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CASES MATERIA MEDICA GENERAL ARTICLES ABSTRACT MISCELLANEOUS Q & A

Nails Repertory At A Glance.
NATIONAL JOURNAL OF HOMOEOPATHY 1995 Nov / Dec VOL VI NO 6.
Pran Choudhary.
Repertory. 

Rubrics and their corresponding medicines are compiled and re-arranged from Kents Repertory. Medicines are graded as follows:

Grade:

ELAPS: All Capitals 1st grade
Elaps: First letter capital 2nd grade
elaps: All ordinary letters 3rd grade

CHILL:

Shaking, Afternoon, with coldness and blue nails for 4 hours, followed by heat, without subsequent sweat - Nux-v.

EXTREMITIES:

Blood, Oozing from fingers nails - Crot-h.
Blood, Rash of fingers nails - Op.
Brittle, Fingers nails - Alum, Ambr, ant-c, ars, calc, cast-eq, Dios, Fl-ac, GRAPH, merc, Nit-ac, PSOR, sep, Sil, squil, Sulph, Thuj.
Brittle, Toe nails - Cast-eq, Sil, Thuj.
Brittle, Toe nails - crumbling - ars, sep, Sil, Thuj.
Chapped, Fingers, about the nails - NAT-M.
Claw like fingers nails - ars.
Constriction Fingers, under nails, cramp-like - elaps.
Corrugated Nails - ars, fl-ac, sabad, SIL, Thuj.
Corrugated Nails, transversely - ars.
Cracked Skin, fingers nails on - ANT-C, ars, Nat-m, Sil.
Crippled Fingers nails - alum, Caust, GRAPH, Nit-ac, Sabad, Sep, SIL, sulph, Thuj.
Crippled, Toe nails - ars, Caust, graph, Nat-a, Nit-ac, sabad, sep, SIL, Thuj.
Curved, Finger nails - Nit-ac.
Curved, Finger nails - in consumption - med, tub.
Discoloration, Finger nails - ant-c, ars, graph, nit-ac, thuj.
Discoloration, Finger nails, black - Ars, Graph.
Discoloration, Fingers nails, blood settles under nails - apis.
Discoloration, Finger nails, blueness - acon, aesc, agar, apis, apoc, Arg-n, arn, Ars, asaf, aur, cact, Camph, carb-s, Carb-v, Chel, Chin, chin-a, Chin-s, cic, cocc, colch, con, Cupr, Dig, Dros, eup-pur, Ferr, ferr-ar, ferr-p, gels, gins, Graph, ip, manc (hipp), merc, merc-sul, Mez, mur-ac, Nat-m, Nit-ac, NUX-v, op, Ox-ac, Petr, Phos, phos-ac, plb, rhus-t, sang, sars, sep, Sil, Sulph, sumb, tarent, Thuj, VERAT, verat-v.
Discoloration, Finger nails, blueness, Chill during - apis, arn, ARS, Asaf, carb-s, Carb-v, Chel, Chin, Chin-s, Cocc, con, Dros, Eup-pur, ip, kali-ar, mez, NAT-M, NUX-V, petr, phos-ac, RHUS-T, sulph, thuj, verat.
Discoloration, Finger nails, blueness, chill menses during - Arg-n, Thuj.
Discoloration, Finger nails, dark - morph, ox-ac.
Discoloration, Finger nails, gray - merc-c, Sil.
Discoloration, Finger nails, livid - ars, Colch, op, Ox-ac, sulph-ac.
Discoloration, Finger nails, Purple - apis, ars, op, samb, sec, stram.
Discoloration, Finger nails, red - ars, lith.
Discoloration, Finger nails, red then black - Ars.
Discoloration, Finger nails, white - cupr, nit-ac.
Discoloration, Finger nails, white spots - alum, ars, Nit-ac, sep SIL, sulph.
Discoloration, Finger nails, yellow - am-c, ambr, aur, bell, bry, canth, carb-v, cham, chin, CON, ferr, ign, lyc, Merc, Nit-ac, Nux-v, op, Plb, SEP, SIL, spig, Sulph.
Discoloration, Toe nails - apis, Ars, camph, dig, Graph, Nit-ac, Ox-ac, Sil.
Discoloration, Toe, nails, blueness- apis.
Distorted, Nails - alum, anan, calc, Fl-ac, GRAPH, merc, sabad, Sep, SIL, sulph, Thuj.
Distorted, Toe nails - anan, GRAPH, merc, sep, thuj.
Dryness, Finger nails, about - nat-m, Sil.
Dryness, Toe nails - Sil, Thuj.
Eruptions, Finger nails, about - eug, merc, sel.
Eruptions, Finger nails, crusts - Ars.
Eruptions, Finger nails, desquamation - Chlol.
