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Eruption – Outer Head – Chapter 4 – REPERTORY OF HERING’S GUIDING SYMPTOMS OF OUR MATERIA MEDICA By Calvin B. Knerr, M.D.

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CHAPTER 4.
OUTER HEAD.

Dandruff
* Eruption
* Fontanelles * Forehead
* Hair * Head
* Scalp * Skull
* Tumors

Eruption.


Eruption

(undefined) :-
Bar-c.,
Cadm-s.,
Carb-an.,
Clem., Ip., Jug-c.,
Plan.,
Psor.

Acne :-

(See Papules,
Pimples, Pustules ;
also Face eruption,
Chapter 8 :
Upper Face
.)

Forehead, on :-

Nux-v.,
Sil., Sulph.

Forehead, on, as with
drunkards :-

Kreos.

Punctata, black dots on
forehead :-

Ars.,
SULPH.

Red, with black
points :-

Hydr.

Rosacea, in dispersed
groups :-

Caust.

Biting,
especially on occiput

(See
Itching.) :-
Olnd.

Blisters :-

(See
Vesicular.)

Blotches
on forehead, worse at night, in warm room, and before menses :-

Mag-m.

Boils :-

(See Carbuncles,
Ulcers.)

Scalp, particularly
on :-

Psor.,
Sulph.

Blood boils :-

Calc.

Blood boils, worse from
pressure, motion, better from heat, itching as if in bones :-

Kali-c.

Burning, biting,
sensitive to touch and pressure :-

Ars.

Sore pain from touching
or scratching :-

Anac.

Lentil-sized, sore,
worse at night and when lying down :-

Mez.

Painful, small, on back
of head :-

Kali-bi.

Painless, almost, on
occiput :-

Nat-c.

Quantity, containing a
large, of pus :-

Psor.

Recurring :-

Arn.

Scarlet, after,
fever :-

Hep.

Sore to contact :-

Hep.

Suppurating :-

Calc.

Suppurating, small,
often leave scars :-

KALI-I.

Burning :-

Ars.,
Cic., Graph.,
Sars., SULPH.

Carbuncles

(See Boils.) :-
Ars., Hep.,
Lach., Sil., Sulph.

Especially near ears,
or temples :-

Anthraci.

Copper-colored

(See Syphilitic.) :-
Carb-an., Lyc.,
Sulph.

Cracks,
bleeding easily :-

Petr.

Crusty

(See Eczema,
Favus, Impetigo,
Tinea Capitis.) :-
Astac.,
Petr.

Black, thick, on
forehead :-

Ars.

Brown, thick, with
reddish borders, on forehead and temples :-

DULC.

Children, nursing,
in :-

CALC.

Extends from scalp to
forehead, ears and neck :-

Ars.

Greenish-yellow,
thick :-

Petr.

Hairs, between :-

Acet-ac.

Hair, along border of,
light, on back, irregular, resemble peach gum :-

Nat-m.

Itching :-

Clem.

Thick, moist, with
ichorous, sanious offensive discharge, intolerable biting itching,
on forepart, worse toward evening, in night, and from warmth :-

Rhus-t.

Thick, loose, porous
bottom, seems full of vermin :-

Lyc.

Thick, causing hair to
fall out :-

Dulc.

Thick, a sort of
lepra :-

Ars.

Thick, exposed raw
infiltrated patches upon removal :-

Hydr.

Thick leather-like,
under which thick white pus collects, hair glued together :-

Mez.

Thick,
sebaceous :-

Hydr.

Yellow :-

DULC.,
MERC.

Diarrhœa, frequent
thin stools :-

Psor.

Dirty :-

Psor.,
Syph.

Dry

(See
Herpes, Pityriasis,
Scaly.) :-
Merc., PSOR.

Foul-smelling, thick,
commencing at back of head and extending over whole head to beard,
with crawling and sore itching pains, better by scratching :-

Calc.

Itching, with
intolerable, as if head were in an ants nest :-

Mez.

Offensive :-

Merc.,
Sep.

Offensive, easily
bleeding, burning begins on back of head, pains and cracks, better
scratching :-

SULPH.

Offensive, stinging,
itching and tingling, with cracks, sore when scratching :-

Sep.

