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Please help, dyshidrotic eczema.
I have a dyshidrotic eczema for about 7 years.The skin have never been clear. Blisters always come up. I use vaselin to moisturize skin, (fingers and foot). It helps for the old blisters, but the new ones keep coming.
I have tried sulphur (did not help at all). And petroleum and hepar sulph, I can see less blisters, but it not stop. I took 5 pellets three times a day.
What else can I try? And how should I take it? For how long time? Please help. Thank you.
memnoc on 2010-10-29
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I have ordered psorinum and I have read, people who taking it should avoid coffee. Can I have a strong black tea, or decaff coffee?
And I also read:
'All skin creams, footsprays and similar items should be banned during its use, as these also spoil its action and undo the work it is doing. This especially applies to cortisone creams, zinc-based ointments and footsprays, calamine lotion, zinc and castor oil cream (for baby's nappy rash), anti-fungal creams, etc.'
Can I use vanicream lite lotion, thin layer after shower? My skin is dry.
Please help.
Thanks a lot.
And I also read:
'All skin creams, footsprays and similar items should be banned during its use, as these also spoil its action and undo the work it is doing. This especially applies to cortisone creams, zinc-based ointments and footsprays, calamine lotion, zinc and castor oil cream (for baby's nappy rash), anti-fungal creams, etc.'
Can I use vanicream lite lotion, thin layer after shower? My skin is dry.
Please help.
Thanks a lot.
memnoc last decade
Please copy the Questionnaire from the following thread
http://www.abchomeopathy.com/forum2.php/188925/
and post all the questions here duly answered. On that basis your remedy may be worked out.
http://www.abchomeopathy.com/forum2.php/188925/
and post all the questions here duly answered. On that basis your remedy may be worked out.
♡ kadwa last decade
Patient ID: memnoc
Sex: female
Age: 40
Please answer the following questions in a descriptive manner after careful analysis and recollection of previous experiences and happenings.
1. Describe your main suffering?
Very dry skin, with the blisters on fingertips, under the fingernails and on feet.
I can clear the old blisters, but the new once will come rite away.
2. What other physical sufferings do you have in your body?
Allergies, hives.
Always at this time of the year my skin on the face (cheeks and forehead) is very dry.
3. What mental sufferings / feelings do you have associated with your physical sufferings?
Stress.
4. What exactly do you feel when you are at your worst?
I am very, very upset. Doctors or people woud say try this, or that, but they do not understand, I have tried so many different medications and it did not work.
5. When did it all start? Can you connect it to any past event or disease?
About 7 years ago. May be a lot of cleaning in my house (chemicals)?
6. Which time of the day you are worst?
Night.
7. What are the things which aggravate your suffering and which are those which ameliorate the same?
(?) Chemicals, Vaselin.
8. Do your think your sufferings have relation to any external stimuli (like, change of place) or any internal biological changes in the body, like, menses (in females)?
May be external. I moved in 2001, to different continent.
9. When do you feel better, during hot weather or cold weather, humid or dry weather?
The same.
10. Describe your general mental set up? Are you Moody, Arrogant, Mild, Agreeable Changeable, Nervous, Suspicious, Easily offended, Quiet, Arguing, Irritating, Lazy etc.
Suspicious, quiet.
- How do you feel before or during a thunderstorm?
Like always
- Do you like being consoled during your tough times?
No.
- Are you sensitive to external stimuli like smell, noise, light etc?
No.
- Do you have any typical habit or gesture like nail biting, causeless
weeping, talking to one self etc?
No.
- How do you feel about your friends, family, your children and especially your husband / wife?
Do not have a lot of friends. Love my family, son, husband, parents and brother.
11. What are your fears and do you dream of any situation repeatedly?
Claustrophobia.
12. What do you crave for in food items and what are your aversions?
Love chocolate.
13. How is your thirst: Less, Normal or Excessive?
Normal to excessive.
14. How if your hunger: Less, Normal or Excessive?
Normal.
15. Is there any kind of food which your body cant stand?
No.
16. Is your sweat normal or less or more? Where does it sweat more: Head, Trunk or Limbs?
Normal. Feet, hand, underarms.
