psoriasis such as thick, red skin with flaky, silver-white patches or scales with or without itching and eczema(s).

Available in : 25 g in tubes.

Dosage: Unless otherwise prescribed, Topi Cardiospermum is applied 2-3 times daily by applying a layer on the affected skin areas with gentle rubbing. It can be used simultaneously with Topi Berberis and other oral medicines.

Topi Cardiospermum contains 10% of Cardiospermum helicacabum mother tincture.

INTRODUCTION

Cardiospermum is a medicinal plant common in eastern region of India and is used in Indian System of Medicine. It is botanically known as Cardiospermum helicacabum Linn. It is an official drug of German Homoeopathic Pharmacopoeia. The mother tincture with 62% alcohol is made of flowering tops. Most of clinical work on it has been done by Deutsche Homopathie-Union (DHU), Germany, which has found it highly efficacious medicine in different skin conditions when used externally. The subjective complaints reduced with regard to the subjective total score and the corresponding single parameters such as pruritis, dryness of skin, burning, pain and improvement rates surmounting 80%. Studies reveal that it can substitute corticosteroid group of compounds. These findings are in line with earlier work and reports. A proving of Cardiospermum published recently in the beginning of 2012 conducted in USA with the support by Deutsche Homeopathie-Union (DHU), Germany, has confirmed many of its traditional uses in Indian System of Medicine.