PSORINUM

Psorinum is a deep-acting homoeopathic medicine primarily indicated in chronic and recurrent conditions, especially where there is a lack of reaction to well-selected medicines. Known as a “cold medicine,” it is suited to patients with extreme sensitivity to cold, craving for warm clothing even in summer, and profuse offensive discharges. It is commonly used in scrofulous, syphilitic, and psoric constitutions. In homoeopathy, Psorinum is particularly useful in treating skin disorders, recurrent infections, chronic fatigue, and respiratory ailments. It also plays a significant role in restoring vitality after acute illnesses and addressing emotional disturbances like deep melancholy and hopelessness.

Common Names:

English: Scabies Vesicle

SBL’s Psorinum can be helpful in the following conditions:

• Chronic Skin Conditions

• Psorinum is useful for eczema, acne rosacea, herpetic eruptions, and indolent ulcers.
• Relieves intolerable itching, especially worse from warmth in bed.
• Manages oily skin due to overactive sebaceous glands.

• Respiratory Complaints

• Useful in chronic asthma, especially when symptoms worsen while sitting up and improve when lying down.
• Assists recurring coughs, especially in winter or after suppressed skin eruptions.
• Aids in hay-fever with irregular seasonal recurrence.

• Debility and Lack of Vitality

• Addresses extreme weakness and lack of stamina, particularly after prolonged illness or acute disease.
• Useful in cases of fatigue with no apparent organic cause.

• Recurrent Infections

• Aids in immunity and helps prevent frequent colds, coughs, and quinsy.
• Chronic catarrh with post-nasal drip and foul discharges.

• Gastrointestinal Disorders

• Assists offensive eructations (like bad eggs), nausea, and abdominal pain after eating.
• Helpful in mucous, bloody, excessively fetid stool, and constipation in scrofulous children.

• Emotional and Mental Symptoms

• Deep melancholy with hopelessness and suicidal thoughts.
• Religious despair and persistent depression.

• ENT Conditions

• Psorinum helps in chronic ophthalmia, blepharitis, and conjunctivitis.
• Eczema with fetid discharge around ears; chronic otorrhea with brownish pus.

• Gynecological Issues

• Fetid, lumpy leucorrhoea with backache and debility.
• Painful and swollen breasts; skin eruptions over mammary glands.

• Joint and Muscular Weakness

• Weakness of joints, as if they might give way.
• Eruptions and pustules near fingernails.

• Sleep Disorders

• Psorinum assists in sleeplessness from constant itching; frequent startling during sleep.