Eruptions, Finger nails, pustules spreading over hand to wrist - Kali-bi.
Eruptions, Finger nails, Ulcers - Ars.
Eruptions, Finger nails, Vesicles - ail, Nat-c.
Exfoliation, Nails - alum, ant-c, apis, ars, cast-eq, Chlor, Crot-h, form, GRAPH, Hell, Merc, rhus-t, sabin, Sec, sep, Sil, Squil, sulph, thuj, Ust.
Felon, (Onychia, Paronychia, etc) (see Felon, panaritium)
Felon Beginning, at the root of nail - caust, graph.
Felon Beginning, in nail - par, petr, Phyt, plb, puls, Rhus-t, sep, SIL, Sulph.
Felon, Beginning, under nail - alum, caust, coc-c, sulph.
Felon, Hangnails, from - lyc, Nat-m, sulph.
Felon, Panaritium - All-c, alum, AM-C, Am-m, Anac, ANTHR, APIS, arn, asaf, bar-c, Benz-ac, berb, bov, Bufo, Calc, caust, chin, Cist, con, cur, DIOS, eug, ferr, Fl-AC, gins, HEP, Hyper, Iod, Iris, kali-c, NIT-AC, par, petr, Phyt, plb, puls, Rhus-t, Sang, Sep, SIL, Sulph, TARENT-C, teucr.
Felon, Panaritium, burning - ANTHR.
Felon, Panaritium, deep-seated - bry, hep, lyc, rhus-t.
Felon, Prick with a needle under the nail, from - all-c, bov, Led, sulph.
Felon, Suppurative stage - Calc, HEP, SIL.
Grow, Nails, do not - Ant-c.
Grow, Nails, rapid - fl-ac.
Hang nails - Calc, lyc, Merc, NAT-M, Rhus-t, sabad, sep, Sil, Stann, SULPH, Thuj.
Hang nails, Inflammed - kali-chl.
Hang nails, Painful - sel, stann.
Hardness, Fingers nails - ars.
Heat, Fingers nails - hura.
Horny, Growth under nails - Ant-c, graph.
Inflammation, Fingers nails - kali-c.
Inflammation, Fingers nails, root of - Hep, Stict.
Ingrowing Toe nails - alum, Caust, colch, GRAPH, kali-c, kali-chl, MAGN-AUST, Nat-m, Nit-ac, Phos-ac, Plb, SIL, Sulph, TEUCR, Thuj, tub.
Ingrowing Toe nails, ulceration with - Nit-ac, SIL, Teucr.
Ingrowing Toe nails, unhealthy granulation with - Lach, sang.
Injuries, Finger nails, lacerations - HYPER.
Injuries, Finger nails, - hyper, Led.
Injuries, Finger nails, splinter of glass - Sil.
Itching, Fingers nails round - Hep, merc.
Looseness, Finger nails, of (see Exfoliation, Nails)
Pain, Finger Nails - alum, ant-c, Calc-p, Caust, colch, Graph, hep, merc, myris, naja, nat-m, Nit-ac, nux-v, Petr, puls, raph, SIL, squil, sulph, teucr.
Pain, Finger nails, around the nails - lith.
Pain, Finger nails, root of - calc, Calc-p, sang.
Pain, Finger nails, touched, when - caust, petr.
Pain, Finger nails, ulcerative - Calc-p, nat-s, petr, puls.
Pain, Finger nails, under the nails - ALUM, ant-c, berb, bism, calc-p, caust, elaps, naja, Nat-s, Nit-ac, ran-b, raph, sars, Sil, Sulph.
Pain, Finger nails, under the nails, horny growth, from - Ant-c, Graph.
Pain, Finger nails, under the nails, pressure on - sars.
Pain, Finger nails, under the nails, splinters, as from - bell, carb-v, Fl-ac, hep, NIT-AC, petr, plat, ran-b, Sil, Sulph.
Pain, Finger nails, under the nails, touched when - caust.
Pain, Finger 1st nails - berb, con, kali-c, puls, ran-b, SIL
Pain, Finger 3rd nails - nat-m
Pain, Foot, Heel, nails like, under skin - Rhus-t
Pain, Nails - am-m, ant-c, bell, Caust, Graph, Hep, kali-c, Merc, nat-m, Nit-ac, Nux-v, par, Petr, puls, ran-b, rhus-t, sabad, sep, Sil, Squil, stann, sulph, zinc.
Pain, Thumbs, nail, ulcerative - am-m, nat-s.
Pain, Toe nails - caust, Graph, hura, merc-sul, Teucr.
Pain, Toe nails, splinter, as of - ars-h, coc-c, Nit-ac, Sil, Sulph.
Pain, Toe Nails, under - caust, eup-per, hep, merc, Sil, thuj.
Pain, Toe Nails, under, in intermittent lever - eup-per.
Pain, Toe Nails, walking while - camph.
