Diaper Rash - HomeoSource

Choose a remedy: Choose the diaper rash remedy based on the most prominent symptoms. If symptoms change, take a remedy that matches the new symptoms.

Dosage: 6C or 12X four times a day up to 5 days; or 30C twice a day. Or, see the Dosage Chart

When symptoms improve, stop taking the remedy.
Repeat if symptoms return
If no improvement a few doses, try a different remedy

Notes:

A rash that continues even after change of diet, changing baby more frequently, trying different diapers, using diapers without soap residue, and increasing the time out of diapers (exposing bottom to open air and sun) should be seen by your homeopath or health care provider.

Symptoms	Remedy
Follow package directions May be used concurrent with oral remedies View Remedy	Calendula ointment By Boiron
Dry, red, scaley Bright red ring around anus Burning/raw Bleeding Itchy – scratches until raw Baby is better: cool open air uncovering Worse: heat washing/bathing night 5am View Remedy	Sulphur
Hot Red Shiny/sore Better: uncovering Worse: bathing/washing heat touch View Remedy	Apis mellifica
Itchy, small fluid filled blisters may contain pus break open and crust over Burns Flaky Itchy worse at night Red/swollen patches like hives Restless Better: covering warm applications to skin Worse: cold (child is chilly) View Remedy	Rhus toxicodendron
Bleeding Cracked/dry Itchy Red Weepy Worse: folds of skin View Remedy	Petroleum
Moist diaper area Sweaty Increased salivation View Remedy	Mercurius
Rash in a fat baby Head sweats at night Chilly View Remedy	Calcarea carbonica
Thick, oozing fluid sticky like honey leaves yellow crusts Skin cracked and bleeding Between cheeks red and and raw Chilly Worse: cold View Remedy	Graphites

References:

Castro, Miranda. Homeopathy for Mother and Baby. MacMillan, London. 2005. p. 290.

Cummings S, Ullman D. Everybody’s Guide to Homeopathic Medicines. 3d Ed. Tarcher/Putnam NY. 1997: pp. 224-27.

Fry, Kathleen. What’s the Remedy for That? Collette Avenue Press. USA. 2017. p. 37.

Jonas, Wayne, Jacobs, Jennifer. Healing with Homeopathy. Warner Books, NY. 1996: pp. 161-163.

Lockie, Andrew. The Family Guide to Homeopathy. Fireside Publ, NY. 1993: p. 348.

Murphy, Robin. Homeopathic Clinical Repertory, 3d Ed. Lotus Health Inst., Blacksburg, VA. 2005: p. 409.

Panos, Maesimund, Heimlich, Jane. Homeopathic Medicine at Home. Jeremy P. Tarcher/Perigree, Los Angeles. 1980: pp. 160-61.

Ullman, Dana, Homeopathic Medicine for Children and Infants, Penguin Putnam, New York, NY (1992), p. 74.