Nowadays, the incidence of fungal infections is becoming more and more common.
It is believed to be due to climatic changes, faulty eating habits, and faulty dressing habits.
Some fungal infections are really becoming a problem to most of the patients, especially if there are some underlying diseases like diabetes mellitus.
The more common fungal infections affecting the skin are.
TINEA CRURIS
TINEA CORPORIS
TINEA CAPITIS
TINIA FACIALIS
TINEA PEDIS
TINEA MANUUM
These classifications are according to the site of affection of the fungus.
Homeopathy offers an effective treatment for this kind of fungal infection. As per homeopathic philosophy, this kind of infection belongs to psoric miasm, and if treated with external application it cannot be cured. Because the factor that favor for the infections is still in operating in the body, and that cause should be treated.
There are disease specific and organ specific remedies that are clearly mentioned in the homeopathic repertories.
Dr Hahnemann does not support the use of external application in fungal infection.
The main remedies are.
Sepia, Bacillinum.Tellurium.Calc carb, etc.
The selection of the remedy and potency depends on the chronicity, and site of predilection of the disease. So it is the physician to decide the medicine and potency after a thorough understanding of the case.
All the varieties of the fungal infections are detailed in separate chapters.
