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Psorinum

200C / 1MPsorinum
Scabies Nosode · "The Dirty Smelly Nosode"
psor.PolychrestNosodeCommonPsoric
🎯 A deep-acting remedy for chronic conditions characterized by a lack of vital reaction, extreme sensitivity to cold, and offensive discharges.
📖 Boericke writes:
The therapeutic field of this remedy is found in so-called manifestations. Psorinum is a cold medicine; wants the head kept warm, wants warm clothing even in summer. Extreme sensitiveness to cold. , independent of any organic disease, especially the weakness remaining after acute disease. Lack of reaction, i.e, phagocytes defective; when well-chosen remedies fail to act. patients. Secretions have a filthy smell. Profuse sweating. Cardiac weakness. Skin symptoms very prominent. Often gives immunity from cold-catching. Easy perspiration when walking. , inherited and tertiary. Offensive discharges.
👤 Constitution
Typically pale, sickly, and individuals who are extremely sensitive to cold and require warmth even in summer.
Key Symptoms — Give When You See
Extreme sensitiveness to cold.
introduction
Offensive discharges.
introduction
Chronic , that constantly recurs.
eyes
Raw, red, oozing scabs around ears.
ears
Offensive discharge from eczema around ears.
ears
Intolerable itching.
ears
Most pus from ears, brownish, offensive.
ears
Humid eruption on face.
face
Eradicates tendency to .
throat
Very hungry always; must have something to eat in the middle of the night.
stomach
Mucous, bloody, excessively , dark fluid.
stool
of infants, in pale, sickly children.
stool
🩺 Systems & Indications
🧠Mind
Used for patients suffering from profound, persistent sadness and a lack of hope for recovery.
Hopeless; despairs of recovery.
, deep and persistent; religious.
Suicidal tendency.
🔑 Modalities
Worse from
Better from
💊 Dosage & Potency

Historical record, not a prescription. Boericke published this in 1927. It is not medical advice — consult a qualified practitioner before acting on it.

Summarised from the passage below — Boericke’s own wording is the record.

200th
Centesimal
🕒Should not be repeated too often
📝Requires about 9 days to manifest action; single dose may elicit symptoms for weeks.
Primary Dosage
🌿 Remedy Relationships
🤝 Complementary
Sulphur
🔄 Compare With
Calcarea CarbonicaPediculus

Boericke's Materia Medica

In Boericke’s Repertory

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Psorinum is listed in 282 rubrics across 21 chapters — italicised by Boericke in 77 of them, marking the remedy as more frequently verified there.

Skin41Abdomen31Respiratory System27Nervous System22Generalities18Mind17Head17Female Sexual System16Ears13Fever11Throat11Modalities11Nose9Face7Stomach7Eyes7Locomotor System5Mouth4Male Sexual System4Urinary System2Circulatory System2

See all 282 rubrics for Psorinum