Psorinum

by C.M. Boger — General Analysis

CHANGE OF TEMPERATURE, weather, seasons, oncoming storms, etc. Agg.
CHILLED, cold becoming, while hot, by ices, uncovering a part, as head, hand-hands, etc. in cold water, etc.., Agg.
COLD TAKING
CRUSTS, scabs
DISCHARGES, eruption appearing etc., Amel.
EARS
EMOTIONS, excitement, etc.
GREASY, oily, fatty
INACTIVE, apathetic, lies down, lethargic (Comp. Reaction, Relaxation)
MIGRAINE
NERVE PAIN
OFFENSIVENESS, FETOR
REACTION, POOR (COMP. INACTIVE.)
SADNESS, low spirits (Comp. Emotions.)
SEASON, Winter
SKIN, FOLDS, FLEXURES OF
SPRAINED, dislocated, lifting, etc. (Comp. Injuries, Exertion.)
3 A.M.

Psorinum across the other classic books

Psorinum appears in 10 of the 13 classic books on Similia. Each was written to do a different job — here is what each adds on this remedy, with the opening of its entry.

Allen HC — The keynotes that separate this remedy from its nearest neighbours.
“A Product of Psora. (A Nosode.) Especially adapted to the psoric constitution. In chronic cases when well selected remedies fail to relieve or permanently improve (in acute diseases, Sulph.); when Sulphur seems indicated by fails to act. Lack of reaction after severe acute diseases. Appetite will not return. Children…”
Allen TF — The raw proving record — symptoms as the provers reported them, unedited.
“The sero-purulent matter contained in the Scabies vesicle was used for Hahnemann's provings (No. 1 ). The product of "Psora sicca" (epidermoid efflorescence of Pityriasis) was used for the provings by Dr. Gross (Nos. 2 to 5 ). Preparation , Triturations. Authorities. Excitable before falling asleep, 1. Very…”
Boericke — The quick clinical read — keynotes, modalities and the conditions it is actually prescribed in.
“Scabies Vesicle The therapeutic field of this remedy is found in so-called psoric manifestations. Psorinum is a cold medicine; wants the head kept warm, wants warm clothing even in summer. Extreme sensitiveness to cold. Debility , independent of any organic disease, especially the weakness remaining after acute…”
Boger (Syn) — Generals and modalities in a short analytical portrait rather than a symptom list.
“SKIN: FOLDS OF. Sebaceous glands. EARS. BOWELS. Respiration. Right side. COLD: Open air. Washing. Weather; stormy; changing. Winter. Heat: Of bed. Exertion. Woolens. SUPPRESSIONS. Yearly. Contact of his own limbs. Lying with head low, or quietly. Eating. Washing. Nosebleed. Hard pressure. Profuse sweating. Feels sick…”
Clarke — The widest entry — sources, provings, clinical uses, relationships and antidotes in one place.
“Psoricum. The nosode of Psora. [The sero-purulent matter of a scabies vesicle was used by Hahnemann. The product of "Psora sicca" (epidermoid efflorescence of Pityriasis) by Gross. The salt from a product of Psora by Hering.] Triturations. Acne / Adenoids / Anus, itching in / Asthma / Backache / Boils / Cancer /…”
Hering — Graded symptoms, each weighted by how often provers and practice confirmed it.
“A salt from a product of Psora. A Nosode. The sero-purulent matter contained in the scabies vesicle was used for Hahnemann's provings. The product of "Psora sicca" (epidermoid efflorescence of pityriasis) was used for the provings of Gross. The salt from a product of Psora was used by Hering. CLINICAL AUTHORITIES…”
Kent — The mental and general picture — who the patient is, before what the remedy cures.
“Psorinum is closed allied to Sulphur . The patient dreads to be washed. The skin over the body, especially of the face, looks filthy, though it has been well washed. A dingy, dirty, foul look, as if covered with dirt. Skin rough and uneven, cracks easily, bleeding fissures; it becomes rough and scaly. He cannot wash…”
Lippe (MM) — The strict Hahnemannian reading — the symptom picture without clinical interpretation.
“Anxiety about the future. Despair of recovery, thinks to be very ill, and in great danger not to survive the sickness; hopelessness. Great anxiety, full of fears. Religious melancholy. Impatience; ill humor. Vertigo with headache; it presses the eyes out. Congestions of blood to the head, with red-hot cheeks and nose…”
Nash — The comparisons — the remedy set beside the ones it is most often confused with.
“Very sad, hopeless, despondent; “bluest of the blue.” Great debility; sweats on slightest movement; wants to. give up and lie down. Eruptions on the skin, dry, or moist; or skin scaly and dry as parchment; dirty, the great unwashed, unwashable. Intense itching of skin < in warmth of bed. Discharges and exhalations…”

Psorinum in Kent's Repertory

Kent's Repertory lists Psorinum in 2,093 rubrics. These are the ones where it carries the highest grade — the symptoms Kent treated as most characteristic. Most of them sit in EXTREMITIES (280), HEAD (205), GENERALITIES (121), MIND (120), CHEST (109).

BACK - PAIN - pressing - Lumbar region - motion - during
EXTREMITIES - ERUPTION - Fingers - joints - dry
FACE - PAIN - condyle
FEMALE GENITALIA - MENSES - painful,dysmenorrhoea - climaxis near
MIND - DESPAIR - itching of the skin,from
MIND - SADNESS,mental depression - itching,from
RESPIRATION - ARRESTED - air,in fresh
SKIN - ITCHING - despair,from
HEAD - PULSATING,beating,throbbing - Brain,seems to be in - beating of,against skull - hammers,like little
STOMACH - APPETITE - increased (hunger in general) - headache - before
EAR - DISCHARGES - offensive - putrid meat,like
EXTREMITIES - ERUPTION - Elbow - bend of - crusts
HEAD - ERUPTION - crusts,scabs - ulcerated
RECTUM - CONSTIPATION - difficult stool - natural stool
EXTERNAL THROAT - ERUPTION - herpes
EXTREMITIES - ERUPTION - Elbow - bend of - eczema
EXTREMITIES - ERUPTION - Fingers - joints
EXTREMITIES - ERUPTION - Hand - between the fingers - itching
EXTREMITIES - ERUPTION - Upper Limbs - dry
HEAD - SEPARATED - from body,were,as if

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