Table 1.

Summary of homeopathic treatments and outcome in 14 patients with vitiligo.

Case number	Time from onset of vitiligo to homeopathic consultation	Initial presentation	Associated medical conditions	Homeopathic treatment prescribed	Follow-up
1 (Figure 1A, 1B)	2 months	26-year-old woman with white discoloration on the left brow and cheek		Stramonium (Datura stramonium, or jimsonweed)	2015 to 2016 (eight months). Still under treatment. Vitiligo patches undergoing re-pigmentation
2 (Figure 2A, 2B)	3 months	36-year-old man with extensive white discoloration of the skin, spreading very quickly, and itching all over the body. High fever three months before the vitiligo began		Phosphorus. Psorinum. Stramonium	2010 to 2014 (four years). Vitiligo patches undergoing re-pigmentation
3 (Figure 3A, 3B)	3 months	28-year-old woman with progressive white discoloration over the face and back. Early menses, but hormonal status could not be confirmed	Anemia.	Phosphorus. Nitric acid (for painful, ulcerated corns)	2009 to 2016 (seven years). Vitiligo patches undergoing re-pigmentation. Anemia improved
4 (Figure 4A, 4B)	18 months	8-year-old girl with discoloration on the left leg		Stramonium. Sulphur. Natrum muriaticum	2014 to 2016 (two years). Vitiligo patches undergoing re-pigmentation
5 (Figure 5A, 5B)	18 months	80-year-old woman with progressive white discoloration on the face, hands, and knees	Hypothyroidism, asthma, rheumatism, and hypertension	Calcarea carbonica. Natrum muriaticum	2008 to 2010 (two years). Vitiligo patches undergoing re-pigmentation. Thyroid hormones normalizing
6 (Figure 6A–6D)	2 years	7-year-old girl with vitiligo patches that appeared all over the body, beginning as inflamed areas that then turned white. Maternal grandfather also had vitiligo	Recurrent urinary tract infections	Elaps corallines. Crotalus horridus (timber rattlesnake)	2014 to 2016 (two years) Vitiligo patches undergone re-pigmentation. Urinary tract infections have not recurred
7 (Figure 7A, 7B)	2 years	24-year-old woman with bilateral vitiligo on both flanks, first on the right and then on the left. Recurrent severe headaches lasting for several days that were unresponsive to painkillers	Anemia.	Ferrum metallicum. Belladonna. Lycopodium. Psorinum	2011 to 2016 (five years and still under treatment). Left hip vitiligo patch fully recovered; right hip recovering. Headaches have improved
8 (Figure 8A, 8B)	2 years	17-year-old girl with discolored spots on her face, spreading slowly. Painful menses, urticarial, and recurrent urinary tract infections		Veratrum album. Gelsemium. Nux moschata	2009 to 2010 (one year). Vitiligo patches recovered well. Complains of mild pain during menses
9 (Figure 9A, 9B)	3 years	7-year-old girl with extensive white discoloration, around the ears, eyelid, lips, and chin. Corns removed from the soles of the feet	Allergic rhinitis.	Phosphorus. Stramonium. Lac caninum. Mercurius sulphuratus ruber	2007 to 2016 (nine years). Slow coverage of vitiligo. Patient still on treatment. Improved rhinitis
10 (Figure10 A, 10B)	10 years	30-year-old woman with progressive white discoloration of skin all over the body. Previous tuberculosis 20 years previously. A brother and paternal aunt had vitiligo, and two sisters had hypothyroidism	Rheumatoid arthritis and hypothyroidism	Phosphorus. Tuberculinum. Stramonium. Carbo vegetabilis (for eruption of herpes zoster). Lyssinum	2004 to 2016 (12 years) Vitiligo improved slowly. Thyroid hormone levels stabilized. Rheumatism stabilized with the patient returning to her job
11 (Figure 11A, 11B)	10 years	35-year-old woman with a vitiligo patch over the right flank, which was slowly spreading	Anemia	Medorrhinum. Ferrum metallicum. Phosphorus. Lachesis. Ptelea trifoliata	2013 to 2016 (three years, still under treatment). Very slow coverage of the vitiligo
12 (Figure 12A, 12B)	20 years	24-year-old woman with vitiligo spreading slowly over the whole of her back	Painful menses.	Phosphorus. Lac caninum. Tuberculinum. Ignatia amara	2005 to 2008 (three years). Vitiligo recovered fully. Menses became less painful
13 (Figure 13A, 13B)	25 years	50-year-old woman with white discoloration of the face and ears. Past medical history of occasional severe headaches		Nitric acid	2015 to 2016 (one year, but still under treatment). Vitiligo recovering, but slowly
14 (Figure 14A, 14B)	35 years	46-year-old woman with extensive white discoloration all over the body	Hypothyroidism	Natrum muriaticum. Fluoricum acidum. Staphysagria. Elaps corallinus	2009 to 2016 (seven years, still under treatment). Vitiligoi patches repigmenting well; thyroid function has remained normal