Urticaria

It is a skin disease

First class remedies

		Core theme	Concomittents	Modalities/ Triggered
Top Remedy	Apis	Red inflamed wheals with Marked burning, stinging Painful/ Tender to touch Swelling of the face, eyelids, and lips may also appear. Urticaria from insect bite	Accompanied by Fever (Apis ₳ Urt-u), Sweating (Apis ₳ Rhus-t), Chills (Apis ₳ Nat-m), Diarrhea (Bov, Puls) and Vomiting (Cina) He is not thirsty Asthma caused by hives (Puls) Asthma alternating with urticaria (Ars , Calad, Graph) Urticaria suppression (Ars, Urt-u)	Itching agg during night Heat / Warm weather Eating fish (Ars, Lyc), Oysters (Camph , Lyc , Ox-ac , Ter , Urt-u), Strawberries (Bry, Ox-ac, Urt-u) Antibiotics: (Ars, Nit-ac) Weather changes Amel in cool air, cool water (Dulc) Hot Drink / Air (Chlol) Physical activity, esp intense exercise (Calc , Hep, Nat-m , Psor, Sanic, Urt-u) Only in uncovered parts
Same Season Every Year	Urt-u	Wheals are red with itching and burning He constantly rubs skin to seek relief. Stinging also appears in welts. Swelling of the face may appear along with the above symptoms in some cases. Every season (Rhus-t)	Accompanied or Alternating with Rheumatism (Rhus-t ₳ Urt-u) Complications of Suppressed urticaria (Apis , Ars) esp Vomiting Accompanied by Fever / Chill /Frequent urination	Eating Shellfish /Oysters , Strawberries, Vegetables Bathing agg (Bov, Lach, Phos) Ascaris / Oxyures (Rhus-t) / Pin worms
Exercise Induced Type	Nat-m	Heat / Cholinergic Type Wheals over whole the body + Excessive itching. Large red blotches. Burning /Smarting /Stinging		Heat and too much exercise
	Con	Itching agg upon scratching.		Violent bodily exercise
Water Induced Type	Rhus-t	Here the patient gets wheals from skin contact with water. Itching. After one scratches, burning sensation appears. Stitching pain also accompanies.	Accompanied by Rapid pulse, Fever + Chill (Nat-m ₳ Rhus-t), Sweating, Palpitations + Diarrhea + rheumatic weakness (Bov, Dulc) Contact urticaria (Dulc ₳ Rhus-t)	Cement (Calc, Petr, Sil) Cold taking from (Ars, Calc, Calc-p, DULC, Rumx, Sep) Cold weather (Caust, Kali-br, Nat-s, Nit-ac, Rumx, Sep) Scratching Oxyures
Cold Induced Type	Dulc	Wheals on the whole body. Excessive itching. Needle like pricking sensation	Rheumatic lameness, palpitation and diarrhea (Bov, Rhus-t) Catarrh (All-c) With or without fever	Cold agg/ Skin exposure (Rhus-t) Cold taking from Upset stomach (Puls) Scratching
Dermatographic Type	Chlor	If the skin is scratched.   Intense irritation, itching, and stinging feeling.   Large red + Swelling of the face and the eyelid.	Itching compels him to scratch until it bleeds.	Hives due to alcohol intake. Appear at night and amel in day
With Liver Complaint	Astac	Over the entire body. They result in itching and stinging pain.	Chronic cases
The Whole Body	Sul	Itching, / Intense burning Stitching-like prickling sensation on the skin Formication sensation as if an insect is crawling		Itching amel by scratching
Marked Burning Sensation	Ars	Intolerable itching After scratching, pain is felt on the skin. May be small or large in size. Marked restlessness
On Waking In Morning	Bov	Entire body Quite big in size.		Agg on slight warmth in the body Bathing agg Gets no relief even on scratching.
In Children	Cop	Red wheals are and spread all over body Aggressive itching Dry skin + Heated sensation
Rubbing amel	Elat	Extreme itching spread over the entire body. Burning + Itching + Smarting / Stinging		Rubbing amel
Itching Changes Location Upon Being Scratched	Ap-g	Burning / Stinging sensation Left side of the body is mostly affected
Intense Itching	Antip	Scratch the skin harshly and tear it with nails due to extreme itching. Welts appear and disappear suddenly.
Chronic Cases	Calc	Severe itching + Burning Rough, and dry skin		Relief in the cold air
Excessive Itching In Evening	Kreos	Burning after scratching the skin, esp on arms and legs.	Heated sensation in the entire body.
Agg In Winters	Kali-br	Smooth, red, elevated patches hives on the skin. Itching appears, esp at night in the bed.		Itching agg in high temperature.
Agg In Summers	Puls	Red hives with itching, and burning or pricking.	Asthma caused by hives Chronic urticaria in children Hives + Diarrhea (Apis , Bov) Nodular	Evenings agg Pork (fat), fruits Gastric derangement (Ant-c ,Ars, Carb-v, Dulc ,Kali-s , Nux-v) During menstruation (Bell, Cimic, Dulc, Kali-c, Mag-c, Sec, Ust) Delayed menses Scratching (Dulc, Lach, Mez) Undressing
Chronic Recurring Hives	Hep	Violent itching and stinging . Wheals form on hands and fingers were it is required.		Warmth amel
Itching agg On Undressing	Rumx	Stinging, and pricking sensation is there.		Agg in the open air
Marked Angiodema	Anac	Excessive redness of skin with wheals. Wheals may ooze a yellow liquid. The eruptions itch, and burn. The itching is unbearable	Swelling of the face	Agg from scratching Agg in the evening.
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Banerji protocols
First line	Bov C200 one dose every three days for two months Ant-c C6 one dose for every attack In acute case Ant-c C6, one dose every hour Apis C6 + Urtu-u 0 one dose every three hours alternately in case of Drug hypersensivity angioedema.
Second line	NM 6X one dose every three hours during attacks, then repeat it one dose daily for a month In very acute cases NM 6X + Apis C6 one dose every 2 hours alternately

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Tissue Salt Remedies

• NM
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