Pain, Toes 1st nails, as from a splinter - agar, NIT-AC.
Pain, Toe 1st nails, as from inflammation - lyc, Sil.
Pain, Toe 1st nails, as if nail would be torn out - thuj.
Pain, Toe 1st nails, as if nail would enter flesh - colch, Graph, kali-c, teucr.
Pain, Toe 1st nails, under - Agar, NIT-AC, Sil, Sulph.
Pain, Toe 3rd nail, under, as from splinter - ars-h.
Pain-Aching, Finger Nails, under - caust
Pain-Aching, Toe 1st, root of nail - calc-p.
Pain-Burning, Finger nails, around - con.
Pain-Burning, Finger nails, under - calc, Caust, elaps, kali-c, merc, nit-ac, Sars.
Pain-Burning, Finger 2nd, nail - kali-c.
Pain-Burning, Finger 3rd, nail, on inner border of - osm.
Pain-Burning, Nails - alum, ant-c, calc, caust, GRAPH, hep, merc, nat-m, nux-v, puls, Sep, Sulph.
Pain-Burning, Toe Nails, root of - asaf.
Pain-Burning, Toe 1st nail under - Nit-ac.
Pain-Drawing, Thumb, nail, under - nat-m.
Pain-Gnawing, Finger nails under - ALUM.
Pain-Shooting, Finger nails, around - lith, merc.
Pain-Shooting, Finger nails, under - caust.
Pain-Shooting, Toe 1st nail - sulph.
Pain-Shooting, Toe 1st nail, night in bed - sulph.
Pain-Sore, Fingers, nails - Petr.
Pain-Stitching, Fingers, 1st Nail - coc-c, sep, thuj.
Pain-Stitching, Knee, Inner side, nail, as from - nat-m.
Pain-Stitching, nails - alum, Calc, caust, Graph, mosch, Nat-m, nit-ac, nux-v, Puls, rhus-t, sep, sil, sulph.
Pain-Stitching, Thumb, nail, root of - fl-ac.
Pain-Stitching, Thumb, nail, under - am-m, bapt, coc-c, Graph, Thuj, Zinc.
Pain-Stitching, Toe 1st nails - coc-c, Sil, sulph, Thuj.
Pain-Stitching, Toe 1st nails, under - cahin, caust, coc-c.
Pain-Tearing, Finger nails, under - Bism, calc-p, fl-ac, kali-c, kali-c, kali-n, naja.
Pain-Tearing, Nails - colch, fl-ac, hep, Nit-ac, petr, plat, ran-b, Sil, Sulph.
Pain-Tearing, Thumb nail, extending upward - berb
Pain-Tearing, Thumb nail, night in bed - sulph.
Pain-Tearing, Thumb nail, under - carb-v, fl-ac, kali-c, zinc.
Pain-Tearing, Toe nails - Camph, Carb-v, caust, graph, hep, hura, thuj.
Pain-Tearing, Toe nails, walking while - Camph.
Panaritium (see Felon, Panaritium)
Paranychia (see Felon, Beginning in nail)
Pulsation, Fingers, Nails, around - con.
Pulsation, Fingers, Nails, under - am-m, Graph, sep.
Pulsation, Thumb, Nail, under - AM-M.
Roughness, Fingers, Nails - Graph, SIL.
Roughness, Fingers, Nails, ribbed - thuj.
Roughness, Fingers, Nails, ridges, longitudinal - fl-ac.
Sensitive, finger - Nails - berb, Nat-m, Nux-v, petr, Sil, squil, sulph.
Sensitive to cold, Finger Skin at nails - ant-c.
Slow, Growth, finger nails, of - Ant-c.
Split Nails - ANT-C, SIL, Squil, sulph.
Spotted Nails - alum, ars, Nit-ac, phos-ac, sep, SIL, sulph, tub.
Suppuration, Finger Nails, (See Felon, Suppurative stage)
Suppuration, Finger Nails, after vaccination - THUJ.
Suppuration, Finger Nails, around - con, phos-ac.
Suppuration, Finger Nails, of 1st finger - calc, nat-s.
Suppuration, Finger Nails, under - form.
Suppuration, Toe, under nail of left great toe - caust.
Thick, Fingers, Nails - alum, GRAPH, sabad.
Thick, Nails - alum, Ant-c, calc, GRAPH, merc, sabad, sep, SIL, sulph, Ust.
Thick, Toe Nails - Graph, sec.
Thin, Nails - ars, op
Tingling, Finger Nails, under - cann-s, colch, Nat-s.
Tingling, Toe Nails, under - elaps.
Tough, Finger Nails - Chin-s.
Ulcers, Finger Nails - alum, bar-c, Bor, caust, con, Hep, iod, kali-c, lach, lyc, Merc, Nat-m, plat, puls, sang, sep, SIL,
SULPH, sulph-ac, Thuj.