Eating into surrounding
parts, with itching at night :-

Rhus-t.

Ecchymosis, after
injury :-

Arn.,
Ham.

Eczema

(See Impetigo,
Moist, Pimples,
Pustules, Scabs,
Suppurative, Tinea,
Vesicular.) :-
CALC.,
Cocc., GRAPH.,
HEP., LYC., Mez.,
PETR.,
PSOR., Sil.,
SULPH.

Abscesses, with,
affecting bone :-

PSOR.

Chronic, spreading from
ear, fine vesicles drying down to bran-like scales :-

Ars.

Dirty, offensive
smelling :-

Brom.,
Psor.

Dry, patches of
exfoliated thin, furfuraceous scales, with itching :-

Sil.

Ears, behind :-

CALC.

Ear, from, to ear,
around margin of hair, posteriorly :-

Sulph.

Erythematous, on
forehead, following confusion of head :-

Phos.

Eyes, between,
scrofulous ophthalmia :-

Psor.

Impetiginoide :-

Sulph.

Massive dirty crusts
mat hair :-

GRAPH.

Moist, acute or
chronic, worse on occiput :-

Petr.

Moist, itching, little
raw tubercles on scalp, face and arms :-

Phyt.

Moist or dry,
offensive, scabby, burning, itching, discharging pus, on
occiput :-

SIL.

Moist, thick, greenish
yellow crust covers nearly whole left side, suppurates, leaving a
large scar, of 4 years’ duration :-

Sulph.

Neck, with glandular
swelling on :-

Calc.

Painful to
touch :-

GRAPH.

Red, raw, oozing a thin
moisture, dries into yellow scabs down to eyebrows :-

Kali-bi.

Thick, hard scabs, from
which pus exudes on pressure :-

Mez.

Thick, yellow,
eczematous crusts, nearly cover head :-

Petr.

Thick, yellowish scab,
somewhat moist, covers whole scalp :-

Sulph.

Scalp smarting :-

Kali-bi.

Eczema solaris, red,
itching, pimples on forehead, every summer :-

Mur-ac.

Efflorescence, on
border of hairy parts :-

Berb.

Erysipelas

(See Vesicular.) :-
APIS,
Ars., Chin.,
Cupr.,
Dor.,
GRAPH.,
Ruta, Ter.

Bluish, becoming,
sudden sinking of swelling, violent brain symptoms :-

Cupr.

Bluish red on
occiput :-

Ph-ac.

Digging, boring,
gnawing then creeping and itching :-

Euphor.

Face, spreading
to :-

Apis.

Face, spreading from,
over head, sore to slightest touch :-

Chel.

Inflammation :-

Euphor.

Inflammation of
occiput :-

Ph-ac.

Left side, over :-

Samb.

Phlegmonous :-

Verat-v.

Purplish
swelling :-

Lach.

Sphacelus spots :-

Apis, Lach.

Swelling :-

Euphor.

Swelling, worse at
night :-

Ars.

Swelling,
painful :-

Phyt.

Sensitive to touch,
particularly in region of occiput, where there was pressing :-

Rhus-t.

Traumatic, periosteum
affected :-

Ph-ac.,
Ruta.

Traumatic, scalp
sensitive :-

Apis.

Vesicular :-

Rhus-v.

Vesicular, going from
left to right :-

Rhus-t.

Large blisters cover
right side :-

Verat-v.


Exudative :-

(See
Eczema, Impetigo,
Moist, Suppurative,
Tinea.)

Favus

(See Fistulous.) :-
CALC.,
Hydrc., Mez.,
Phos., Vinc.

Extends to nape or
face :-

Hep.

Fetid :-

Merc., PSOR.

Fistulous,
forehead red, presenting a number of small orifices like worm holes,
exuding serous fluid, margins of holes, which communicate with
frontal bone, somewhat elevated, pain in forehead when in bed, was
subject to severe headache up to time when forehead was affected

(See
Favus.) :-
Merc.

Forehead, near
hair :-

Sep.

Glandular, with,
swelling :-

CALC.,
Lyc., Merc.,
Psor., SIL.,
Sulph.

Herpes

(tetter)
(See Dandruff,
Dry, Pityriasis,
Scaly, Scurfy.) :-
Anan., Mag-c.

