The causes of skin diseases may range from simple to serious bacterial, viral, or fungal infections, allergens, irritants, immunological and genetic factors. Most of the skin diseases can be diagnosed clinically and only few may warrant investigations.
Skin has been described as the mirror of the body. It reflects the physical, mental, and psychological state of the individual. Skin is also a barrier between the body’s internal and external environments. It is the largest organ in the body and is prone to various affections leading to the fourth largest cause of disability worldwide, according to an updated investigation in the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013. According to the Canadian Dermatology Association, 20% of the Canadians live with acne, 1 million Canadians are diagnosed with psoriasis, 2 million Canadians have rosacea and the incidences of skin cancer are getting higher.
The causes of skin diseases may range from simple to serious bacterial, viral, or fungal infections, allergens, irritants, immunological and genetic factors. Most of the skin diseases can be diagnosed clinically and only few may warrant investigations.
Skin disorders and Homeopathy
In homeopathy, every case requires an individualized and definitive approach to treatment. From homeopathic perspective, all the skin diseases are multi-miasmatic and a careful history taking to analyse the miasm and susceptibility is of utmost importance. Along with this, proper psychodynamic correlation is of utmost importance. Modern psychodermatology relies on the bio‐psycho‐social disease model in psychosomatics, according to which biological, psychological and social factors (on various levels, from molecules to the biosphere) play a major role in the disease pathogenesis through complex, non‐linear interactions over the entire disease course. It is nowadays experimentally proven that “emotions get into the skin”.
Research Updates
Recent research shows close anatomical, physiological and functional connections between skin and nervous system, already known to be ontogenetically related. These connections are reflected in many skin diseases where psychological and somatic etiological factors are closely intertwined. A holistic approach by the physician should do justice to this interdependence; biological, psychological and social factors should be adequately taken into account when taking anamnesis, making a diagnosis and choosing a therapy.
Summary and Therapeutics
Main issues that contribute, according to modern psychosomatics, to the pathogenesis of a skin disease.1
There are a lot of homoeopathic remedies that can be prescribed based on individualised features. Some common remedies for dermatological conditions include:
Mezerium, Kali arsenicum, Thyroidinum, Radium brom, Rhus toxicodendron, Urtica urens, Hepar sulphuricum, Natrum muriaticum, Sulphur, Psorinum, Graphites, Petroleum etc.
References
- Esposito, S., Noviello, S., & Leone, S. (2016). Epidemiology and microbiology of skin and soft tissue infections. Current opinion in infectious diseases, 29(2), 109–115. https://doi.org/10.1097/QCO.0000000000000239
- Louise Hay. Heal your body, Hay House Inc.; 4th edition. 1984.
- William Boericke. Boericke’s New Manual of Homeopathic Materia Medica with Repertory. New Delhi: B. Jain Publishers. 2008.
- https://dermatology.ca/public-patients/diseases-conditions/skin-conditions/
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