Psor, Psorinum

Good starter

• One of the best starter remedies s in chronic diseases
• Esp after scarlet fever
• Allen suggests Psor in chronic diseases where the correct remedy was not effective.
• Psor has the same position in chronic disease that Sul in acute ones.

GENERALS - CHRONIC DISEASES, to begin treatment: calc, calc-p, Nux-v, puls, Sulph, tub

GENERALS - CHRONIC DISEASES, to begin treatment - scarlet fever; after

• Good remedy for weakness in recovery period of acute diseases (Carb-v, Sul, Tub), esp when child has lost fluid.

GENERALS - LOSS - fluids, of - children; in (Nurslings)

Clinic

• Lack of reaction after severe acute diseases. Appetite will not return.
• The patient is extremely chilly and hungry with foul carrion-like odour.
• Psor is located between Sul , Syph , Hep , Tub and Arn
• Allen: Give Psor to a patient for whom Sul was a good remedy but did not work (Psor ₳ Sul)
• Excellent remedy in the septic and foul-smelling condition that occurs during the recovery period (Pyrog)
• Psor is Hurried like Sul + Flatulence like Olean, Aloe + Constipation even with loose stools like Alum, Chin, Nux-v
• Radar suggest Psor in mania along with Hyos, Lach and Stram

• Psor has depression (No talk, No happiness, No sexual desire)

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Scrotal desquamating eruption

Asthma

Modalities

• Open air Agg (Calad, Nat-m)

• Sitting up straight Agg (Laur) /Lying down Amel

• Amel by opening the arms to the sides (Opposite to Ars)

Accompanied by

• Cough after suppressing itching or eczema
• Alternation of asthma with skin rashes

  RESPIRATION - ASTHMATIC - alternating with - eruptions

• Chest pain / Palpitations + Dyspnea

CHEST - PAIN - Heart - accompanied by - respiration; difficult

Skin

• Psor has multiple skin problems like Sul such as Acne, eczema, psoriasis and Herpetic rashes.
• Esp on skin folds and behind the ears
• Greasy skin, esp on the face
• His hair is tangled / stuck together / frizzy and lusterless (Lyc, Bar-c, Sars, Tub)
• His scalp has foul-smelling secretions.

Herpetic rashes

ACUTE DISEASES - Dermatological disorders - superficial mycotic infections: graph, Hep, Mez, nat-m, Petr, puls, rhus-t

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Circinate patch

• On the Scrotum / Groin
• Red/copper colored patches
• Fine wet crusts
• Hollow ring patches

SKIN - ERUPTIONS - herpetic - circinate

SKIN - ERUPTIONS - herpetic - patches

EYE - ERUPTIONS - Lids - scaly herpes

Scaly rashes, Scabies

• Desquamation behind the ear with sticky and smelly secretions (Graph)
• Dry and rough skin and small scales, esp on head

SKIN - ERUPTIONS – desquamating

SKIN - ERUPTIONS - scaly

SKIN - ERUPTIONS - herpetic - scaly

ACUTE DISEASES - Dermatological disorders - psoriasis

It is the second remedy for (Acute /Chronic) scabies after Sul

ACUTE DISEASES - Dermatological disorders - scabies

SKIN - ERUPTIONS - scabies - suppressed - merc and sul; by

• Heat agg (Onset of itching on entering the bed)
• Severe itchiness
• Pimple-like rash

Urticaria

Dermatological disorders - urticaria andioedema  APIS

Itching

• Unbearable itching, he scratches until bleeding
• Pruritis: Itchy skin without rash
• Itching leads him to complete despair / Insomnia /Terrible sleep (Nat-m)

SKIN - ITCHING - despair from itching

SKIN - ERUPTIONS - itching - warmth - bed; of - agg.

