Homoeopathy - How to Describe Skin Symptoms

A large number of patients seek homoeopathic treatment for skin ailments. These questions will help them to observe the symptoms and give an accurate description to the physician while case taking.

This includes all eruptions, pimples, sores, abscesses, ulcers, carbuncles, boils, warts, abnormal growths, and tumors as these are all amenable to the homoeopathic internal treatment.

Consult Sections Homoeopathy and Sensations,

                            Homoeopathy - Symptoms Better or Worse By

                            HOMOEOPATHY AND PAIN

                            Homoeopathy - How to describe Discharges of all kinds

1.      Does the skin heal readily after an injury ?

2.      Any roughness, cracks, sores from washing or cold weather ?

3.      Are you subject to skin diseases, and for how long ?

4.      Have any of your near relatives been troubled in the same way, or with any other skin 

       trouble ?

5.      Have you been vaccinated ?

6.      Was there any side effect ?

7.      Have you suffered from symptoms of eruptions with itching ?

8.      What treatment was used for it ?

9.      Have you had measles, scarlet fever, chicken pox, mumps, or other similar diseases, and how did you get along during the sickness and afterwards ?

10.  Have you ever had a surgical operation for the removal of tumors, abnormal growth, warts, etc. ?

11.  Do you have problems with your nails ?

12.  Ingrowing toe nails ?

13.  Have you foul, sweaty feet ? (See Homoeopathy - How to describe Discharges of all kinds)

14.  How long has the skin trouble been present ?

15.  How did it first start ?

16.  Is the trouble sensitive to touch or pressure ?

17.  Give the exact location of places affected.

18.  Has the trouble been treated by local applications ?

19.  Has any skin disease ever been suppressed or apparently cured by local applications ?

20.  If so, what and when ?

21.  What does the disease or ulcer or skin-sore look like ?

22.  What is the appearance of the skin around the sore or under the sore ?

23.  Is there any itching of the sore ?

24.  What is the effect of scratching - better or worse by it ?

25.  Any scabs ?

26.  What is the appearance and general form of the scabs ?

27.  Any matter under scabs ? (See Homoeopathy - How to describe Discharges of all kinds)

28.  Describe any discharge from the sores as in Section Homoeopathy - How to describe Discharges of all kinds.

29.  Describe pain as in Section Homoeopathy And Pain.

30.  Any roughness of the skin ?

31.  In what way is the skin different from healthy skin ?

32.  Is there itching of the skin ? (Refer to Section Homoeopathy - Symptoms Better or Worse By)

Give location, color and character of any spots or blotches on the skin, whether very small or large.

Give location, color and appearance of moles or warts.

33.  What is the location, color, size, shape and appearance of any swelling ?

34.  Any sensations on skin as itching, burning, pinching, crawling of insects or bugs, stinging or anything else ? 

See Sections Homoeopathy and Sensations and Homoeopathy - Symptoms Better or Worse By

35.  Is the skin oily, shining, scaly ?

36.  What is the color of the skin ?

37.  Is the color natural or after any disease ?

Describe pimples, little blisters, etc., as to location, size, contents, appearance, etc.

Describe corns and bunions as to appearance, location and pain as in Section Homoeopathy And Pain.

Reference: What the doctor needs to know in order to make a successful prescription by Dr. James Tyler Kent