Acne Vulgaris (Homeopathy)

Remedy Options

Primary Remedies
Pulsatilla This remedy can be helpful if acne is worse from eating rich or fatty foods, and
aggravated by warmth or heat. It is indicated especially around the time of puberty, or
when acne breaks out near menstrual periods. The person often has a fair complexion and
is inclined toward soft emotions and moodiness, feeling worse in warm or stuffy rooms
and better in fresh air.

Silicea (also called Silica) A person with deep-seated acne along with a general low
immune resistance, swollen lymph nodes, and a tendency toward fatigue and nervousness
may benefit from this remedy. Infected spots are slow to come to a head, and also slow to
resolve, so may result in scarring. A person who needs this remedy is generally very chilly,
but inclined to sweat at night.

Sulphur iodatum relieves acne located on the forehead and the back, aggravated by heat,
and occurring periodically.

Other Remedies
Antimonium tartaricum This remedy may be helpful for acne with large pustules that are
tender to touch, with bluish-red marks that remain on the skin after active infection has
passed. The person may be irritable, with low resistance to illness.

Calcarea carbonica If a person with frequent pimples and skin eruptions is chilly with
clammy hands and feet, easily tired by exertion, and flabby or overweight, this remedy may
help improve the skin’s resistance to infection. People who need this remedy are often
very anxious when overworked, and have cravings for sweets and eggs.

Calcarea sulphurica Is a medicine appropriate for juvenile acne that suppurates and
causes boils.
Calendula Gel Applied locally stimulates the healing of pustules and limits the risk of
superinfection.

Hepar sulphuris calcareum Relieves pustular acne aggravated by cold weather, with a foul-
smelling pus.

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