SKIN - ITCHING - warm - bed; on becoming warm in

Purulent rash

• Little but continuous secretions that are sticky and smelly (Graph, Mez)
• The rash quickly ends is pus (Hep)
• Profuse sweating after acute diseases, which makes him feel better (Calad, Nat-m)

Psoriasis

• The psoriatic eruptions disappears in summer only to occur in winter.
• Dirty, rough, scabby and greasy skin
• Nape of the neck, scalp, folds of the skin and groins are typically affected.
• Sever itching which agg by heat of bed. He scratch it till raw and bleeds.
• Psoriatic after long lasting grief.

Hirsutism

• Face (Na-m, Sul, Calc)

Generality

Thin and hungry

• He is very hungry and eats regularly, but he is still weak.
• He is so hungry that it disturbs his sleep.

  STOMACH - APPETITE - increased - night

• Hunger esp during pregnancy (Phos, Lyc, Petr)
• Hunger during headache

  STOMACH - APPETITE - increased - headache - before

Dirty and smelly/ Offensive

• Chronic / Recurrent Funky Mucous discharge such as nose (sinusitis) , expectoration, menses , eye, ear discharges
• Stool/ Flatulence / Anus

Ear / nose / throat disorders - otitis medi

SKIN - ULCERS - discharges - offensive - putrid

• He hawks and expels piecemeal and foul-smelling phlegm (Kali-m)

Depression

• Cowardly and hopeless /Depression

• Fear and despair about future
• Thinks he is a loser/ Miserable
• Desperate and pessimistic, he may even think of suicide
• Feelings of intense loneliness and being forgotten.
• Concerned about his health, so that he is completely hopeless about recovery.
• Tiredness and restlessness at night (Ars)
• He blames himself for his anxiety. (Nux-v, Puls, Lyc)

Children

• Restless thin /Bony child with skin rashes
• A child who is restless and hyperactive day and night needs Tub
• Child's restlessness during skin rash

  MIND - RESTLESSNESS - eruptions - with - children; in

• Nocturnal urinary incontinence Infant diarrhea

  RECTUM - DIARRHEA - children; in-nurslings

• He does not sleep day and night and cries constantly (Jal), but he is refreshed in the morning. (Allen)
• A child who is good and plays during the day but is restless all night (opposite to Lyc)

MIND - IRRITABILITY - children, in - good all day, cross all night : Jal

MIND - RESTLESSNESS - children, in - night - morning fresh and lively; but in the

SLEEP - SLEEPLESSNESS - children, in - fretful from bedtime to morning; next day lively

MIND - TALKING - sleep, in - children, in

MIND - WEEPING - children, in - night

MIND - WEEPING - children, in - night - toss all night: Rheum

MIND - IRRITABILITY - night - children; in - babies; in sick

MIND - IRRITABILITY - children, in - sleepless - day and night

MIND - IRRITABILITY - sleeplessness, with - children, in

SLEEP - SLEEPLESSNESS - children, in – babies: carc

Headache

• Ocular migraine
• Optic neuritis: Headache after Spot-flying flies/ Blurred vision / Even blindness (Lac-d, Kali-bi, Cycl)
• He feels hungry during headache and gets better by eating (Anac, Kali-p)
• Headache caused by suppression of rash
• Menses during headaches that improves with nosebleeds (Meli)
• Headache caused by exposure to air drought.

GI tract

• Wakes up in the middle of the night with hunger (Cina, Sul, Lyc)
• Sore throat with the smell of rotten eggs (Arn, Ant-t, Graph)
• Sudden morning diarrhea + Urging (Sul, Aloe)
• Diarrhea, esp during teething or after acute / severe diseases
• Chronic constipation caused by rectal inactivity (Sul)
• Dark stools, very smelly and runny, which is worse at night (Podo)

Rubrics

• MIND - DESPAIR - itching of the skin, from
• MIND - FEAR - cancer; of
• MIND - FEAR - evil; fear of
• MIND - FEAR - misfortune, of
• MIND - FEAR - neglected, of being
• MIND - FEAR - walking - of walking - street; across a busy
• MIND - DEATH - conviction of - after fever, epistaxis amel