Year: 2024 | Month: September | Volume: 14 | Issue: 9 | Pages: 232-238
DOI: https://doi.org/10.52403/ijhsr.20240930
A Homoeopathic Treatment of Seborrhoeic Dermatitis by an Individualised Drug Phosphorous 200 With External Application; Arnica Mother Tincture: A Case Report
Dr Thounaojam Nanao1, Dr Rilang Iki Bamon2, Dr Bakmenlin P Chyne3, Dr Iarynkatlin Keri4
1Lecturer Obstetrics and Gynaecology, 2Lecturer Practice of Medicine, 3Assitant Professor, Department of Organon of Medicine, NEIAH, 4Lecturer Materia Medica, NEIAH, Meghalaya, India.
Corresponding Author: Dr Thounaojam Nanao
ABSTRACT
Seborrhoeic Dermatitis is an inflammation of sebaceous glands which manifests as severely itchy papulo-squamous lesions occurring on the seborrhoeic areas, especially the scalp, the face, retro-auricular areas, upper central parts of the chest and the back, axillae and the groins, predominantly in infancy and middle age, exhibiting distinct variations across these age groups. A girl of 10 years old came with the complaints of itchiness, dryness and scaling of scalp on the back of the head since 1 month at NEIAH HOMOEOPATHY OPD, clinically diagnosis was made as Seborrhoeic Dermatitis according the pattern and nature of lesion. Patient was evaluated and Phosporous 200 was given as an individualised drug along with Arnica tincture for external application, a significance result was seen in the first follow up itself. Seborrhoeic dermatitis in this case was better within the 1st follow up which may suggest that external application might be helping in healing faster in this case, where scaling and itchiness were reduced but yellowish greasy scalp was persistent and complete reduction of symptoms was achieved in second follow up which was within 1 week of 1st follow up. After review database research papers, case report or series of case reports, duration in symptoms reduction of seborrhoeic dermatitis by homoeopathic treatment was under 6 months which was longer than this case report for which the importance of external application arnica tincture are highlighted and need to be studied in future for validation either in helping seborrheic dermatitis in fast recovery or no significance in the recovery process. Therefore this case report is brought up to analyse the importance of external application along with individualised drug in the treatment of seborrhoeic dermatitis.
Key words: Seborrhoeic dermatitis, Homoeopathy, Phosphorous, external application, Arnica tincture.