Epidermolysis bullosa: report of three cases treated with homeopathy.

Epidermolysis bullosa (EB) is a group of rare genetic disorders characterized by recurrent blistering as a result of even minor traction of epithelial lined tissues, most remarkably the skin. Associated morbidity is serious for all patients affected due to the presence of large areas of denudated skin thus susceptible to infection. There is currently no available treatment in conventional medicine. This article reports the case of 3 children successfully treated with individualized homeopathic medicines.

Homeopathic treatment in resistant livedoid vasculopathy: case report.

This paper describes the successful outcome of homeopathic treatment in a case of resistant livedoid vasculopathy (LV). LV is a rare disease characterized by chronic recurrent and painful ulceration of the lower limbs, frequently associated to atrophie blanche (AB), probably due to procoagulant conditions. Most literature reports single or very few cases; response to treatment is difficult, even resistant. This patient suffered LV for 7 years before seeking homeopathic treatment; ulcers recurred frequently, at intervals less than 3 months, in spite of continual use of pentoxyfilline. Configuration of signs and symptoms strongly pointed out to the prescription of homeopathic remedy Sepia succus that promptly elicited significant improvement of LV and the patient's overall state (non suppressive treatment). Considerations are made on the value of single case reports and the reliability of prescriptions grounded on consistent signs and coherence among the manifold features of individual disease.

Individualized homeopathic treatment of dermatological complaints in a public outpatient clinic.

UNLABELLED: This study sought to assess the effectiveness of individualized homeopathic treatment on dermatological complaints in a public outpatient clinic. METHODS: Children and adults spontaneously seeking for homeopathic treatment for dermatological complaints were prescribed single individualized remedies and followed up for a minimum of 3 months; assessment was clinical and recorded graphically. RESULTS: Forty-nine patients met the inclusion criteria. Outcomes were positive (59%); no effect (4%); drop-out (37%), from which 6% was due to homeopathic aggravation. No manifestations of suppression were observed. CONCLUSIONS: Outcome studies are useful to point out to the effectiveness of individualized homeopathic treatment in dermatological complaints. Outcomes suggest that actions focusing on pathological categories do not lead to homeopathic suppression.

Totalidade sintomática: a importância dos sinais "objetivos" na patologia psiquíatrica / Totality of symptoms: the relevance of "objective" signs is phychiatric disorders

O presente trabalho relata o caso de uma paciente atendida no Ambulátorio da Associação de Homeopatia, com queixa de depressão, onde os sinais físicos objetivos desempenharam um papel fundamental na seleção do medicamento que ajudou marcadamente a paciente, tanto em sua queixa pricipal, quanto nas secundárias.(AU)

Totalidade sintomática: a importância dos sinais "objetivos" na patologia psiquiátrica / Totality of symptoms: the importance of signs \"objectives\" for psychiatric disorders

O presente trabalho relata o caso de uma paciente atendida no Ambulátorio da Associação de Homeopatia, com queixa de depressão, onde os sinais físicos objetivos desempenharam um papel fundamental na seleção do medicamento que ajudou marcadamente a paciente, tanto em sua queixa pricipal, quanto nas secundárias.