A Psoriasis Case.
NATIONAL JOURNAL OF HOMOEOPATHY 1995 Jul / Aug Vol IV No 4.
Rastogi.
Cases.
` Sep.

A lady of 37 years of age came to me in January 94 with Psoriasis - scaly, erythematous plaques over both the legs, buttocks, knees, ankles, elbows, and ears for the last 4 years. Itching was aggravated after scratching. Her complaints would get aggravated during winters and before menses. She had a tendency to weep easily on trifles, desired company, desire for warm food and drinks and is better in open air.

Initially she was prescribed Puls 0-1 on 22-1-94 followed by Puls 0-2. 0-3, 0-4 at interval of one week. She had only 5 percent relief in her complaints of scaling and erythema with no further improvement. The case was then worked out with the BBR taking rubrics as shown in the repertorial chart below.

The drug Sepia came out prominently covering 15 rubrics with 41 marks.

From 7-3-94 onwards she was given Sepia 0-1, 0-2, 0-3, 0-4, in succession with marked relief.

3-10-94 - she is 90 percent better in respect of itching, scaling, erythema, and clearing of the patches from parts mentioned above.

Comments:

Psoriasis is a chronic disease with relapses and remissions. In our case, patient had aggravation in winters and had come at the end of winter in the month of January. For two months she had no improvement with the first medicine and thereafter with Sepia she improved with 90 percent reduction in the intensity of complaints. From the case record it appears to be a natural remission as patient had reported for treatment at the end of winter in January, but she never had 90 percent relief during this period before start of treatment.

It was only after selection of Sepia mainly on the basis of location of eruption using BBR, she was relieved of her suffering to a large extent.

CHART

1-10-94 Central Council for Research in Homoeopathy

Analysis Options:

Totality, All Remedies

Total

Rubrics

1. Skin; Eruptions; scaly, psoriatic
2. Upper extr; Joints; Elbow
3. Joints; Elbow; bend
4. Lower extr; Buttocks
5. Lower extr; Joints; Knee
6. Skin; Itching; scratch, must }
7. Itching; after scratching; agg }
8. Ears; Lobules
9. Ears; Eruption; on lobules
10. Female; before
11. Mind; Weeping
12. Mind; Company; desires
13. Generalities; Agg; Winter, in
14. Stomach; Desire for warm food
15. Generalities; Amel; air; open, in

Sep

33

13

1

4

3

2

4

2

3

3

2

3

2

3

-

1

Caust

30

10

-

4

3

2

4

3

4

-

2

3

-

3

-

2

Sulph

30

10

3

4

3

2

4

2

-

-

4

3

-

2

-

3

Puls

28

8

-

2

3

-

4

4

-

-

4

4

-

3

-

4

Lyc

23

10

-

3

2

2

2

-

-

-

-

3

4

3

2

2

Phos

22

12

4

2

3

2

2

2

1

-

-

-

1

2

-

3

Kali-c

26

10

2

4

4

2

2

-

3

-

2

3

-

3

-

1

Graph

21

10

3

2

1

4

-

-

1

-

2

4

-

1

-

3

Rhus-t

19

9

2

-

-

2

4

1

-

-

1

3

-

4

-

2.