pruritus vulvae

For pruritus the influence of the patient's mind is extremely important.

Pruritus is a functional disease of the skin, the sole symptom of which is itching, there being no structural change.

Pruritus vulvæ is at times due to irritating discharges, and pruritus ani occasionally to hemorrhoids and seat-worms.

Aetius recommends the collyrium Psoricum against “scabros ac corrosos angulos, et intensos pruritus, milphoses et prurigines.”