Ulcers, Fingers, Nails, around - CARB-S, chlol, con, hell, Nat-s, phos, Rhus-t, Sang, SIL, Sulph.
Ulcers, Finger Nails, under - ARS.
Ulcers, Finger Nails, 1st nail of - iod, nat-s.
Ulcers, Nails - alum, ant-c, ARS, aur, bor-c, bor, bov, calc, caust, con, crot-h, Fl-ac, GRAPH, Hep, Lach, lyc, Merc, Nit-ac, Puls, ran-b, Sang, sec, sep, SIL, Squil, SULPH, thuj.
Ulcers, Thumb, Nail, Under - Kali-bi.
Ulcers, Toe Nail - Caust, graph, hep, Magn-caust, merc, Sep, SIL
SULPH.
Warts, Finger Nails, close to - CAUST, dulc, fl-ac.

II. The following rubrics and their corresponding remedies are compiled and re-arranged from Boenninghausens therapeutic Pocket Book.

Medicines are graded as follows:-

GRAPH; Gr. 1; value - 5
Graph; Gr. 2; value - 4
(Graph); Gr. 3; value - 3
graph; Gr. 4; value - 2
(graph); Gr. 5; value - 1

EXTREMITIES, LOWER:

Nails, Toes: (Alum), ant-c, (Ars), bor, (Bov), calc, (Caust), colch, (Con), (Dig), GRAPH, (Hell), (Hep), (Mar) (Teucr), Merc, mosch, mur-ac, (Nat-c), nat-m, nit-ac, nux-v, par, phos-ac, puls, ran-b, SABAD, Sep, Sil (Squil), (Sulph), (Thuj).

EXTREMITIES, UPPER:

Nails, Fingers - Acon, Alum, am-m, (Ant-c), Apis, ars, bar-c, bell, (Bor), (Bov), (Calc), Calc-p, caust, (Chel), chin, cocc, (Con), (Dig), dros, (Fl-ac), (Form), Graph, hell, (Hep), iod, kali-c, lach, lyc, mar-teucr, Merc, mur-ac, (Nat-m), (Nat-s), (Nit-ac), (Par), (Petr), phos-ac, plat, (Puls), (Ran-b), ruta, (Sabad), Sep, SIL, squil, Sulph, sulph-ac, thuj.

