Abstract:
Skin diseases, like any other disease, are
more prevalent throughout the human populace.
ln spite of this fact, it has not been given the
importance it deserves since it does not pose
a threat to the life of the affected person. As
such no medicine is specific for any disease in
Homoeopathy and there are a number of drugs
mentioned in Homoeopathic literature having
its special action on skin ailments. To know the
extent of efficacy of some indigenous drugs
whose fragmentary data are available in the
literature, an attempt has been made to evaluate
the clinical significance of a group of indigenous
drugs pertaining to skin disease. Among these
drugs, three drugs viz. Calotropis gigantean,
HydrocotyIe ( CenteIla asiatica), and HygrophiIIa
spinosa have been discussed in this paper in
context of their effect on Ringworm. Exfoliative
dermatitis and urticaria respectively The
medicines were prescribed on the basis of
totality of the symptoms in different potencies
starting from 6 to 2OO and in different does
depending on age constitution and intensity of
the disease. lt has been tried to simplify the
Homoeopathic way and approach to the
problems of skin disease.