Biting, with, on
forehead :-

Caps.

Circinatus :-

CALC.,
Dulc., Phyt.,
Sep., Tub.

Circinatus, a little
spot of, perpendicularly above external canthus of right eye and
about 1/2 an inch above brow, at 1st a cluster of globular vesicles
on an inflamed base dry into thin scales and spread by
circumference, itches and pricks slightly, elevated ring of
vesicles, some larger than others, on an inflamed base enclosing a
depressed area of red skin desquamate, furnishing successive crops
of thin, white scales :-

Tell.

Dry, extends to
eyebrows :-

Thuj.

Dry :-

Rhus-t.

Fetid, on
temples :-

Psor.

Itching, with :-

Caps.

Itching intolerably, on
temples :-

Psor.

Forehead, on :-

Bad.

Forehead, on a small
spot on, on border, left side :-

Agar.

Occiput, on :-

Arg-n.,
Petr.

Temple, on :-

Cadm-s.

Temple, on, with
leucorrhœa :-

Alumn.

Tonsurans, scalp puffed
up by accumulation in subjacent cellular tissue of bloody, offensive
pus, discharging from time to time :-

Lyc.

Zoster supraorbital is,
bluish black vesicles, high fever and usual pains :-

Ran-b.


Humid :-

(See
Moist.)

Impetigo :-

Calc-p.,
Caust., Con.,
MERC.,
Merc-sul.,
Petr.,
Rhus-t.,
Rhus-v.,
Sil.,
Sulph.,
Viol-t.

Larvalis :-

Bar-c.

Itching :-

Cic., Graph., Led.,
MERC.,
Olnd.,
Sep.,
SULPH.

Worse at night :-

Merc-i-f.

Worse nights in a warm
room and before menses :-

Mag-m.

Itch-like

(See Scabies,
Chapter 46 :
Skin
.) :- Bar-m.

Knotty :-

(See
Nodes.)

Miliary

(See Rash.) :-
Lac-ac.

On forehead and
temples, periodical

(chlorosis) :-
Ip.

Moist

(See Eczema,
Impetigo, Suppurative,
Tinea.) :-
Cham., Cic., GRAPH.,
Merc., Petr., PSOR.,
Sep., SIL.,
Staph.

Blotches, large, with
scabby eruptions on face :-

Psor.

Brownish, excoriating

(scrofulosis
of children) :- Still.

Children, in :-

Hyper.

Corroding, worse touch,
better rubbing :-

Thuj.

Eats away hair,
sensitive, sore places :-

Merc.

Crusts :-

BAR-C.

Fluid, yellow, thick
incrustations, quantity of thick, agglutinating hair :-

Viol-t.

Forehead, on, along
margin of hair, after taking cold, worse in warmth of room after
having been in cold air, itching when warm, worse washing :-

Hydr.

Inflammation, causes,
of any part it touches :-

Sars.

Itching :-

Mez.

Itching, on
temples :-

Zinc.

Itching, forms a dry
scurf

(scrofulous
ophthalmia) :- Ars.

Itching, burning,
corroding, large vesicles filled with clear serum, become turbid,
burst and become confluent :-

Rhus-t.

Itching, fetid, on
occiput, scratching changes place of itching and increases
oozing :-

Staph.

Itching, on rising in
morning :-

HEP.

Itching, stinging,
extending down neck, worse when getting warm in bed, temporary
relief by scratching, dries up in scabs :-

Clem.

Occiput, on :-

Olnd.,
SIL.

Offensive odor :-

HEP.

Fetid, hair falls
off :-

Staph.

Offensive,
chronic :-

Vinc.

Offensive, with thick
pus, yellow crusts, bleeding and burning :-

SULPH.

Pus-like, discharging,
fluid almost constantly :-

Sep.

Scabs :-

Ruta,
Sars.

Scabby, itching :-

Psor.

Scabs, thick :-

Anan.

Scabs easily torn off,
leaving a raw, bleeding surface :-

HEP.

Scratching, burning
on :-

HEP.

Scratched, moist if

(brain
disease of children) :-
Kali-c.

Scurf :-

Hell.

Sore, feels, on
scratching :-

HEP.

Spots, large :-

Psor.

Stinging, moist,
bleeding easily when scratched, and feeling very sore when lain
on :-

Nit-ac.

