When the crust dries down it indurates, and this induration takes place at the margin and builds up little rings about the margin. The induration cracks, bleeds, looks purple. Apply this to salt rheum, and eruptions about the hands. It is suitable when there are cracks about the ends of the fingers and on the backs of the hands. This tissue ulcerates, and the ulcers eat and spread.
All eruptions itch violently.
He can not rest until he scratches the skin off, when the part becomes moist, bloody, raw and inflamed. There is also itching with no visible eruption. He scratches the skin until moisture oozes forth, and keeps on scratching until the skin bleeds and the part becomes cold. Various forms of eczema. Eczema of the scalp, especially of the occiput.