17. How is your bowel movement and stool type?
Irregular.
18. How well do you sleep? Do you have a particular posture of sleeping?
Sleep well, but hard to fall asleep. On the back.
19. Do you think you are able to satisfy your sexual desires in general?
Yes.
20. How do you think you are different from others, if at all?
Not at all.
21. What medications have been taken earlier by you to treat the diseases and do you have any particular symptom surfacing after the medication?
Petroleum and hepar sulph. After taking sulphur got a few pimples on my chest, it is almoust gone now.
22. What major diseases are running in your family?
Diabetes ( fathers mom).
23. Describe, how do you look like? Describe your overall appearance
40 y.o., white, dark blond, 5.3''. People saying I am young looking.
Sex: female
Age: 40
Please answer the following questions in a descriptive manner after careful analysis and recollection of previous experiences and happenings.
1. Describe your main suffering?
Very dry skin, with the blisters on fingertips, under the fingernails and on feet.
I can clear the old blisters, but the new once will come rite away.
2. What other physical sufferings do you have in your body?
Allergies, hives.
Always at this time of the year my skin on the face (cheeks and forehead) is very dry.
3. What mental sufferings / feelings do you have associated with your physical sufferings?
Stress.
4. What exactly do you feel when you are at your worst?
I am very, very upset. Doctors or people woud say try this, or that, but they do not understand, I have tried so many different medications and it did not work.
5. When did it all start? Can you connect it to any past event or disease?
About 7 years ago. May be a lot of cleaning in my house (chemicals)?
6. Which time of the day you are worst?
Night.
7. What are the things which aggravate your suffering and which are those which ameliorate the same?
(?) Chemicals, Vaselin.
8. Do your think your sufferings have relation to any external stimuli (like, change of place) or any internal biological changes in the body, like, menses (in females)?
May be external. I moved in 2001, to different continent.
9. When do you feel better, during hot weather or cold weather, humid or dry weather?
The same.
10. Describe your general mental set up? Are you Moody, Arrogant, Mild, Agreeable Changeable, Nervous, Suspicious, Easily offended, Quiet, Arguing, Irritating, Lazy etc.
Suspicious, quiet.
- How do you feel before or during a thunderstorm?
Like always
- Do you like being consoled during your tough times?
No.
- Are you sensitive to external stimuli like smell, noise, light etc?
No.
- Do you have any typical habit or gesture like nail biting, causeless
weeping, talking to one self etc?
No.
- How do you feel about your friends, family, your children and especially your husband / wife?
Do not have a lot of friends. Love my family, son, husband, parents and brother.
11. What are your fears and do you dream of any situation repeatedly?
Claustrophobia.
12. What do you crave for in food items and what are your aversions?
Love chocolate.
13. How is your thirst: Less, Normal or Excessive?
Normal to excessive.
14. How if your hunger: Less, Normal or Excessive?
Normal.
15. Is there any kind of food which your body cant stand?
No.
16. Is your sweat normal or less or more? Where does it sweat more: Head, Trunk or Limbs?
Normal. Feet, hand, underarms.
17. How is your bowel movement and stool type?
Irregular.
18. How well do you sleep? Do you have a particular posture of sleeping?
Sleep well, but hard to fall asleep. On the back.
19. Do you think you are able to satisfy your sexual desires in general?
Yes.
20. How do you think you are different from others, if at all?
Not at all.
21. What medications have been taken earlier by you to treat the diseases and do you have any particular symptom surfacing after the medication?
Petroleum and hepar sulph. After taking sulphur got a few pimples on my chest, it is almoust gone now.
22. What major diseases are running in your family?
Diabetes ( fathers mom).
23. Describe, how do you look like? Describe your overall appearance
40 y.o., white, dark blond, 5.3''. People saying I am young looking.
memnoc last decade
Details of menses are very decisive in selecting remedy for a female patient. On the basis of the information given by you i think that Lycopodium 200 or Graphites 200 may help you.
If your menses are pale and scanty you should take Graphites 200 otherwise you should take Lycopodium 200.