Touch, painful
to :-

GRAPH.

Vermin, with, nightly
itching, burning after scratching :-

Vinc.

Yellowish, thick,
exudation :-

Petr.

Nodes

(See Syphilitic,
Tubercles.) :-
Phyt., SIL.

Filbert, as large as
a :-

Chin.

Hard, after abuse of
mercury :-

Kali-i.

Hard nodosity on
right :-

Mag-c.

Immense

(secondary
syphilis) :- Still.

Lumpy patches on
vertex, red and painful :-

Graph.

Nodules

(prosopalgia) :-
Sil.

Red :-

Thuj.

Red, knotty eruption
above ears :-

Nat-s.

Red nodules on
forehead, apices filled with pus, burning :-

Rhus-t.

Sore to touch :-

Carbn-s.

Headache, with :-

Sil.

Small, round, soft

(epilepsy) :-
Caust.

Swellings of bones
about vertex, soft as if containing water, pain worse at night,
preventing sleep, worse from touch :-

Daph.

Tearing, occiput, on,
painful to touch :-

Mag-m.

Touch, sore to, better
covering head warmly and from sweat :-

Hep.

Painful when stroked,
on forehead :-

Cocc.

Offensive
smelling :-

(See
Fetid.)

Papular

(See Acne,
Boils, Pimples,
Pustules.) :-
Calc., Cycl.,
Hydr.

Frontal, over,
sinuses :-

Hippoz.

Occiput, under skin
of :-

Ol-an.

Scalp, on, at height of
chronic headache, so sensitive cannot comb hair :-

Sil.

Base, on a red,
burning, itching, smarting, especially in wet, cold weather

(affection
of lungs) :- Sep.

Itching, on
temples :-

Sep.

Scalp, on, and
forehead, itching, burning :-

Rhus-t.

Small, some containing
pus, a kind of acne, on scalp and forehead :-

Nux-v.

Similar to varicella,
on forehead :-

Sil.


Patches :-

(See Blotches,
Spots.)

Inflamed sore, like
erysipelas, on forehead :-

Apis.

Red, on scalp :-

Acet-ac.


Pimples

(See Acne,
Boils, Eczema,
Nodes, Pustules.) :-
Mez.,
Petr., Phos.

Border, on :-

Ammc.

Fontanelles, region of
anterior, 2 red :-

Calc-s.

Forehead, on :-

Berb.,
Clem., Gels., Hyper., Kali-m., Meph., Psor., Sabin.

Forehead, on, in
drunkards :-

Led.

Forehead, on, with
irregular menses :-

Lac-d.

Forehead, on,
itching :-

Ziz.

Forehead, on, worse at
night in a warm room and before menses :-

Mag-m.

Forehead, on, in
onanists :-

Ph-ac.

Hair, sore, along edge
of, on occiput :-

Cob.

Hair, in, bleeding when
scratched :-

Calc-s.

Inflamed :-

SULPH.

Itching :-

Bov.,
Phos., Sil.,
Sulph.,
Zinc.

Itching, inflamed,
painful to touch :-

SULPH.

Itching, red, on
forehead, forming scurf, itching when getting warm in bed, every
summer

(eczema
solaris) :- Mur-ac.

Itching on right
side :-

Am-m.

Large, a, one on
scalp :-

Cund.

Lentil-sized, red,
burning, on forehead, become confluent, end in desquamation :-

Cic.

Occiput, on :-

Berb.

Painful :-

Hep.,
Sulph.

Painful, leaving yellow
scab :-

Calc-s.

Painful on left
occipital protuberance :-

Lac-ac.

Red, intensely,
brownish, on temples, on anterior border of hair

(syphilis) :-
Nit-ac.

Red, become larger and
suppurate :-

Lachn.

Scarlet, large, on
forehead :-

Zing.

Sinciput, on, changing
to ulcer, having characteristics of sycotic ulcer of celsius :-

Aster.

Single :-

Berb.

Single on temple,
filling with pus, then drying up and disappearing :-

Cocc.

Small :-

Act-sp.,
Anac.

Small, when touched
excruciating pain :-

Phos.

