Corns

CORNS AND ITS HOMOEPATHIC MANAGEMENT

Corn is a painfull bump on the outer skin of the toes or feets which is generally small in size. Most commonly it is a bit triangular in shape.

Types of Corns :-

1. Hard corn

2. Soft corn

3. Seed corn

Homoeopathic management of corns :-

1. Antimonium Crudum :- Feet very tender, covered with large horny places. Inflamed corns. Pain in heels.

2. Natrum Muraticum :- Hangnails. Dryness and cracking about finger-nails. Numbness and tingling in fingers and lower extremities. Ankles weak and turn easily. Painful contraction of hamstrings

3. Silicea :- Pain beneath toes. Soles sore (Ruta). Soreness in feet from instep through to the sole. Suppurates.

4. Graphites :- Edema of lower limbs. Toe-nails crippled. Stiffness and contraction of toes. Nails brittle and crumbling. Nails deformed, painful, sore, thick, and crippled. Cracks or fissures in ends of fingers. Offensive perspiration of feet.

5. Thuja :- When walking, limbs feel as if made of wood or glass, and would break easily. Tips of fingers swollen, red. Pain in heels and tendo-Achilles.

6. Camphor :- Numbness, tingling and coldness. Cracking in joints. Cramps in calves. Icy cold feet, ache as if sprained.

By - Arushi Agarwal

Solan (HP)

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