Antim Crud: Nails brittle, grow out of shape. Horny warts on
hands and soles of feet. Dry skin-itching when warm in bed.
Very irritable and thickly coated white tongue. Aggravated by
heat and cold bathing.
Silicea: Affections of finger nails especially if there are white
spots on nails. Dry cold feet with sweat. Crippled nails.
Alumina: Brittle nails. Gnawing beneath finger nails. Dry skin,
chaps easily. Itches when warm in bed. Skin is brittle on
fingers. Constipation.
Nitric Acid: Cold blue nails. Warts on hand which bleed on
washing. Sensitive to noise, pain and touch.
Thuja: Nails soft and brittle; crippled. Brown spots on hands
and arms. Greasy skin. Dandruff in hair, perspiration sweetish
and strong.
Graphites: Nails grow thick, cracked and out of shape. The
patient is sad; despondent; weeps; thinks of nothing but death.
Helleborus: Falling of nails with peeling of the skin.
Alumina Silicate: Brattling of nails; hands constantly chapped; icy coldness of hands and feet, ulceration about the nails.
Acid Fluoric: Nails are crippled, lengthwise corrugations in the
nails. Nails grow too fast and grow awkwardly, that is they are
deformed and crippled, too thick in some places and too thin in
others, break easily and brittle.
