# Psorinum (HMT)

## Remedy Classification
- **Type:** Remedy
- **Alternative Names:** Scabies Vesicle
- **Miasm:** Tubercular Miasm
- **Temperament:** Neutral
- **Aggravation Time:** Neutral/Anytime

## Keynote Indications
Psorinum is prepared from the sinister material obtained from the skin
lesions of chronic psoriasis.  Ps orinum is a vastly effective and
powerful remedy.  Regarding its efficacy against various diseases,
Psorinum is similar to Sulphur.  Ho wever, with regards to sensitivity
to heat and cold, it is just the opposit e of it.  Sulphur by nature is very
hot, whereas Psorinum by nature is ve ry cold.  If a patient shows all
the symptoms of Sulphur but is cold by nature, then Psorinum will be
the ideal treatment instead of Sulp hur.  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 suppresse d due to the use of strong,
forceful allopathic treatment, a nd 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 gra ce 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 wi dely 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 su re 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 Psori num.  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 yellowish-
green 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 th e 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 charact eristic 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 morni ng, 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 nasa l 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 begi nning of the disease, Aconite,
Belladonna and Arsenic benefit the pa tient.  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 seve re 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 al so 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 e xperiences 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 th e peristaltic movements of the
intestines become sluggish. The symp tom of difficulty in excretion of
the faeces is also found in Alumina,  China and Nux Moschata.  In the
diarrhoea of Psorinum, the stools cont ain undigested food particles.
Moreover, the patient urinates fr equently.  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, th e second dose should not be given
unnecessarily.  Generally, Psorinum is  beneficial in the treatment of
weakened heart muscles, severe pa in which is relieved by lying down
and inflammation of the covering membrane of the heart
(pericarditis).  One symptom of Psor inum is that the pulse is very
weak and difficult to feel.

Psorinum is beneficial in the trea tment 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, th e 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 s hort relief.  In the open air, the cough and
itching subside.

Adjuvants: Sulphur, Alumina
Potency: 200 or higher.  Sometimes, the first dose produces
its effect after nine to ten days.  Therefore one
should wait at least that long to see its effect.

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