Eczema is a superficial inflammation of the skin. In conventional medicine, it is treated with emollients and topical steroids. We present the case of a 44-year-old male patient with eczema over the face, neck, chest and hands, who was treated with the homoeopathic medicines sulphur and graphites without the aid of emollients and steroids. It is clearly apparent from this evidence-based case report that homoeopathy has a positive role in the treatment of eczema. This finding can provide the basis for conducting large-scale studies with different study designs regarding the treatment of eczema with homoeopathy.
Introduction Psoriasis is an immune-mediated disease affecting the skin and joints with a prevalence of 0.44 to 2.8% in India. This manifests most often as plaque psoriasis (PP); it is a chronic, relapsing, inflammatory skin disorder with a strong genetic basis. PP is rarely life threatening but it is often intractable to treatment. Here, a 31-year-old male diagnosed with PP presented with a history of multiple reddish moist lesions with thickness and scaling of skin from right forearm, chest, abdomen and back for 3 years. Patient was taking allopathic medications for the same but there was only temporary relief of the complaints. So, patient approached for homeopathic intervention for permanent cure. On the basis of the totality of symptoms and analysis by repertorisation, homoeopathic medicine Lycopodium was prescribed and repetition was done according to the response of medicine and as per the condition of patient, following the principles of homoeopathy. It showed improvement in all complaints, but there was relapse of eruptions after sometime which called for increase in the potency of the Lycopodium (200C & 1M) as per homoeopathic principles. The assessment of patient was done on the basis of Psoriasis Area and Severity Index (PASI) score and photographic evidence. The PASI score of the patient at baseline was 23.4 and it was reduced to 1 after the continuous follow-up of patient for 1 year. Photographs during follow-up visits have provided a documentary evidence about the effectiveness of homoeopathic medicine Lycopodium in plaque psoriasis. Thus, it can be concluded that homoeopathy plays an effective role in managing the cases of PP symptomatically along with complete recovery of the patient.
Human history is observing a very strange time fighting an invisible enemy; the novel COVID-19-'Novel' stands for new 'CO' stands for corona, 'VI' for virus and 'D' for disease. The virus originated in bats and was transmitted to humans through yet unknown intermediary animals in Wuhan, Hubei province, China in December 2019. As this pandemic is very new so very less scientific material is available on the topic. COVID-19 is likely to affect people from many countries in many geographical locations. However, at the time this crisis is generating stress throughout the country. Homoeopathy is a system of Integrative Medicine that was developed in Europe at the end of the eighteenth-century employing medicines prepared according to a well-defined procedure starting from mineral, herbal and animal substances. Thus, Homoeopathy medicines have been extensively used for flu-like symptoms and has long record of success during epidemics and pandemics crisis since old modern times. Selection of the most appropriate Homoeopathic medicine is based on an individual's unique symptoms. So Homoeopathic options can form one part of approach in the prevention or immunity boosting for the current Covid-19 outbreak but should always be used alongside with other measures.
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