Bell's Palsy
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Remedy |
Characteristics Symptoms |
Patient Worse by |
Patient Better by |
| Aconitum Napellus | A state of fear, anxiety; anguish of mind and body Physical and mental restlessness Fright Acute, sudden, and violent invasion, with fever Does not want to be touched Sudden and great sinking of strength Complaints and tension caused by exposure to dry, cold weather, draught of cold air, checked perspiration, also complaints from very hot weather, especially gastro-intestinal disturbances, etc Burning in internal parts; tingling, coldness and numbness Tension of arteries; emotional and physical mental tension explain many symptoms No periodicity Face red, hot, flushed, swollen One cheek red, the other pale On rising the red face becomes deathly pale, or he becomes dizzy Tingling in cheeks and numbness Neuralgia, especially of left side, with restlessness, tingling, and numbness Thirst for cold water Bitter taste of everything except water Intense thirst Urine scanty, red, hot, painful Frequent erections and emissions Menses too profuse, with nosebleed, too protracted, late Nightmares Nightly ravings Anxious dreams Sleeplessness, with restless and tossing about Starts up in sleep Long dreams, with anxiety in chest |
In warm room In evening and night Lying on affected side From music From tobacco-smoke Dry, cold winds |
In open air |
| Ammonium Phosphoricum | Facial paralysis Heaviness of limbs, unsteady, tottering gait Coldness from least draft of air Rose-colored sediment in urine |
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| Baryta Carbonica | Specially indicated in infancy and old age Take cold easily Very sensitive to cold Offensive foot-sweats Very weak and weary, must sit or lie down or lean on something Very averse to meeting strangers. Face pale, puffed; sensation as of cobweb Hungry, but refuses food Worse after warm food. Constipation, with hard, knotty stools Every time patient urinates, his piles come down Diminished desire and premature impotence Menses scanty Talking in sleep; awakens frequently; feels too hot Twitching during sleep |
While thinking of symptoms From washing Lying on painful side |
Walking in open air |
| Causticum | Broken down seniles Preferably dark-complexioned and rigid-fibered persons Local paralysis, vocal cords, muscles of deglutition, of tongue, eyelids, face, bladder and extremities Children are slow to walk The skin of a Causticum person is of a dirty white sallow, with warts, especially on the face Emaciation due to disease, worry, etc, and of long standing Burning, rawness, and soreness Paralysis of right side of the face Pain in facial bones. Pain in jaws, with difficulty in opening mouth Greasy taste Aversion to sweets Feels as if lime were burned in stomach Worse after eating fresh meat; smoked meat agrees Stool soft and small, size of goose-quill; hard, tough, covered with mucus; shines like grease; small-shaped; expelled with much straining, or only on standing up Urine involuntary when coughing, sneezing Menses cease at night; flow only during day Leucorrhœa at night, with great weakness Menses delay, late Very drowsy; can hardly keep awake Nocturnal sleeplessness, with dry heat, inquietude |
Dry, cold winds In clear fine weather Cold air From motion of carriage |
In damp, wet weather Warmth Heat of bed |
| Curare | Muscular paralysis without impairing sensation and
consciousness Reflex action diminished Facial and buccal paralysis; tongue and mouth drawn; red face; tongue and mouth drawn to right Menses too early, during menses, colic, headache, kidney pain Leucorrhœa, thick, purulent, offensive |
Dampness Cold weather Cold wind 2 am Right side |
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| Gelsemium | Various degrees of motor paralysis General prostration Dizziness, drowsiness, dullness, and trembling Slow pulse, tired feeling, mental apathy Paralysis of various groups of muscles about the eyes, throat, chest, larynx, sphincter, extremities, etc Muscular weakness Complete relaxation and prostration Lack of muscular co-ordination General depression from heat of sun Sensitive to a falling barometer; cold and dampness brings on many complaints Children fear falling, grab nurse or crib Sluggish circulation Face Hot heavy, flushed, besotted-looking Neuralgia of face Dusky hue of face, with vertigo and dim vision Facial muscles contracted, especially around the mouth. Chin quivers Lower jaw dropped Has no thirst Urine profuse, clear, watery, with chilliness and tremulousness Cannot get fully to sleep |
Damp weather Fog Before a thunderstorm Emotion, or excitement Bad news Tobacco-smoking When thinking of his ailments At 10 am |
Bending forward By profuse urination Open air Continued motion Stimulants |
| Graphites | Especially active in patients who are rather stout,
of fair complexion, with tendency to skin affections and constipation Fat, chilly, and costive Delayed menstrual history Take cold easily Children impudent, teasing, laugh at reprimands Tendency to obesity Feels as if cobwebs were on the face Rotten odor from mouth; breath smells like urine Salivation Sour eructations Aversion to meat Sweets nauseate Hot drinks disagree Eructation difficult Flatulence Urine turbid, with sediment; sour smelling Menses too late, with constipation; pale and scanty, with tearing pain in epigastrium, and itching before Leucorrhœa, pale, thin, profuse, white, excoriating, with great weakness in back Sexual debility, with increased desire; aversion to coition; too early or no ejaculation |
Warmth At night During and after menstruation |
In the dark From wrapping up |
| Kali Chloricum | Profuse secretion of acid saliva Flatulence Urine albuminous, scanty, suppressed; contains nucleo-albumin and bile, high Phosphoric acid, with low total solids |
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| Natrum Muriaticum | Great debility; most weakness felt in the morning
in bed Coldness Great liability to take cold Dry mucous membranes Constrictive sensation throughout the body Great weakness and weariness Oversensitive to all sorts of influences Face oily, shiny, as if greased Earthy complexion Hungry, yet loose flesh ( Heartburn, with palpitation Unquenchable thirst Sweats while eating Craving for salt Aversion to bread, to anything slimy, like oysters, fats Has to wait a long time for it to pass if others are present Emission, even after coitus Impotence with retarded emission Menses irregular; usually profuse Leucorrhœa acrid, watery Sleepy in forenoon Nervous jerking during sleep Dreams of robbers Sleepless from grief |
Noise Music Warm room Lying down About 10 a m At seashore Mental exertion Consolation Heat Talking |
Open air Cold bathing Going without regular meals Lying on right side Pressure against back Tight clothing |
| Rhus Tox | Tearing asunder pains Motion always "limbers up" the Rhus patient, and hence he feels better for a time from a change of position Ailments from strains, over lifting, getting wet while perspiring Jaws crack when chewing Easy dislocation of jaw Swollen face Cheek bones sensitive to touch Facial neuralgia, with chilliness; worse, evening Want of appetite for any kind of food, with unquenchable thirst Bitter taste Desire for milk Great thirst, with dry mouth and throat Drowsy after eating Dark, turbid, high-colored, scanty urine, with white sediment Menses early, profuse, and prolonged, acrid Dreams of great exertion Heavy sleep, as from stupor Sleepless before midnight |
During sleep Cold Wet rainy weather and after rain At night During rest Drenching When lying on back or right side |
Warm, dry weather Motion Walking Change of position Rubbing Warm applications From stretching out limbs |
| Solan Vesicarium | Facial paralysis | ||
| Zincum Picricum | Facial paralysis Brain-fag Seminal emissions Loss of memory and energy |