Palmar and plantar psoriasis and homeopathy – Case reports

Nwabudike, Lawrence Chukwudi

doi:10.7241/ourd.20171.18

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“…The previously published two case reports had also showed that wellselected individualised homoeopathic medicine prescribed on the basis of totality of symptoms was effective in treating PP. 15,16 In this case report Lycopodium, the remedy of choice as per the totality of symptoms of the patient was found useful in the treatment of PP. Improvement status of the patient was assessed on the basis of PASI score scale.…”

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“…The results were significant within the 4 months of treatment. 15 Another case report of 55 years male with psoriasis especially plaque psoriasis was treated with constitutional homoeopathic medicine Natrium muriaticum (30C & 200C); significant improvement was seen in 16 months of treatment. 16 While conventional medicine focuses on the inhibition of inflammation in the skin and therefore generalises the medication to the diagnosis, homoeopathy investigates the genetic and epigenetic influences that a person has been subjected to and the individualistic response to them.…”

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Plaque Psoriasis Successfully Treated with an Individualised Homoeopathic Medicine Lycopodium: A Case Report

Kanwar¹,

Ram

Kumar

et al. 2020

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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.

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Plaque Psoriasis Successfully Treated with an Individualised Homoeopathic Medicine Lycopodium: A Case Report

Kanwar¹,

Ram

Kumar

et al. 2020

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“…This means that it takes into consideration the hereditary predisposition, circumstantial stress, diseases suffered in the past, immune response characteristics, drugs given, responses to these drugs, and the current diagnosis with detailed symptomatology to choose a remedy 15,16 . The homeopathic pharmacopoeia includes many drugs that have an action predominantly on the skin, 17 and many disparate conditions have shown excellent response clinically to them 18‐21 . Nwabudike in 2016 published a homeopathic case report of impetigo in an elderly man 22 who benefited from a different homeopathic medicine, Hepar sulphuricum.…”

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Antimonium crudum in pediatric skin conditions: A classical homeopathic case series

Mahesh

Kozymenko

Kolomiiets³

et al. 2020

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“…Therefor patients look for different complementary and alternative medicine (CAM), among them homeopathy. Although meta-analyses of placebo controlled trials have shown inconsistent results, 1 audits, 2 observational, 3,4 and cases reports 5,6 published in different places of the world sustain the efficacy of homeopathic treatment in dermatological disorders.…”

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A case report of palmoplantar psoriasis treated with homeopathic Secale cornutum

Jurj¹

2020

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Psoriasis is a common non-infectious disease, considered to be a chronic autoimmune condition, T-cell mediated, characterized by faster replacement of epidermis cells on the basal membrane level, consequently causing inflammation and scaling, affecting 2-3% of population. In palmoplantar psoriasis (PPP) fissures and bleeding aggravate patient's discomfort. Besides conventional dermatologic treatment, many patients choose homeopathic treatment for this condition due to their efficacy and lack of side-effects. In reports on homeopathic treatment of psoriasis the most used medicaments were so called polycrests, or big remedies (like Sulphur, Lycopodium, Natrum muriaticum, etc). In our article we report a case of PPP treated till recovery with a rare homeopathic remedy for this condition, Secale Cornutum, which was prescribed according to individualization of patient signs and symptoms.

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Palmar and plantar psoriasis and homeopathy – Case reports

Cited by 15 publications

References 11 publications

Plaque Psoriasis Successfully Treated with an Individualised Homoeopathic Medicine Lycopodium: A Case Report

Plaque Psoriasis Successfully Treated with an Individualised Homoeopathic Medicine Lycopodium: A Case Report

Antimonium crudum in pediatric skin conditions: A classical homeopathic case series

A case report of palmoplantar psoriasis treated with homeopathic Secale cornutum

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