristic place for Graphite’s eruptions are FOLDS of the skin as well as
we can see in Sulph, Psor and Petr. In our case the most characteristic place
are hands which does not have to be a direct contraindication but the fluid is
thin (not thick) and transparent and watery (not honey like and sticky as in
Graph). Graphite’s is the main remedy for result of suppressed skin eruptions
especially when the aftereffect of this suppression affects STOMACH creating
the ULCERS.
PSORINUM is also "big skin remedy" but Psorinum
does not have the vesicles but DRY ECZEMA with TREMENDOUS ITCHING, especially
AT NIGHT which makes the patient feel totally DESPERATE. The eruptions of
Psorinum can be everywhere but mostly affect THE FOLDS OF THE SKIN. The skin
has typical DIRTY LOOK which resembles the next remedy which is Sulphur.
SULPHUR is our most known polycrest with innumerable amount
of skin symptoms. It is very close to Psorinum in its skin eruptions as the
most prominent symptom here is TREMENDOUS ITCHING which is MUCH WORSE FROM
SLIGHTEST CONTACT WITH WATER. The skin also looks like it is dirty and can look
like Psorinum in this respect. But there is one very significant difference
between these two remedies as the itching in Sulphur is VOLUPTUOUS and gives
the patient a kind of ecstasy while he or she is scratching. In Psorinum we can
see the exact opposite which is one of despair. Another more general but much
known difference is that Sulphur is in most of cases (but not in every case)
hot while Psorinum is cold and sensitive to cold, especially on head as well as
Silica and few others.
ANTIMONIUM TARTARICUM primarily affect lungs although has
some skin symptoms also. It has ERUTPION OF VESICULAR TYPE very similar to
Variola. The point here is that the vesicles is filled up with PUS which does
not match with our case as well as localization on the hands which is not
covered by this remedy. ANTIMONIUM CRUDUM affects the skin stronger than tartar
emetic with the typical localization ON THE CHEEKS AND CHIN. Ant-c eruptions
can be also vesicular and creating yellow crusts on cheeks as well as DULCAMARA
in which the eruptions as well as all other symptoms are mostly aggravated IN
WET COLD WEATHER OR WHEN THE WEATHER CHANGES FROM HOT TO COLD AND WET.
RHUS TOXICODENDRON has a strong affinity to the skin and
produces and cures VESICULAR ERUPTIONS with very THICK SKIN and STRONG ITCHING.
The Itching is AMELIRATED BY WASHING AFFECTED PARTS IN VERY HOT WATER BUT THIS
MODALITY IS EVEN MORE CHARACTERISTIC FOR RHUS VENENATA.
RANUNCULUS BULBOSUS has blister-like eruption in palms with
ITCHING WORSE FROM CONTACT. The vesicles in this remedy have BLUISH APPEARANCE.
The remedy which also was in my mind and for which is very
typical this renewal of skin eruptions is CROTON TIGLIUM. This remedy is often
needed in acute or chronic cases of diarrhea and has marked action on skin
also. The point here is that ITCHING IS TREMENDOUS BUT PATIENT CANNOT SCRATCH
THE ERUPTION BECAUSE IT HURTS A LOT. THEREFORE HE OR SHE IS COMPELLED TO RUB IT
GENTLY BY FINGERTIPS.
In Hering´s guiding symptoms you can find the following in
Anagalis: "Skin of hands and fingers very dry, sticky and dirty looking. Tatter
on hands dry, bran-like, squalors; or groups of small vesicles, smarting and
itching, oozing a yellow brown lymph when scratched, which soon turns into a scurf;
new vesicles appear beneath. There were Dry, bran-like, squalors tatters on
hands and fingers, principally on fore and middle fingers of right hand. So the
renewal of vesicles was also described in this MM. So my friends, the case is done now and I hope you have
enjoyed it as well as me.
Case by: Dr Petra Zach
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