Please take 3 doses of the indicated remedy as follows and report back after 15 days.
day 1 morning
1st dose
day 1 evening
2nd dose
day 2 morning
3rd dose
One dose means
If the medicine is in pills form 4 pills. Don't touch pills with hand. Use cap of bottle to take pills.
If the medicine is in liquid dilution form, 3-4 drops in some 20 ml water. Sip up slowly.
Please follow homeo restrictions like no coffee, no raw onion/garlic, no strong perfumes, don't eat or drink anything within 30 minutes before or after taking medicine.
If your menses are pale and scanty you should take Graphites 200 otherwise you should take Lycopodium 200.
Please take 3 doses of the indicated remedy as follows and report back after 15 days.
day 1 morning
1st dose
day 1 evening
2nd dose
day 2 morning
3rd dose
One dose means
If the medicine is in pills form 4 pills. Don't touch pills with hand. Use cap of bottle to take pills.
If the medicine is in liquid dilution form, 3-4 drops in some 20 ml water. Sip up slowly.
Please follow homeo restrictions like no coffee, no raw onion/garlic, no strong perfumes, don't eat or drink anything within 30 minutes before or after taking medicine.
♡ kadwa last decade
Thank you, Kadwa.
- Are the periods early, regular or late in general?
Regular.
How long do they last?
4 days.
- Do you suffer from any kind of physical or mental discomfort before, during or after the periods?
No.
- Is the flow scanty, normal or excessive?
Normal to excenssive.
- Is the blood thick bright red or pale watery?
Thick, bright red.
- Do you notice any clots in the flow?
Yes.
I think I should take Lycopodium 200.
What about decaff coffee or strong black tea?
Do I follow homeo restrictions all 15 days? Or just for first 2 days?
Can I use vaselin, or cream, or lotion?
Thanks.
- Are the periods early, regular or late in general?
Regular.
How long do they last?
4 days.
- Do you suffer from any kind of physical or mental discomfort before, during or after the periods?
No.
- Is the flow scanty, normal or excessive?
Normal to excenssive.
- Is the blood thick bright red or pale watery?
Thick, bright red.
- Do you notice any clots in the flow?
Yes.
I think I should take Lycopodium 200.
What about decaff coffee or strong black tea?
Do I follow homeo restrictions all 15 days? Or just for first 2 days?
Can I use vaselin, or cream, or lotion?
Thanks.
memnoc last decade
You should take Lycopodium 200. It is better to avoid decaff coffee. One can restrict it's consuption to two cups a day if it is not possible to avoid it. Again there should be a gap of 2 hours between taking decaff coffee and the remedy. Strong black tea is not good for those with digestion problems.
The restrictions apply for 15 days. But you can relax them as had been told earlier if these are very difficult for you to follow.
You can use vaseline. It is better to avoid creams and lotions during the treatment period.
The restrictions apply for 15 days. But you can relax them as had been told earlier if these are very difficult for you to follow.
You can use vaseline. It is better to avoid creams and lotions during the treatment period.
♡ kadwa last decade
I have new blisters every day. But I have less blisters and they are smaller size, then I have before.
memnoc last decade
If the remedy has favourably affected your digestion and mental state, you should repeat the remedy in the same way as you did earlier. The redosing should be done only when there is a significant relapse of the overall gains you have had from the earlier dosing and not earlier.
♡ kadwa last decade
Kadwa, thanks a lot for your help.
Yes it, definitely, has favourably affected my mental state, I am not so sure about digestive system (I think this is the same).
Should I repeat it tomorrow, or wait about 5 to 15 days?
Today is the day 16, after I started it.
Yes it, definitely, has favourably affected my mental state, I am not so sure about digestive system (I think this is the same).
Should I repeat it tomorrow, or wait about 5 to 15 days?
Today is the day 16, after I started it.
memnoc last decade
It is always better to let the earlier dose work internally if improvement is taking place under it's influence. Redosing should be done when there is a significant relapse.
♡ kadwa last decade
After another 15 days, I have same results as after the first 15 days. New blisters every day. But they are smaller.
Should I repeat the remedy in the same way as I did earlier?
Thank you.
Should I repeat the remedy in the same way as I did earlier?
Thank you.
memnoc last decade
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