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ALOPECIA; FALLING OUT OF THE HAIR

Homoeopathic Therapeutics · Samuel Lilienthal

Acid fluor Fl-ac

Itching of the head and falling off of the hair; the new hair is dry and breaks off. Large patches entirely denuded of hair; new hair dry and breaks off; must comb the hair often, it mats so at the end; baldness.

Aloe Aloe

The hair comes out in lumps, leaving bare patches; eyelashes also fall out; frequent frontal headache.

Ammonium mur Am-m

Large accumulation of bran like scales, with falling off of the hair, which has a deadened and lustreless appearance, with great itching of the scalp.

Antimonium crud Ant-c

Losing hair from nervous headaches.

Arsenicum Ars

Touching the hair is painful; bald patches at or near the forehead; scalp covered with dry scabs and scales, looking rough and dirty, extending sometimes even to forehead, face and ears.

Aurum Aur

Syphilitic alopecia.

Baryta carb Bar-c

Baldness, especially of the crown, in young people; scalp very sensitive to touch, (<) from scratching.

Calcarea carb Calc

Hair falls out, especially when combing; dryness of hair; great sensitiveness of scalp, with yellowish or white scales on scalp; sensation of coldness of outer head.

Cantharis Canth

Hair falls out when combing, especially during confinement and lactation; scales on scalp; enormous dandruff.

Carbo veg Carb-v

Falling out of hair after severe diseases or abuse of mercury, with great sensitiveness of scalp to pressure; hair falls out more on back of head, after severe illness or parturition.

China Chin

Hair sweats much (Bry.) and falls out.

Colchicum Colch

Prurigo favosa; great falling off of the hair.

Graphites Graph

Even the hair on the sides of the head falls out.

Helleborus Hell

Losing hair from the eyebrows or pudenda.

Hepar Hep

Hair falls out here and there, leaving bald spots.

Hypericum Hyper

Alopecia from headaches, caused by concussion of the brain.

Kali carb Kali-c

Alopecia after nervous fevers; dry hair, rapidly falling off, with much dandruff.

Lycopodium Lyc

Hair becomes gray early; hair fall off after abdominal diseases; after parturition; with burning , scalding, itching of the scalp, especially on getting warm from exercise during the day.

Mancinella Manc

Losing hair after severe acute diseases.

Mercurius Merc

Hair fall out mostly on sides and temples, without any headache.

Natrum mur Nat-m

Hair falls out if touched; mostly on forepart of head, temples and beard; scalp very sensitive; face shining as if greasy.

Petroleum Petr

Much itching; scurf on the hairy scalp and falling off of the hair.

Phosphoric acid Ph-ac

Gnawing grief changes hair of the young to gray.

Phosphorus Phos

Round patches on scalp completely deprived of hair; falling off of the hair in large bundles on the forehead and on the sides above the ears; the roots of the hair seem to be dry; the denuded scalp looks clear, white and smooth; dandruff copious, falls out in clouds.

Plumbum Plb

Great dryness of hair, it falls off even in beard.

Sarsaparilla Sars

Mercurio-syphilitic affections of the head; sensitiveness of scalp; falling off of the hair.

Selenium Sel

Hair falls off when combing; also of eyebrows, whiskers and genitals; tingling itching on scalp, which feels tense and contracted.

Staphisagria Staph

Hair falls out, mostly from occiput and around the ears, with humid, foetid eruption or dandruff on the scalp. Hair pulls out without pain after the slightest effort.

Sulphur Sulph

Dandruff, hair dry, falling off, scalp sore to touch, itching violently, (<) when getting warm in bed.

Sepia Sep

Losing hair after chronic headaches.

Silicea Sil

Premature baldness, itching of scalp or of vulva before menses.

Thuja Thuj

White, scaly dandruff; hair dry and falling out.

Vinca minor Vinc

Hair falls out in single spots and white hair grows there: spots on head oozing moisture, the hair matting together.

What is in this library

These titles sit beside the repertory: Allen’s Keynotes, Anshutz on the twelve tissue remedies, Boericke’s materia medica, Clarke’s Dictionary, Hering, Jones, Kent’s lectures, Nash, and Boger’s Synoptic Key. Philosophy includes Hahnemann’s Organon (5th and 6th), Kent, Close, Burnett, Haehl, Gibson Miller, Royal, J. H. Allen, and Anshutz. Clinical, therapeutics, regional works, and short remedy pictures follow the same shelf.

Dewey’s Practical Homoeopathic Therapeutics and Lilienthal’s Homoeopathic Therapeutics are readable here. The other books keep their chapter lists so you can see what each volume covers. For educational use by students and qualified practitioners. Not medical advice.

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