Erysipelas

Clinic

• Erysipelas is a skin infection involving the dermis layer of the skin
• It may also extend to the superficial cutaneous lymphatics.
• It is characterized by an area of erythema that is well demarcated, raised, and often affects the lower extremities and face

Related disease

• Paronychia
• Cellulitis
• Scar

Remedies

Graph

• Chronic, Recurrent, without fever
• Menses agg
• Scratching agg
• Linear shape
• Spreading from right to left
• Edematous

Rhus-t

• Burning, Itching, Stitching
• Spreading from left to right

Lach

• Gangrenous
• Spreading from left to right
• Scratching agg
• Edematous
• With blisters

Types

Gangrenous : Anthraci, Apis, Ars, Bell, Camph, Carb-v, Lach, Rhus-t, Sabin, Sec, Sil

Due to trauma: Calsn, Psor, Apis (in Neonate umblicus)

Scratching agg: Am-c, Bell, Hep, Graph, Lach

Spreading from right to left: Apis, Graph, Lyc

Edematous: Apis, Ars, Aur, Graph, Hep, Lyc, Sul

Miasms

GABHS

Tissue Salt Remedies

• FP: Skin oozes and infiltrates
• KP
• KS
• NS: Shiny / Red / Swelling, but soft affected tissue
• NP: Similar to FP but more intense fever