Psorinum is prepared from the sinister material obtained
from the skin lesions of chronic psoriasis. Psorinum is a vastly effective and
powerful remedy. Regarding its efficacy against various diseases, Psorinum is
similar to Sulphur. However, with regards to sensitivity to heat and cold, it
is just the opposite of it. Sulphur by nature is very hot, whereas Psorinum by
nature is very cold. If a patient shows all the symptoms of Sulphur but is cold
by nature, then Psorinum will be the ideal treatment instead of Sulphur. Both
Sulphur and Psorinum produce powerful effects on the skin and the glands. In
both, the excretions stink and the body appears unclean and filthy as if the
patient has not taken a bath for a long time. Sulphur and Psorinum are topnotch
homoeopathic remedies for the treatment
of severe skin diseases, which have become suppressed due to the use
of strong, forceful allopathic treatment, and are now adversely affecting the
intestines and the inner linings. In these conditions, Sulphur and Psorinum are
both equally important. These skin diseases exhibit similar symptoms, though
they react quite differently to heat and cold.
Irrespective of cold and heat, Psorinum proves to be very effective
against certain dangerous diseases not amenable to Sulphur, for example, the cancer of the root of animal horns.
It is a very dangerous type of cancer killing the animal within few days. Many
a time, a single dose of Psorinum 1000 will, by the grace of God, cure the
disease, although it is considered incurable.
A Psorinum patient feels very cold and likes to cover
himself with a quilt. However, when the patient becomes a little warm in the
bed, itching starts. Despite some similarity in the mode of action between
Psorinum and Sulphur, both differ widely from each other in their nature. A unique totally unrelated feature of Psorinum, not shared
by any other remedy including Sulphur, is that strands of the hair in young children
start turning grey. I have yet to see a remedy better than Psorinum in the treatment of this condition. Soon after the
treatment with Psorinum 1000, every week for a few weeks, black hair
starts to grow from the roots. The upper part of the hair that has
become grey cannot become black again. But the newer, lower part of
the hair grows as black. I do not know with any certainity if Psorinum could
also be helpful in turning the colour of grey hair of advanced age back into
black. On rare occasions it has been seen that after becoming grey due to ripe
old age, hair starts growing black again. I myself have seen many women whose
hair turned black after becoming grey due to old age. God only knows the
functioning of this mechanism. If a homoeopathic doctor could find a sure shot
remedy by which the grey hair of old people could turn black, then that doctor
might become the richest person in the world. I invite everybody to do more
research on this project using Arnica and Psorinum. It is possible that this
prescription may work in old people of cold constitution. The skin diseases of Psorinum resemble those
of Graphites. In both of these, the eczema
is marred with scabs, underneath which very foul smelling pus is
formed and the eczema continues afresh. In Psorinum, the foul smell from the wounds is
distinctly more pronounced than Graphites and other remedies. It is simply
unbearable. There is severe
itching in the wounds, which bleed on scratching. The skin becomes
dry and dirty. Scaly bumps develop over the entire body that are resistant to
healing.
In Psorinum, the eyelids
are swollen and sticky. The margins of the eyelids become red and
swollen, as in several other remedies. If the disease becomes worse and the
eyes become disfigured, Alumina or Alumen can prove to be ideal remedies,
especially Alumina, which is very powerful and effective in this respect. If
the eyes become inflamed and
develop lumps, then Aesculus would be better than Alumina. Most of the eye
diseases can improve with these or similar remedies. Sometimes, the eyelids swell and turn
outwards, exposing the inner red surface (ectropion). The eyes look dreadful.
The eyelashes start to fall.
For all these symptoms, Psorinum, Hepar Sulph and Alumina are very high-rated
remedies.
In Psorinum, the patient suffers from recurrent nasal cold. The nose gets blocked. Despite blockage of the nasal passages, thin
yellowishgreen fluid runs from the nose, slightly relieving the burning sensation. In view of the changing forms of the influenza
virus, Psorinum remains effective only for a short while and then
loses its
effect. The reason is that the symptoms of the disease keep
on changing. Therefore, it is not possible to depend on one or
two remedies alone for the entire treatment of catarrhal
diseases. It becomes imperative to change the treatment when the symptoms
change.