Small, all over head, a
vesicle at apex of each, exuded lymph which dried in a thick brown
scab, which gradually fell off in a day or 2, and in 2 weeks left
skin perfectly clean, boy æt. 4 months :-

Psor.

Small red :-

Sep.

Small red, on forehead,
with black points

(acne
punctata) :- Hydr.

Small white :-

Aur.

Sore, discharge and
form a scab painful when touched or combing hair :-

Lac-c.

Suppurating :-

SULPH.

Suppurating, painful on
forehead, feel as though pierced with a needle, skin red far around
each pustule :-

Ind.

Temples, on :-

Berb.

Tender, scabby, size of
a pea, on 2 spots on vertex :-

Sulph.

Touch, sore to, on left
temple :-

Arg-m.

Touch, sore to, on
eminence of forehead :-

Lyss.


Pityriasis

(See Dandruff,
Dry, Scaly.) :-
Kali-br., Mez.,
Nuph., Thuj.

Spots, in, fair haired
strumous girls :-

Lyc.

Porrigo :-

Decalvans :-

Graph.

Favosa, since 7 years,
commenced with a few pustules, gradually spread over surface 3 times
as large as a silver dollar, crusts thick, yellow, adherent :-

Sulph.

Infants, in, left side,
spots round and dry, slightly raised and reddened at edges with
bran-like scales on centre :-

Sumb.

Prurigo :-

Anan.,
Sarr.

Forehead, on, pinkish
lentil-shaped spots :-

Vesp.


Psoriasis,
head covered with inflammatory, scaly eruption

(child)
(See Psoriasis,
Chapter 46 :
Skin
.) :- Ars-i.

Pustules

(See Acne,
Boils, Eczema,
Pimples, Papular.) :-
Calc., Hep.,
Merc., Psor., Sulph.

Areola, with red,
suppurate from crusts

(children) :-
Arund.

Burning, biting,
sensitive to touch and pressure :-

Ars.

Children, in :-

Iris.

Ear, from behind, up
side, acrid sticky fluid, hair fell off, mealy dust on bare
spot :-

Graph.

Forehead, on :-

Am-c.,
Hydr.,
Lyss., Nat-m.,
Psor.

Eyebrows,
between :-

Cund.

Hair, under :-

Ammc.

Itching, better
wrapping up warmly :-

Sil.

Itching on forehead

(aneurism) :-
Spig.

Large, many :-

Vac.

Patches, between
eyebrows, small, with greenish yellow scabs

(impetigo) :-
Merc.

Pus, filled
with :-

ARS.

Pus, containing large
quantities of, itching causing child to scratch violently so that
blood flows, thick dirty yellow scabs, leaving a raw surface from
which yellow lymph exudes :-

Psor.

Small :-

Merc-i-r.

Small, painful when
touched, on left frontal eminence, later same on right :-

Lyss.

Sore, run together into
one continuous :-

Merc.

Vaccination, after

(goitre) :-
Sulph.

Variola-like on
forehead and occiput, painful, suppurating :-

Sil.

Vertex, 26 on, some as
large as a three-cent piece :-

Iris.

Yellow, numerous, each
containing a hair :-

Iris.

Rash :-

(See Miliary.)

Burning, itching on
forehead, worse in evening, and from warmth :-

Teucr.

Miliary on forehead and
temples :-

Ip.

Red, itching :-

Mez.

Red :-

Fiery, places about an
inch long over left eye :-

Ind.

Forehead, on, often
peeling :-

Aur.

Rhagades :-

(See
Cracks, Moist.)

Ringworm :-

(See
Herpes circinatus.)

Scabies :-

(See
Chapter 46 :
Skin
.)

Scabs

(See Crusty,
Eczema, Moist,
Scaly, Tinea,
Vesicular.) :-
ARS.,
NAT-M.

Chalky, look, and
extend to eyebrows, and nape of neck :-

Mez.

Dark, a solid mass, and
rough, adhering firmly, exuding a yellowish excoriating
fluid :-

Clem.

Dry or moist :-

Calc.

Discharge, with
copious :-

Ruta.

Elevated, white,
chalk-like, with ichor beneath, breeding vermin :-

Mez.

Elevated, hard, like
rupia

(after
vaccination) :- Sulph.

Forehead, on :-

Mur-ac.

