Introduction
Atopic dermatitis is a chronic inflammatory skin disease characterized by itching, redness, dryness, oozing or crusting eruptions and recurrent flare-ups, commonly affecting feet, fingers, nails and ankles.
It is commonly associated with hypersensitivity, allergy, emotional stress, and a personal or family history of atopy.
Case History:
Age: 20 years
Sex: Female
Diagnosis: Atopic Dermatitis
History of Patient Illness:
The patient presented with complain of……
• Itching eruptions over:
• Flexor surface of both arm
• Between fingers
• Between toes
• Around both ankles and feet
• vesicles filled with fluid, raw, redness, inflammed. • severe itching and burning sensation.
• watery secretion oozes out after scratching.
• scratching cause more scratching
• modality: All symptoms aggravate at night time and winter, scratching, eating salty things.
Treatment History:
The patient took many allopathic medicines
Yet had no relief prior to homeopathic intervention.
Past History:
Patient had a history of Jaundice.
• Family History:
Father: Healthy, but suffered from recurrent seasonal cough Mother: Gall bladder stone.
Siblings: one sister has a history of sinusitis and chronic skin complaint which occur one after another subsite.
• Physical Generals:
Thermal reaction: Chilly
Appetite: Good
Thirst: increased. Thirsty for large quantities of cold water. Desire: salt, chalk.
Aversion: Bread, rice
Urine: D-4 to 5 times /N-0 to1 times
Colour: scanty and high coloured.
Cannot passes in presence of other.
Stool: D-1 /N -0
Character: hard knotty.
Sleep: 4- 5 hours, Unrefreshing.
Perspiration: Nose, line of hair.
• Mental Generals:
• Ailments from disappointed love
• Silent grief
• Aversion to consolation
• Reserved nature
• Brooding over past
• cannot emotionally detach
Analysis And Evaluation Of Symptoms:
1. Analysis of the Case:
• Mental Generals: The patient exhibits characteristic ‘Reserved nature’ and ‘Ailments from disappointed love’.
• Physical Generals: The patient is thermally hot with well emaciation. The cravings for salt and spicy food with well emaciation.
• Characteristics Particulars :(skin) The dermatitis characterized by raw, redness, inflammed vesicles filled with watery fluid oozes out after scratching. The modalities Aggravation at night and by winter, salty food.
• Miasmatic Analysis: The Itching red inflammed eczema, grief, emotional suffering indicates a Psoric Miasm.
2. Evaluation of Symptoms:
| RANK | SYMPTOMS CATEGORY | SYMPTOMS |
| 1 | Mental generals | Ailments from disappointed love Aversion to consolation Reserved nature |
| 2 | Physical generals | Thermal: hot, Thirst: large quantity of cold water, perspiration on nose and line of hair |
| 3 | Modality | Aggravation: at night, winter, scratching, eating salty things. |
| 4 | Desire/Aversion | Desire: salty and spicy food chalk Aversion: bread |
| 5 | Characteristics Particulars Hard knotty stools, | Can not passes urine in presence of other Raw, red, inflammed eczema |
•software: synthesis software used
• Prescription:
Medicine: NATRUM MURATICUM 200
Dosage: 2 doses of Natrum muraticum 200 were administered.
• Follow Up:
After 1 month: After taking the homeopathic medicine, the condition of patient improved significantly. The vesical becoming dried and no watery discharged with itching and burning sensation subsided.
Before Treatment
After Treatment
Conclusion:
The application of the homeopathic Similimum, Natrum muraticum 200, based on the patient’s symptoms and modalities, led to a successful recovery in chronic case of atopic dermatitis that had previously failed to respond to other treatment.
Reference:
1.William Boeric Materia medica
2.Dr. J. T. Kent repertory
3.Synthesis software
4. A synoptic key of Materia medica; C. M. Boger
Co- Authors:
Makwana Chhaya Lumbhabhai, Intern, Batch 2025-26, L. R. Shah Homeopathy college, Anandpar
Kanzariya Khushali Kishorbhai Intern Batch 2025-26, L. R. Shah Homeopathy college, Anandpar