Psorinum is the remedy for people of cold constitution. It
acts rapidly against the diseases caused by cold. Furthermore, Psorinum has the
capability to surface the suppressed diseases out. Even if Psorinum cannot cure
the patient, it helps the physician in treating the patient with other remedies
by exposing the symptoms related to a particular remedy. One should not be
afraid if Psorinum became ineffective after being effective for a short while,
this does not mean that the diagnosis was wrong. It is a characteristic of
Psorinum that it is effective for a short while and then becomes ineffective.
However, after a while, if the patient is put back on Psorinum again, it picks
up its previous effectiveness.
A Psorinum patient is always hungry, especially at night. Characteristically, hunger wakes him up in the latter part
of the night. Food makes the patient
feel better. A Sulphur patient does not feel hungry at night or in the morning,
however, after sunrise, around 11a.m., the patient feels extremely hungry by
way of severe craving in the stomach.
In Psorinum, the headache
alternates with nasal catarrh. In this condition, Bryonia and Rhus
Tox are also effective. In Psorinum, the cough
is dry. Phlegm does not form at all. Usually such a cough is very
troublesome. At the beginning of the disease, Aconite, Belladonna and Arsenic
benefit the patient. However, these remedies do not offer a permanent cure. For
symptoms developing later, some other remedies should be looked for. It is
important to keep a constant watch on the patient and then change the remedies
as frequently as the symptoms change. However, the remedies conforming to the
patient’s constitution usually cure the patient permanently. These need not be
changed.
In Psorinum, sores develop at the angles of the mouth. The tongue
and the
gums feel painful constantly. The teeth become loose and start to shake. Often due to some kind of severe infection,
despite the fact that the gums have become diseased, symptoms of pain, inflammation and fever do not develop. Bacteria erode the
gums from the inside. Similar symptoms are also found in Baptisia i.e.
there is severe throat infection, to the extent that the tonsils
start to necrose, yet the patient does not feel any pain.
Sometimes, a Psorinum patient experiences a sudden urge to
pass stools. The slightest delay may result in soiling the clothes. The constipation
of Psorinum resembles that of Bryonia and Graphites. Sometimes,
despite loose motions, there is difficulty in excretion of the faeces, because
the peristaltic movements of the intestines become sluggish. The symptom of
difficulty in excretion of the faeces is also found in Alumina, China and Nux
Moschata. In the diarrhoea of
Psorinum, the stools contain undigested food particles. Moreover, the patient urinates frequently.
It is a symptom of weakness of the urinary bladder and is not due to
diabetes. Psorinum is very effective
against certain diseases of the prostate. Psorinum is also effective against cancer of the prostate,
though, for this disease, Silicea CM is the most effective remedy.
During the last few years, Silicea CM has been tried for the treatment of
prostate cancer and found to be very effective. After treating with
one dose of Silicea CM, the benefit may stop. The remedy may then be
repeated after a short interval. However, it should not be repeated
without reason. In the treatment of cancers anywhere in the body, if
necessary a high potency of Silicea can be repeated sooner. However,
while the first dose is still effective, the second dose should not be
given unnecessarily. Generally, Psorinum is beneficial in the
treatment of weakened heart muscles, severe pain which is relieved by
lying down and inflammation
of the covering membrane of the heart (pericarditis). One symptom of Psorinum is that the pulse is
very weak and difficult to feel.
Psorinum is beneficial in the treatment of women’s
diseases only if the symptoms of feeling cold and the foul smell of the
discharges are conspicuous. In Psorinum, sexual urge decreases and there is a complete
loss of
libido. This symptom is found in Graphites also. Apparently,
by nature, Psorinum is a cold and dry remedy, yet the body
temperature rises very high in the fever of a Psorinum patient. A
patient sweats as if steaming. Despite sweating, the patient’s body
temperature does not subside. The patient experiences scary dreams, feels very
thirsty and cannot go to sleep due to unbearable itching. The Psorinum diseases become worse with cold
and during the change of weather. A whiff of cold air becomes unbearable to the
patient. Eating food gives only short
relief. In the open air, the cough and itching subside.