Forehead, extend to,
ears and neck :-

Ars.

Forehead, on each side
of, below hair, a round slightly scabby patch, with red areola,
itching :-

Nat-m.

Itching :-

Calc.

Moist :-

CALC.,
Sars.

Moist at base, of
yellowish color, every 4 months :-

Hep.

Occiput, on, with
amaurosis :-

Psor.

Small, elevated,
between hairs :-

Merc.

Small, itching, better
by scratching :-

Nat-s.

Temples, on :-

Mur-ac.

Thick, and bleeding
when picked

(eczema) :-
Calc.

Thick, with yellow pus,
spreading to face :-

Calc.

Touched, painful
when :-

Hep.

Crops, in

(after
vaccination) :- Sulph.

Yellow :-

Spong.

Scald head :-

(See
Tinea capitis.)

Scaly

(See Dandruff,
Herpes, Pityriasis,
Psoriasis.) :-
Canth., Cic.,
Fl-ac.,
Phyt.

Back, on, part :-

Olnd.

Bald, on, spots :-

Phos.

Bloody :-

Calc.

Dry to forehead, ears
and neck :-

Ars.

Dry, red patches at
roots of hair bringing out hair, itching at night

(eruption
and periostitis, probably syphilitic) :-
Kali-bi.

Masses, in large
indurated, fall off freely :-

Kreos.

Dry, white,
itching :-

Alumn.

Itching, causing
distressing, becomes scurf, disappearing on washing, then
humid :-

GRAPH.

Moist, copious, and
sticky :-

Kali-s.

Patches exfoliate then
dry, furfuraceous :-

Sil.

Scurf like fish
scales :-

Mez.

Summer, better in,
worse at approach of winter :-

Sil.

White :-

NAT-M.

White, peeling off,
extends over forehead, temples, ears and neck :-

Thuj.

Yellowish white :-

Calc.

Scurfy

(See Dandruff,
Herpes, Pityriasis,
Psoriasis, Scaly.) :-
Arund., Staph.

Body, spreading over
whole :-

Merc.

Burning, unbearable,
worse at night :-

Viol-t.

Children, large yellow
vesicles around and between scabs :-

Psor.

Dry :-

Bar-c.

Dry, tenacious,
bran-like

(keratitis) :-
Calc.

Itching,
intolerable :-

Samb.

Itching, black :-

Calc-p.

Moist :-

Bar-c.,
Graph.

Moist, itching,
burning :-

Calc.

Moist, bleeding when
scratched on temples, worse evening, at new and full moon :-

Alumn.

Red, forehead, on,
whole surface, after vaccination :-

Graph.,
Sulph.

Spots, in, sore when
touched :-

GRAPH.

Scurf comes off like
fish scales when scratched :-

Mez.

Surf, itching under
thick, greenish pus discharges, eats hair away :-

Rhus-t.

White, alternating with
catarrh and loss of smell :-

Nat-m.

Serpiginous

(See Herpes
circinatus
, Psoriasis.) :-
Clem., Psor.

Dentition, in :-

CALC.

With widely-spread
inflammatory affection of skin, in open air, crusts fall off and new
skin cracks :-

Sars.

Sore :-

(See Ulcers.)

Large, on centre of
forehead, covered with hard, black scab, tissue around hard,
inflamed :-

Lach.

On occipital bone, 1
1/2 inches in diameter, covered with thick, yellowish scabs :-

Syph.

Very sore, worse in
open air :-

Sul-ac.

Single, burning, moist

(syphilis) :-
Nit-ac.

Spots :-

(See Blotches,
Patches.)

Flea-bites, like,
afternoon :-

Pall.

Forehead, hard,
purplish, on :-

APIS.

Dark, purple, on
temples, remain after spasms, unless rubbed

(epilepsy) :-
Kali-br.

Forehead, a round spot
on

(intertrigo
of anus) :- Merc.

Forehead, on, faintly
visible

(incipient
hydrocephalus) :-
Apis.

Innumerable :-

Apis.

Forehead, a spot on
left, commencing at edge of hair, and extending upward 3/4 of an
inch, skin covering spot many shades whiter than surrounding skin,
the lock of hair growing on it had turned white

(a
man æt. 28, dark complexion, dark brown hair) :-
Psor.

