Face:The constitutional diagnosis can be built on the smile.

-  BOUKO LEVY M., Homeopathic and Drainage Repertory,
 The shape, colour, complexion, wrinkles and  smile, are part of the essential elements for a good individualized diagnosis.
 The constitutional diagnosis can be built on two elements : the handshake and the smile.
 The reactive mode diagnosis is often written on the complexion and the patient's facial expressions that are observed during the consultation.
 Discoloration

 Pale
 -- in children : 

 • thin :
 3 granules, daily  : CALCAREA PHOSPHORICA 6X
 • skinny, diarrhea, eczema :
 3 granules, daily  : NATRUM PHOSPHORICUM 6X
 • heavy :
 3 granules, daily  : CALCAREA CARBONICA 6X
 -- in children and adult :
 • thin, anxious, and tired :
 3 granules, as needed : ARSENICUM ALBUM 5C
 • fatigue; convalescence; anemia; hepatic :
 3 granules, as needed : CHINA 5C
 • heart disease; depression :
 3 granules, as needed : DIGITALIS 4C

 Red 

 -- alternating with paleness :
 • paleness when sitting up; localized congestion; heart :
 3 granules, as needed : ACONITUM 5C
 • flushes of heat :
 3 granules, as needed : FERRUM METAL 5C
 -- chronic congestion :
 • needs open air, cannot bear tight clothes :
 3 granules, as needed : LACHESIS 5C
 • brain softening :
 3 granules, as needed : OPIUM 5C
 • flushes of heat; migraines; high blood pressure :
 3 granules, as needed : SANGUINARIA 5C
 -- rosacea, blotches on the face :
 • in general, sanguine subject :
 FERRUM METAL, LEDUM, NUX VOMICA, SANGUINARIA, SULFUR FLAVUM
 • alcoholism : AGARICUS, CAPSICUM, PHOSPHORUS
 • menopause : GRAPHITES, LACHESIS, SULFURIC ACID
 • puberty; acne; nervousness; insomnia :
 3 granules, as needed : KALIUM  BROMATUM 7C
 • general venous fragility :
 3 granules, as needed : PULSATILLA 6X

 Earthy 

 -- with spots :
 • 3 granules, as needed : SEPIA 5C
 -- infections :
 • 3 granules, as needed :  MERCURIUS SOLUBILIS 5C

 Expression 

 -- stunned, dazed :
 • BAPTISIA, BRYONIA, RANA BUFO, COCCULUS, GELSEMIUM, LACHESIS, NUX MOSCHATA, STRAMONIUM
 -- distressed :
 • AILANTHUS GLANDULOSA, ARSENICUM ALBUM, CACTUS GRANDIFLORUS, iodum, nux moschata, stramonium
 -- frightened :
 • ACONITUM, baptisia, cantharis, STRAMONIUM
 -- happy :
 • APIS, OPIUM
 -- vacant, daydreams :
 • ANACARDIUM ORIENTALE (childish), BELLADONNA, camphora, COCCULUS, FERRUM METAL, KALIUM BROMATUM, LACHESIS, mezereum, PHOSPHORIC ACID, STRAMONIUM

 Old looking 

 -- thin subject :
 • ABROTANUM,  AMBRA GRISEA, ARGENTUM NITRICUM, all the ARSENIC, IODUM, NATRUM MURIATICUM
 -- heavy subject :
 • AURUM MURIATICUM, baryta carbonica, CALCAREA CARBONICA, conium, OPIUM
 -- either thin or heavy :
 • FLUORIC ACID, GUAIACUM, KREOSOTUM, PLUMBUM METAL, SARSAPARILLA, SEPIA, staphysagria, SULFUR FLAVUM

 Wrinkles 

 Local treatment, 3 in ointment
 • ALUMINA 3C / GRAPHITES 3C / HAMAMELIS 1X / HONEY 3X / SARSAPARILLA 3X / VEIN 3C / a.a. p.

 In general 

 -- thin, serious, sickly, with ravenous appetite :
 • 3 granules, as needed : ABROTANUM 5C
 -- hair falls out :
 • 3 granules, as needed : NITRIC ACID 5C

 Forehead 

 -- nervous people :
 • anxiety agg. at twilight, 3 granules, as needed : CAUSTICUM 5C
 • night terrors; retarded, 3 granules, as needed : STRAMONIUM 5C
 -- chronic digestive disorders :
 • ophthalmic migraines, 3 granules, as needed : CYCLAMEN 5C
 • old looking face (already in newborn), 3 granules, as needed : lycopodium 5c
 • sallow complexion; no smile, 3 granules, as needed : SEPIA 5C
 • chronic eczema, 3 granules, as needed : GRAPHITES 5C
 See : alcoholism, allergy, anger, convalescence, emotional, eczema, fatigue, fever, flushes of heat, hair falling, sensations, skin, weeping.