BARBER'S ITCH (See also "HERPES") - Homeopathic Guide

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Monday 25 September 2017

BARBER'S ITCH (See also "HERPES")


Lithium Carb: Scabby, tettery eruptions on cheeks preceded by red raw skin. Give in 200 dilution, if 30 dilution fails.

Petroleum: Skin dry, sensitive, rough and cracked; cracks bleed easily.

Sulphur Iod: Papular eruptions on face. Hair feels as if erect.

Tellurium: Ring-shaped lesions, offensive odour from affected parts. Stinging in skin.

Rhus Tox: Is an excellent remedy for barber's itch. It should be tried first before resorting to any other remedy.

Lachesis: When there are cracks with oozing. Re-appear after suppression.

Lycopodium: Scaly, yellow at base and bleeding at corners of the mouth.

Sulphur: Dry itching, worse on nose and about the eyes.

Graphites: Itching eczema-type with sticky discharge.

Cicuta Vir: Barber's itch due to shaving.