Temples, yellowish
on :-

Guare.


Suppurating :-

Cic., PSOR.

Syphilitic :-

(See Copper-colored,
Nodes.)

Bullæ

(infants) :-
Syph.

Coppery, on
forehead :-

Carb-an.,
Lyc.

Copper-colored spots

(mercurial
syphilis) :- Sulph.

Rash on forehead, an
abundance of fine scales peel off

(secondary) :-
Syph.

Spot, large prominent,
on centre of forehead, filled with fluid, as also are smaller
patches

(secondary) :-
Syph.

Tubercles, in skin of
forehead, suppurating

(infant) :-
Fl-ac.

Tetter :-

(See
Herpes.)

Tinea
capitis

(crusta
lactea, scald head) (See
Crusty, Eczema,
Impetigo, Scabs.) :-
Ant-c., Ant-t.,
ARS.,
Arum-t.,
Astac.,
Aur.,
Bar-c., CALC.,
Calc-s.,
Caps.,
Carb-ac., Chel.,
Chim., Cic.,
CLEM.,
CROT-T., DULC., Eup-per.,
GRAPH.,
Hell., Iod.,
Iris, Kali-ar.,
Kali-m.,
Kreos.,
Lith-c.,
LYC.,
MERC., Merc-i-f.,
MEZ.,
Nat-m.,
Ol-j.,
Petr., Phos.,
Phyt., PSOR.,
Rhus-t., Sep.,
Sil.,
Sul-ac.,
SULPH.,
Ust., Vinc.,
VIOL-T.

Bleeding, when
scratched :-

DULC.

Bleeding, easily,
crusts thick, oozing fetid moisture or having a mousy smell, worse
at night, after scratching, and from warmth :-

Lyc.

Burning, especially at
night, viscid yellow pus :-

Viol-t.

Children, pot-bellied,
in :-

Calc.,
Staph.

Children recently
weaned, in :-

Viol-t.

Chronic :-

ARS.

Cough, with violent,
and excessive oppression :-

Viol-t.

Crusts, spreading to
other parts :-

Agar.

Discharge,
copious :-

Bar-c.

Dry :-

Corn.

Dry and scabby :-

Graph.

Dry, chronic :-

Staph.

Dry, after
scarlatina :-

Bar-c.

Ear, especially over
either, exfoliating numerous scabs, or cracks and discharges yellow
fetid humor :-

Psor.

Ophthalmia, with
scrofulous :-

Viol-t.

Face, beginning with
little pimples on, itching, causing scratching :-

Sars.

Favosa, tinea :-

CALC.,
Hydrc.

Filthy, 2/3 of scalp
one, mass of inflammation, with loss of most of hair, watery serum
constantly oozing from scalp

(scald
head) :- Ust.

Hair eaten off :-

Rhus-t.

Hair falls off, scabs
dry, light cream color :-

Viol-t.

Itches intensely, with
blepharitis from birth :-

Mez.

Itching, especially at
night, viscid yellow pus :-

Viol-t.

Large and confluent
eruption, color dark :-

Graph.

Malignant :-

Brom.

Moist :-

Corn.,
Graph.

Moist, most on and
behind right ear :-

Lyc.

Moist, offensive
eruption, filled with pus, drying up into honey-like scabs

(dentition) :-
SULPH.

Moist, with yellow
scabs, offensive :-

Staph.

Moist, eruption
suppurating, forming thick offensive crusts, itching worse at night,
extends to shoulders :-

Rhus-t.

Neck, extending to
sides and posterior portion of :-

BAR-M.

Occiput, on :-

CAUST.

Occiput, beginning
on :-

Lyc.

Copious discharge of
pus :-

Bar-m.

Scab, top one complete,
yellow matter oozing from crust, has matted hair :-

Iris.

Oozing yellowish
excoriating, small vesicles where crusts have been removed burst and
discharge yellowish corrosive fluid :-

Staph.

Occiput, on, purulent,
with sour stinking smell, pediculi capitis and itching prevent
sleep :-

Staph.

Scabs, thick heavy, on
an inflamed base, with itching and restlessness, worse at night and
on becoming too warm :-

Rhus-t.

Scaly, dry, itches very
much, makes bald :-

Fl-ac.