Nails, Blue - (Aesc), Aur, Chel, chin, Cic, (Cocc), Dig, (Dros), (Gels), Nat-m, NUX-V, petr, Sil, VERAT.

Nails, Brittle - (Alum), calc, (Dios), (Fl-ac), Graph, (Merc), (Sabad), sep, Sil, Sulph.
Nails, Deformed - (Alum), calc, GRAPH, merc, Sabad, sep, (Sil), (Sulph).
Nails, Discoloured - (Ant-c), Ars, Graph, mur-ac, Nit-ac, Ox-ac, Sil, Sulph.
Nails, Falling off - ant-c, (Ars), (Form), (Hell), merc, (Sec), Squil, thuj.
Nails, Furrowed - (Ars), (Fl-ac), (Sabad), SIL
Nails, Generally affected - Alum, am-m, (Ant-c), (Ars), aur, bar-c, bell, (Bor), bov, (Calc), (Caust), chel, chin, cocc, colch,
(Con), (Dig), GRAPH, (Hell), (Hep), (Mar) - (Teucr), Merc, mosch, mur-ac, (Nat-c), nat-m, nit-ac, nux-v, par, phos-ac, puls, ran-b, SABAD, Sep, Sil, (Squil), (Sulph), (Thuj).
Nails, Growing inward - colch, (Graph), (Mar) - (Teucr), (Sil), Sulph.
Nails, Growing very slowly - ant-c.
Nails, Jerking pain - alum, (Calc), (Caust), Graph, mosch, (Nat-m), nit-ac, (Nux-v), Puls, (Rhus-t), sep, (Sil), sulph.
Nails, Painful - am-m, (Ant-c), bell, Caust, Graph (Hep), kali-c, (Mar) - (Teucr), (Merc), nat-m, (Nit-ac), (Nux-v), par, Petr, (Puls), ran-b, rhus-t, sabad, sep, Sil, (Squil), (Sulph).
Nails, Scaling off - merc.
Nails, Sensation of splinters under - colch, Fl-ac, (Hep), Nit-ac, (Petr), ran-b, Sil, Sulph.
Nails, Sensitive - calc, con, hep, merc, (Nat-m), Nux-v, petr, phos-ac, sep, Sil, (Squil), (Sulph), thuj.
Nails, Smarting - (Alum), ant-c, calc, caust, GRAPH, (Hep), (Merc), nat-m, (nux-v), puls, Sep, (Sulph).
Nails, Splitting - Ant-c, Sil, Squil.
Nails, Spotted - (Alum), ars, Nit-ac, sep, Sil, (Sulph). Nails, thick - (Alum), Ant-c, calc, GRAPH, merc, Sabad, sep,
(Sil), sulph.
Nails, Ulcerated - (Alum), am-m, (Ant-c), Ars, aur, bar-c, bell, bor, bov, Calc, caust, chin, (Con), (Crot-h), (Fl-ac), Graph, Hep, (Lach), (Lyc), mar - teuc, Merc, mur-ac, nat-m, Nit-ac, petr, phos-ac, plat, Puls, (Ran-b), rhus-t, ruta, Sang, sec, (Sep), Sil, (Squil), SULPH, sulph-ac, thuj.
Nails, Ulcerative Pain - Am-m, bell, Calc-p, (Caust), (Chin), GRAPH, (Hep), (Kali-c), (Merc), mosch, mur-ac, Nat-m, (Nux-v), PULS, ran-b, Rhus-t, ruta, Sep, Sil, (Sulph), sulph-ac, (Thuj).
Nails, Yellow - (Ambr), ant-c, ars, (Aur), (Bell), (Bry), calc, (Canth), (Carb-v), caust, (Cham), chel, (Chin), CON, (Ferr), hep, (Ign), (Lyc), Merc, Nit-ac, Nux-v, (Op), (Plb), puls, SEP, SIL, (Spig), Sulph.

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