Case Report
Year: 2020 | Month: August | Volume: 10 | Issue: 8 | Pages: 262-265
Nails and Silicea
Partha Pratim Pal1, Sudeshna Saha2, Maurya Manjurani Sheopal3
1Research Officer (H)/ Scientist-I, 2Junior Research Fellow (H), 3Senior Research Fellow (H),
Dr Anjali Chatterji Regional Research Institute (H) of Kolkata, Under Central Council for Research in Homoeopathy, Ministry of AYUSH, Govt of India
Corresponding Author: Partha Pratim Pal
ABSTRACT
Nails are a type of modified skin and they protect the soft end of fingers and toes. Nail disorders comprise about 10% of all dermatological conditions. Nail disorders are one of the common reasons for dermatologic consultation. Nail disorders can be dealt with homoeopathy both in acute as well as chronic cases. This article comprises of two such case documentation of nail disorders that was healed by homoeopathic medicine Silicea prescribed in LM potency.
Key words: Ingrowing toe-nail, Pyogenic granuloma, Homoeopathy, Silicea, LM potency