Scaly, dark, eruption,
thickest at occiput, gradually thinning till it reaches line of hair
on forehead, itching worse on occiput, scratching causes bleeding
and discharge of non-glutinous fluid, drying quickly, accumulated
scales 1/4 of an inch thick on a line with mastoid process :-

Staph.

Spine disease,
in :-

Bar-c.

Spots oozing moisture
matting hair

(plica
polonica) :- Vinc.

Stringy, with, yellow
stools :-

Sul-ac.

Suppression, after,
furiously mad, walks about streets :-

Sulph.

Syphilitic :-

Viol-t.

Thick, fetid,
bloody :-

Rhus-t.

Tubercles, moist
itching, little raw :-

Phyt.

Urination, frequent
involuntary :-

Viol-t.

Washing, worse,
eruption when warm :-

Phyt.

Weather, worse in
change of :-

Dulc.

Yellow scabs :-

Calc.

Eruption simulating
crusta lactea :-

Vario.

Vermin, oozing a fluid
and breeding :-

Olnd.

Vertex, humid eruption,
like tinea capitis, small, grain-like pustules, filled with pus,
drying into honey-like scabs :-

Sulph.

Tingling :-

Sep.

Tubercles :-

(See Nodes.)

Forehead, on :-

Olnd.

Lentil-sized, flat,
with crawling around them, painful to pressure :-

Ant-c.

Red, on forehead,
stinging when touched :-

Led.

Ulcers

(See Boils,
Sores.) :-
Anan.

Bluish, with, dirty
base, upturned edges, exuding dirty, offensive ichor :-

Ars.

Bones, implicating
cranial :-

Phos.

Discharge, with
copious :-

Ruta.

Phagedenic, on
forehead, painful, pus offensive :-

Sil.

Round on sagittal
suture, a little over an inch in diameter, edges little elevated,
but hard for the space of a centimeter, bottom covered with a dull,
gray layer, which yielded a serous, fetid pus, sharp shooting pains,
worse evening and during night :-

Thuj.

Scrofulous on
vertex :-

Calc-p.

Thick, with, offensive
crust

(scrofulous) :-
Bar-m.

Superficial, on mastoid
process, extends to shoulder and breast, and across to right
shoulder, has lardaceous appearance, bleeds readily and discharges
thin, fetid pus, afterward neuralgia in left side of head and
face :-

Chel.


Urticaria :-

Itching

(climacteric) :-
Agar.

Biting itching :-

Rhus-t.

Suddenly appearing and
determining internally :-

Urt-u.

Eruption with
urticaria :-

Bor.

Vesicular :-

(See Eczema,
Erysipelas, Tinea.)

Blisters, with fine,
occiput, on, red spots, on a slightly inflamed base, with itching,
which dries up and falls off in little scales, most plentiful on
occipital scalp, on nape and on borders of hair, and on posterior
surface of auricles :-

Tell.

Forehead, vesicles on,
burst and spread

(children) :-
Bor.

Itching,
suppurating :-

Bov.

Itching, tingling, on
occiput, break, overflow, with tendency to ulceration :-

Clem.

Painful blister on
temple :-

Bov.

Patches, circumscribed,
commence at supraorbital regions, a number of small vesicles crowded
together, filled with transparent, viscid fluid, burst, and form
thick, laminated crusts, of dirty gray color, itching :-

Kali-bi.

Pus, vesicles filled
with :-

ARS.

Pustular, small,
vesicles a little to left of vertex :-

Carb-ac.

Red spots, filled with
serum, gone after sweat :-

Astac.

Reddish,
itching :-

Bov.

Reddish spots,
containing either water, or thick, white curdy matter, on
forehead :-

Sumb.

Small vesicles quickly
fill with a yellow lymph, painful to touch, like sores, drying up
after a few days :-

Psor.

Small vesicles, filled
with limpid fluid, itch a great deal, and form yellow or brown crust
on vertex :-

Sulph.

Smooth, with, shining
surface, and drops of serum standing out here and there

(children) :-
Olnd.

Vesicles contain
yellowish fluid :-

Euphor.

Wheals :-

Kreos.

Yellow :-

Band across forehead
close to hair :-

Med.

Blotches on
forehead :-

Caul.,
Nat-c., Sep.

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