Herpes zoster
An infection caused by Herpes virus varicellae,characterized by an eruption of groups of vesicles on one side of the body following the course of a nerve.The condition is self limited but may be accompanied by or followed severe post-herpetic pain.
Symptoms/Problems |
Remedy |
Frequency(Doses) |
| Head remedy;(with fever,restlessness,itching,burning and tingling) |
Rhus tox.30 or 200 |
3 hourly |
| With burning and shooting pain;restlessness and anxiety |
Arsenic alb.30 or 200 |
4 hourly |
| On right side;with intense burning |
Cantharis 30 |
4 hourly |
| On back;sensitive to cold |
Cistus can.30 |
4 hourly |
| On legs;throbbing pain worse by heat |
Comocladia 30 |
4 hourly |
| Itching and painful burning with redness of the skin;formation of vesicles and pustules,desiccation,desquamation and falling off of the pustules |
Croton tig.30 |
4 hourly |
| Burning in the face;inflammed cheeks with boring,gnawing and digging sensation from gums to ears;itching and tingling in the cheeks |
Euphorbia 30 |
4 hourly |
| Specially on left side;oozing of sticky discharge;stools constipated |
Graphites 30 or 200 |
4 hourly |
| On right side;following with gastric derangement |
Iris ver.30 |
4 hourly |
| Facial;in spring and fall;of purple colour |
Lachesis 30 or 200 |
4 hourly(3) |
| To relieve the burning and to prevent the appearance of new crops.Right sided extending across the abdomen |
Mercurius sol.30 or 200 |
4 hourly |
| With pain and itching;burning after scratching;brown scabs on eruptions |
Mezereum 30 |
4 hourly |
| Worse after taking cold drinks or by tobacco smoke;gastric derangement;evening aggravation and a mild,yielding,tearful disposition |
Pulsatilla 30 or 200 |
4 hourly(3) |
| With severe burning pain and itching;worse by touch or motion;preceding intreco-stal neuralgia due to alcoholism |
Ranun-bulb.30 |
4 hourly |
| Due to suppressed gonorrhoea;burning after scratching |
Thuja oc.200 |
3 hourly(3) |
| With lacinating pain;suppurating herpes |
Zincum met.30 |
4 hourly |
| Eruptions;large;swollen;burns and stings;better by cold applications |
Apis mel.30 |
4 hourly |
| Due to digestive disturbances;sedentary habits;indulgence of women and wine |
Nux vomica 30 |
4 hourly |
| Violent;worse by taking hot drinks;fear of dark |
Stramonium 30 |
4 hourly |
| Herpes of labialis pudendi |
Terebinth.30 |
4 hourly |
| Facial neuralgia after herpes zoster |
Kalmia lat.30 |
4 hourly |