Homoeopathy

Alopecia can be congenital (existing from birth or before), premature or senile ( old ).  Here alopecia, means a patchy baldness of a temporary nature.  The causes of baldness are unknown, but shock and anxiety are common factors for alopecia.  In some cases, a circular patchy baldness is due to the hair folliculitis or micro-insect dewelling in the certain portion of the head which afterward goes on destroying the roots of hair-causing failing of hair with appearance of round bald spot (alopecia) over scalp, eye-brows on beard (barber's itch is sometimes, developed after the action of such micro insect dewelling in the scalp or in the skin of beard).  The set prescriptions are used as under to cure the patchy baldness of temporary nature:-
 1. Thuja-30 or 200 - two doses per day or one dose every week and Thuja-Q for external use, two times a day, to cure white scaly dandruff or alopecia when the patient is having history of sycosis.
 2. Aloe-30, be used in alopecia whenever it is indicated with its guiding symptoms.
 3. Mobiloil of pure quality be used externally in all cases of alopecia for quick cure, as it is an anticeptic and destroys all micro-organisms (insects) dwelling in the affected spot.
 Case no. 38 
 A boy of 21, had alopecia-baldness on the beard and vertex with constipated bowels, itching and burning of anus, better by cold water application little fissure of anus with pain during stool, patient liked cool open air.  He was given - Aloe-30, two times a day and Mobil-oil for external use, patient had speedy cure within 15 days and complete cure in all troubles within one month.
 4. Acid Fluor. 30, in cases of dry, scurfy, pimply itching scalp, great falling of hair with syphilitic base, hair dry matting, breaking when combing, they become lusterless, and rugged in masses fall out and do not grow hereafter, be given morning and evening for about 5-0 weeks with external application of Mobil-oil on the circular patches.
 Case no. 39 
 A girl of 10 years, had alopecia with congestion of blood in the head causing acute headache.  Pain in the bones of arms, legs, bruised and aching pains all over the body, urine smelt pungent, she had weak memory, great debility, anaemia and vertigo when walking and rising from lying position.  Caries of teeth and sweating of hands and feet, worse in warmth.
 Patient was given Fluoric acid-30, morning and evening and Calc. phos-200, one dose every week - that no other medicine on this day.  Patient was cured of the alopecia within 5 weeks, hair started growing thick with the cure of bones pain.
 5. Grdphites. 30, be given when there is failing of hair due to barber's itch causing great itching of the scalp, bald spots on the sides of the head, sweating of head, it may be alternated with Sepia-30, when there is itching of scalp, weak roots of the hair - hair folliculitis-causing great fall in the hair during combing.  Oozing of sticky fluid at the root of hair which forms scab on the scalp.
 6. Lyco. 30, be given after every 4 hours, in alternation with Calc. phos. 6x-in cases of falling of hair in bunches, leaving patches here and there with weak hair follicles and premature grey hair.  Patient is having great craving for sweets, hut has thin dried slim constitution full of gas.
                                                                                                                               By Dr.Gupta